Reading list for Agroecology syllabus developers: Critical pedagogy
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Dated: October 2025
Author: University of Vermont
This is a selection of useful papers around the design of courses for agroecology, and may be useful in considering how the principles of agroecology may make a different pedagogical approach more appropriate.
Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York, The Continuum Publishing Company.
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McLaren, P. (2023). Critical pedagogy: A look at the major concepts. In The critical pedagogy reader (pp. 75-97). Routledge.
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Giroux, H. A., & Bosio, E. (2021). Critical pedagogy and global citizenship education. In Conversations on global citizenship education (pp. 3-12). Routledge.
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Shor, I. (2002). Education is politics: Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy. In Paulo Freire (pp. 24-35). Routledge.
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Gruenewald, D. A. (2003). The best of both worlds: A critical pedagogy of place. Educational researcher, 32(4), 3-12.
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McCune, N., & Sánchez, M. (2019). Teaching the territory: agroecological pedagogy and popular movements. Agriculture and Human Values, 36(3), 595-610.
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Meek, D., & Tarlau, R. (2016). Critical food systems education (CFSE): Educating for food sovereignty. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 40(3), 237-260.
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Meek, D., et al. (2017). "Food sovereignty education across the Americas: multiple origins, converging movements." Agriculture and human values 36: 611-626.
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Schutter, O. D. (2017). The political economy of food systems reform. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47(3), 1075-1098.
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*Pedagogy of the Oppressed
https://files.libcom.org/files/Paulo%20Freire,%20Myra%20Bergman%20Ramos,%20Donaldo%20Macedo%20-%20Pedagogy%20of%20the%20Oppressed,%2030th%20Anniversary%20Edition%20(2000,%20Bloomsbury%20Academic).pdf
(Paid access required) Critical pedagogy: A look at the major concepts
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003286080-6/critical-pedagogy-look-major-concepts-peter-mclaren
Critical Pedagogy and Global Citizenship Education
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emiliano-Bosio/publication/349053985_Critical_Pedagogy_and_Global_Citizenship_Education/links/60214c6992851c4ed55a2150/Critical-Pedagogy-and-Global-Citizenship-Education.pdf
*Education is politics: Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy
files.libcom.org/files/peter-mclaren-paulo-freire-a-critical-encounter-1.pdf#page=39
The best of both worlds: A critical pedagogy of place
https://faculty.washington.edu/joyann/EDLSP549Beadie_Williamson/gruenewald.pdf
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-018-9853-9
Critical food systems education (CFSE): Educating for food sovereignty
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287390690_Critical_Food_Systems_Education_CFSE_Educating_for_Food_Sovereignty
(Paid access required) Food sovereignty education across the Americas: multiple origins, converging movements.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-017-9780-1
The political economy of food systems reform
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335045024_The_Political_Economy_Approach_to_Food_Systems_Reform
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