Medaille College News

Dr. Matt Bowker

Dr. Matt Bowker’s book review, “The Need for Roots: a Review of Mark Bracher’s Radical Pedagogy,” was published in the December 2009 issue of Clio’s Psyche.

Bracher’s book argues that a psychodynamic understanding of identity structures and processes ought to be central to pedagogical strategy at all educational levels. Dr. Bowker’s article examines what may be gained and lost in the move away from more traditional approaches, while ultimately recommending Bracher’s work for its helpfulness in analyzing a widely misunderstood cause of educational failure.

He concurs that pedagogies that underestimate the importance of identity-integration or that are rooted in the identity-needs of institutions, administrators, or instructors, rather than those of students, can indeed sabotage meaningful learning. Dr. Bowker teaches in the interdisciplinary studies and humanities departments.

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