Dr. Tricia M. Kress is Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. She specializes in critical pedagogy, ethnography, and socio-cultural theory. Recent publications include Critical Praxis Research: Breathing New Life into Research Methods for Teachers (2011) and Challenging Status Quo Retrenchment: New Directions in Critical Research (2012). She is co-editor of the book series, Imagination and Praxis: Creativity and Criticality in Education and Educational Research.

This volume features the works of scholar-practitioners who embrace critical pedagogy and critical research as praxis in qualitative research about education.

It was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

Introduction: Inside the 'thick wrapper' of critical pedagogy and research 1. Stepping out of the academic brew: using critical research to break down hierarchies of knowledge production 2. Citizenship and social justice in urban science education 3. Seeing what we mean: visual knowledge and critical epistemology 4. Picturing oppression: seventh graders' photo essays on racism, classism, and sexism 5. 'Working with' as a methodological stance: collaborating with students in teaching, writing, and research 6. Keeping a 'vigilant critique': unpacking critical praxis as teacher educators 7. Recovering from 'yo mama is so stupid': (en)gendering a critical paradigm on Black feminist theory and pedagogy