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Educational foundations : an anthology of critical readings

An anthology of critical readings that features authors whose views are politicized, but whose writing and opinions matte - not because they are gadflies, but because their ideas work and their achievements as teachers, principals, and policy shapers are so notable.
Print Book, English, 2004
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 2004
Aufsatzsammlung
XV, 244 Seiten
9780761930303, 9780761930310, 0761930302, 0761930310
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the EditorsPart I. Why Teach?1. Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher′s First Year - Esme Codell2. The Green Monongahela - John Taylor Gatto3. Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools - Jonathan Kozol4. Horace′s Compromise - Theodore SizerPart II. Who Are Today′s Students?5. What Should Teachers Do? Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction - Lisa Delpit6. Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students′ Achievement - Sonia Nieto7. Full Inclusion as Disclosing Tablet: Revealing the Flaws in Our Present System - Mara Sapon-Shevin8. Making the Most of the Classroom Mosaic - Bruce Marlowe and Marilyn PagePart III. What Makes a Good Teacher?9. The Banking Concept of Education - Paulo Freire10. On Stir-and-Serve Recipes for Teaching - Susan Ohanian11. Psst . . . It Ain′t About the Tests: It′s Still About Great Teaching - Robert DiGiulio12. So What Do You Do Now? - Neil Postman and Charles WeingartnerPart IV. What Do Good Schools Look Like?13. The Paideia Proposal: Rediscovering the Essence of Education - Mortimer Adler14. When Learning Matters: Using Learning Plans to Educate One Student at a Time - Elliot Washor15. What to Look for in a Classroom - Alfie Kohn16. The Idea of Summerhill - A. S. NeillPart V. How Should We Assess Student Learning?17. Grading: The Issue Is Not How But Why? - Alfie Kohn18. The Courage to Be Constructivist - Martin Brooks and Jacqueline Grennon Brooks19. The Standards Fraud - William Ayers20. A Mania for Rubrics - Thomas NewkirkPart VI. How Does One Develop a Critical Voice?21. Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals - Henry Giroux22. Resistance and Courage: A Conversation With Deborah Meier23. Speaking in a Critical Voice - Marilyn Page24. Developing a Critical Voice: A Conversation With Alfie KohnEpilogueIndex