Karyn Cooper, Robert E. White

Burning Issues

Foundations of Education

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intended to situate self-examination and issues-based learning in reality in a professional context in which teachers and students work to shape practices and identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781578861446
• ISBN-10: 1578861446
• Artikelnr.: 21060738

Autorenporträt

Karyn Cooper is an assistant professor in Teacher Education, Literacy, Language, and Culture at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the sociocultural dimensions of literacy and teacher education. Robert E. White has taught extensively in public school systems across Canada and is currently assistant professor of inclusion at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. Research interests include critical aspects of literacy, learning, and leadership.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Part 5 Part I: Beginning with Ourselves
Chapter 6 1. The Classroom Community: "To Feel Safe"
Chapter 7 2. Philosophical Frameworks: Toward a Critical Framework of
Inquiry
Chapter 8 3. Details, Essential Matters, and Voice: The "Good" Teacher
Part 9 Part II: Students' and Teachers' Voices
Chapter 10 4. Bullying in the Elementary School
Chapter 11 5. Homophobia and Diverse Sexual Orientation
Chapter 12 6. Sexism and Feminist Issues in Teaching: Unpacking Inequity
Chapter 13 7. Diversity and Social Stratification
Chapter 14 8. Anti-Discrimination Education
Part 15 Part III: Toward a Pedagogy of Hope and School Change
Chapter 16 9. Equity: Beyond Difference and Diversity
Chapter 17 Index
Chapter 18 About the Authors

Rezensionen

This accessible and engaging introduction to the critical pedagogy of lived experience will inspire hope and school change. -- William F. Pinar, St. Bernard Parish Alumni Endowed Professor, Louisiana State University The heart of thoughtful teaching is relationship. Burning Issues offers the inspiration and the tools to understand and sustain positive relationships with our colleagues, our students, and ourselves. This book will feed the spirit of every good teacher. -- Christopher M. Clark, director, School of Education, University of Delaware