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Author Kumashiro, Kevin K., 1970- author.

Title Against common sense : teaching and learning toward social justice / Kevin K. Kumashiro
Edition Third edition
Published New York ; London : Routledge, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 162 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements to the 10th Anniversary Third Edition; About the Author; Introduction to the 10th Anniversary Third Edition; Sampling of New Resources; Part I. Movements Toward Anti-Oppressive Teacher Education; Chapter 1. Three Teacher Images in U.S. Teacher Education Programs; Teacher as Learned Practitioner; Teacher as Researcher; Teacher as Professional; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 2. Preparing Teachers for Crisis: A Sample Lesson; What It Means to Be a Student
What It Means to LearnLearning through Crisis; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 3. Preparing Teachers for Uncertainty: A Sample Lesson; Unintentional Ways of Teaching; Teaching with Uncertainty; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 4. Preparing Teachers for Healing: A Conversation with Buddhism; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 5. Preparing Teachers for Activism: A Reflection on Things Queer; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources
Part II. Preparing Anti-Oppressive Teachers in Six DisciplinesChapter 6. Examples from Social Studies; "Second World War" and Silences in the Curriculum; "War on Terrorism" and Silences in the Media; Looking Beyond: "Why Did We Do This?"; Teacher Response to Chapter 6: Negotiating State Standards to Create Anti-Oppressive Spaces in the Classroom; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 7. Examples from English Literature; Reading about Racism; Reading against Racism; Looking Beyond: Lenses of Teachers
Teacher Response to Chapter 7: Connecting Mandated Literature to Students' LivesQuestions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 8. Examples from Music; Christianity, Colonialism, and a Song from Hawai'i; Looking Beyond: Risks and Emotions; Teacher Response to Chapter 8: Creative Voices; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 9. Examples from "Foreign" Languages; Cultural Context and the Problem of Difference; Looking Beyond: Cultural Norms in Schools
Teacher Response to Chapter 9: Found in Translation: Zora Neale Hurston and the Crisis of "Formal/ Standard/Academic" EnglishQuestions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 10. Examples from the Natural Sciences; Gendered Stories; Looking Beyond: Stories about Science; Teacher Response to Chapter 10: A Moving Imagination: Teacher and Student Agency in Public Schools; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 11. Examples from Mathematics; Real-Life Problems, Real Limitations; Looking Beyond: Institutional Demands
Summary The phrase ""teaching for social justice"" is often used, but not always explained. What does it look like to teach for social justice? What are the implications for anti-oppressive teaching across different areas of the curriculum? Drawing on his own experiences teaching diverse grades and subjects, leading author and educator Kevin Kumashiro examines various aspects of anti-oppressive teaching and learning in six different subject areas. Celebrating 10 years as a go-to resource for K-12 teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the bestselling Against Common Sense features: A new ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Kevin K. Kumashiro is Dean of the School of Education, University of San Francisco
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Subject Educational equalization -- United States
Social justice -- Study and teaching -- United States
Teachers -- Training of -- United States.
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education.
EDUCATION -- Curricula.
Educational equalization
Social justice -- Study and teaching
Teachers -- Training of
United States
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