Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Why Read?; Chapter 2: Good Books; Chapter 3: Learning Through Inquiry; Chapter 4: Teaching for Social Responsibility; Chapter 5: Real-World Resources; Chapter 6: Designing an Inquiry Unit; Chapter 7: Does Technology Always Make Life Better?; Chapter 8: Why Should I Care About the Environment?; Chapter 9: What Is Empathy?; Chapter 10: Why Should I Care About What Is Happening Around the World?; Chapter 11: Why Care About Poverty?
Chapter 12: Reading for Heart and Mind (in the Age of Testing and Standards)Chapter 13: Becoming a Teacher of Inquiry; Appendixes A-N; References; Index; Footnote
Summary
Imagine if going to school meant more than preparing kids for a test, teaching a canned curriculum, and training students for their future as workers. What if school were also about cultivating students to be caring, community-involved citizens and critic
