| Description |
xlvi, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: Of Stories, Seeds and the Promises of Social Justice / Jean Ann Hunt -- Foreword: Popular Education - Teaching for Social Justice / William Ayers -- Introduction: Teaching for Social Justice / Maxine Greene -- 1. Education for Action - Preparing Youth for Participatory Democracy / Joel Westheimer and Joseph Kahne -- 2. The Human Lives Behind the Labels - The Global Sweatshop, Nike, and the Race to the Bottom / Bill Bigelow -- 3. Writing the Word and the World / Linda Christensen -- An Activist Forum I: Awakening Justice / Haywood Burns, Caroline Heller and Lisa Delpit [et al.] -- Portraits: In the Raindrop -- 4. School Days / Nelson Peery -- 5. "We'd All Be Holding Hands" - A Reentry Women's Learning Community / Diane Horwitz -- 6. A Grassroots Think Tank - Linking Writing and Community Building / Hal Adams -- 7. Roses and Daggers / Patrick McMahon -- 8. No Little I's and No Little You's - Language and Equality in an Adult Literacy Community / Kate Power -- An Activist Forum II: Fault Lines / Anna Deavere Smith, Therese Quinn and Jonathan Silin [et al.] -- 9. On a Mission - Hazel Johnson and Marvin Garcia / Therese Quinn -- 10. A Dream That Keeps on Growing - Myles Horton and Highlander / William Ayers -- 11. The Good Fight - Bill Gandall / Susan Huddleston Edgerton -- 12. History of My Subversive Teaching / Rachel Koch -- 13. The Fourth R / Maureen Reddy -- An Activist Forum III: Counter Tales / Rashid Khalidi, William Watkins and Jennifer Dohrn [et al.] -- Possibilities: Joining Hands -- 14. "Do You Know Where You Are?" - A Memoir of Becoming a South Sider / Jamie Kalven -- 15. The Cheney, Goodman, and Schwerner Academy -- 16. Women of Hope -- 17. Chaos Theory - A Journal Entry / Rick Ayers -- An Activist Forum IV: Pledging to the World / Jay Rehak, Chris Carger and Jim Carnes [et al.] -- 18. School Projects Investing in Community Development -- 19. A Story for Justice / Jaylynne N. Hutchinson and Rosalie M. Romano -- 20. Welfare Workbook -- 21. Teaching for Change / Deborah Stern -- Afterword: Some Reflections on Teaching for Social Justice / Herbert Kohl -- An Activist Forum V: Racing Justice / Michele Foster, Henry Giroux and Gloria Ladson-Billings [et al.] -- Resources -- Books -- Classroom Resources -- Organizations -- Periodicals -- Popular Education Institutes -- Websites |
| Summary |
Teaching for Social Justice engages parents, citizens, students, and teachers in a conversation about education in a democracy. It features a unique mix of hands-on, historical, and inspirational writings on topics including education through social action, writing and community building, and adult literacy. An extensive "teacher file" and resource section survey teaching tools from curricula to activist-oriented Web sites |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Social justice -- United States.
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Popular education -- United States.
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| Author |
Ayers, William, 1944-
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Quinn, Therese.
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Hunt, Jean Ann.
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| LC no. |
97049382 |
| ISBN |
1565844203 |
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