Educational foundations :an anthology of critical readings /
editors, Alan S. Canestrari, Roger Williams University, Bruce A. Marlowe, Roger Williams University.
- 3rd ed.
- xxi, 256 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. I. Why teach? -- 1. Letters to a young teacher : why new recruits leave inner-city classrooms and what it will take to keep them there / Jonathan Kozol -- 2. The green Monongahela / John Taylor Gatto -- 3. Why teach? / Herbert Kohl -- part II. Who are today`s students? -- 4. What should teachers do? Ebonics and culturally responsive instruction / Lisa Delpit -- 5. Racism, discrimination, and expectations of students` achievement / Sonia Nieto -- 6. Inclusion : rejecting instruction that disables / Bruce A. Marlowe and Marilyn Page -- 7. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students : perceived social support in the high school environment / Corrine Munoz-Plaza, Sandra C. Quinn, and Kathleen A. Rounds -- part III. What makes a good teacher? -- 8. The banking concept of education / Paulo Freire -- 9. On stir-and-serve recipes for teaching / Susan Ohanian -- 10. Psst ... it ain`t about the tests : it`s still about great teaching / Robert DiGiulio -- part IV. What do good schools look like? -- 11. The idea of Summerhill / A.S. Neill -- 12. Success in East Harlem : how one group of teachers built a school that works / Deborah Meier -- 13. Beyond the deficit paradigm : an ecological orientation to thriving urban schools / Kelly Donnell -- part V. How should we assess student learning? -- 14. A mania for rubrics -- Thomas Newkirk -- 15. Grading : the issue is not how but why? / Alfie Kohn -- 16. Confessions of a "bad" teacher / William Johnson -- 17. How, and how not, to improve the schools / Diane Ravitch -- part VI. How does one develop a critical voice? -- 18. Teachers as transformative intellectuals / Henry Giroux -- 19. Resistance and courage : a conversation with Deborah Meier / Alan S. Canestrari and Bruce A. Marlowe -- 20. From silence to dissent : fostering critical voice in teachers / Alan S. Canestrari and Bruce A. Marlowe -- part VII. How do we move forward? -- 21. Poor teaching for poor children ... in the name of reform / Alfie Kohn -- 22. Necessary muddles : children`s language learning in the classroom / Darlene Witte-Townsend -- 23. Teacher unionism reborn / Lois Weiner -- Epilogue -- The quest : achieving ideological escape velocity : becoming an activist teacher / Ann Gibson Winfield
A teacher`s guide to teaching twenty-three selected works that focus on critical thinking.