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Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas brings
together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the
concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that
conflict with their understanding of quality teaching. The book
provides vivid examples of the pedagogical, professional, and
democratic principles undergirding resistance, as well as the
distinct perspective of each of its contributors: teachers who
reflect on their acts of principled resistance; teacher educators
who study teachers and support their professional growth; and
historians who demonstrate that a tradition of teachers' principled
resistance has had a significant impact on American society, not
only on schools and teaching. They also show the steps teachers
take, in their reasoning and in their actions, to resist policies
and mandates they are expected to enact. This volume offers a
critical and unique resource for teacher educators who are
preparing prospective teachers to navigate the contentious terrain
of education politics, teachers who are interested in leading
change, and others interested in educational ethics.
Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How
They Can Stay offers a timely analysis of professional
dissatisfaction that challenges the common explanation of burnout.
Featuring the voices of educators, the book offers concrete lessons
for practitioners, school leaders, and policy makers on how to
think more strategically to retain experienced teachers and make a
difference in the lives of students. Based on ten years of research
and interviews with practitioners across the United States, the
book theorizes the existence of a "moral center" that can be
pivotal in guiding teacher actions and expectations on the job.
Education philosopher Doris A. Santoro argues that demoralization
offers a more precise diagnosis that is born out of ongoing value
conflicts with pedagogical policies, reform mandates, and school
practices. Demoralized reveals that this condition is reversible
when educators are able to tap into authentic professional
communities and shows that individuals can help themselves.
Detailed stories from veteran educators are included to illustrate
the variety of contexts in which demoralization can occur. Based on
these insights, Santoro offers an array of recommendations and
promising strategies for how school leaders, union leaders, teacher
groups, and individual practitioners can enact and support
"re-moralization" by working to change the conditions leading to
demoralization.
Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas brings
together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the
concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that
conflict with their understanding of quality teaching. The book
provides vivid examples of the pedagogical, professional, and
democratic principles undergirding resistance, as well as the
distinct perspective of each of its contributors: teachers who
reflect on their acts of principled resistance; teacher educators
who study teachers and support their professional growth; and
historians who demonstrate that a tradition of teachers' principled
resistance has had a significant impact on American society, not
only on schools and teaching. They also show the steps teachers
take, in their reasoning and in their actions, to resist policies
and mandates they are expected to enact. This volume offers a
critical and unique resource for teacher educators who are
preparing prospective teachers to navigate the contentious terrain
of education politics, teachers who are interested in leading
change, and others interested in educational ethics.
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