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Students, parents, and educators at all levels are increasingly
frustrated, demoralized, burned out, and discontented with
education and schooling today. At no previous time has it been more
necessary to revitalize hope in the promise of education or to
reestablish joy in teaching and learning than the current moment.
In this timely and inspirational volume, authors from diverse
disciplines consider and affirm the many places across curriculum
and context where hope and joy are or can be strong and vibrant.
Drawing on the life-affirming ideals of renowned education
philosopher and school founder Daisaku Ikeda, Hope and Joy in
Education will reenergize educational research, theory, and
practice. Featuring contributions from such luminaries as Theodorea
Berry, Cynthia Dillard, Walter Gershon, Francyne Huckaby, Johnny
Lupinacci, and Anita Patterson, this book reminds readers that the
classroom is still a magical space, brimming with the brilliant and
creative energy of young people.Book Features: Illustrates the
power of Daisaku Ikeda's ideas to confront the challenging societal
contexts and conditions that schools and educators face day in and
day out. Shares narratives that employ critical and antiracist
lenses to examine the authors' own activist work with different
populations across multiple contexts. Considers Daisaku Ikeda's
contributions relative to established and emerging trends in
education, including the Deweyan tradition, ecojustice education,
critical race feminism, and others. Provides cross-cultural
examples and insights bolstering the current resurgence of
humanistic, qualitative aspects of teaching and learning. Shows how
the essential qualities of hope and joy fortify fields and themes
that have been squeezed out by political agendas and standardized
testing.
Set in Trieves, France, during the winter of 1843, this novel tells
the story of Langlois, a dark and entrancing character. As a small
town remains buried under snow, a series of mysterious events
occurs: a girl disappears, a young man is attacked, and a pig is
maimed. The frightened villagers ask the police for help, and they
arrive in the village led by the enigmatic Langlois, a man who is
soon revealed as being capable of carrying out the most monstrous
and cruel acts--as well as the most compassionate. "Ambientada en
Trieves, Francia, durante el invierno de 1843, esta novela narra la
historia de Langlois, un personaje oscuro y fascinante. Mientras un
pequeno pueblo permanece sepultado bajo la nieve, se produce una
serie de eventos misteriosos: una muchacha desaparece, un joven es
atacado y un cerdo es mutilado. Los lugarenos atemorizados le piden
ayuda a la policia, y estos llegan al pueblo capitaneados por el
enigmatico Langlois, un hombre que pronto se revela capaz de llevar
a cabo los actos mas monstruosos y crueles--y tambien los mas
compasivos."
Written by activist educators, Worth Striking For speaks to
teachers and teachers-to-be about the drastic changes in the
landscape of public education in recent decades, and focuses on
what they need to know about the debates and complex issues of
reform affecting their lives and professions. The book identifies
the most significant shifts in education policy, including how
policy has helped or hindered the broader educational purposes of
schools. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing
device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas
addressed is critically important to teachers' lives and work. Each
chapter describes one of the Chicago teachers' demands, and then
explores a related policy arena through the lens of an associated
philosophical purpose of education. The text features individually
authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors' personal experiences
with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life. This
hopeful book will inspire and empower teachers to take action in
their schools, communities, districts, and states.
Written by activist educators, Worth Striking For speaks to
teachers and teachers-to-be about the drastic changes in the
landscape of public education in recent decades, and focuses on
what they need to know about the debates and complex issues of
reform affecting their lives and professions. The book identifies
the most significant shifts in education policy, including how
policy has helped or hindered the broader educational purposes of
schools. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing
device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas
addressed is critically important to teachers' lives and work. Each
chapter describes one of the Chicago teachers' demands, and then
explores a related policy arena through the lens of an associated
philosophical purpose of education. The text features individually
authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors' personal experiences
with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life. This
hopeful book will inspire and empower teachers to take action in
their schools, communities, districts, and states.
Inspired by the life and work of Bill Ayers - particularly his
advice to "teach into the contradiction" - Diving In reflects the
intellectual adventures that Ayers has always encouraged those
around him to undertake. Written by leading educators and
activists, the collected chapters within this book are as diverse
as the myriad contradictions that teachers encounter in their
day-to-day practice and their out-of-class musings. The
contributors use themes suggested by Ayers's work to open up new
perspectives and discourses on key issues in education, such as
education as a human right, participatory democracy, social
justice, and liberation. Diving In offers much-needed hope at a
time when teachers need it the most.
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