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In What Went Right: Lessons from Both Sides of the Teacher's Desk
co-authors Roberta Israeloff and George McDermott resume a
conversation they began in 1967-when she was in eleventh grade at
Syosset (N.Y.) High School and he was her English teacher. In 2014,
after finding each other on Facebook, they began an email
correspondence-as contemporaries, rather than student and
teacher-and quickly discovered that neither had ever stopped
thinking about that school and the many ways it influenced them. As
they shared their impressions of how and why public education has
changed since then, they realized that a single academic year can
have a deeper and longer-lasting impact than they had ever
imagined. Personal and probing, evocative and wide-ranging, the
letters that compose this book ask and attempt to answer some
timeless-and timely-questions: What makes a teacher or a class
memorable? How can the teacher-student relationship be supported
and strengthened? What does being "educated" truly mean? And,
perhaps most important, what role can free public education play in
sustaining our democracy?
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Lost and Found (Paperback)
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Revisiting her past through old journals and diaries, author
Roberta Israeloff traces her passage from self-confident tomboy to
a teenager trying to understand what it means to be female in
today's society. Her recollections, juxtaposed with thoughts on her
current life, capture from a personal perspective the journey to
womanhood. Will appeal to readers of REVIVING OPHELIA.
The Ethics Bowl Way introduces the Ethics Bowl to the larger
educational community, including those involved in elementary,
secondary, and higher education. Ethics Bowl espouses a new way to
engage in discussions about complex ethical issues. Although it
resembles debate, in that two teams prepare for and present
arguments on an ethical dilemma, participants are rewarded not for
taking adversarial positions but rather for the degree to which
they work together to bolster each other's arguments by asking more
incisive questions, asking for greater clarity, and providing more
thoughtful, reflective, logical answers. Changing positions is
rewarded rather than penalized; civil discourse is a key value;
critical thinking, public speaking, and listening skills are also
nurtured. Ethics Bowl's foremost practitioners explain why this
model is often more productive than debate; and how it fosters the
very qualities that produce more responsible, informed citizens in
a democracy, as well as model co-works, family and community
members, and friends. The book also offers practical, hands-on
advice for those who participate in Ethics Bowl (coaches, judges,
case writers, organizers) and looks ahead to the ways in which it
can be expanded and improved. Ethics Bowl, which began as a
classroom activity, is always evolving to become more inclusive,
fair, and challenging.
The Ethics Bowl Way introduces the Ethics Bowl to the larger
educational community, including those involved in elementary,
secondary, and higher education. Ethics Bowl espouses a new way to
engage in discussions about complex ethical issues. Although it
resembles debate, in that two teams prepare for and present
arguments on an ethical dilemma, participants are rewarded not for
taking adversarial positions but rather for the degree to which
they work together to bolster each other's arguments by asking more
incisive questions, asking for greater clarity, and providing more
thoughtful, reflective, logical answers. Changing positions is
rewarded rather than penalized; civil discourse is a key value;
critical thinking, public speaking, and listening skills are also
nurtured. Ethics Bowl's foremost practitioners explain why this
model is often more productive than debate; and how it fosters the
very qualities that produce more responsible, informed citizens in
a democracy, as well as model co-works, family and community
members, and friends. The book also offers practical, hands-on
advice for those who participate in Ethics Bowl (coaches, judges,
case writers, organizers) and looks ahead to the ways in which it
can be expanded and improved. Ethics Bowl, which began as a
classroom activity, is always evolving to become more inclusive,
fair, and challenging.
In What Went Right: Lessons from Both Sides of the Teacher's Desk
co-authors Roberta Israeloff and George McDermott resume a
conversation they began in 1967-when she was in eleventh grade at
Syosset (N.Y.) High School and he was her English teacher. In 2014,
after finding each other on Facebook, they began an email
correspondence-as contemporaries, rather than student and
teacher-and quickly discovered that neither had ever stopped
thinking about that school and the many ways it influenced them. As
they shared their impressions of how and why public education has
changed since then, they realized that a single academic year can
have a deeper and longer-lasting impact than they had ever
imagined. Personal and probing, evocative and wide-ranging, the
letters that compose this book ask and attempt to answer some
timeless-and timely-questions: What makes a teacher or a class
memorable? How can the teacher-student relationship be supported
and strengthened? What does being "educated" truly mean? And,
perhaps most important, what role can free public education play in
sustaining our democracy?
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