Schooling for Tomorrow's America
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- Description
- Contents
This book can be read by educators at all stages in their careers. What a great selection for a book study group of practicing teachers or for a seminar with graduate students. The authors share their thoughts about education for the future, but also inform us about the past. Whether you encounter this book as a textbook or for a professional learning community, the contents will inform and inspire you, encouraging you to think deeply and work towards the improvement of education.
Acknowledgements.
- Foreword.
- Prologue.
- Chapter 1. Public Schooling in Hard Times: Adaptation and Invention Remain Possibilities, O. L. Davis, Jr.
- Chapter 2. Educational Aims for the Twenty-First Century, Nel Noddings.
- Chapter 3. Teacher Learning and Leadership: Community, Collaboration, and Challenge, Ann Lieberman.
- Chapter 4. Educating Citizens for Tomorrow's Diverse World, James A. Banks.
- Chapter 5. Worrying About Diversity of a Different Kind, David C. Berliner.
- Chapter 6. Teach Freedom! William Ayers.
- Chapter 7. What Might Schools of the Future Be Like? Deborah Meier.
- Chapter 8. Preparing Teachers for Tomorrow's America, Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Christine Power.
- Chapter 9. American Schools, Today and Tomorrow, Alan H. Schoenfeld.
- Chapter 10. Educating the Whole Child: Intellect, Emotion, and Spirit, With Wisdom and Passion, Barbara Day and Elizabeth De Gaynor.
- Chapter 11. Is Meeting the Diverse Needs of All Students Possible? Gloria Ladson-Billings.
- About the Contributors.