Schooling for tomorrow's America

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 t...

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Other Authors Kysilka, Marcella L. (Editor), Davis, O. L. 1928- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing. Inc., [2014]
SeriesResearch in curriculum and instruction.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613236
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-357-6
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 163 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.