Half an Inch from the Edge (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2019
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Paperback. Half an Inch from the Edge: Teacher Education, Teaching, and Student Learning for Social Transformation is a book about the tensions and opportunities reflected in todays public school classrooms in the U.S. Through detailed case studies of four classrooms, the authors explore socially transformative pedagogy in action. The result is a narrative that intertwines a critical social analysis of our educational system with real-life examples from K-12 classrooms. The four teachers highlighted in the book are new, urban, socially-conscious educators of Color who strive to make their classrooms something new and something differentspaces where youth can learn about and express their own cultural identities as a part of the curriculum. These stories are told through the creation, implementation, analysis, and assessment of teachers action research projects as they complete their Masters degrees and begin their first years as full-time teachers. Central to each of the case studieswhich span multiple grade levels and content areasis a focus on self-reflection, a deep desire to build meaningful relationships with students, and a quest to make learning relevant to students lived experiences. Also painfully clear is the role of failure, and the tremendous creativity, ingenuity, and persistence of these new teachers, as they learn alongside their students and together fight the injustices inherent in their schools, districts, and the national system of education. Ultimately, the portraits of these teachers show that amidst all of the forces working against them and their students, there is hopehope that the great experiment of American public education can transform into a system that serves all students. This book brings readers into K-12 public school classrooms through case studies of four teachers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- Half an Inch from the Edge (Paperback)
- Autor
- Noah Borrero
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
- Año de publicación
- 2019
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1475832559
- ISBN 13
- 9781475832556
Half an Inch from the Edge: Teacher Education, Teaching, and Student Learning for Social Transformation is a book about the tensions and opportunities reflected in today's public school classrooms in the U.S. Through detailed case studies of four classrooms, the authors explore socially transformative pedagogy in action. The result is a narrative that intertwines a critical social analysis of our educational system with real-life examples from K-12 classrooms. The four teachers highlighted in the book are new, urban, socially-conscious educators of Color who strive to make their classrooms something new and something different-spaces where youth can learn about and express their own cultural identities as a part of the curriculum.
These stories are told through the creation, implementation, analysis, and assessment of teachers' action research projects as they complete their Masters degrees and begin their first years as full-time teachers. Central to each of the case studies-which span multiple grade levels and content areas-is a focus on self-reflection, a deep desire to build meaningful relationships with students, and a quest to make learning relevant to students' lived experiences. Also painfully clear is the role of failure, and the tremendous creativity, ingenuity, and persistence of these new teachers, as they learn alongside their students and together fight the injustices inherent in their schools, districts, and the national system of education. Ultimately, the portraits of these teachers show that amidst all of the forces working against them and their students, there is hope-hope that the great experiment of American public education can transform into a system that serves all students.
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Patrick Camangian engages in grassroots and professional efforts to advocate for humanizing, socially transformative education as a university professor, district and school-based educator, and community organizer. Currently, he is turning to both critical theory and research in the health sciences to inform his research findings on systemic harm, social resistance, and health and well-being in education.
Rick Ayers' research and writing focuses on social justice and critical pedagogy in education. He is author or co-author of a number of books, including Teaching the Taboo, An Empty Seat in Class: Teaching and Learning After the Death of a Student, and You can't fire the bad ones: And 18 other myths about teachers, teachers unions, and public education.
Sharim Hannegan-Martinez is a first generation doctoral candidate in Education at UCLA. Her research, which is heavily influenced by her experiences as a Chicana growing up on the San Diego/Tijuana border and her time as a teacher in Oakland, focuses primarily on the role of loving relationships in helping young people cope with, navigate and heal from traumatic stressors in the context of urban classrooms.
Esther Flores is a teacher committed to continuously improving her practice in order to provide young people with a relevant and rigorous education that empowers them to build a more just society. She currently teaches Ethnic Studies and World History at Mission High School in San Francisco. She earned her Masters in Teaching and single-subject bilingual Social Science teaching credential from the Urban Education and Social Justice program at the University of San Francisco in 2014.
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