Dear Josie

by Featherstone, Joseph; Featherstone, Caitlin; Joseph, Liza; Featherstone, Liza

• ISBN13: 9780807743263
• ISBN10: 0807743267
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

As an educator and journalist who has been closely observing schools for more than three decades, Joseph Featherstone is a powerful voice in the struggle for better schooling in our nation. This much-needed and beautifully written collection testifies to the importance of respecting children's minds, educating all children, the craft of teaching, and democratic values.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Herbert Kohl
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part I. Childhood	1	(42)
My Good War	3	(5)
Rousseau and Modernity	8	(11)
Family Matters	19	(12)
An American Education	31	(6)
Five Big Ideas	37	(6)
Part II. School and Society	43	(50)
Ocean Hill Is Alive, and, Well	45	(3)
The Problem Is More Than Schools	48	(8)
Busing the Powerless	56	(12)
John Dewey Reconsidered	68	(16)
Democratic Vistas	84	(5)
Democracy and Education	89	(4)
Part III. Teachers and Classrooms	93	(80)
The Primary School Revolution in Britain: Schools for Children---What's Happening in Bristish Classrooms	95	(8)
Teaching Children to Think	103	(10)
Experiments in Learning	113	(6)
Open Schools II: Tempering a Fad	119	(7)
Ghetto Classroom	126	(8)
Teaching Teacher: A Utopian Bulletin	134	(5)
The Real Thing in Teaching	139	(4)
To Touch More Life	143	(6)
The Living Classroom	149	(8)
Vivian Paley	157	(6)
Letter to a Young Teacher	163	(10)
References	173	(4)
Index	177