Educational Foundations : An Anthology of Critical Readings

by Alan S. Canestrari

• ISBN13: 9781412974387
• ISBN10: 1412974380
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-29
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Why Teach? Who Are Today's Students? What Makes a Good Teacher? Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings, Second Edition answers these questions and more, providing an exciting alternative to other foundations textbooks. This anthology is aimed at students about to enter the teaching profession, those new to the profession, and anyone interested in carefully examining schools and schooling.In this Second Edition, editors Alan S. Canestrari and Bruce A. Marlowe add new essays by classic and contemporary policy shapers and teachers. The readings are bold and refreshing, and their authors eschew unquestioning compliance. By taking a hard look at traditional educational practice, the contributors to this anthology serve as models for the kind of reflective practitioners that its editors hope that students will become while in the field.Key Features:- Encourages discussion and debate through provocative essays that provide readers with opportunities to think critically about teaching and learning- Includes brief introductory vignettes that raise probing questions about teaching and learning and provide context for the essays that follow

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

Why Teach?

Teacher Man

The Green Monongahela

Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools

Why Teach?

Who Are Today's Students?

What Should Teachers Do? Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction

Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students' Achievement

Challenging Deficit Thinking

Inclusion: Rejecting Instruction That Disables

What Makes a Good Teacher?

The Banking Concept of Education

On Stir-and-Serve Recipes for Teaching

Psst . . . It Ain't About the Tests: It's Still About Great Teaching

So What Do You Do Now?

What Do Good Schools Look Like?

The Idea of Summerhill

Success in East Harlem: How One Group of Teachers Built a School That Works

When Learning Matters: Using Learning Plans to Educate One Student at a Time

Beyond the Deficit Paradigm: An Ecological Orientation to Thriving Schools

How Should We Assess Student Learning?

A Mania for Rubrics

Grading: The Issue Is Not How But Why?

The Standards Fraud

Learning to Love Assessment

How Does One Develop a Critical Voice?

Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals

Resistance and Courage: A Conversation With Deborah Meier

Speaking in a Critical Voice

From Silence to Dissent: Fostering Critical Voices in Teachers

Epilogue. The Quest: Achieving Ideological Escape Velocity-Becoming an Activist Teacher

Index

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