The Power of Community-Centered Education Teaching as a Craft of Place

by Umphrey, Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9781578866502
• ISBN10: 1578866502
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-20
• Publisher: R&L Education
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Summary

"I am so impressed with this wonderful book about teaching and place....It has been observed that 90% of our knowledge is folklore (learned by experience), and this is the knowledge that we will pass on to the next generation. Unfortunately, our educational curricula, testing requirements, and bureaucratic busywork have kept teachers and students in a knowledge-restricting straightjacket. The Power of Community-Centered Education gives us a blueprint for breaking out of these constraints to give teachers and students a way back to real experience-based, community-centered learning."

Author Biography

Michael L. Umphrey has been director of the Heritage Project for the Library of Congress and the Montana Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. xi
Crisis in the Narrative Environment	p. 1
Learning as Story	p. 15
Stories and Place Making	p. 25
The Great, Unfinished Project	p. 45
Education and Community	p. 57
Teaching as a Craft of Place	p. 69
Virtues and Community Character	p. 85
Eight Practices of Community-Centered Teachers	p. 93
It's about Time	p. 113
A Hunger for Reality	p. 123
References	p. 137
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