Uncertain Lives: Children of Promise, Teachers of Hope

by Bullough, Robert V.; Noddings, Nel

• ISBN13: 9780807740460
• ISBN10: 0807740462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Written for all those who are concerned about the plight of children in America, most especially future school teachers, Uncertain Livestells the stories of 34 children, enrolled in a K-6 urban school. The tale told is one of children doing the best they know how under trying life circumstances. Presenting the voices of the children themselves, Robert Bullough puts a hopeful and ultimately human face on what are otherwise grim statistics.

Author Biography

Robert V. Bullough, Jr. is Professor of Teacher Education and a researcher within CITIES, the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He is also Emeritus Professor of Educational Studies, University of Utah.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Nel Noddings
Preface	xiii
Life Inside Mrs. Sorensen's Classroom	1	(10)
Mrs. Sorensen's Classroom	1	(5)
Working with Children	2	(4)
Thinking about Children and Their Lives	6	(1)
Interviewing	6	(3)
Chapter Organization	9	(2)
Living In Poverty	11	(16)
The Children	11	(14)
Sally	11	(5)
Clinton	16	(3)
Rolf	19	(4)
Randall	23	(2)
Reflections	25	(2)
On Men and Fathers	27	(16)
Anger and Disappointment	27
Quiet Hurt	21	(11)
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	32	(2)
Glad He's Gone	34	(2)
A Few Good Men	36	(3)
Reflections	39	(4)
Mommies, Daddies, and Drugs	43	(14)
The Children	43	(11)
Alfredo	43	(3)
Josiah	46	(2)
Arcelia	48	(3)
Shane	51	(3)
Reflections	54	(3)
Abuse in the Home	57	(14)
Living in Fear	57	(12)
Mark	57	(5)
Chuck	62	(2)
Marshall, Charity, and J. B.	64	(5)
Reflections	69	(2)
Parental Injury and Death	71	(14)
The Children	72	(11)
Juan	72	(3)
Vincente	75	(2)
Bart	77	(1)
Mapa	78	(3)
Dylan	81	(1)
Tommy	82	(1)
Reflections	83	(2)
Family Instability	85	(8)
The Children	85	(6)
Brad	85	(4)
Frederick	89	(2)
Reflections	91	(2)
Children's Dreams of the Future	93	(9)
Vocational Imaginings	93	(5)
Reflections	98	(4)
For the Sake of Children	102	(13)
Children's Changes	102	(1)
The School Context	103	(4)
Changing the Workplace	107	(2)
Focusing on People	109	(1)
Altering the Grammar of Schooling and Bolstering Resiliency	110	(2)
The Wider Context	112	(2)
A Concluding Thought	114	(1)
Notes	115	(10)
Index	125	(2)
About the Author	127