Education and hope in troubled times : visions of change for our children's world / edited by H. Svi Shapiro.

Other author Shapiro, H. Svi.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionxvi, 281 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education. ^A683075
Contents Introduction: education and hope in trouble times / H. Svi Shapiro -- Education and schooling in the 21st century: the role of the profession / David E. Purpel -- Is there a place for education in social transformation? / Michael W. Apple -- What is to be done?: toward a rationale for social movement building / Jean Anyon -- Mechanics of unfairness: how we undercut poor children's educational opportunity / Sue Books -- The moral and spiritual poverty of educational "leadership"-- and a hope for the future / Ulrich C. Reitzug and Deborah L. West -- Fear versus possibility: why we need a new DEEL for our children's future / Steven Jay Gross and Joan Poliner Shapiro -- Capitalism's continuing attempts to dominate civil society, culture and schools: what should be done? / Richard A. Brosio -- Education after the empire / Ron Miller -- Education for a partnership world: building cultures of peace / Riane Eisler -- Critical thinking in religious education / Nel Noddings -- The cultivation of children's bodies toward intricate thinking and sensitive behavior / Don Hanlon Johnson -- To touch and be touched: the missing discourse of bodies in education / Mara Sapon-Shevin -- Worlds of change: a vision for global aesthetics / Sherry B. Shapiro -- Teaching like weasels / Hephzibah Roskelly -- Transforming status-quo stories: shifting from "me" to "we" consciousness / AnaLouise Keating -- Disposable futures: dirty democracy and the politics of disposability / Henry A. Giroux -- Unplaguing the stomach: curing the University of California admissions policy with an ethic of communal justice and care / Jenifer Crawford, Nana Gyamfi and Peter McLaren -- No child left thinking: democracy at risk in American schools and what we need to do about it / Joel Westheimer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008036284
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ISBN0203881850 (e-book)

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Joyner General Stacks LC 196 .E383 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold