| The Ecological Heart of Teaching: Radical Tales of Refuge and Renewal for Classrooms and Communities Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Seidel, Jackie (Editor), Jardine, David W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433132362 ISBN-13: 9781433132360 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $113.81 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Adult & Continuing Education |
| Dewey: 371.102 |
| LCCN: 2016021402 |
| Series: Counterpoints |
| Physical Information: (1.10 lbs) 265 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ecological Heart of Teaching is a collection of writings by teachers about their life in classrooms. Reflecting over three years of collective work, it illustrates how teachers, parents, and students can avoid some of the distractions and panic endemic to many schools, allowing them to focus thoughtfully on rigorous, beautiful work. It draws on ecological thinking, Buddhism, and hermeneutics to provide deeper, richer, and more abundant sources for teaching, thinking, and practice, and shows how these three lineages provide keys to decode the current malaise that surrounds schooling. The book will be valuable to beginning and experienced teachers and administrators, as well as to parents and anyone involved in stepping away from the exhausting industrial images and ideas that have turned schooling into an ecological and intellectual disaster. For those interested in interpretive research and life-writing, the book provides a wide array of examples; it is a valuable resource for undergraduate classes in curriculum and teaching, as well as graduate research methods courses interested in new forms of thinking and writing. |