I'd Rather Teach Peace - Couverture souple

McCarthy, Colman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1570757623 ISBN 13 : 9781570757624

Editeur : Orbis Books (USA), 2008

Synopsis

In 1982 acclaimed Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy was invited to teach a course on writing at an impoverished public school in Washington, D.C. He responded, I'd rather teach peace. Thus began the work he has passionately pursued for the past twenty-five years teaching courses on nonviolence, conflict management, and peace studies, to students in a range of schools, from Georgetown University Law Center, to a juvenile prison, and various high schools in between. I'd Rather Teach Peace chronicles one semester in six of these schools, as students find themselves challenged and inspired by an unconventional course and by a man who believes that if we don't teach our children peace someone else will teach them violence.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For twenty-eight years Colman McCarthy was a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post. In 1982, when he was invited to teach a course on writing in a public school in Washington, D.C., he responded, ""I'd rather teach peace."" What began as an experiment became a full-time career. McCarthy went on to teach his course on peace in a range of schools from a suburban high school in Chevy Chase to a juvenile prison, as well as Georgetown Law Center. I'd Rather Teach Peace tells the story of what goes on in these classrooms as McCarthy not only introduces the theory and practice of creative peacemaking but constantly surprises and challenges his students, subverting expectations about what education and life are really about.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orbis Books (USA)
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570757623
• ISBN 13: 9781570757624
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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