Class Acts: Teachers Reflect on Their Own Classroom Practice (HER Reprint Series)

ISBN 10: 0916690318 / ISBN 13: 9780916690311

Edité par Harvard Educational Review, 1997

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Synopsis :

In this remarkable collection of articles, teachers reflect on the complex worlds of their classrooms to gain a better understanding of their students, themselves, and the act of teaching.

"What compels some of us periodically to turn our classrooms inside out, pulling apart the status quo in order to test yet another notion we cannot get off our minds?...The teachers who describe their findings in Class Acts have been overtaken by their own unexpected disclosures; something is going on in their classrooms they must study closely and ponder grandly." --Vivian Gussin Paley, from the Foreword

The contributors to Class Acts represent a diversity of backgrounds, subjects, grade levels, and educational philosophies. But they share a common approach: they all take time to reflect on finding new ways to listen to students, to make sense of their own teaching, and to take risks to transform work and social relations in their classrooms. The visions of classroom teaching in Class Acts are dynamic and inspiring. Read about how a third-grade teacher included the study of his students' urban neighborhood in his curriculum, or how a high school English teacher created a community of readers in her classroom. The teachers in Class Acts offer an engaging model of classroom teaching that stands in stark contrast to the traditional pedagogy found in U.S. schools.

À propos des auteurs: Irene Hall is a doctoral candidate in Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning Environments at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. An elementary school teacher for over fifteen years, she is currently Associate Director of Kids in Business, a creative learning program for urban youth. She is also writing a biography of Alice Dewey, cofounder (with husband John Dewey) of the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago.

Carolyn H. Campbell is a doctoral candidate in the Language and Literacy Program in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has taught third-and fourth-grade students in public and private schools. Her current research interests include the development of written language and genre understanding in elementary school children

Edward J. Miech is a doctoral candidate in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has taught English, math, and English as a Second Language in public high schools. His current research interests include the politics and history of education reform and federal aid to schools.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Class Acts: Teachers Reflect on Their Own ...
Éditeur : Harvard Educational Review
Date d'édition : 1997
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good