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Teaching and Learning on the Verge
Shanti Elliott
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Description for Teaching and Learning on the Verge
Paperback. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Our changing world demands that all students become agile thinkers who can grow sturdy interpersonal and civic relationships. This book proposes that teachers who think of learning as “playing with power” tap the creative and subversive energies of young people, making academic work far more consequential than a piece of paper with a grade on it. Young people must learn to play democracy just as they might play a violin or a sport: not as a game of “let’s pretend,” but fully participating in the language, spaces, and possibilities of public life. Based on 20 years of teaching experience and research in schools across ... Read more
Our changing world demands that all students become agile thinkers who can grow sturdy interpersonal and civic relationships. This book proposes that teachers who think of learning as “playing with power” tap the creative and subversive energies of young people, making academic work far more consequential than a piece of paper with a grade on it. Young people must learn to play democracy just as they might play a violin or a sport: not as a game of “let’s pretend,” but fully participating in the language, spaces, and possibilities of public life. Based on 20 years of teaching experience and research in schools across ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Multicultural Education Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807756416
SKU
V9780807756416
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