A Reason to Teach : Creating Classrooms of Dignity and Hope, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (September 27, 2005) © 2005

  • James A. Beane

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ISBN-13: 9780325008349
A Reason to Teach : Creating Classrooms of Dignity and Hope
Published 2005

Title overview

 

A Reason to Teach is written for teachers who want to bring democratic teaching to their classrooms and schools. The book not only explains why teachers should choose this point of view, but tells how, offering a wide range of practical resources for classrooms and schools at all levels, including tools for:

  • involving students in planning and assessing their work
  • embedding social issues in classroom content
  • arranging projects and collaborative activities
  • organizing integrative curriculum units
  • building classroom communities

Table of contents

    Introduction
    1. Choosing the Democratic Way
    2. Teaching for Democracy's Sake
    3. Living the Democratic Way
    4. Being a Democratic Teacher
    5. Sustaining the Democratic Way
    6. Reclaiming the Democratic Way
    Appendix: Reflecting on the Democratic Way of Teaching
    References
    Index

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