Global Activism in an American School - From Empathy to Action

Informationen zum Autor By Linda Kantor Swerdlow Klappentext Global Activism in an American School: From Empathy to Action analyzes the evolution of the Kid's Campaign and Operation Day's Work at Broad Meadows. It demonstrates how teacher facilitator, Ron Adams, in conjunction with his students created a democratic after school community and provides teachers with unique field tested strategies they could use to promote student activism at the global or local level. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordDavid ParkerAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Kids Campaign to Build a School for IqbalChapter 1: Prelude: From Pakistan to the USAChapter 2: Quincy, Massachusetts, USA Chapter 3: The Kids Campaign to Build a School for IqbalChapter 4: Impact of the Kids Campaign on the Lives of the Student ActivistsPart II: Operation Day's WorkChapter 5: From Norway to the USAChapter 6: ODW USA: A Year in the Life, Part 1: Investigating the World and Preparing to Take ActionChapter 7: A Year in the Life, Part 2: Making the Project of the Year a RealityChapter 8: Portraits of ODW ActivistsConclusionAppendix: ODW Annual ProjectsReferencesAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Linda Kantor Swerdlow, Swerdlow Linda Kantor
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781475807691
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0769-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; USA, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy