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This book helps aspiring teachers interpret the craft of teaching within the historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts of education, inside and outside of schools. Through these carefully curated readings, students will grasp the complexity and connection between contemporary issues in education.
List of contents
Introduction - Susan F. Semel with Molly V. Makris, and Cara Kronen;
Part I: In The Quest for Equity: Foundations of Education; The History of Education; 1. A Long Shadow: The American Pursuit of Political Justice and Education Equality - James D. Anderson; 2. The Progressive Movement in American Education: A Perspective - Lawrence A. Cremin;
The Politics of Education; 3. What "Counts" as Educational Policy? Notes toward a New Paradigm - Jean Anyon; 4. Toward a Politics of Disability: Definitions, disciplines, and policies - Harlan Hahn;
The Sociology of Education; 5. Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification - Randall Collins; 6. Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life - Annette Lareau;
The Philosophy of Education; 7. Experience and Education 187 - John Dewey; 8. Wide-Awakeness and the Moral Life - Maxine Greene;
Part II: In The Quest for Equity: New Directions; 9. Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education - Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate; 10. Re-imagining Multicultural Education: New Visions, New Possibilities - Sonia Nieto; 11. Preventing and Producing Violence: A Critical Analysis of Responses to School Violence - Pedro Noguera; 12. " But I'm not Gay": What Straight Teachers Need to Know about Queer Theory - Elizabeth J. Meyer; 13. Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected - Kimberlé W. Crenshaw; 14. Additional complexities: Social class, ethnicity, generation, and gender in Asian American student experiences - Stacey J. Lee; Questions for Further Discussion
About the author
Susan F. Semel is a historian of education and is noted for her work on progressive education and women in leadership. She is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including
The Dalton School, Schools of Tomorrow, Schools of Today, and
Exploring Education.
Molly Vollman Makris is an associate professor and program coordinator of urban studies at Guttman Community College, CUNY. Her research areas include school choice, school integration, and gentrification. She is the coauthor of
Gentrification Down the Shore and author of
Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City: Youth Experiences of Uneven Opportunity.
Cara Kronen is an associate professor in the Teacher Education Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY and the coordinator for secondary education programs. She teaches educational foundations. Her research areas include urban education, teacher activism, and ways to increase the number of teachers of color.
Summary
This book helps aspiring teachers interpret the craft of teaching within the historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts of education, inside and outside of schools. Through these carefully curated readings, students will grasp the complexity and connection between contemporary issues in education.
