Black Ants And Buddhists - Thinking Critically And Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades

Klappentext What would a classroom look like if understanding and respecting differences in race! culture! beliefs! and opinions were at its heart? Welcome to Mary Cowhey's Peace Class in Northampton! MA! where first and second graders view the entire curriculum through the framework of understanding the world! and trying to do their part to make it a better place. Woven through the book is Mary's unflinching and humorous account of her own roots in a struggling large Irish Catholic family and her early career as a community activist. Mary's teaching is infused with lessons of her heroes: Gandhi! Eleanor Roosevelt! Helen Keller! Martin Luther King! and others. Her students learn to make connections between their lives! the books they read! the community leaders they meet! and the larger world. Zusammenfassung Mary Cowhey's book Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades will reignite the passion and remind you that educators provide more than test prep.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Cowhey
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9781571104182
• ISBN: 978-1-57110-418-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system