Activist Educators - Breaking Past Limits

Informationen zum Autor Catherine Marshall is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Amy L. Anderson is an Evaluation Specialist with Evaluation, Assessment, and Policy Connections in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext Offers a view into the picture of assertive idealistic professionals' lives by presenting data on the impetus behind educators' activism and the strategies they used in fighting for a cause. This title follows the stories of educator activists as they take on problems in schools! including sexism! racism! reproductive rights! and GLBT rights. Zusammenfassung Activist Educators offers a view of assertive idealistic professionals’ lives by presenting rich qualitative data on the impetus behind their activism and the strategies they used to push limits in fighting for a cause. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Is it Possible to be an Activist Educator?! Catherine Marshall and Amy L. Anderson 2. The Fight of Their Lives: African American Activist Educators! Annice H. Williams 3. Activist Women in Educational Leadership-How Likely?! Susan Walters 4. Approaching Activism in the Bible Belt! Gloria Hines Jones 5. Surprising Ways to be an Activist! Wanda Legrand 6. Is There Choice in Educator Activism?! Amy L. Anderson 7. The Activist Professional! Catherine Marshall 8. Doing Collaborative Research! Amy L. Anderson and Catherine Marshall

Product details

• Authors: Catherine (EDT)/ Anderson Marshall, Catherine (University of North Carolina Marshall, Catherine Anderson Marshall, MARSHALL CATHERINE ANDERSON AMY
• Assisted by: Amy L. Anderson (Editor), Amy L. (University of North Carolina Anderson (Editor), Catherine Marshall (Editor), Catherine (University of North Carolina Marshall (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2008
• EAN: 9780415956666
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95666-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Teaching/Learning Social Justice; Teaching/Learning Social Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy