Faces of Learning

50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Inspirational stories of engaging, real-life educational experiences Everyone has a personal learning story, a time when they became actively engaged in their own education. Maybe it was an especially challenging teacher, or a uniquely supportive environment, or a collaborative classroom. In Faces of Learning, both well-known public figures, such as Arne Duncan and Al Franken, and ordinary Americans recall the moments when they truly learned something. Includes stories from people of all different backgrounds and from all over the countryThe stories are grouped into categories by theme like "relevant" and "experiential" to help reveal the common characteristics of what works in educationEach chapter ends with five things you can do to improve your own learning, that of your students, and of all AmericansReaders can visit the companion website www.facesoflearning.net to share their own stories of educational success and find out what else they can do.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-03-11
Mått161 x 236 x 18 mm
Vikt358 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780470910146

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THE EDITOR SAM CHALTAIN (www.samchaltain.com) is a Washington DC-based writer, educator, and strategic consultant. Sam has also been a classroom teacher; the national director of the Forum for Education and Democracy, an education advocacy organization devoted to restoring the public purpose of public education; and the founding director of the Five Freedoms Project, a national program that helps K-12 principals create more democratic learning communities. He is the author and coauthor of several books, including American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community.

Introduction 1Chapter One Challenging1. Jenna Fournel (Alexandria, Virginia) 62. Mark Rockeymoore (Montreal, Quebec) 83. Jan Resseger (Cleveland, Ohio) 104. Gloria Ladson-Billings (Madison, Wisconsin) 125. Loretta Goodwin (Washington, D.C.) 146. Bruce Deitrick Price (Virginia Beach, Virginia) 167. Arne Duncan (Washington, D.C.) 178. Angela Valenzuela (Austin, Texas) 199. Carl Glickman (Athens, Georgia) 2110. Andrew Margon (Brooklyn, New York) 23Challenging: Five Things You Can Do 24Chapter Two Engaging11. Renee Moore (Cleveland, Mississippi) 3012. Amy Estersohn (Chicago, Illinois) 3213. Maritza Brito (Brick, New Jersey) 3414. Kevin McCann (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 3615. Margaret Owens (Palo Alto, California) 3816. Larry Mya_ (Boston, Massachusetts) 4017. John Goodlad (Seattle, Washington) 4218. Sitembiso Ncube Maduma (San Bernardino, California) 4419. Elijah Cummings (Baltimore, Maryland) 4620. Jill Vialet (Oakland, California) 48Engaging: Five Things You Can Do 51Chapter Three Supportive21. Al Franken (Washington, D.C.) 5622. Jenifer Fox (Austin, Texas) 5823. Michelle Durange (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) 6024. Zainab Ali (Los Angeles, California) 6225. Susan Oliver (Waterford, Virginia) 6426. Gary Cohen (Wayzata, Minnesota) 6627. Chantale Soekhoe (Brooklyn, New York) 6828. Emily Gasoi (Washington, D.C.) 7029. Cassandra Carland (Keene, New Hampshire) 7330. Carrie A. Rogers (Rancho Cucamonga, California) 75Supportive: Five Things You Can Do 77Chapter Four Relevant31. R. Dwayne Betts (Washington, D.C.) 8232. Robert McLaughlin (Concord, New Hampshire) 8433. Deborah Meier (Hillsdale, New York) 8634. Jamal Fields (Livermore, California) 8835. Jenerra Williams (Boston, Massachusetts) 9036. Patrick Ip (Chicago, Illinois) 9237. Gerlma A. Johnson (Detroit, Michigan) 9438. Anonymous 9639. Ahniwake Rose (Washington, D.C.) 9740. James Comer (New Haven, Connecticut) 98Relevant: Five Things You Can Do 100Chapter Five Experiential41. Joel Ellio (Limpopo Province, South Africa) 10642. Terry Pickeral (Bellingham, Washington) 10943. Elizabeth Rogers (South Portland, Maine) 11144. Steve Moore (Kansas City, Missouri) 11245. Jill Davidson (Providence, Rhode Island) 11546. Rachel Barnes (Chatham, Massachusetts) 11747. Stedman Graham (Chicago, Illinois) 11948. Stephen Vick (Chicago, Illinois) 12149. Liz Lerman (Baltimore, Maryland) 12350. Maya Soetoro-Ng (Honolulu, Hawaii) 125Experiential: Five Things You Can Do 128Epilogue George WoodTed Sizer (Harvard, Massachusetts) 133About the Editor 135About the Campaign 137Acknowledgments 149

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