This book contains thought-provoking essays on teaching and learning: . Who is in charge of lesson plans and of organizing classroom activities? . Who places students in classes? . Who selects the books and the tests? . How are students evaluated, and who determines this? . What weight does teacher opinion have in decisions about student progress in school? Teachers should have the final say in all of these cases, and their opinion should weigh heavily in all of them, yet this is not the reality for today s teachers. Current educational practices driven by a...
This book contains thought-provoking essays on teaching and learning: . Who is in charge of lesson plans and of organizing classroom activities?
A Place to Stand is for pragmatic idealists--people who can imagine a better world and are committed toward working toward it; individuals who are dissatisfied with the status quo and discouraged at the pace of change; people who are passionate about making the world a better place but realistic about what it takes to accomplish it. This book of essays, wonderfully introduced by Mary Catherine Bateson, offers hope in the maelstrom of change that surrounds educators today. Collectively, the essays provide a coherent approach to identifying problems and formulating strategies for...
A Place to Stand is for pragmatic idealists--people who can imagine a better world and are committed toward working toward it; individuals who ...