Schools of Thought: How the Politics of Literacy Shape Thinking in the Classroom

ISBN-13: 9781555425586 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 315 str.

Rexford G. Brown

Opis

-Brown imaginatively and uniquely connects rich portraits of classrooms with a vision of how public policy can encourage thoughtfulness in our schools.-
--Theodore R. Sizer, chair, Coalition of Essential Schools

Spis treści

1. Back to Basics in the Rural South.

2. Hand–Me–Down Literacy.

3. Language and Culture on the Reservation.

4. An Urban District: One Foot on the Gas, the Other on the Brakes.

5. The Politics of Literacy.

6. When Teachers Talk.

7. A Higher Literacy in Toronto.

8. Cultivating a Literacy of Thoughtfulness.

Guidelines for Program Review from the Ontario Ministry of Education.

O autorze

REXFORD G. BROWN is a senior fellow at the Education Commission of the States. He is the director of a five–year, million–dollar project, Policy and Higher Literacies, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. He has taught high school, college, and adult education.

Blurb

"Captures the breadth, depth, and urgency of education reform.... I recommend it to other policy makers, whether they be in the midst of reform or contemplating it."
Bill Clinton

"Brown imaginatively and uniquely connects rich portraits of classrooms with a vision of how public policy can encourage thoughtfulness in our schools."
Theodore R. Sizer, chairman, Coalition of Essential Schools, Brown University