Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Community Activism as Curriculum

ISBN-13: 9780415881616 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 212 str.

Celia Oyler

Opis

How do educators engage students in community action projects without telling them what to think, how to think, or what to do? Is it possible to integrate social justice organizing into the curriculum without imposing one's political views on students? In Actions Speak Louder than Words, longtime activist and teacher educator Celia Oyler delves into such questions through firsthand accounts of social action projects. By moving beyond charity work or volunteerism, she shows how community activism projects offer fertile ground for practicing democratic engagement as part of classroom work. Actions Speak Louder than Words is a systematic, qualitative study offering in-depth and detailed portraits of teachers who design social action projects as part of the regular classroom curriculum.

O autorze

Celia Oyler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University