Teaching When the World Is on Fire (eBook)

Lisa Delpit (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-432-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A timely collection of advice and strategies for creating a just classroom from educators across the country, handpicked by MacArthur genius and bestselling author Lisa Delpit A favorite education book of the year. Greater Good magazine Is it okay to discuss politics in class? What are constructive ways to help young people process the daily news coverage of sexual assault? How can educators engage students around Black Lives Matter? Climate change? Confederate statue controversies? Immigration? Hate speech? In Teaching When the World Is on Fire, Delpit turns to a host of crucial issues facing teachers in these tumultuous times. Delpit's master-teacher wisdom tees up guidance from beloved, well-known educators along with insight from dynamic principals and classroom teachers tackling difficult topics in K12 schools every day. This cutting-edge collection brings together essential observations on safety from Pedro Noguera and Carla Shalaby; incisive ideas on traversing politics from William Ayers and Mica Pollock; Christopher Emdin's instructive views on respecting and connecting with black and brown students; Hazel Edwards's crucial insight about safe spaces for transgender and gender-nonconforming students; and James W. Loewen's sage suggestions about exploring symbols of the South; as well as timely thoughts from Bill Bigelow on teaching the climate crisisand on the students and teachers fighting for environmental justice. Teachers everywhere will benefit from what Publishers Weekly called an urgent and earnest collection [that] will resonate with educators looking to teach 'young people to engage across perspectives' as a means to 'creating a just and caring world.'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: adolescence • Black students • class conflict • Classroom • climate change • cultural conflict • Culture • Culture Clash • Diversity • Donald Trump • Education • gender dysmorphia • gender-neutral bathrooms • Gender Trouble • inclusivity • kids these days • middle school • Multicultural education • Political Correctness • Politics • Public Education • Race • race in the classroom • racial conflict • Racism • racist • Refugees • school • Social Justice • students • students of color • Teachers • Teaching • Teenagers • trans identity • trans students • Viral • Young people
• ISBN-10: 1-62097-432-0 / 1620974320
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62097-432-2 / 9781620974322