Citizen Teachers and the Quest for a Democratic Society (eBook)

Place-Making, Border Crossing, and the Possibilities for Community Organizing

Gerald K. Wood (Autor)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XXIII, 109 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-15464-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book explores how citizen teachers can expand our capacities to generate more equitable and just spaces with families by working as community organizers. Paying particular attention to community organizing work in one elementary school, the book weaves stories and examples with theoretical understandings to support emerging citizen teachers in creating more democratic spaces. Each chapter provides key community organizing concepts and skills and offers lessons learned to identify what worked and what did not. By building solidarity with families, citizen teachers can effectively activate more powerful practices grounded in the lives of students, their families, and their communities while articulating a broader response to the conditions impacting educators.

Gerald K. Wood is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations in the Department of Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University, USA. His work focuses broadly on the intersections of critical geographies and community organizing. He has worked with Industrial Areas Foundations affiliates and has been involved in broad-based organizing and youth organizing work. 

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 109 p. 15 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Community Organizing • critical race theory • Democratic education • Elementary School • grassroots democracy • Public School • Teacher advocacy
• ISBN-10: 3-031-15464-9 / 3031154649
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-15464-5 / 9783031154645