Keeping the promise : essays on leadership, democracy, and education / edited by Dennis Carlson and C.P. Gause.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlson, Dennis.

Gause, C. P.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.)

Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v. 305

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Postmodernism and education.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 416 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2007]

Contents:

Are we making progress?: the discursive construction of progress in the age of "no child left behind" / Dennis Carlson

Schooling, markets, race, and an audit culture / Michael W. Apple

Leadership, culture, and democracy: rethinking systems and conflict in schools / Richard A. Quantz

Some historical tensions about sexuality and gender in schools / Jackie M. Blount

Excavating hope among the ruins: confronting creeping fascism in our midst / Valerie Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Juha Suoranta, and Peter McLaren

Sissies, faggots, lezzies and dykes: gender, sexual orientation and a new politics of education? / Catherine A. Lugg

Re-radicalizing the consciousness in educational leadership: the critically spiritual imperative toward keeping the promise / Michael E. Dantley

Student engagement and academic achievement: a promising connection / Joanne Chesley

"Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?": facing identity politics and resistance when teaching for social justice / Camille Wilson Cooper and Charles P. Gause

Beyond generic democracy: holding our students accountable for democratic leadership and practice / Charles P. Gause, Ulrich C. Reitzug, and Leila E. Villaverde

Margaret Haley as diva: a case study of a feminist citizen-leader / Kathleen Knight Abowitz and Kate Rousmaniere

Unpacking on a long journey home: a lesson on race, identity, and culture / Rochelle Garner

Making her community a better place to live: lessons from history for culturally responsive urban school leadership / Lauri Johnson

The power and limits of small school reform: institutional agency and democratic leadership in public education / Lori Chajet

Resisting the passive revolution: democratic, participatory research by youth / Michelle Fine

Media literacy: an entrâee for preservice teachers into critical pedagogy? / Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish

Leadership-with: a spiritual perspective on professional & revolutionary leadership in a digital culture / Glenn M. Hudak

Halls of anger: the (mis)representation of African American principals in film / Linda C. Tillman

Critically examining popular culture representations of educators / James Trier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0820481998

9780820481999

0820497290

9780820497297

OCLC:

70673203