Out of the classroom and into the world : learning from field trips, educating from experience, and unlocking the potential of our students and teachers / Salvatore Vascellaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vascellaro, Salvatore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School field trips--United States.

School field trips.

Active learning--United States.

Active learning.

United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, The, 2011.

Summary:

"Bank Street College of Education professor Salvatore Vascellaro is a leading advocate of taking children and teachers into a wider world as the key to improving our struggling schools. Combining practical and theoretical guidance, Out of the Classroom and into the World visits a rich variety of classrooms transformed by innovative field trip curricula--showing how students' hearts and minds are opened as they discover how a suspension bridge works, what connects them to the people and places of their neighborhood, and as they come to understand the ecosystem of a river by following it to its source. Vascellaro shows, equally, that what teachers can offer children is fueled by their own engagement with the world, and he offers stunning examples of teachers awakened by their direct experiences with the social issues plaguing American society--from the flood-torn areas of New Orleans to the mining areas of West Virginia. Based on the core principles of progressive pedagogy, and the wisdom gained from Vascellaro's experience as a teacher, school administrator, and teacher educator, Out of the Classroom and into the World is a direct retort to test scores and standards as adequate measures of teaching and learning--an inspiring call and major new resource for anyone interested in reinvigorating America's classrooms"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Teachers "Experimenting with the World" 13

1 "Slavery Was a Business!" 19

2 "Could We Build a Poem Like a Bridge?" 28

3 "I Didn't Even Know There Was a River" 47

4 Three Teachers Honoring Children's Environment 61

Part 2 "An Education in What America is, What it Could Be" 83

5 "We Went on Trips Morning, Noon, and Night" 89

6 "A Way of Feeling into Another's Life" 115

7 Participants in a World More Vast, Yet Less Remote 143

Part 3 Staying Vulnerable 159

8 A Modest Experiment 163

9 A Less Modest Experiment 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781595586827

1595586822

OCLC:

701019453