Radical equality in education : starting over in U.S. schooling / Joanne Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Joanne, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 107 pages; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

Tinkering with the current educational system from within has not provided a just and equitable education for all children. In this book, acclaimed education theorist Joanne Larson poses basic questions about the nature and purpose of schooling. Proposing that what is needed is a new purpose that is more consistent with contemporary knowledge production processes-one that moves beyond the either/or binary of preparing workers/citizens in a competitive global economy or a democracy, Larson argues that the only real solution is to start over in U.S. education-the purpose of schooling should be to facilitate human learning, meaning making, and knowledge production toward just and equitable education for all. Radical Equality in Education offers a new ontological starting point and a new theoretical framing that would follow from it, articulates theoretical, curricular, pedagogical, and assessment principles that frame a real plan for fundamental change in American education, and presents examples of what these ideas might look like in schools and communities. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / by Kris Gutíerrez

Preface

Fed up with tinkering

From an equitable starting place

Toward different ends

Curriculum, instruction, and assessment

Imagine we climb the mountain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415528030

0415528038

0415528046

9780415528047

OCLC:

858914348