Jane Addams in the classroom / edited by David Schaafsma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schaafsma, David, 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.

Addams, Jane.

Social reformers--United States.

Social reformers.

Progressive education.

Philosophy.

History.

United States.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Progressive education--United States--Philosophy--History.

Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. On education.

Physical Description:

x, 220 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]

Summary:

Once intent on being good to people, Jane Addams later dedicated herself to the idea of being good with people, establishing mutually-responsive and reciprocal relationships with those she served at Hull House. The essays in Jane Addams in the Classroom explore how Addams's life, work, and philosophy provide invaluable lessons for teachers seeking connection with their students. Balancing theoretical and practical considerations, the collection examines Addams's emphasis on listening to and learning from those around her and encourages contemporary educators to connect with students through innovative projects and teaching methods. In the first essays, Addams scholars lay out how her narratives drew on experience, history, and story to explicate theories she intended as guides to practice. Six teacher-scholars then establish Addams's ongoing relevance by connecting her principles to exciting events in their own classrooms. An examination of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and a fictional essay on Addams's work and ideas round out the volume.Accessible and wide-ranging, Jane Addams in the Classroom offers inspiration for educators while adding to the ongoing reconsideration of Addams's contributions to American thought.Contributors include Todd DeStigter, Lanette Grate, Susan Griffith, Lisa Junkin, Jennifer Krikava, Lisa Lee, Petra Munro, Bridget O'Rourke, David Schaafsma, Beth Steffen, Darren Tuggle, Erin Vail, and Ruth Vinz.

Contents:

1 In Good Company: Jane Addams's Democratic Experimentalism / Todd DeStigter DeStigter, Todd 7

2 "To Learn from Life Itself": Experience and Education at Hull-House" / Bridget K. O'Rourke O'Rourke, Bridget K. 32

3 Problems of Memory, History, and Social Change: The Case of Jane Addams / Petra Munro Hendry Hendry, Petra Munro 43

4 Jane Addams: Citizen Writers and a "Wider Justice" / Lanette Grate Grate, Lanette 60

5 Student Stories and Jane Addams: Unfolding Reciprocity in an English Classroom / Beth Steffen Steffen, Beth 76

6 Scaling Fences with Jane, William, and August: Meeting the Objective and Subjective Needs of Future University Students and Future Teachers / Darren Tuggle Tuggle, Darren 99

7 A Timeless Problem: Competing Goals / Jennifer Krikava Krikava, Jennifer 112

8 Surveying the Territory: The Family and Social Claims / Erin Vail Vail, Erin 127

9 Story and the Possibilities of Imagination: Addams's Legacy and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award / Susan C. Griffith Griffith, Susan C. 146

10 Participating in History: The Museum as a Site for Radical Empathy, Hull-House / Lisa Lee Lee, Lisa, Lisa Junkin Lopez Lopez, Lisa Junkin 162

11 Manifestations of Altruism: Sympathetic Understanding, Narrative, and Democracy / David Schaafsma Schaafsma, David 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252038662

0252038665

9780252080258

0252080254

OCLC:

877367945