Civic literacy in schools and communities : teaching and organizing for a revitalized democracy / Brian Charest ; foreword by Kevin K. Kumashiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charest, Brian, 1973- author.

Contributor:

Kumashiro, Kevin K., 1970- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

United States.

Democracy and education--United States.

Democracy and education.

Service learning.

Physical Description:

xxi, 137 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Because many of our schools fail to address the health and well-being of both students and their communities, teachers and teacher educators are in need of a revised vision for teaching and schooling-one that is committed to civic and community engagement where we see school and community building as reciprocal, not separate, projects. This vision of schooling places the health and well-being of individuals and their communities at the center of the curriculum and sees partnership and collaboration with communities and community and democratic revitalization as a central goal of education. Teachers need specific strategies and ideas for reviving our democracy and revitalizing communities-strategies that I have learned from community organizers and then used to guide me in my own journey as a teacher and a teacher educator (e.g., building intentional relationships, organizing listening campaigns, integrating and valuing local knowledge, teaching democratic practices, giving students choice and agency in school, exploring who we are and what and how we know, examining our intellectual and ethical commitments, mapping community assets, holding relational meetings, creating community engagement councils, working directly with community-based organizations (CBOs), organizing accountability sessions with public officials, working to create healthy and sustainable spaces, running voter registration drives, co-creating curriculum with students, marching, protesting, participating in public arts, etc.) (Catone, 2016; Warren, 2005)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Kevin K. Kumashiro

The role of teachers and the purpose of schools

What's my job, again?

Teaching matters : embracing different ways of knowing, being, seeing, and doing centering civic and community engagement : the promise of democratic participation in schools and communities : key strategies and ideas for doing school differently

Building a relational culture : the power of relational pedagogy for teacher engagement in schools and communities

Life in schools : educating teachers

Collective possibilities : envisioning healthy and sustainable schools and communities

Relating is relational : how to rebuild institutions and communities by building better relationships

Education and Inequality : why schools haven't solved our social problems

Marching toward the light : working across social boundaries

Making the road by walking : accountability on Chicago's South Side

Rebuilding the school : community approaches to school improvement

Institutional resistance : different views of accountability

Accountability reconsidered : students and teachers acting together

Community power : a look back

Accountability to community : learning through action

Changing social conditions : final reflections

Models for change : community as curriculum and the promise of democratic schooling

Why we need grassroots school reform

Grassroots curriculum : the power of place

Indigenous leaders : community organizing and teacher organizers

Community as campus : community action councils and the shaping of a school

Democratic Schooling : the Nova project

Making citizen teachers : educational leaders for justice and democracy

Rethinking teacher education

Citizen teachers and the democratic potential of schools

Surviving the war : what will it take to change our schools and communities?

Citizen teachers and the challenges to teaching differently

Teaching on the boundary

Possible futures : democratic practices and community engagement in schools

The limits of Alinsky and the promise of grassroots organization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Charest, Brian, 1973- Teaching civic literacy in schools

ISBN:

9780807765241

0807765244

9780807765258

0807765252

OCLC:

1227270201

Publisher Number:

99987776207