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ReStorying education : critical perspectives in public education / edited by Thor Gibbins, Ed Beck, Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Textbooks.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Oneonta, NY SUNY Oneonta 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- ReStorying Education: Critical Perspectives in Public Education offers a foundational exploration of public education in the United States using different perspectives and critical analysis of education and educational policy. From showcasing how popular media creates narratives about teachers and school to a case study of the education system outside the United States, this text offers multiple viewpoints and purposes of education to give readers studying education a multi-faceted story of the social, political, and personal purposes of public education. Each chapter details a restorying of key aspects of education critical to developing a more nuanced understanding of public education: popular media narratives, historical, curricular, philosophical, and political.
- Contents:
- ReStorying Education in the United States
- The Cultural Narratives of Teachers
- Towards a Philosophy of Education
- Curriculum and the Purpose of Education
- ReStorying the History, Policies, and Places of Public Education
- What Do We Know: Assessment of Teaching and Learning
- Linguistic Diversity in U.S. Education
- From Slavery to the School to Prison Pipeline: A Call for Restorative Justice
- Making Good Trouble: Advocacy and Activism
- A Guiding Compass: Ethics for Educators
- What Can U.S. Educators and Schools Learn from Finland?
- About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based on print resource
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