The Moral Life of Schools
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0787940666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Teacher is the Message Dr. John Merks The teacher is the message--that is the main lesson in The Moral Life of Schools. Today, many educational policy-makers seem to live in a Pollyanna world where academic achievement can be improved by treating students as disembodied intellects. Educational jargon abounds: rubrics, formative and summative assessments, essential learnings, standards-based testing, best practices, geometric interventio. "Five Stars" according to Marco Antonio. That's ok!
Robert E. Boostrom is a senior research associate of the Benton Center for Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Chicago. Contents One. Jackson is the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor of Education and Psychology and a member of the Committee on Ideas and Methods at the University of Chicago. David T. Cultivating Expressive Awareness in Schools and Classrooms Postscript: Where Might One Go from Here? Philip W. Facing Moral Ambiguity and Tension: Four More Sets of Observations Four. There is no place to hide in this careful scrutiny of the teacher as crucial player in the daily morality tale that becomes the story of school life." -- Vivian Gussin Paley, teacher, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools This book takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through a variety of elementary and high school classrooms, highlighting the moral significance of all that transpires there. Becoming Aware of Moral Complexity Within a School Setting: Four Sets of Observations Three. In addition to providing teachers and teacher educators
There is no place to hide in this careful scrutiny of the teacher as crucial player in the daily morality tale that becomes the story of school life." (Vivian Gussin Paley, teacher, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools) "Jackson, Boostrom, and Hansen capture the ways in which classroom communities shape the hearts and minds of students and teachers alike in as full-bodied a fashion as Jackson's Life in Classrooms first recorded the pulse and passions of school life. This well-justified departure from traditional empirical research brings essential new insights about the culture of schools and classrooms." (Jeannie Oakes, professor, Graduate School of Education, University
JACKSON is the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor of Education and Psychology and a member of the Committee on Ideas and Methods at the University of Chicago. ROBERT E. PHILIP W. BOOSTROM is assistant professor of education in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Southern Indiana. . HANSEN is an associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the Col