| Description |
x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Classrooms as Spheres of Freedom -- 1. Reinventing School, Reinventing Teaching -- 2. Respecting Children -- 3. Toward Meaningful Learning -- 4. Classroom as Community -- 5. Freedom Versus Control -- 6. Learning Through Projects -- 7. Democracy Through Reading and Writing -- 8. Developing Our Voices |
| Summary |
"A Democratic Classroom is Steven Wolk's vision of a classroom that nurtures meaningful literacy and democracy. Like John Dewey, Wolk believes that democracy is a way of life that embraces the ideals of community, empathy, the common good, responsibility, freedom, equality, thoughtfulness, and critical consciousness. This is his story of how he helps his students learn democracy by living democracy - how he encourages meaningful learning across the content areas and empowers children to think for themselves."--BOOK JACKET. "A Democratic Classroom combines theory with practice, offering multiple examples of integrative projects and classroom experiences. The book is perfect for teachers at all grade levels who wish to question long-held assumptions about teaching, learning and society, and create collaborative, learner-centered, constructivist, and democratic classrooms."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index |
| Subject |
Critical pedagogy -- United States.
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Teaching -- United States.
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Democracy -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Learning.
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| Author |
Peake, Leigh.
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| LC no. |
98039181 |
| ISBN |
0325000581 alkaline paper |
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