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Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Towards Social Justice »

Authors: Kevin Kumashiro
ISBN-13: 9780415948562, ISBN-10: 0415948568
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Kevin Kumashiro

Kevin K. Kumashiro is the founding director of the Center for Anti-Oppressive Education. He is also the author of Troubling Education (RoutledgeFalmer), winner of the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, 2003.

Book Synopsis

Drawing on his own experience teaching diverse grades and subjects, Kevin Kumashiro examines aspects of teaching and learning toward social justice, and suggests concrete implications for K-12 teachers and teacher educators.

	Foreword
Ch. 1	Three teacher images in U.S. teacher education programs	5
Ch. 2	Preparing teachers for crisis : a sample lesson	17
Ch. 3	Preparing teachers for uncertainty : a sample lesson	31
Ch. 4	Preparing teachers for healing : a conversation with Buddhism	39
Ch. 5	Preparing teachers for activism : a reflection on things queer	43
Ch. 6	Examples from social studies	51
Ch. 7	Examples from English literature	61
Ch. 8	Examples from music	69
Ch. 9	Examples from "foreign" languages	79
Ch. 10	Examples from the natural sciences	87
Ch. 11	Examples from mathematics	95
	Conclusion : with hope	105
	Afterword	109