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Researching and Teaching Social Issues: The Personal Stories and Pedagogical Efforts of Professors of Education »
Authors: Jon E. Pedersen, Jon E. Pedersen
ISBN-13: 9780739107270, ISBN-10: 0739107275
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Jon E. Pedersen
Book Synopsis
Researching and Teaching Social Issues is comprised of original personal essays in which noted professors of education of the last half of the twentieth century delineate the genesis and evolution of their thought and work in the field of social issues and education. In relating their personal stories, the authors discuss, among other issues in their work, their perceptions of the field, their major contributions, their current endeavors, and the legacy they think they will possibly leave upon completion of their careers.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Education, politics, and social transformation | 7 |
| 2 | Human ecology and science education policies and programs : reflections on social activism | 29 |
| 3 | Forty days and forty nights in the wilderness of capitalist schooling | 49 |
| 4 | Becoming political : one woman's story | 67 |
| 5 | The unending quest for social issues in the schools : a personal narrative | 85 |
| 6 | Social justice | 107 |
| 7 | My experience with social issues and education | 121 |
| 8 | Social issues and decision making : a career long commitment | 131 |
| 9 | The evolution of an educator | 145 |
| 10 | A happenstance-based social issues career | 161 |
| 11 | Serendipity : a paradigm shifter's friend in academia | 181 |
| 12 | A synergy of awareness, understanding, empathy and action : confronting social issues in the English classroom and beyond | 207 |
| 13 | Socials issues as contexts for science and technology education | 237 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Social & Political Aspects of Education Education - Philosophy & Social Aspects
Education & Teaching Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - Social Science
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Education - Social & Political Aspects
Social & Political Aspects of Education Education - Philosophy & Social AspectsEducation & Teaching
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - Social ScienceNonfiction
All Nonfiction Education - Social & Political Aspects