{"product_id":"civic-literacy-in-schools-and-communities-9780807765241","title":"Civic Literacy in Schools and Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides teachers, teacher educators, and school leaders with concrete strategies for doing community-based work. By reframing the act of teaching to include working for social change, the author pushes readers to see school and community revitalization as reciprocal, not separate, projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents (Tentative)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword Kevin K. Kumashiro ix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Role of Teachers and the Purpose of Schools 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat’s My Job, Again? 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching Matters: Embracing Different Ways of Knowing, Being, Seeing, and Doing 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentering Civic and Community Engagement: The Promise of Democratic Participation in Schools and Communities 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey Strategies and Ideas for Doing School Differently 17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Building a Relational Culture: The Power of Relational Pedagogy for Teacher Engagement in Schools and Communities 19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife in Schools: Educating Teachers 19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollective Possibilities: Envisioning Healthy and Sustainable Schools and Communities 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelating Is Relational: How to Rebuild Institutions and Communities by Building Better Relationships 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Short Guide to Working in Communities 37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Education and Inequality: Why Schools Haven’t Solved Our Social Problems 40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarching Toward the Light: Working Across Social Boundaries 40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking the Road by Walking: Accountability on Chicago’s South Side 47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebuilding the School: Community Approaches to School Improvement 52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstitutional Resistance: Different Views of Accountability 54\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccountability Reconsidered: Students and Teachers Acting Together 57\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity Power: A Look Back 58\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccountability to Community: Learning Through Action 62\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging Social Conditions: Final Reflections 65\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Models for Change: Community as Curriculum and the Promise of Democratic Schooling 69\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy We Need Grassroots School Reform 69\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrassroots Curriculum: The Power of Place 75\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndigenous Leaders: Community Organizing and Teacher Organizers 78\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity as Campus: Community Action Councils and the Shaping of a School 83\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemocratic Schooling: The Nova Project 89\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Making Citizen Teachers: Educational Leaders for Justice and Democracy 95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRethinking Teacher Education 95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCitizen Teachers and the Democratic Potential of Schools 98\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurviving the War: What Will It Take to Change Our\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchools and Communities? 104\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Citizen Teachers and the Challenges to Teaching Differently 108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching on the Boundary 112\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePossible Futures: Democratic Practices and Community Engagement in Schools 114\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Limits of Alinsky and the Promise of Grassroots Organizing 120\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences 125\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 129\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author 137\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038218748247,"sku":"9780807765241","price":31.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807765241.jpg?v=1750939531","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/civic-literacy-in-schools-and-communities-9780807765241","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}