{"product_id":"education-and-hope-in-troubled-times-9780415994262","title":"Education and Hope in Troubled Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgressive educators have always been better at critique than at possibility. This book promises not to ignore critique, but to favor possibility. It is most rare and greatly welcomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Quantz, Miami University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editor argues that in a material world, depicted by consumerism, spiritual nihilism and conspicuous consumption, there is need to offer a new vision and direction in education that would promote a more harmonious, holistic values-oriented schooling that transforms persons into moral beings, who care for others. In terms of innovative ideas and approaches to pedagogy and theorizing about schooling, this volume is at the top of pedagogical discourses and thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducation and Hope in Troubled Times\u003c\/em\u003e brings together a group of the best and most creative educational thinkers to reflect on the purpose and future of public educ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Progressive educators have always been better at critique than at possibility. This book promises not to ignore critique, but to favor possibility. It is most rare and greatly welcomed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Richard Quantz, Miami University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The editor argues that in a material world, depicted by consumerism, spiritual nihilism and conspicuous consumption, there is need to offer a new vision and direction in education that would promote a more harmonious, holistic values-oriented schooling that transforms persons into moral beings, who care for others…. In terms of innovative ideas and approaches to pedagogy and theorizing about schooling, this volume is at the top of pedagogical discourses and thinking.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Education and Hope in Trouble Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. Svi Shapiro \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Education and Schooling in the 21st Century: The Role of the Profession \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid E. Purpel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Is There a Place for Education in Social Transformation? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael W. Apple \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. What Is to be Done? Toward a Rationale for Social Movement Building \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Anyon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Mechanics of Unfairness: How We Undercut Poor Children’s Educational \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpportunity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Moral and Spiritual Poverty of Educational ‘Leadership’…and a Hope for the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUlrich C. Reitzug and Deborah L. West \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Fear versus Possibility: Why We Need a New DEEL for Our Children’s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Jay Gross and Joan Poliner Shapiro \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Capitalism’s Continuing Attempts to Dominate Civil Society, Culture, and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchools: What Should Be Done?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard A. Brosio \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Education After the Empire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Miller \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Education for a Partnership World: Building Cultures of Peace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiane Eisler \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Critical Thinking in Religious Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNel Noddings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. The Cultivation of Children’s Bodies Toward Intricate Thinking and Sensitive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehavior\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Hanlon Johnson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. To Touch and Be Touched: The Missing Discourse of Bodies in Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMara Sapon-Shevin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Worlds of Change: A Vision for Global Aesthetics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherry B. Shapiro \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Teaching Like Weasels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHephzibah Roskelly \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Transforming Status-Quo Stories: Shifting from ‘Me’ to ‘We’ Consciousness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnaLouise Keating \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Disposable Futures: Dirty Democracy and the Politics of Disposability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry A. Giroux \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Unplaguing the Stomach: Curing the University of California Admission Policy with \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Ethic of Communal Care and Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenifer Crawford, Nana Gyamfi and Peter McLaren \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. No Child Left Thinking: Democracy At-Risk in American Schools and What We Need to Do About It \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Westheimer \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402163822935,"sku":"9780415994262","price":62.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/education-and-hope-in-troubled-times-9780415994262","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}