Citizen Teachers and the Quest for a Democratic Society

Place-Making, Border Crossing, and the Possibilities for Community Organizing
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-15463-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 109 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

This bookexplores how citizen teachers can expand our capacities to generate more equitable and just spaces with families by working as community organizers. Paying particular attention to community organizing work in one elementary school, the book weaves stories and examples with theoretical understandings to support emerging citizen teachers in creating more democratic spaces. Each chapter provides key community organizing concepts and skills and offers lessons learned to identify what worked and what did not. By building solidarity with families, citizen teachers can effectively activate more powerful practices grounded in the lives of students, their families, and their communities while articulating a broader response to the conditions impacting educators.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, Gerald K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Vorschul- und Kindergartenpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Citizen Teachers: Why Teachers Should Organize.- Chapter 2. Place Making and Border Crossings: Analyzing Space Using Critical Geographies of Education.- Chapter 3. The Power of Teacher Organizing.- Chapter 4. The Power of Parent Engagement.- Chapter 5. The Power of Student Organizing.- Chapter 6. Creating Free Spaces in Teacher Education. 

Über Autor(innen)

Gerald K. Wood is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations in the Department of Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University, USA. His work focuses broadly on the intersections of critical geographies and community organizing. He has worked with Industrial Areas Foundations affiliates and has been involved in broad-based organizing and youth organizing work.