| Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom Volume 1 Contributor(s): Christensen, Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0942961439 ISBN-13: 9780942961430 Publisher: Rethinking Schools OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Education | Multicultural Education |
| Dewey: 428.007 |
| LCCN: 2009019887 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.4" W x 10.8" (1.55 lbs) 287 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Teaching for Joy and Justice is the much-anticipated sequel to Linda Christensen's bestselling Reading, Writing, and Rising Up. Christensen is recognized as one of the country's finest teachers. Her latest book shows why. Through story upon story, Christensen demonstrates how she draws on students' lives and the world to teach poetry, essay, narrative, and critical literacy skills. Teaching for Joy and Justice reveals what happens when a teacher treats all students as intellectuals, instead of intellectually challenged. Part autobiography, part curriculum guide, part critique of today's numbing standardized mandates, this book sings with hope -- born of Christensen's more than 30 years as a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, and teacher educator. Practical, inspirational, passionate: this is a must-have book for every language arts teacher, whether veteran or novice. In fact, Teaching for Joy and Justice is a must-have book for anyone who wants concrete examples of what it really means to teach for social justice. |