Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings

by Alan S. Canestrari (Editor), Bruce A. Marlowe (Editor)

Overview

Why teach? Who are today’s students? What makes a good teacher? Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings aims to answer such questions by helping new and future teachers develop habits of critical reflection about schools and schooling before entering the classroom. Editors Alan S. Canestrari and Bruce A. Marlowe feature an array of provocative, engaging authors who, as teachers, principals, and policy shapers, provide the latest perspectives in the field. The thoroughly revised Fourth Edition features an array of bold new essays discussing today’s most relevant issues, including diversity, school safety, data in schools, and teacher strikes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544388168
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/11/2020
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan Canestrari
Alan S. Canestrari, Ed.D, Boston University, a veteran social studies practitioner and Professor of Education at Roger Williams University, is co-editor (with Bruce Marlowe) of Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings (Sage) and Educational Psychology in Context: Readings for Future Teachers (Sage). Educational Foundations was awarded the 2005 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award. Canestrari had a long career in public schools and universities as a history teacher, department chair, adjunct professor at Rhode Island College, and mentor in the Brown University Masters of Teaching Program. He was the RI Social Studies Teacher of the Year in 1992.

Bruce A. Marlowe
Bruce A. Marlowe earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. where he also completed two years of postdoctoral training in neuropsychological assessment. He is the co-author (with Marilyn Page) of Creating and Sustaining the Constructivist Classroom (Corwin Press) and of a 6- part video series entitled, Creating the Constructivist Classroom (The Video of Journal Education). He is also the co-editor (with Alan Canestrari) of Educational Psychology in Context: Readings for Future Teachers. He has taught at the elementary, secondary and University levels and is currently Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Education at Roger Williams University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

About the Editors xvii

About the Contributors xix

Foreword Ann G. Winfield xxiii

Part I Why Teach? 1

1 My Need to Teach Deanna Rochefort 3

2 Why Teach? Herbert Kohl 11

3 Becoming a MISTER Matthew Rasmussen 23

Part II Who Are Today's Students? 29

4 Making the Most of the Classroom Mosaic: A Constructivist Approach to Embracing Student Diversity Bruce Marlowe Marilyn Page Monisa Gardner-Page 31

5 The Complexity of Labels: Considering Refugee Youth in the United States Kerri Ullucci 43

6 Translanguaging to Teach Toward Justice for Multilingual Students Elsa Wiehe Elizabeth Robinson 53

Part III What Makes a Good Teacher? 71

7 On Stir-and-Serve Recipes for Teaching Susan Ohanian 73

8 Psst … It Ain't About the Tests: It's Still About Great Teaching Robert Digiulio 81

9 Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy Henry A. Giroux 87

Part IV What Do Good Schools Look Like? 99

10 Lockdowns, Detectors, Guards, and Teachers With Guns? Alan S. Canestrari Amanda N. Vincenti 101

11 Success in East Harlem: How One Group of Teachers Built a School That Works Deborah Meier 113

12 How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools Diane Ravitch 123

Part V How Should We Assess Student Learning? 131

13 A Mania for Rubrics Thomas Newkirk 133

14 Grading: The Issue Is Not How but Why? Alfie Kohn 137

15 The Data Pandemic: Rethinking the Supremacy of Measurement in Education Ann G. Winfield Alan S. Canestrari Bruce A. Marlowe 147

Part VI How Does One Develop a Critical Voice? 157

16 Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals Henry Giroux 159

17 Resistance and Courage: A Conversation With Deborah Meier Alan S. Canestrari Bruce A. Marlowe 169

18 From Silence to Dissent: Fostering Critical Voice in Teachers Alan S. Canestrari Bruce A. Marlowe 176

Part VII How Do We Move Forward? 185

19 Necessary Muddles: Children's Language Learning in the Classroom Darlene Witte-Townsend 187

20 The 2018 Wave of Teacher Strikes: A Turning Point for Our Schools? Stan Karp Adam Sanchez 195

21 Teachers as Social Justice Warriors: An Imperative for Meeting the Demands of the 21st Century Gloria Graves-Holmes 203

Epilogue 219

The Quest: Achieving Ideological Escape Velocity-Becoming an Activist Teacher Ann G. Winfield 219

Index 225

Editorial Reviews

Really good at raising important questions. Great jumping off points for in-depth class discussions.

Kristan Morrison

Grounded in contemporary issues.

Shannon Calderone

"The book provides an exciting alternative to foundations texts currently on teh market. The editors of Educational Foundations have collected provocative, engaging essays to challenge students, professors and administrators with questions like why teach, who are today's students, how one should assess students' learning etc.The collection also challenges readers to take a hard look at traditional education practices, and encourages students to become critical, reflective practitioners upon entering the filed. "

Deccan Herald

"The anthology ends with an epilogue entitled “Yes, But . . ." in which Canestrari and Marlowe taped a conversation they had with students about the themes that were raised by this book. Although too many issues were raised in this conversation to cover all of them in this short review, it really demonstrates that preservice teachers can be reflective about the nature and importance of teaching. The epilogue serves the format of the book well. It demonstrates that the concerns raised in this book affect all of us as teachers and teacher educators and that students can be engaged with these often times controversial topics of educational reform. I encourage you to seriously consider this book for your next foundations course or other teacher education course. It may provide the catalyst for a much-needed discussion concerning these important issues for future teachers and teacher educators. "

Teachers College Record

“Its greatest strength is potentially in its use of some classic pieces ( and voices) in combination with a spread of contemporary voices in subsectors of education.”

Dr. Fred Bedelle

Its greatest strength is potentially in its use of some classic pieces ( and voices) in combination with a spread of contemporary voices in subsectors of education.

Doctor - Fred Bedelle

The authors have assembled a wonderful collection of classic and new essays by some of the masters in the field. You will experience the exhilarating highs and crushing lows that teaching offers. If you can’t get engaged by these essays, check your pulse to make sure you still have one.

Gerald W. Bracey