John I. Goodlad

Romances with Schools

A Life of Education

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Produktbeschreibung

In Romances with Schools, John Goodlad steps out from behind the public persona of distinguished scholar and advocate for public schooling to offer a moving personal account of a life devoted to educating the young. He deftly interweaves fascinating personal details with reflections on many of the larger issues in education that he has explored throughout his career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781475804249
• ISBN-10: 1475804245
• Artikelnr.: 44839804

Autorenporträt

John I. Goodlad is the author of A Place Called School, the groundbreaking study of the effectiveness of the American system of education. For over sixty years, he has been a leading force in improving public schooling in North America. John died in November 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Prologue by Stephen J. Goodlad Part One: As a Pupil Chapter
1: The Early Years Chapter 2: The Middle Years Chapter 3: The High School
Years and a Little Beyond Chapter 4: Becoming a Teacher Part Two: As a
Teacher Chapter 5: Chalk Dust Chapter 6: Promotions Chapter 7: Loss of
Innocence Part Three: As a Hybrid Educator Chapter 8: The Higher Learning
Chapter 9: Renewing School Cultures Chapter 10: Nourishing Educational
Belief Chapter 11: Tidying the Mind in an Untidy World Chapter 12: Toward
Schools Commonly Good Afterword Epilogue by Roger Soder Notes