Overview

This book focuses on what learning our young people need if they are to become capable, responsible adults who are able to respond effectively to the crises we face today, and those that will arrive in the future.

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Author:   Shirley R. Steinberg ,  Doug Selwyn
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   532
Weight:   0.398kg
ISBN:  

9781433194665

ISBN 10:   143319466
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   31 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments – Introduction – Richard Wilkinson: (De)- Graded by Inequality – Stephen Bezruchka: Teaching Knowledge and Action to Promote Health Improvement – Doug Selwyn: The Purpose of Education: A Brief History – Sandra Mathison/E. Wayne Ross: Beyond Education as Usual: Public Education in a Post- Covid World – Jo Cripps: Love in the Time of Covid – Peter Suruda: The Remote Suburbs – Don Fels: Risk, Inquiry, and Learning – Social Studies, Intersectionality, and the Re Humanizing of Education: A Conversation with Jerry Price – Alberto ""Beto"" Gutierrez: Contextualizing Student Needs Post Pandemic – Jean Mendoza/Debbie Reese: Dear Educators: An Open Letter about How You Teach about Native Peoples – Black Lives Matter at School: A Conversation with Jesse Hagopian – Yves Salomon- Fernández: Evolving Higher Education for a New Consciousness – Jan Maher: Disposed to Democracy – Alyssa Arnell/Leo Hwang/Linda McCarthy: Finding Our Paths to Social Justice Education – Transforming the Teacher Corps: A Conversation with Wayne Au – Caroline Whitcomb: Freedom Schools – Assessing What Matters: A Conversation with Jack Schneider – Assessing What Matters: A Conversation with Jack Schneider – Greta Thunberg: School Strike for Climate: Save the World by Changing the Rules – We Are Suing the U.S. Government: A Conversation with Aji Piper – Aji Piper’s Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (Excerpts) (April 4, 2019) – Final Thoughts (for Now) – Contributors."

Reviews

This is a powerful text full of penetrating and persuasive analysis. What I enjoyed most is that it pulls back the curtains of power in a language that is accessible to multiple audiences. More importantly, the text weaves a politics of hope throughout. Many of the contributors, including Doug Selwyn, have been engaged in deep movement building and/or in theorizing and implementing transformative educational projects for years. A splendid achievement that will be integrated in multiple courses that I teach. -Ricardo D. Rosa, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children's Future engages a diverse and powerful collection of voices to consider, from intersecting and multidimensional perspectives, the ultimate purpose of education. Core beliefs on this issue drive policy and practice-thus influencing every relationship and interaction in teaching and learning. The messages of contributors should be required reading for anyone who wishes to ensure that education supports the cultivation of humans who can construct a just, equitable world. -Julie Gorlewski, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Learning and instruction, State University of New York at Buffalo Doug Selwyn has situated children at the center of future educational possibilities, by bringing together an exemplary diversity of authors to help us reflect and transform human lives before it is too late. This array of scholars, educators, and activists will move you to consider the depths of educational possibility in children, youths, subject matters, contexts, and movements. I urge educators at all levels, policy makers, parents, community members, and students themselves to read, ponder, and act on ideas and events compellingly portrayed in At the Center of All Possibilities. -William H. Schubert, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Fellow of the International Academy of Education, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in Curriculum Studies from the American Educational Research Association, and author of Love, Justice, and Education: John Dewey and the Utopians

I really like the book structure with the overarching themes that allow a reader to tackle heavy and important topics in a manageable and digestible fashion. This kind of book should be a staple in all teacher education programs! We should be grappling with these important questions at all levels of society and these conversations should be informing change and transformation. -Leslie Rome, Director, Youth and Teen Programs, University of Washington Continuum College The essays and interviews compiled in this book provide a very thoughtful look at how our current educational system could potentially change to better meet the needs of the children, families, and communities it is meant to serve, as well as numerous examples of educators and activists who have already begun that process. There is much useful information and inspiration to be had here, and it left me feeling encouraged about the future. -Steve Goldenberg, teacher (now retired) of 37 years at The Little School, Redmond, Washington This is a powerful text full of penetrating and persuasive analysis. What I enjoyed most is that it pulls back the curtains of power in a language that is accessible to multiple audiences. More importantly, the text weaves a politics of hope throughout. Many of the contributors, including Doug Selwyn, have been engaged in deep movement building and/or in theorizing and implementing transformative educational projects for years. A splendid achievement that will be integrated in multiple courses that I teach. -Ricardo D. Rosa, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Doug Selwyn has situated children at the center of future educational possibilities, by bringing together an exemplary diversity of authors to help us reflect and transform human lives before it is too late. This array of scholars, educators, and activists will move you to consider the depths of educational possibility in children, youths, subject matters, contexts, and movements. I urge educators at all levels, policy makers, parents, community members, and students themselves to read, ponder, and act on ideas and events compellingly portrayed in At the Center of All Possibilities. -William H. Schubert, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Fellow of the International Academy of Education; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in Curriculum Studies from the American Educational Research Association; and Author of Love, Justice, and Education: John Dewey and the Utopians At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children's Future engages a diverse and powerful collection of voices to consider, from intersecting and multidimensional perspectives, the ultimate purpose of education. Core beliefs on this issue drive policy and practice-thus influencing every relationship and interaction in teaching and learning. The messages of contributors should be required reading for anyone who wishes to ensure that education supports the cultivation of humans who can construct a just, equitable world. -Julie Gorlewski, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Learning and Instruction, State University of New York at Buffalo

This is a powerful text full of penetrating and persuasive analysis. What I enjoyed most is that it pulls back the curtains of power in a language that is accessible to multiple audiences. More importantly, the text weaves a politics of hope throughout. Many of the contributors, including Doug Selwyn, have been engaged in deep movement building and/or in theorizing and implementing transformative educational projects for years. A splendid achievement that will be integrated in multiple courses that I teach. -Ricardo D. Rosa, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth I really like the book structure with the overarching themes that allow a reader to tackle heavy and important topics in a manageable and digestible fashion. This kind of book should be a staple in all teacher education programs! We should be grappling with these important questions at all levels of society and these conversations should be informing change and transformation. -Leslie Rome, Director, Youth and Teen Programs, University of Washington Continuum College This collection offers practical and unprecedented ideas from a diverse and prestigious group of educators with equally diverse lived experiences. They are committed to helping teachers rethink their starting points, unlearn harmful practices, and commit to ongoing growth. Student belonging, advocacy, and truth is at the heart of their work. Listen to the voices for change and read the inspired words on these pages. Repeat. You will be inspired by the abundance of innovative thought and perspective taking. -Aimee Lafontaine, English teacher, reading specialist and interventionist, Hinsdale South High School, Hinsdale, IL I wish that we didn't need this book, that the schools were working well for all children and preparing them for a healthy future. But they're not, and we need to make real changes in how we educate our young people. We need this book. The essays and interviews compiled in At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children's Future provide a very thoughtful look at how our current educational system could potentially change to better meet the needs of the children, families, and communities it is meant to serve, as well as numerous examples of educators and activists who have already begun that process. There is much useful information and inspiration to be had here, and it left me feeling encouraged about the future. -Steve Goldenberg, teacher (now retired) of 37 years at The Little School, Redmond, Washington Doug Selwyn has situated children at the center of future educational possibilities, by bringing together an exemplary diversity of authors to help us reflect and transform human lives before it is too late. This array of scholars, educators, and activists will move you to consider the depths of educational possibility in children, youths, subject matters, contexts, and movements. I urge educators at all levels, policy makers, parents, community members, and students themselves to read, ponder, and act on ideas and events compellingly portrayed in At the Center of All Possibilities. -William H. Schubert, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Fellow of the International Academy of Education; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in Curriculum Studies from the American Educational Research Association; and Author of Love, Justice, and Education: John Dewey and the Utopians At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children's Future engages a diverse and powerful collection of voices to consider, from intersecting and multidimensional perspectives, the ultimate purpose of education. Core beliefs on this issue drive policy and practice-thus influencing every relationship and interaction in teaching and learning. The messages of contributors should be required reading for anyone who wishes to ensure that education supports the cultivation of humans who can construct a just, equitable world. -Julie Gorlewski, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Learning and Instruction, State University of New York at Buffalo

I really like the book structure with the overarching themes that allow a reader to tackle heavy and important topics in a manageable and digestible fashion. This kind of book should be a staple in all teacher education programs! We should be grappling with these important questions at all levels of society and these conversations should be informing change and transformation. -Leslie Rome, Director, Youth and Teen Programs, University of Washington Continuum College This is a powerful text full of penetrating and persuasive analysis. What I enjoyed most is that it pulls back the curtains of power in a language that is accessible to multiple audiences. More importantly, the text weaves a politics of hope throughout. Many of the contributors, including Doug Selwyn, have been engaged in deep movement building and/or in theorizing and implementing transformative educational projects for years. A splendid achievement that will be integrated in multiple courses that I teach. -Ricardo D. Rosa, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth This collection offers practical and unprecedented ideas from a diverse and prestigious group of educators with equally diverse lived experiences. They are committed to helping teachers rethink their starting points, unlearn harmful practices, and commit to ongoing growth. Student belonging, advocacy, and truth is at the heart of their work. Listen to the voices for change and read the inspired words on these pages. Repeat. You will be inspired by the abundance of innovative thought and perspective taking. -Aimee Lafontaine, English teacher, reading specialist and interventionist, Hinsdale South High School, Hinsdale, IL Doug Selwyn has situated children at the center of future educational possibilities, by bringing together an exemplary diversity of authors to help us reflect and transform human lives before it is too late. This array of scholars, educators, and activists will move you to consider the depths of educational possibility in children, youths, subject matters, contexts, and movements. I urge educators at all levels, policy makers, parents, community members, and students themselves to read, ponder, and act on ideas and events compellingly portrayed in At the Center of All Possibilities. -William H. Schubert, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Fellow of the International Academy of Education; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in Curriculum Studies from the American Educational Research Association; and Author of Love, Justice, and Education: John Dewey and the Utopians I wish that we didn't need this book, that the schools were working well for all children and preparing them for a healthy future. But they're not, and we need to make real changes in how we educate our young people. We need this book. The essays and interviews compiled in At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children's Future provide a very thoughtful look at how our current educational system could potentially change to better meet the needs of the children, families, and communities it is meant to serve, as well as numerous examples of educators and activists who have already begun that process. There is much useful information and inspiration to be had here, and it left me feeling encouraged about the future. -Steve Goldenberg, teacher (now retired) of 37 years at The Little School, Redmond, Washington At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children's Future engages a diverse and powerful collection of voices to consider, from intersecting and multidimensional perspectives, the ultimate purpose of education. Core beliefs on this issue drive policy and practice-thus influencing every relationship and interaction in teaching and learning. The messages of contributors should be required reading for anyone who wishes to ensure that education supports the cultivation of humans who can construct a just, equitable world. -Julie Gorlewski, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Learning and Instruction, State University of New York at Buffalo

Author Information

Doug Selwyn taught for 14 years in the Seattle Public Schools and then moved to teacher education, in 2000, first at Antioch University in Seattle, and then for 10 years at SUNY Plattsburgh where he was a Professor of Education until he retired in 2017. He has written several books on education, his most recent, All Children Are All Our Children, published in 2019 with Peter Lang. He can be reached at dougselwyn@aol.com.

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