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OverviewTinkering with the current educational system from within has not provided a just and equitable education for all children. In this book, acclaimed education theorist Joanne Larson poses basic questions about the nature and purpose of schooling. Proposing that what is needed is a new purpose that is more consistent with contemporary knowledge production processes—one that moves beyond the either/or binary of preparing workers/citizens in a competitive global economy or a democracy, Larson argues that the only real solution is to start over in U.S. education—the purpose of schooling should be to facilitate human learning, meaning making, and knowledge production toward just and equitable education for all. Radical Equality in Education offers a new ontological starting point and a new theoretical framing that would follow from it; articulates theoretical, curricular, pedagogical, and assessment principles that frame a real plan for fundamental change in American education, and presents examples of what these ideas might look like in schools and communities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joanne Larson (University of Rochester, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.185kg ISBN: 9780415528047ISBN 10: 0415528046 Pages: 110 Publication Date: 14 February 2014 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Foreword, Kris Gutierrez Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Fed Up with Tinkering What We Already Know: Schools are Outdated Children and Youth are Not Being Well-served: Standardization and Obsessive Testing Causes Damage Traditional Purposes Reflect an Unproductive Binary of Worker/Citizen Why Now? Why Start Over? Chapter Two: From an Equitable Starting Place Equality of Intelligence Equipotentiality Produsage Mass collaboration Spatial Justice Lunch Is Gross Freedom Market Project Guiding principles Chapter Three: Toward Different Ends Purposes of Schooling The Common Good Operationalizing the Neoliberal Common Good Normative purposes A New Purpose Chapter Four: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Curriculum ""Instruction"" and Pedagogy Assessment Guiding Principles Chapter Five: Imagine We Climb the Mountain Imagining the New Knowledge Producing Schools What Makes the Argument Plausible? What We Need to Do Now References"ReviewsThis is a must read for anyone desiring a radical change in the current education system predicated on a democratic view of education and a more humanistic vision for learning... Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, upper-division undergraduate students, and above. - H. J. Bultinck, Northeastern Illinois University, in CHOICE, January 2015 Joanne Larson's Radical Equality in Education presents a timely and truly paradigm-changing approach to education. It is a must read for all those who realize schools should not exist to produce service workers but to produce proactive citizens capable of transforming the world they live in. - James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University, USA Brave, timely, innovative and important. This book is a necessary statement that helps point us where we need to be heading in education, and argued by an author superbly placed to make the case. It will contribute to a debate that needs to occur, and occur now. - Colin Lankshear, James Cook University, Australia This is a must read for anyone desiring a radical change in the current education system predicated on a democratic view of education and a more humanistic vision for learning... Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, upper-division undergraduate students, and above. - H. J. Bultinck, Northeastern Illinois University, in CHOICE, January 2015 Joanne Larson's Radical Equality in Education presents a timely and truly paradigm-changing approach to education. It is a must read for all those who realize schools should not exist to produce service workers but to produce proactive citizens capable of transforming the world they live in. - James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University, USA Brave, timely, innovative and important. This book is a necessary statement that helps point us where we need to be heading in education, and argued by an author superbly placed to make the case. It will contribute to a debate that needs to occur, and occur now. - Colin Lankshear, James Cook University, Australia Joanne Larson's Radical Equality in Education presents a timely and truly paradigm-changing approach to education. It is a must read for all those who realize schools should not exist to produce service workers but to produce proactive citizens capable of transforming the world they live in. James Paul Gee Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University, USA Brave, timely, innovative and important. This book is a necessary statement that helps point us where we need to be heading in education, and argued by an author superbly placed to make the case. It will contribute to a debate that needs to occur, and occur now. Colin Lankshear James Cook University, Australia Author InformationJoanne Larson is Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education, University of Rochester, Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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