Teaching To Change The World

by Jeannie Oakes, Martin Lipton, Oakes Jeannie

In 1998, the first edition of Teaching To Change The World broke new ground in teacher education by positioning the foundations and practices of American schooling in the context of the struggle for social justice, democratic communities, and a better world. Indeed, "teaching to change the world” has become more than a book title; for thousands of individuals and for entire teacher education programs it is an everyday expression that embodies rigorous preparation and the highest professional aspirations for becoming a teacher. Author Jeannie Oakes was the founding director of UCLA’s Center X--the institutional home of the university’s teacher education program--a program based on the research and principles that Teaching To Change The World represents. Oakes draws from her distinguished research career as a sociologist of education to integrate the components of educational foundations into a thematic and ideological whole. The result is a sustainable theory of education that positions new teachers to be highly competent in the classroom, lifelong education reformers, and education leaders and partners with students and families. Co-author Martin Lipton brings to this book 31 years of classroom experience and a parallel career as education writer and consultant. His photographs of the book’s featured teachers and their students reveal that social justice classrooms are both ordinary and inspired.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Grad School, School

576 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 1998

Reviews

[Krista · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good. Reading for grad school and it has great information to support the need for culturally responsive teaching. The chapters are very long and get dry in places. I wouldn't read it for fun but as a text book, it's a good one

[Anney · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book in a nutshell? There are two kinds of teachers. Traditionalist and progressive. They fight. A lot. They refuse to compromise on how to run classrooms and schools. They are responsible for everything that's wrong with the world.

[Sarah Remsing · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are so many important ideas in this book that are fundamental to addressing problems in education. There are so many underlying things that effect education and students that we have to understand before we can address teaching, and this book understands that. It asks us to reflect on both our own thinking on these topics and what the common thought has been throughout the history of education. It's an incredibly complex subject with more factors than can possibly be solved by one person, and while this book recognizes education will never be perfect it points out ways we can try to make it better.

[maur · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read for my education class… feels a little repetitive but has the right idea

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe I should re-read this in the near future...

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ch1, "Wrestling with History and Tradition"

[Mills College Library]

371.01097 O116t 2013

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read for my credential/masters program. A little repetitive but generally inspiring to head into the classroom.

[Mills College Library]

371.01097 O116t 2018