Under Running Laughter: Notes from a Renegade Classroom - Hardcover
The author, a classics professor, recounts the four years he has spent teaching disadvantaged, inner-city youths
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After 15 years as a classics professor, Howe, "in dismay over the decline of humanistic education," took a job teaching inner-city adolescents remanded to a foster care agency in Yonkers, N. Y. Describing his experiences with his students--oppositional, undersocialized girls and boys, predominantly black--in unvarnished yet respectful tones, Howe briefly reviews the "psychoanalytic literature on the development of the dissocial child" that gave structure and coherence to his dealings with his charges. He examines their troubled home lives, the chaos of which may account for the intemperate behaviors that brought about their placement at the residential facility. Howe reveals conflicted feelings about his exhaustive, never boring labors and makes recommendations for improving the foster care system while remaining realistic about the youths' limited potentials. He is an unconventional teacher, and his dedication to his "throwaway" students is inspirational.
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A former classics professor who left academia to work with inner-city teenagers, Howe recounts his defeats and successes as a special education teacher at a residential treatment center for abused and abandoned youth in New York City. He interweaves accounts of schoolroom incidents with reflections on the organizational changes needed to reach his angry, antagonistic, undersocialized charges. Howe is honest about his frustrations and frequent helplessness, but nevertheless maintains a constructive perspective and proposes methods to improve a seemingly hopeless situation. His commitment and insights will inspire any teacher who has faced a hostile class and those who have accepted the challenge of assisting deprived adolescents. Recommended for colleges with educational and social service programs and larger urban public libraries.
- Carol A. McAllister, Coll. of William and Mary Lib., Williamsburg, Va.
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- Carol A. McAllister, Coll. of William and Mary Lib., Williamsburg, Va.
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- PublisherFree Pr
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0029152933
- ISBN 13 9780029152935
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages156
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