Burning Issues: Foundations of Education - Softcover

Cooper, Karyn; White, Robert E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578861446 ISBN 13: 9781578861446

Publisher: R&L Education, 2004

Synopsis

Intended to situate self-examination and issues-based learning in reality in a professional context in which teachers and students work to shape practices and identities.

About this title

About the Author

Karyn Cooper is an assistant professor in Teacher Education, Literacy, Language, and Culture at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the sociocultural dimensions of literacy and teacher education.

Robert E. White has taught extensively in public school systems across Canada and is currently assistant professor of inclusion at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. Research interests include critical aspects of literacy, learning, and leadership.

Review

This accessible and engaging introduction to the critical pedagogy of lived experience will inspire hope and school change. (William F. Pinar, St. Bernard Parish Alumni Endowed Professor, Louisiana State University)

The heart of thoughtful teaching is relationship. Burning Issues offers the inspiration and the tools to understand and sustain positive relationships with our colleagues, our students, and ourselves. This book will feed the spirit of every good teacher. (Christopher M. Clark, director, School of Education, University of Delaware)

About this edition

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1578861446
• ISBN 13: 9781578861446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192