Jane Addams in the Classroom

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Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Once intent on being good to people, Jane Addams later dedicated herself to the idea of being good with people, establishing mutually-responsive and reciprocal relationships with those she served at Hull House. The essays in Jane Addams in the Classroom explore how Addams''s life, work, and philosophy provide invaluable lessons for teachers seeking connection with their students.

Balancing theoretical and practical considerations, the collection examines Addams''s emphasis on listening to and learning from those around her and encourages contemporary educators to connect with students through innovative projects and teaching methods. In the first essays, Addams scholars lay out how her narratives drew on experience, history, and story to explicate theories she intended as guides to practice. Six teacher-scholars then establish Addams''s ongoing relevance by connecting her principles to exciting events in their own classrooms. An examination of the Jane Addams Children''s Book Award and a fictional essay on Addams''s work and ideas round out the volume.

Accessible and wide-ranging, Jane Addams in the Classroom offers inspiration for educators while adding to the ongoing reconsideration of Addams''s contributions to American thought.

Contributors include Todd DeStigter, Lanette Grate, Susan Griffith, Lisa Junkin, Jennifer Krikava, Lisa Lee, Petra Munro, Bridget O''Rourke, David Schaafsma, Beth Steffen, Darren Tuggle, Erin Vail, and Ruth Vinz.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-10-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780252096600
Förlag:University of Illinois Press

Utforska kategorier

Pedagogisk teori och filosofi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

David Schaafsma is director and associate professor of English education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Eating on the Street: Teaching Literacy in a Multicultural Society.

Recensioner i media

"There is much wisdom in these essays, and although most are drawn from experiences in secondary and college-level English classrooms, the essays will likely resonate with teachers of other disciplines and at other instructional levels as well."--Choice"This collection of essays edited by David Schaafsma demonstrates how Jane Addams, via her life story, thought, and writings, remains relevant and inspirational in today's world not only for historians, feminists, peace activists, and social workers, but, specifically, for English educators as well."--Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "These well-crafted essays continue the conversation about Jane Addams as a distinctive voice in American letters, one that appeals to scholars across academic disciplines. David Schaafsma's collection speaks to a wide variety of readers, particularly those who are themselves teachers."--Katherine Joslin, author of Jane Addams: A Writer's Life

Innehållsförteckning

CoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. In Search for a Form: Jane Addams, Hull-House, and Connecting Learning and Life David Schaafsma and Todd DeStigter1. In Good Company: Jane Addams's Democratic Experimentalism Todd DeStigter2. "To Learn from Life Itself": Experience and Education at Hull-House Bridget K. O'Rourke3. Problems of Memory, History, and Social Change: The Case of Jane Addams Petra Munro Hendry4. Jane Addams: Citizen Writers and a "Wider Justice" Lanette Grate5. Student Stories and Jane Addams: Unfolding Reciprocity in an English Classroom Beth Steffen6. Scaling Fences with Jane, William, and August: Meeting the Objective and Subjective Needs of Future Teachers Darren Tuggle7. A Timeless Problem: Competing Goals Jennifer Krikava8. Surveying the Territory: The Family and Social Claims Erin Vail9. Story and the Possibilities of Imagination: Addams's Legacy and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award Susan C. Griffith10. Participating in History: The Museum as a Site for Radical Empathy, Hull-House Lisa Lee and Lisa Junkin Lopez11. Manifestations of Altruism: Sympathetic Understanding, Narrative, and Democracy David SchaafsmaAfterword: The Fire Within: Evocations toward a Committed Life Ruth VinzContributorsIndex