Habits of Mind Struggling over Values in America's Classrooms
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Edition: 1st Pub Date: 1995Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John Summary: "In Habits of Mind, Melinda Fine cuts through the opaque rhetoric of public discourse about education to reveal the complex, difficult, ambiguous tensions that are central to developing a truly multicultural society and to the teaching of 'difference' in schools. A strong and penetrating piece of work, useful for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers."-Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, professor, Harvard University"The f [read more]
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9780787900618
ISBN:
0787900613
Edition: 1st
Pub Date: 1995
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
"In Habits of Mind, Melinda Fine cuts through the opaque rhetoric of public discourse about education to reveal the complex, difficult, ambiguous tensions that are central to developing a truly multicultural society and to the teaching of 'difference' in schools. A strong and penetrating piece of work, useful for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers."-Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, professor, Harvard University"The forces and counterforces that impact moral education can undermine the best-intAnded plans. This book must be read by all educators who are struggling with these issues."-Joseph A. Fernandez, former schools chancellor, New York City Public Schools; president and CEO, School Improvement Services, Inc.; president, The Council of the Great City Schools.Explores the politics and practice of programs that foster moral thinking and civic responsibility-highlighting the acclaimed and controversial Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO) curriculum, which uses study of the Holocaust to help students reflect on contemporary issues of racism, violence, intolerance, and prejudice.
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