Advancing Multicultural Dialogues in Education

Advancing Multicultural Dialogues in Education
Author: Richard Race
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017-10-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319605585

This edited collection advances the call for continued multicultural dialogues within education. Dialogue and education are the two most essential tools that can help tackle some of the biggest problems we are facing across the globe, including fanaticism, chauvinistic nationalism, religious fundamentalism and racism. The contributors to this book explore the necessity of sustained dialogue within the wider social and political sciences alongside in national and international politics, where more multicultural voices need to be heard in order to make progress. The book builds on existing evidence and literature to advocate in favour of this movement, and highlights how important and significant multiculturalism and multicultural education remains. It will be essential reading for students and academics working in the fields of education and sociology, particularly those with an interest in social justice and multiculturalism.

Philosophy in Education

Philosophy in Education
Author: Jana Mohr Lone
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-02-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1442234792

Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialog in K-12 Classrooms is a textbook in the fields of pre-college philosophy and philosophy of education, intended for philosophers and philosophy students, K-12 classroom teachers, administrators and educators, policymakers, and pre-college practitioners of all kinds. The book offers a wealth of practical resources for use in elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms, as well as consideration of many of the broader educational, social, and political topics in the field, including the educational value of pre-college philosophy, the philosophies of education that inform this philosophical practice, and the relevance of pre-college philosophy for pressing issues in contemporary education (such as education reform, child development, and prejudice and privilege in classrooms). The book includes sections on: the expansion of philosophy beyond higher education to pre-college populations; the importance of wondering, questioning and reflection in K-12 education; the ways that philosophy is uniquely suited to help students cultivate critical reasoning and independent thinking capacities; how to develop classroom communities of philosophical inquiry and their potentially transformative impact on students; the cultivation of philosophical sensitivity and positive identity formation in childhood; strategies for recognizing and diminishing the impact of social inequalities in classrooms; and the relationship between introducing philosophy in schools and education reform.

Dialogue Education at Work

Dialogue Education at Work
Author: Jane Vella
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This volume of case studies is the companion volume to Jane Vella's 'Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach'. It demonstrates how educators have used Jane Vella's methods in their own work.

Educational Dialogues

Educational Dialogues
Author: Karen Littleton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-01-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135188394

Presents an illustrated case for the importance of dialogue and its role in developing non-passive interactive learning.

Dialogue, Argumentation and Education

Dialogue, Argumentation and Education
Author: Baruch B. Schwarz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2017
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1107141818

This book presents the historical, theoretical and empirical foundations of educational practices involving dialogue and argumentation.

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue (International Edition)

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue (International Edition)
Author: James Nottingham
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 150637686X

Dialogue is one of the best vehicles for learning how to think, how to be reasonable, how to make moral decisions and how to understand another person's point of view. It is supremely flexible, instructional, collaborative, and rigorous. At its very best, dialogue is one of the best ways for participants to learn good habits of thinking. There is also substantial evidence that teachers currently talk too much in classes, often only waiting .8 seconds after asking a question before jumping in with the answer if a student doesn't quickly volunteer. This book guides teachers through the different types of dialogue and how they can be used to enhance students' learning.

Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics

Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics
Author: Paul Fairfield
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2010-11-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0826426832

Philosophical hermeneutics has rich implications for the theory and practice of education, yet the topic has often been ignored. Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics takes a variety of principles and themes from philosophical hermeneutics, drawing on insights from major figures such as Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur, and applies them to issues in education and the philosophy of education. Topics covered include the relevance and nature of dialogue and understanding in an educational setting, the nature of educational experience and the concept of Bildung, narrative and tradition.Timely and original, Education, Dialogue and Hermeneutics draws together eight original chapters written by leading scholars in the field of hermeneutics.

A Pedagogy for Liberation

A Pedagogy for Liberation
Author: Ira Shor
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1987
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0897891058

Two world renowned educators, Paulo Freire and Ira Shor, speak passionately about the role of education in various cultural and political arenas. They demonstrate the effectiveness of dialogue in action as a practical means by which teachers and students can become active participants in the learning process. In a lively exchange, the authors illuminate the problems of the educational system in relation to those of the larger society and argue for the pressing need to transform the classroom in both Third and First World contexts. Shor and Freire illustrate the possibilities of transformation by describing their own experiences in liberating the classroom from its traditional constraints. They demonstrate how vital the teacher's role is in empowering students to think critically about themselves and their relation, not only to the classroom, but to society. For those readers seeking a liberatory approach to education, these dialogues will be a revelation and a unique summary. For all those convinced of the need for transformation, this book shows the way.