{"product_id":"teaching-with-conscience-in-an-imperfect-world-an-invitation-paperback","title":"Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World: An Invitation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ayers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an invitation to become one of those passionate and transformative teachers, someone who can join with others to rescue teaching from the heavy hand of the test-obsessed technocrats, and change the world--or, at the very least, change the people who will change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we see our schools and the project of education? Is this the best we can do? What would we like our schools to become? How might we get there? In this provocative book, Bill Ayers invites us to dream of schools in which each child \"is of infinite and incalculable value.\" Blending personal anecdotes with critique of the state of education, this beautifully written little book is filled with big ideas that explore the challenges and opportunities for an education system that desperately needs repair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent call to action and a plan to help educators stretch toward something new and dramatically better--schools that are more joyful and more just, more balanced and more guided by the power of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePromotes meaningful discussions in teacher education courses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses problems with our current education system and how they came to be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocates, with illustrations, for schooling that promotes critical thinking and engaged learning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritiques school reform efforts, such as high-stakes testing, curriculum standardization, and dated performance metrics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUrges teachers to see students as full and equal human beings with agency and capacity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers 21 \"gestures\" toward the kind of schools all children and youth deserve.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Ayers\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), education activist, and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTeaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e (with Rick Ayers), \u003ci\u003eTo Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTo Teach: The Journey, in Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ryan Alexander-Tanner).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53799622770995,"sku":"9780807757680","price":58.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gWimfZ5ePJ9780807757680.webp?v=1785963202","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/teaching-with-conscience-in-an-imperfect-world-an-invitation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}