Overview

In the past several years, we have witnessed unprecedented political, racial, economic, and health-related ruptures in society. The resulting turmoil has had an inevitable and negative impact on students, teachers, the profession of education, and especially marginalized and vulnerable populations. Academics and policymakers have had their say on how to address today’s volatile issues, but teachers and other practitioners closest to students have not had the same visibility or access. This volume is an attempt to remedy that absence, resulting in a compelling picture of education today. Chapters highlight essays written by a diverse group of K–12 classroom teachers who share their visions for education and describe their empowering classroom practices. At times hopeful and full of joy, at other times angry and full of frustration, these essays speak to what classrooms and schools based on social justice might mean for our nation. Teachers Speak Up! presents a bold vision of what education could be if teachers were to have a more direct influence on the purpose and aims of learning and teaching. Book Features: Offers grounded accounts about creating classrooms filled with hope and promise amid the many challenges to everyday practice. Addresses the harm done by universal school closures due to the pandemic, growing political divisions, the ugly specter of racism, book bans, and more. Gives voice to classroom teachers who describe their vision for education, as well as their successful practice teaching diverse students. Includes chapter authors who are diverse in their identities, the subject matter they teach, and their time in the profession.

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Author:   Sonia Nieto ,  Alicia López Nieto ,  Sonia Nieto
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780807769522

ISBN 10:   0807769525
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   26 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents (Tentative) Introduction 1.  Facing a New World in Teaching and Learning Sonia NietoPart I: Identity, Family, and Community 2.  You Lead Who You Are Sonie Felix 3.  Who Is That in the Mirror? A Journey of Self-Discovery, Resilience, and Pride Nadla Tavares-Smith 4.  Cape Verdean Kriolu, From the Community to the Classroom Ambrizeth H. Lima, Dawna Marie Thomas, Abel Djassi Amado, Marlyse Baptista, and Lourenço GarciaPart II: Love and Affirming Practices 5.  The Art of Intention Odalis Amparo 6.  From Prescriptions to Descriptions: Shaping Teacher Practice for Equity and Justice Through Aesthetic Experience Suzanna Dali-Parker 7.  Journey Onward, Beloved Educators Mary Jade HaneyPart III: The Many Faces of Social Justice 8.  Slowing Down, Learning From Canaries, and Listening to Resistance Beth Adel 9.  Running on Empty: Using Empathy and Kindness to Challenge Classroom Practices Adi MartinezPart IV: Teaching and Activism in the Classroom and Beyond 10.  The Winding Road to Educational Activism Laurie García 11.  Write to the City: Practicing Humanizing Pedagogy and Ethnic Studies in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Jorge Lopez 12.  Finding My Place in the Educational Ecosystem: From Classroom Teacher to Teacherpreneur Heather Robertson-DevinePart V: Teaching, Heartbreak, and Redemption 13.  That's What She Said Yahaira Marquez 14.  Why I Still Teach: High School Is a Haunted House, but My Students Are Ghostbusters Seth Richardson 15.  Developing a Humane Pedagogy in Order to Live in the Sticky Promises of HOPE Kerrita K. Mayfield 16.  Love, Hope, Empathy, and the Way Forward Alicia López Nieto Index About the Editors and Contributors

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Sonia Nieto is professor emerita of language, literacy, and culture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her books include The Light in Their Eyes, Why We Teach, and Why We Teach Now. Alicia López Nieto is an ELL teacher in the Amherst Public Schools, Massachusetts. Together, they are the authors of Teaching, A Life's Work: A Mother–Daughter Dialogue.

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