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Author:   Adam Wolfsdorf
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781041115861

ISBN 10:   1041115865
Pages:   146
Publication Date:   27 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction: It’s Time for Class! 2. Welcome to Planet Subversion: Defining the Subversive Classroom 3. Landing on Planet Subversion: The Seeds of a Cultural Movement 4. The Subversion in Me: The Subversion in You 5. Welcome to Planet Subversion Part II: The Death of a Moral Universe 6. Are Grad Schools Doing Enough? What Teacher Education Programs Miss 7. Constructive Subversions: Bridget’s “Favorite Vegetable” 8. Understanding Student Subversions: Empathy Over Execution 9. The Unintended Devil Within: When Teachers Create Bad Students 10. Good Students Don’t Change the World: The Limits of Being Good 11. Subverting the Whole Damn Thing: Imagining a Different Type of Classroom. Epilogue What We Learned: Who We Were, Who We Are, What We Will Become. Works Cited. Index.

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Adam Wolfsdorf is an original founding member and the Humanities Department Chair at Bay Ridge Preparatory High School in Brooklyn, New York. He is an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education and a Visiting Assistant Professor in Wesleyan's Graduate Liberal Studies Program. Wolfsdorf holds a PhD in English Education from Columbia University, New York, U.S.A., where he served as the Coordinator of the InSTEP Master’s program. Wolfsdorf has written two books, Navigating Trauma in the English Classroom (NCTE), and Teaching in the Riptide (Routledge). He has published in Changing English, The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, English Education, English Journal, and The Columbia Literary Journal, and has chapters in Humanizing Grief in Higher Education (Routledge) and Deep Reading, Volume 2 (Peter Lang). Outside the classroom, Wolfsdorf has performed professionally for 25 years. He appeared in the national tours of the Broadway musicals RENT (with Neil Patrick Harris) and Grease. He fronts the nationally touring rock band, The Energy (MTV, NBC, ABC, and ESPN). Wolfsdorf received his MA in Psychology and Education from Columbia University, New York, U.S.A., and holds a BA in English from Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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