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Letters of Hope, Imagination and Wisdom for 21st Century Educators

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Tricia M. Kress

    1. The University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

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  2. Robert Lake

    1. Georgia Southern University, USA

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Table of contents (52 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Letters of Hope

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Tilting at Windmills

      • Tricia M. Kress
      Pages 3-5

    3. Challenging Inexorability

      • Carolyne Ali-Khan
      Pages 7-10

    4. Locating the Hope in Bone-deep Participation

      • Eve Tuck
      Pages 11-14

    5. Dear Comrades

      • Sandy Grande
      Pages 15-19

    6. Finding hope and giving thanks in “dark times”

      • Greg McClure
      Pages 21-24

    7. Spelling Hope

      • Carl Leggo
      Pages 25-28

    8. Brown Pride in a College Classroom

      • Christopher Darius KressStonebanks
      Pages 29-32

    9. The Stubborn Persistence Of Hope

      • William M. Reynolds
      Pages 33-36

    10. Finding Your Passion, Feeding Your Soul

      • Rosalina Diaz
      Pages 37-39

    11. Letter of Hope

      • Gillian U. Bayne
      Pages 41-43

  3. Letters of Imagination

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Imagining Educational Spaces of Possibility, Hope, and Joy

      • Tricia M. Kress
      Pages 47-50

    3. Imagination, Play and Becoming The Text

      • Robert Lake
      Pages 51-55

    4. Portrait of Thinking

      • Mike Rose
      Pages 57-60

    5. The Tau’olunga

      • Kevin Smith
      Pages 61-64

    6. Staying open to surprise…a necessary Responsibility

      • Patricia Paugh
      Pages 65-68

    7. Teachers As Dj’s

      • Jennifer d. Adams M. Kress
      Pages 69-73

    8. Toward A New Audacity Of Imagination

      • Julie Maudlin
      Pages 75-80
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About this book

As standardization and “accountability” have continued to increase in the 21st century, educators and scholars of education have become increasingly frustrated. Yet as frustrated as we are, it is essential that we not send to our our students, children, grandchildren the message that the past was better and they “should have been there.” Instead, we must render a clear vision of what can be. Indeed, where would we be without the vision we have been freely given to us from great scholars, philosophers, and artists, as well as our own teachers, friends, neighbors, and family? We are indebted to carry forward the legacy of these torchbearers to present and future educators. This book is a collection of letters to 21st century educators of all age levels and content areas. It has been compiled with the goal of fulfilling our responsibility to share with the next generation of educators our vision of the future, just as our predecessors and role models shared theirs with us. Informed by the past but oriented toward the future, this collection aims to inspire in present and future educators hope, wisdom and imagination for addressing the educational challenges shaped by bureaucratic, economic and cultural forces. Authors such as Nel Noddings, Sonia Nieto, Sandy Grande, Riane Eisler, Mike Rose, William Schubert, William Reynolds, and many more speak directly to their readers, building a relationship with a scholarly backbone, and encouraging: “we saved the best for you” because “the best” is the world you will create.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

    Tricia M. Kress

  • Georgia Southern University, USA

    Robert Lake

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