A01=Brian D. Schultz
Author_Brian D. Schultz
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creative curriculum examples
democratic learning
democratic schools
emergent curriculum
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problem-based learning
progressive education
project-based learning
school-community connections
social action curriculum
social justice teaching
student initiated curriculum
teaching standards
Product details
- ISBN 9780807758311
- Weight: 220g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 2017
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This engaging book shows how teachers and schools are creating emergent, democratic, progressive education amidst the current context of high stakes accountability. In this follow-up to his bestseller, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, Schultz explores how today’s rhetoric and restrictive mandates result in curriculum that fails to capture the attention of students. For meaningful learning that develops transferable skills and engages students, teachers and sometimes whole schools need to find spaces to “teach in the cracks” so that students can connect with issues relevant to their lives. Teaching in the Cracks provides both a theoretical and practical foundation for incorporating an action-focused curriculum that meets academic standards and provides students with opportunities for agency and to use their voices in their own learning.
Brian D. Schultz is Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor and department chair of educational inquiry and curriculum studies at the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He is the author of Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way: Lessons from an Urban Classroom.
