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Title: On Being a Teacher by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 1-85168-065-9 Publisher: Oneworld Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: education as citizenship
Comment: I have my community college students read Kozol's essays and they always have a strong response leading to debate about thier own education and belief systems. The essays are highly accessible to general readers and blow the pants off the denser works of the most acclaimed education theorists. Like all Kozol's work, On Being a Teacher book is passionate, pointed and beautifully written. (Before emerging as a 60s activist, Kozol was a poet.) He asks us what teaching and schools are for: mantaining an inequitable status quo or achieving a vibrant democracy that all students (and teachers)feel they can enter into? You would be well served to read it and see what you think! Each short essay addresses a theme having to do with the ethical and social responsibilities of the teacher. Topics include "History from the bottom up," "The Hero in jail: the truth will set us free," and "It is evil to tell lies to children." Although this book is almost 20 years old, every essay still resonates and asks contmeperary questons. Savor this book if you have a bit of the revolutionary in you, or if you are feeling like you're on auto-pilot and need some revolutionary sprit infused into your veins. Even politically conservative readers like the one above will find they have an challenging and engaging dialog with this book. As for educators and parents, On Being a Teacher is a must. There is only one philosphical book about education that is more stunning, a book called The Night is Dark and I am Far From Home, also by Kozol. Sadly, that book is out of print. Hopefully that will change. In the meantime, On Being a Teacher continues to resound.
Rating: 3
Summary: anti-establishment activist writes a book
Comment: I now know that an anti-war protester from the sixties can write a book on education. The book was full of conspiracy theories of how the system is indoctrinating both students and teachers. I do think people wanting to be a teacher should read it,so they know that anti-establishment educators are still around.The truth is in my opinion that teachers should teach more respect for tradition,and more patriotism.Students already have no respect for authority and this book suggest we go one step more.The book was interesting as well,especially if you dont agree with the authors point of view.
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Title: Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 0060974990 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 03 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Illiterate America by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 0385195362 Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 March, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 0060956453 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 20 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Amazing Grace : Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, The by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 0060976977 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 06 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools by Jonathan Kozol ISBN: 0452262925 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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