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Tables of Contents for Teaching the Personal and the Political
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
 
Introduction: Teaching as an Ethical Enterprise
1
16
PART I Contemporary Conditions of Schooling and Teaching
Teaching for Justice and Care
17
6
Classroom Spaces, Teacher Choices
23
8
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
31
2
Schools That Work
33
4
Ten Ways to Be a Good School
37
8
PART II Teaching in Today's Schools
Teaching City Kids with Therese Quinn
45
3
Sometimes a Shining Moment
48
5
Learning from Children
53
6
``We'll Have Fun Great If It Stops Raining'': Reflections on Seventh-Grade Camp
59
4
To the Bone: Reflections in Black and White
63
20
PART III Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Education
Rethinking the Profession of Teaching: A Progressive Option
83
4
Fact or Fancy: The Quest for a Knowledge Base in Teacher Education
87
6
The ``Long Trip'': An Exploration of Progressive Public Schools
93
9
Headaches: On Teaching and Teacher Education
102
11
About Teaching and Teachers
113
6
PART IV Teaching
Teaching as an Act of Hope
119
4
Teaching and the Web of Life
123
7
Work That Is Real
130
14
Conclusion
144
3
References
147
4
Index
151
10
About the Author
161