Rethinking Elementary Education

by Linda Christensen (Editor), Bob Peterson (Editor), Elizabeth Schlessman (Editor)

Rethinking Elementary Education collects the finest writing about elementary school life and learning from 25 years of Rethinking Schools magazine. The articles in this volume offer practical insights about how to integrate the teaching of content with a social justice lens, how to seek wisdom from students and their families, and how to navigate stifling tests and mandates. Teachers and parents will find both inspiration and hope in these pages.

The indispensable resource for social justice elementary educators in six parts:

Part 1: Building Classroom Community

Part 2: Reading and Writing Toward a More Just World

Part 3: Minding Media

Part 4: Math is More than Numbers

Part 5: Laboratory for Justice: Science Across the Curriculum

Part 6: The Classroom, The School, The World

Genres: Education

300 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 2012

Reviews

[Susan]

Pretty decent for a book read for an education class. Provides perspectives from teachers who work in many grades and those who now work at different levels of school administration. I enjoyed the outlines of projects and exercises, as well as the student work included in each chapter.