This unique text uses a reader-friendly style and eight practitioner narratives to integrate curriculum study and education reform literature in an accessible way. It applies the philosophical visions of John Dewey, Maxine Greene, and other critically-informed educational progressives to the practical realities of systemic curriculum and teaching reform. Students examine the practical artistry of democratic progressive education. Students review the contrasting perspectives of rationally managed and democratic progressive education. Students are constantly reminded that democratic reform is learner-created, multidimensional, and systemic.
Students reflect on the practical realities of democratic change.
Students consider the complex developmental and political challenges of democratic educational reform. Includes focus questions, vignettes, case studies, classroom applications, figures and tables, bibliography, and an index. Students receive concrete guidance on how to inquire into democratic reform. The Vision and Challenge of Transformative Curriculum Leadership. The Art of Transformative Teaching.