Reason to believe
Subtitle: romanticism, pragmatism, and the possibility of teaching
By: Hephzibah Roskelly and Kate Ronald.
Contributors: Ronald, Kate.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.; Report writing -- Study and teaching.; Romanticism.; Pragmatism.
Description: Reason to Believe is about teaching and the possibility of making positive change in education. The authors explore the way that American pragmatism and the rhetoric of North American romanticism work together to create a method for restoring hope to teachers and responsiveness to the systems they work within.

What the book calls "romantic/pragmatic rhetoric" offers teachers a way to locate the roots of their beliefs and methods, to name them, and thus to act to change and challenge systems that have become in William James' phrase "tyrannical machines."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176) and index.