Teaching Defiance: Stories and Strategies for Activist Educators

by Newman Michael and Michael Newman

Book Overview

Michael Newman--a two-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education--examines the use of rational discourse, nonrational discourse, and storytelling to bring about personal and collective change. Using a powerful blend of theoretical discussion and step-by-step accounts of practice, Newman returns to what actually happens in that magical encounter between teacher and learner. He examines the educational use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787985562
• ISBN13: 9780787985561
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"