Teaching for Social Justice: A Democracy and Education Reader

TitleTeaching for Social Justice: A Democracy and Education Reader
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1998
AuthorsAyers, William, Jean Ann Hunt, and Therese Quinn
Number of Pages326
PublisherNew Press
ISBN Number978-1-56584-420-9
AbstractTeaching for Social Justice engages parents, citizens, students, and teachers in a conversation about education in a democracy. It features a unique mix of hands-on, historical, and inspirational writings on topics including education through social action, writing and community building, and adult literacy. An extensive "teacher file" and resource section surveys teaching tools from curricula to activist-oriented Web sites. "Teaching for social justice is teaching what we believe ought to be. It is to teach so that the young may be awakened to the joy of working for transformation in the smallest places, so that they may become healers and change their worlds."--from the introduction by Maxine Greene.
Short TitleTeaching for Social Justice