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Title: Moral Questions in the Classroom: How to Get Kids to Think Deeply About Real Life and Their Schoolwork by Katherine G. Simon, Theodore R. Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer ISBN: 0-300-10168-6 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Educating the Heart and Mind
Comment: The idea of moral education is one that may be frowned upon by those who seek a values-free, non-indoctrinative approach to schooling. Simon skillfully shows the fault in such simplistic notions. Moral and existential questions are at the heart of true intellectual inquiry. The life of the mind is fueled by questions that matter to the heart. The curriculum is vitalized by the integration of the deep concerns of real life into the disciplines.
Spanning the gap between heart and mind may be an endeavor that we can conceive of happening primarily in religion classes at religious schools taught by religious instructors. Simon shows, however, that the investigation of moral and existential issues can occur just as effectively in the more pluralistic world of public education. Her writing is not imprisoned in the impersonal world of theory though; the transcripts of actual classroom teaching and her subsequent analysis are helpful to the practitioner. While there may be some substance to the appraisal that her work is that of a "Monday morning quarterback," her scrutiny and reflective insight has certainly inspired my work with junior high age scholars.
The influence of Nel Noddings and John Dewey are clear in Simon's writing (something that she is careful to acknowledge). I sense the spirit of Stanford's Elliot Eisner in her work as well, especially in the way she conducts what he calls "educational criticism." Moral Questions in the Classroom is recommended for teachers of middle and high school students, curriculum committees, and students of moral education.
Rating: 5
Summary: Someone is finally asking the right questions
Comment: Thank you to Katherine Simon for suggesting ways that education can be meaningful both for students and teachers. This beautifully written and well argued book argues that teachers are systemically limited in their ability to ask meaningful questions, the ones that students most want to talk about and teachers most want to teach. "Moral" or "existential" questions are what liberal education should be about, Simon argues, and this university professor frankly agrees.
Finally, an academic and educator is forcing us to ask what price we are paying by making standardized tests the measure of learning, and she charts a path for bringing meaning back into education. This book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in children's education.
I plan on asking my university colleagues to read it, because although Simon focuses on K-12 education, her lessons are applicable to all levels of learning.
Kudos to Dr. Simon
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Title: Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word by Linda Christensen ISBN: 0942961250 Publisher: Rethinking Schools Ltd Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hear My Voice: A Multicultural Anthology of Literature from the United States by Laurie R. King ISBN: 0201818396 Publisher: Pearson Learning Pub. Date: July, 1993 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Children's Language and Learning by Judith Wells Lindfors ISBN: 0131319620 Publisher: Pearson Education POD Pub. Date: 15 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $80.80 |
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Title: Teaching English in Middle and Secondary Schools (3rd Edition) by Rhoda J. Maxwell, Mary Meiser ISBN: 0130213624 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 03 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe ISBN: 013093058X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 28 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.80 |
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