(NAME-MCE) Help with "good news" on social justice education

[Paul C. Gorski]

Friends:

 

I am forwarding this request for help from Yolanda Medina and Eric C.
Sheffield. Please respond to their email addresses, which are listed at the
bottom of the message.

 

Paul

 

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Dear Social Justice Colleague,

We have been invited to write a book chapter on Social Justice and the 
theme of the book is "good news from American classrooms;" we assume the 
book will have a similarly upbeat title...and, we must admit, we think 
that this is a refreshing perspective: reporting on good things that are 
happening out there (certainly there must be SOME good things happening 
in spite of the current educational atmosphere) rather than only
bemoaning the obvious shortcomings that exist when it comes to practices 
that support social justice particularly and good teaching more 
generally.  Rather than examining the social justice issue from only 
our  perspectives and only from our limited knowledge of solid social 
justice education "programs," "practices," "curriculum," etc., we invite 
you to send along the following:

1.  Your understanding of what social justice means and what education 
for social justice entails;

2.  a description of something positive you know of that is "going on" 
in the world of social justice education, at any and all 
levels/grades/ages;

3.  a defense of how this particular practice grows social justice as 
you understand it--research based or otherwise;

4. any and all information about the program that you might find 
important to include in the chapter.


Your contribution to this chapter will be acknowledged however you would 
prefer: by name and program; anonymously; via a pseudonym; etc, just let 
us know your preference.

We have a difficult deadline and will need any input you can provide 
within the next several weeks; thanks in advance for helping us get the 
good news of social justice education out to others...we can probably 
all use some "good news" on this essential educational issue.

You may send your contributions to either of the email addresses below:

Thanks,

Yolanda Medina                                                         
Borough of Manhattan Community College                         
ymedina at bmcc.cuny.edu                                                    

Eric C. Sheffield
Missouri State University
ericsheffield at missouristate.edu

 
 
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Paul C. Gorski
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