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How Schools Can Foster a New Intellectual Freedom : Preventing Tyranny by Nurturing Controversy

ISBN: 9780415962292 | 0415962293

Edition: 1st
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 3/23/2009

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

In a conservative educational climate that is dominated by policies like No Child Left Behind, one of the most serious effects has been for educators to worry about the politics of what they are teaching and how they are teaching it. As a result, many dedicated teachers choose to avoid controversial issues altogether in preference for "safe" knowledge and "safe" teaching practices. Diana Hess interrupts this dangerous trend by providing readers a spirited and detailed argument for why curricula and teaching based on controversial issues are truly crucial at this time.

Series Editor Introduction
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Case for Controversial Political Issues
Why Democracy Demands Controversy	p. 11
Rationales for Controversial Issues Discussions in Schools	p. 27
Defining Controversial Political Issues	p. 37
Inside Classrooms
Skillful Teaching of Controversial Issues Discussion... MOREs	p. 53
Diversity in Our Midst: Ideological Diversity in Classrooms and Its Impact on Controversial Issues Discussion	p. 77
To Disclose or Not to Disclose: A Controversial Choice for Teachers Co-authored with Paula McAvoy	p. 97
Controversy in the Curriculum
Teaching in the Tip: Controversies About What Is Legitimately Controversial	p. 113
September 11: "The Ultimate Teachable Moment": How Supplementary Materials and Textbooks Deal with Controversy in the Classroom	p. 131
Creating More Controversy in Classrooms	p. 161
Methodological Overview of Study Used in Chapters 5 and 6	p. 175
Views about Issues Discussions	p. 179
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 185
Index	p. 193
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Diana E. Hess is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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