TEACHING TOWARD FREEDOM(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　For William Ayers, noted educator and activist, “the allure of
teaching, that ineffable magic drawing me back to the classroom
again and again, issues from an ideal that lies directly at its
heart: Teaching, at its best, is an enterprise that helps human
beings reach the full measure of their humanity.”
　　In Teaching Toward Freedom, Ayers illuminates the hope as well as
the conflict that characterize the entire project of education: how
it can be used in authoritarian and dehumanizing ways in the
service of the state, the church, or a restrictive existing social
order-an idea he abhors-or, as he envisions it, as an undertaking
to help students become more fully human, more engaged, more
participatory, more free. Drawing on his own classroom experiences
and those of his many colleagues, as well as on popular culture,
film, poetry, and novels, Ayers redraws the lines concerning how we
teach and why, and the surprising things we uncover when we allow
students to become visible, vocal authors of their own texts and
creators of their own lives.
　　”Committed and aware teachers,” Ayers argues, “must endeavor to
accomplish two crucial tasks. One is to convince students . . .
that there is no such thing as receiving an education as a passive
receptor or an inert vessel-in that direction lies nothing but
subservience, indoctrination, and worse. All real education is and
must always be self-education. The second task is to demonstrate to
students . . . that they are valued, that their humanity is
honored, and that their growth, enlightenment, and liberation are
the paramount concern. We take the side of the student. . . .” This
lucid and inspiring book will help teachers at every level to
realize that ideal.–From the Hardcover edition.

　　William Ayers is Distinguished Professor of Education and
Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He is the founder of the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for
Youth and Society, and he is the author of many books on education,
including Teaching the Personal and Political, On the Side of the
Child, To Teach, A Simple Justice, and A Kind and Just
Parent.–From the Hardcover edition.

　　Teaching toward Freedom is powerful, thought-provoking, and a
must-read for everyone concerned with the state of
education.–Deborah Donovan, Booklist
　　[Ayers] makes the case that larger society needs to understand
what it means to teach toward freedom. . . .Ayers’s model asks that
students imagine different future worlds where justice is better
served and where we create a vision needed for a better
world.”–Lee Baker, Altar Magazine
　　”Five thoughtful essays that examine how teachers need to value
their students, challenge themselves, and teach for freedom.”–Bob
Peterson, Rethinking Schools
　　Praise for A Kind and Just Parent:
　　”William Ayers is as sensitive and gifted a chronicler as he is a
teacher.”–Studs Terkel, author of Hope Dies Last and
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