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- catalog abstract ""In Romances with Schools, John Goodlad steps out from behind the public persona of distinguished scholar and advocate for public schooling to offer a moving personal account of a life devoted to educating the young. He deftly interweaves fascinating personal details with reflections on many of the larger issues in education that he has explored throughout his career." "John's early encounters with formal schooling begin just before the Great Depression in Canada with the humble North Star School. From there we are taken through sixty-plus years in education, starting with John's first teaching job as the sole instructor of a one-room schoolhouse in a farming community in British Columbia, through his years as an education activist and founder of the famed Englewood Project, to his decision in the 1980s to step down as dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education to return to his first love, teaching. Along the way, he treats us to vivid characterizations of the men, women, and above all, the children who shaped him as a person and inspired his thinking on education. And he explores important themes at the center of his philosophy, such as the pernicious influence of tracking and standardized testing and the need for perpetual reevaluation and renewal in pedagogy." "Offering a compelling view of public education in North America as seen through the prism of one extraordinary person's life, Romances with Schools is both a poignant memoir and what may be John Goodlad's most persuasive argument yet for the need to change public education to fit the demands of a free society."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13148757.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""In Romances with Schools, John Goodlad steps out from behind the public persona of distinguished scholar and advocate for public schooling to offer a moving personal account of a life devoted to educating the young. He deftly interweaves fascinating personal details with reflections on many of the larger issues in education that he has explored throughout his career." "John's early encounters with formal schooling begin just before the Great Depression in Canada with the humble North Star School. From there we are taken through sixty-plus years in education, starting with John's first teaching job as the sole instructor of a one-room schoolhouse in a farming community in British Columbia, through his years as an education activist and founder of the famed Englewood Project, to his decision in the 1980s to step down as dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education to return to his first love, teaching. Along the way, he treats us to vivid characterizations of the men, women, and above all, the children who shaped him as a person and inspired his thinking on education. And he explores important themes at the center of his philosophy, such as the pernicious influence of tracking and standardized testing and the need for perpetual reevaluation and renewal in pedagogy." "Offering a compelling view of public education in North America as seen through the prism of one extraordinary person's life, Romances with Schools is both a poignant memoir and what may be John Goodlad's most persuasive argument yet for the need to change public education to fit the demands of a free society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-354).".
- catalog description "The early years -- The middle years -- The high school years and a little beyond -- Becoming a teacher -- Chalk dust -- Promotions -- Loss of innocence -- The higher learning -- Renewing school cultures -- Nourishing educational belief -- Tidying the mind in an untidy world -- Toward schools commonly good.".
- catalog extent "xi, 354 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Romances with schools.".
- catalog identifier "0071432124 (POB : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Romances with schools.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : McGraw-Hill,".
- catalog relation "Romances with schools.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "370/.92 B 22".
- catalog subject "Education Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Educators United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Goodlad, John I.".
- catalog subject "LB885 .G66 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "The early years -- The middle years -- The high school years and a little beyond -- Becoming a teacher -- Chalk dust -- Promotions -- Loss of innocence -- The higher learning -- Renewing school cultures -- Nourishing educational belief -- Tidying the mind in an untidy world -- Toward schools commonly good.".
- catalog title "Romances with schools : a life of education / John I. Goodlad.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".