Author : Wendy Atwell-Vasey
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791495434
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Book Synopsis Nourishing Words by : Wendy Atwell-Vasey
Download or read book Nourishing Words written by Wendy Atwell-Vasey and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1998-04-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring the very human and moving autobiographies of teachers, and the promising insights of feminist and critical reading theory, Atwell-Vasey asks how we can oppose the alienation and distancing that so often characterize curriculum in schools. She links the hopes and concerns of teachers with curriculum forms that reverberate with the drive, love and conflict, characteristic of the rich experiences of life. These curriculum forms include theater work, intense negotiation and trust among readers, and projects that ask students to use texts to pursue and reconceptualize unresolved issues and social obligations in the real world.