Classroom in conflict : teaching controversial subjects in a diverse society /

"This book transcends recent debates about political correctness to address the underlying problems of teaching controversial subjects in the college and university history classroom. The author criticizes both sides of the debate, rejecting, on the one hand, calls for a uniform, chronological...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, John A., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.
Colección:SUNY series in philosophy of education.
Temas:
College teaching > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Educational sociology > United States > Case studies.
Multiculturalism > United States > Case studies.
History > Study and teaching (Higher) > Social aspects > United States.
Enseignement universitaire > Aspect social > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Sociologie de l'éducation > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Multiculturalisme > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Histoire > Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sociologie de l'éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Multiculturalisme > États-Unis > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College teaching > Social aspects.
Educational sociology.
Multiculturalism.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • One classroom: an introduction
  • Conflicting views of the classroom revolution
  • The teacher's pitch and the student audience
  • Insiders and outsiders
  • The colonizer and the colonized
  • The uses of comparative history
  • Teaching a racially sensitive subject
  • On understanding the South African freedom struggle
  • Imperialism
  • Nationalism and racism: the keywords
  • Structures of argument in African history
  • The other: the problem of authenticity
  • The world context of American pluralism
  • Learning in the pluralist classroom
  • The rules of discussion
  • In pursuit of pluralism.

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