{"product_id":"9780807772867","title":"Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eRick and William Ayers renew their challenge to teachers to teach initiative, to teach imagination, to “teach the taboo” in the new edition of this bestseller. Drawing from a lifetime of deep commitment to students, teaching, and social justice, the authors update their powerful critique of schooling and present classroom stories of everyday teachers grappling with many of today’s hotly debated issues. They invite educators to live a teaching life of questioning—to imagine classrooms where every established and received bit of wisdom, common sense, orthodoxy, and dogma is open for examination, interrogation, and rethinking. \u003cem\u003eTeaching the Taboo, Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e is an insightful guide to effective pedagogy and essential reading for anyone looking to evolve as an educator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat’s new for the second edition of \u003cem\u003eTeaching the Taboo!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA deeper exploration of issues of white privilege and racism and war and peace.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA more thorough examination of the problems with math and science education, including possible solutions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn expanded exploration of the importance of creative writing for validating individual and community experiences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA more thorough discussion of Freire’s work and comparison to the radical teaching projects of African American activists in the south during the Freedom Schools. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn in-depth look at how students can be part of co-constructing historical narratives and analyses.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn update on school struggles in Atlanta, Chicago, and Seattle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the first edition of \u003cem\u003eTeaching the Taboo\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “For those frustrated by the thrust of educational 'reform'…this book provides what can be described as both a challenge and a set of alternatives.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eEducation Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Drawing from a lifetime of deep thinking about education and courageous commitment to precious students, Rick and William Ayers have given us a marvelous book. Their devastating critique of the pervasive market models in education and their powerful defense of democratic forms of imagination in schools are so badly needed in our present-day crisis!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eCornel West,\u003c\/strong\u003e Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eTeaching the Taboo\u003c\/em\u003e is provocative, challenging, funny in places, wild but sensible enough to be useful, inspiring, and practical for educators who are working to negate the educational madness that is infecting the schools.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eHerb Kohl\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003e36 Children\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePainting Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRick Ayers\u003c\/strong\u003e is a university instructor and founder of the Communication Arts and Sciences small school at Berkeley High School, and teaches at the University of San Francisco. \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Ayers\u003c\/strong\u003e is a school reform activist and a Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109361238256,"sku":"9780807772867","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807772867_p0.jpg?v=1763740220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807772867","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}