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"Who Decides Who Becomes a Teacher? extends the discussions and critiques of neoliberalism in education by examining the potential for schools of teacher education to contest the types of policies that are typical in K-12 schooling. Drawing on a case study of faculty collaboration, this edited volume reimagines teacher preparation programs as crucial sites of resistance to and refusal of unsound education practices and legislation. This volume also reveals by example how education faculty can engage in collaborative scholarly work to investigate the anticipated and unanticipated effects of policy initiatives on teaching and learning"--

English Language Arts offers both undergraduates and starting-graduate students in education an introduction to the connections that exist between language arts and a critical orientation to education. Because language influences all aspects of education, English teachers have a unique responsibility to create opportunities for learners to cultivate literacy practices that will empower them to reach their potential. Applying critical and theoretical perspectives to teaching English language arts, this primer considers how meanings are made in intersecting spaces of learners, teachers, and texts. Extension QuestionsGlossary of Key TermsJulie Gorlewski shows future and current teachers how critical English language arts education can be put into practice with concrete strategies and examples in both formal and informal educational settings. With opportunities for readers to engage in deeper discussion through suggested activities, English Language Arts' pedagogical features include:Model Classroom Scenarios.

Introduction : Where There Is Democracy, Should There Be Decency? : Framing the Context, Notion, and Potential for a More "Decent" Democracy / Paul R. Carr, Paul L. Thomas, Julie Gorlewski and Brad J. Porfilio -- What Is Decency Within the Context of Democracy and Education? / Katie Zahedi -- Democracy, Education, and a Politics of Idignation / Dalene M. Swanson -- Social Justice : Seeking Democracy That Eschews Oppression in Any Form / Sheron Fraser-Burgess -- Social Justice Requirements for Democracy and Education / Carlos Riodigos Mosquera -- The Ascendance of Democracy : David Purpel's Prophetic Pedagogical Path to Democracy / Richard Hartsell and Susan B. Harden -- Writing and Restoring Democracy : Empathy, Critique, and the Neoliberal Monoculture / Chris Gilbert -- What Are Icelandic Teachers? : Attitudes Toward Democracy in Education? / Ingimar lafsson Waage, Kristj?n Kristj?nsson, and Amal?a Bjornsdottir -- Ripples of Change : Redefining Democracy and Fostering Resistance in the Classroom / Emily A. Daniels -- Education, Democracy, and Decency : Which Curriculum Ideology Best Addresses a Child's Education for Democracy? / Richard H. Rogers -- Whose Democracy Is This, Anyway? : Teaching Socially Responsible Literacies for Democracy, Decency, and Mindfulness / Joseph R. Rodriguez -- Unschooling for Citizen Creation / Kristan Morrison -- Democracy and Decency Supporting Science Teaching / Michael Svec -- Educating To Act Decently : Can Human Rights Education Foster Socially Just Democracy? / Stefanie Rinaldi -- Responsible Citizens and Critical Skills in Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence : The Contribution of Classical Rhetoric to Democratic Deliberation / Arlene Holmes-Henderson -- The Isolated Irish and Education for Democracy : Acknowledging Our Responsibility to Ourselves in Social Sciences Education/ Aoife B. Prendergast -- Beyond the School Of Greece and Into Baltimore : Education in Undemocratic Democracies / Pamela J. Hickey and Tim W. Watson -- Case Study : A Suburban High School's Courageous Conversations of Democracy and Diversity / Jacquelyn Benchik-Osborne -- Pedagogies of Democracy and Decency in a Religiously Diverse Society / Rawia Hayik -- Mobilizing Citizenship Education in the Arab World : Toward a Pedagogy for Democracy / Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar