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Theology As Worship: The Place Of Theology In A Postmodern University, Alan G. Padgett
Theology As Worship: The Place Of Theology In A Postmodern University, Alan G. Padgett
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Philosophizing With Teenagers, Susan Verducci
Philosophizing With Teenagers, Susan Verducci
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Part of a special section on connecting with adolescents. Although few adolescents are ever formally exposed to philosophy at middle or high school, almost all are philosophers in the sense that they ask and seek answers to questions that are fundamentally philosophical. Furthermore, studying philosophy can be quite useful for adolescents as it requires that they practice developing clear and coherent reasons for believing or doing something, provides the tools with which they can follow the logic of any ideological stance, and provides models of alternative answers and a way of examining how the historical period in which one lives …
White Teachers, Race Matters, Ellen Bigler
White Teachers, Race Matters, Ellen Bigler
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Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial oppression in the United States. Drawing on observations from teaching courses on multicultural education I examine the ideologies of future white teachers forged in particular racial and class locations. Students' faith in the existence of equality of opportunity emerges as significant in shaping their receptivity in interrogating the status quo. Course activities provide contrary evidence, permitting greater engagement with anthropological theories.