A Reason to Teach : Creating Classrooms of Dignity and Hope

A Reason to Teach is written for teachers who want to bring democratic teaching to their classrooms and schools. The book not only explains why teachers should choose this point of view, but tells how, offering a wide range of practical resources for classrooms and schools at all levels, including tools for:

• involving students in planning and assessing their work
• embedding social issues in classroom content
• arranging projects and collaborative activities
• organising integrative curriculum units
• building classroom communities

• Introduction
• Choosing the Democratic Way
• Teaching for Democracy's Sake
• Living the Democratic Way
• Being a Democratic Teacher
• Sustaining the Democratic Way
• Reclaiming the Democratic Way
• Appendix: Reflecting on the Democratic Way of Teaching
• References
• Index

Selected sample pages from A Reason to Teach.