The Classroom Encounter and Engagement
What goes on in a classroom? can mean "Are teachers imparting knowledge that will raise test scores?" or it can mean much more. In this series of essays, Block addresses the nature of the classroom as a place for encounter and engagements: with curriculum
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Encounter and Engagement
Alan A. Block
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The Classroom
the classroom
Copyright © Alan A. Block, 2014.
The following Bob Dylan lyrics reproduced with permission: “Mississippi” © 1997 by Special Rider Music, “Not Dark Yet” © 1997 by Special Rider Music, “Sign On The Window” © 1970 by Big Sky Music; renewed 1998 by Big Sky Music. Lyrics from “One of Us” by Joan Osborne, reproduced courtesy of Eric Bazilian. Lyrics from “Julian of Norwich” by Sydney Carter, reproduced by permission of Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England www.stainer.co.uk. Parts of chapter 3 were originally published as “Asking Questions” in ENCOUNTER, 2010 Spring, Volume 23:1. Parts of the book were originally published as “The Book that Changed My Life or, What I Didn’t Read on My Summer’s Vacation” in JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1999, Volume 15:4. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. E-ISBN: 978-1-137-44923-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Block, Alan A., 1947– The classroom : encounter and engagement / Alan A. Block. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-137-44922-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Classroom environment. 2. Education—Environmental aspects. I. Title. LB3013.B543 2014 371.102’4—dc23 2014015219 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by SPi Global. First edition: October 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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