Best of
Teaching

1970

Schooling In Capitalist America: Educational Reform And The Contradictions Of Economic Life


Samuel Bowles - 1970
    . . establishes a persuasive new paradigm."Contemporary SociologyNo book since Schooling in Capitalist America has taken on the systemic forces hard at work undermining our education system. This classic reprint is an invaluable resource for radical educators.Samuel Bowles is research professor and director of the behavioral sciences program at the Santa Fe Institute, and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts.Herbert Gintis is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and emeritus professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts.

Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry


Kenneth Koch - 1970
    61, the children, excited by the opportunity to work with an instructor able to inspire their talent and energy, would clap and shout with pleasure. In this vivid account, Koch describes his inventive methods for teaching these children how to create poems and gives numerous examples of their work. Wishes, Lies, and Dreams is a valuable text for all those who care about freeing the creative imagination and educating the young.

Thou Givest They Gather


Amy Carmichael - 1970
    Amy Carmichael was always ready to gather what He was ready to give, and to her there were no experiences in life to which the Bible did not open out the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

The Complete Upmanship: Including, Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-Upmanship, Supermanship


Stephen Potter - 1970
    

To Teach, to Love


Jesse Stuart - 1970
    

The Voice of the Children


June Jordan - 1970
    Twenty black and Puerto Rican children write their poetic impressions of growing up in the ghettos of America.