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Teaching The Commons Paul Theobald

Teaching The Commons By Paul Theobald

Teaching The Commons by Paul Theobald

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This book examines philosophical assumptions and charts their evolution into conventional wisdom about how human beings should meet their needs, govern themselves, and educate their children. It examines how policies emanating from the assumptions have slowly eroded vitality of rural communities.

Teaching The Commons Summary

Teaching The Commons: Place, Pride, And The Renewal Of Community by Paul Theobald

Reaching all the way back to the classical and medieval past, Teaching the Commons chronicles ideas and resulting policies that have shaped contemporary rural life and living in much of the industrial West. The book examines philosophical assumptions and charts their evolution into conventional wisdom about how human beings should meet their needs,

About Paul Theobald

Paul Theobald is director of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. He was formerly coordinator of the Program for Rural School and Community Renewal at South Dakota State University at Brookings.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The Creation of Community from a Historical Perspective -- Intradependence -- Cyclic Time -- The Avoidance of Risk -- Public Policy and the Subordination of Community -- The Deserted Village: A European Prelude -- The American Countryside and the Dynamics of Acquisition -- The American Countryside and the Dynamics of Dispossession -- Education and the Renewal of Community -- Starting the Conversation -- Place-Conscious Elementary Classrooms -- Place-Conscious Secondary Classrooms -- Conclusion

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NPB9780367318178
9780367318178
0367318172
Teaching The Commons: Place, Pride, And The Renewal Of Community by Paul Theobald
Paul Theobald
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-09-13
196
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