The Classroom: Encounter and Engagement - Hardcover

by A. Block (Author)

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 materials and books, between teachers and students, and with the self.

Author Biography

Author Alan A. Block: Alan A. Block is Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA. Afterword by William F. Pinar: William F. Pinar is Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, Canada.