Contributor
Sears, James T. (James Thomas), 1951-
Imprint:New York : Teachers College Press, 1998.
Descriptionx, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR CONVERSATIONS: 1. History, religion, and schooling: a context for conversation / James C. Carper -- 2. Encounters in law, philosophy, religion, and education / commentaries by Richard John Neuhaus, Martin E. Marty, Maxine Greene, George Marsden, Michael W. McConnell -- 3. Crossing boundaries and becoming the other: voices across borders / James T. Sears -- 4. Dialogue, religion, and tolerance: how to talk to people who are wrong about (almost) everything / Kenneth A. Strike -- PART II: TEXTBOOKS: WHOSE STORIES ARE TO BE TOLD? 5. Religion and the textbooks / Gilbert T. Sewall -- 6. It's not about the books: textbook controversies and the need for uncertain conversations / J. Dan Marshall, Joe Kincheloe -- Community dialogue: questing for certainty and uncertainty: the role of teacher and text / Carolyn Murphy, James T. Sears, Gary Burgess, Pamela Pritchett, James Carper, Aretha Pigford, Elaine Lindsey -- Suggested additional readings on textbooks / Elaine Lindsay, with James T. Sears -- PART III: VALUES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: WHAT AND WHOSE VALUES SHOULD BE TAUGHT? 7. Why a functional definition of religion is necessary if justice is to be achieved in public education / Richard A. Baer, Jr. -- 8. Moral education as a form of life / Nel Noddings -- Community dialogue: is there a common moral framework that schools can embrace? -- Suggested additional readings on values -- PART IV: SEXUALITY EDUCATION: WHAT DOES TEACHING SEXUAL RESPONSIBILITY MEAN? 9. Sex education should exclusively endorse abstinence as the only effective prevention of the unacceptable risks of nonmarital sexual relations / George A. Rekers, Richard C. Hohn -- 10. Teaching and researching sexualities in a socially responsible manner / James T. Sears -- Community dialogue: sexual behaviors and sexual cultures -- Suggested additional readings on sexuality education -- PART V: OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION: WHO SHOULD SET THE STANDARDS? 11. The fundamentalist right, the "new paradigm," and outcome-based education / Dennis Carlson -- 12. Outcome-based education: can it be redeemed? / Charles L. Glenn -- Community dialogue: A matter of fairness and equity -- Suggested additional readings on outcome-based education -- PART VI: SCIENCE: WHO AND WHAT ARE WE? 13. The problem of dogmatism in science education / Nancy W. Brickhouse, William J. Letts IV -- 14. The two controversies over evolution / Phillip E. Johnston -- Community dialogue -- Suggested additional readings on science -- PART VII: A CONCLUDING CONVERSATION AMONG EDUCATION SCHOLARS / James T. Sears, Richard Baer, Paul S. Brantley, Peter McLaren, Alan Peshkin, Eugene Provenzo, Paul C. Vitz.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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