What Do We Mean by That?: Interrogating Familiar Expressions in Education is a collection of essays that opens a space for all educational workers--teachers, teacher educators, administrators, politicians, and others--to unpack commonly used educational phrases and ideas.
Perfect for courses such as: Foundations of Education
Curriculum Studies
Diversity in Education
Educational Rhetoric and Policy.
It is an invaluable tool for improving the educational experience of students and schools.
This collection of thoughtful essays seeks to be this interruption.
But we need opportunities to interrupt ourselves and study our language tools to ensure they help create beauty and justice.
It is normal for phrases to make their way into our everyday practices and get lodged there.
A scripted curriculum is a tool intended to provide fixed language to teachers.
Language is a tool in educational practice in myriad ways: between administrators and teachers, teachers and students, teachers and parents, and students and students, as examples.
The influential curricular theorist Dwayne Huebner charged us to always be aware of our man-made tools, such as language, and said that since all educators attempt to shape the world; theorists should call attention to the tools used for the shaping in order that the world being shaped can be more beautiful and just.
The idea is to carefully examine What we say to one another when we talk about schools, curriculum, students, and other educational problems or issues--when we say things like We have to meet students where they are, and All children can learn, or What does the data say? What Do We Mean by That? challenges and clarifies such phrases and the how, and why, that they shape educational policies and practices.
What Do We Mean by That?: Interrogating Familiar Expressions in Education is a collection of essays that opens a space for all educational workers--teachers, teacher educators, administrators, politicians, and others--to unpack commonly used educational phrases and ideas
