Full Description
Government forces mean the notion of a 'community' school has become less defined by decisions on core curriculum. This collection explores the extent to which collective notions of school-community relations have prevented citizens from speaking openly about the tensions created where schools are imagined as communities.
Contents
Introduction: Schools as Imagined Communities; D.Cobb-Roberts S.Dorn & B.Shircliffe A Lesson in Education and Community; V.Eaklor Crafting Community; M.Ladd Teed Student-Community Voices; D.Cobb-Roberts From Isolation to Imagined Communities of LGBT Teachers; J.Blount The Closing of Blake and Middleton; B.Shircliffe Politics of Memory, Re-imagining Community; J.Alamilla Canal Town; J.Hall Special Education as a Problematic Community; S.Dorn Youth For Christ; A.Halpern Conclusion and Lessons; D.Cobb-Roberts, S.Dorn & B.Shircliffe
