Author: j cynthia mcdermott
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A Book for Inspiration
Kass Minor delivers an inspiring and practical exploration of what it means to be a just teacher in a system that actively incentivizes injustice.
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Fletcher, Engagement and Benforado
A book review of A Minor Revolution: How Prioritizing Kids Benefits Us All by Adam Benforado by J. Cynthia McDermott, PhD.
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The Foxfire Approach: Inspiration for Classrooms and Beyond
In this 2022 video, J. Cynthia McDermott discusses “The Foxfire Approach: Inspiration for Classrooms and Beyond.” J. Cynthia McDermott is a retired professor of education at Antioch University Los Angeles. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy, Fulbright scholar at the University of Wroclaw Poland and Department chair and…
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Engaging in civic action
In an evidence-based world, the survivors from Parkland provide testimony. Civic education from elementary to high school can convince young people to be engaged in the commons. They were terribly unlucky to have experienced such violence but they knew what to do: Organize for change.
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Reflections on “The Power of Regret”
This is a response to The Power of Regret: How Looking Back Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink.
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Friere and the Radical Hillbilly
This is an article about the radical relationship between Miles Horton and Paulo Freire.
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