The phrase ""teaching for social justice"" is often used, but not always explained. What does it look like to teach for social justice? What are the implications for anti-oppressive teaching across different areas of the curriculum? Drawing on his own experiences teaching diverse grades and subjects, leading author and educator Kevin Kumashiro examines various aspects of anti-oppressive teaching and learning in six different subject areas. Celebrating 10 years as a go-to resource for K-12 teachers and teacher educators, this third edition of the bestselling Against Common Sense features: A new ...

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements to the 10th Anniversary Third Edition; About the Author; Introduction to the 10th Anniversary Third Edition; Sampling of New Resources; Part I. Movements Toward Anti-Oppressive Teacher Education; Chapter 1. Three Teacher Images in U.S. Teacher Education Programs; Teacher as Learned Practitioner; Teacher as Researcher; Teacher as Professional; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 2. Preparing Teachers for Crisis: A Sample Lesson; What It Means to Be a Student. What It Means to LearnLearning through Crisis; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 3. Preparing Teachers for Uncertainty: A Sample Lesson; Unintentional Ways of Teaching; Teaching with Uncertainty; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 4. Preparing Teachers for Healing: A Conversation with Buddhism; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 5. Preparing Teachers for Activism: A Reflection on Things Queer; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources. Part II. Preparing Anti-Oppressive Teachers in Six DisciplinesChapter 6. Examples from Social Studies; "Second World War" and Silences in the Curriculum; "War on Terrorism" and Silences in the Media; Looking Beyond: "Why Did We Do This?"; Teacher Response to Chapter 6: Negotiating State Standards to Create Anti-Oppressive Spaces in the Classroom; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 7. Examples from English Literature; Reading about Racism; Reading against Racism; Looking Beyond: Lenses of Teachers. Teacher Response to Chapter 7: Connecting Mandated Literature to Students' LivesQuestions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 8. Examples from Music; Christianity, Colonialism, and a Song from Hawai'i; Looking Beyond: Risks and Emotions; Teacher Response to Chapter 8: Creative Voices; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 9. Examples from "Foreign" Languages; Cultural Context and the Problem of Difference; Looking Beyond: Cultural Norms in Schools. Teacher Response to Chapter 9: Found in Translation: Zora Neale Hurston and the Crisis of "Formal/ Standard/Academic" EnglishQuestions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 10. Examples from the Natural Sciences; Gendered Stories; Looking Beyond: Stories about Science; Teacher Response to Chapter 10: A Moving Imagination: Teacher and Student Agency in Public Schools; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Sampling of New Resources; Chapter 11. Examples from Mathematics; Real-Life Problems, Real Limitations; Looking Beyond: Institutional Demands.