The Challenge to Care in Schools: An Alternative Approach to Education, Second Edition (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Series) (Paperback)

by Nel Noddings (Author)
Key Phrases: paideia proposal, motivational displacement, cultural evil, The Challenge, John Dewey, Inner Circle (more...)

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In this second edition of her educational text, Noddings suggests that if we make the responsiveness characteristic of caring more basic than accountability, we can accommodate both traditional and progressive preferences in one school system to the benefit of all... especially the children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press; 2 edition (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807746096
• ISBN-13: 978-0807746097
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can caring work in our schools?, November 21, 2000

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This review is from: The Challenge to Care in Schools: An Alternative Approach to Education (Contemporary Educational Thought) (Paperback)

Noddings, in this book, addresses some of the issues facing our students in this day and age. She looks at issues of school violence, substance abuse, sexuality, etc. from the perspective of curriculum and provides suggestions on how schools could adress these issues based on the philosophy of caring. Noddings is a reconstructionist in her views but in this book offers concrete examples of how caring could be incorporated into the existing curriculum. Her use of examples helps to clarify her concepts and spheres of caring and why she believes schools need to incorporate care into their curricula. I found her first book difficult to read and did not feel that it made her points as clearly as this book does. I would reccomend this book as an entrance into the discussion of what role alternative views, such as caring, could have in our public schools. For people interested in education, public schools, and how to change our students' experiences for the better, this is a good book to read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Challenge to Care in Schools, January 12, 2008

By	bookworm (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

interesting but unrealistic recommendations to change focus of curriculum in education; quotes Dewey quite a bit; easy to read, required for a class