Teaching as activism [[electronic resource] ] : equity meets environmentalism / / edited by Peggy Tripp and Linda Muzzin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782185303321
• Autore: Tripp Peggy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montréal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-282-86302-9; 9786612863028; 0-7735-7234-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TrippPeggy; MuzzinLinda June <1948->
• Disciplina: 378/.015; 374/.1102; 304.20715
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Philosophy; Teaching - Philosophy; Equality - Philosophy; Environmentalism; Science - Study and teaching (Higher); Critical pedagogy; Feminist theory; Enseignement supérieur - Philosophie; Pédagogie - Philosophie; Égalité (Sociologie) - Philosophie; Écologisme; Sciences - Étude et enseignement (Supérieur); Pédagogie critique; Théorie féministe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Personal experiences and paradigm shifts. The seedlings mattered / Heather Manzies ; "The wolf must not be made a fool of" : reflections on education, ethics, and epistemology / Bob Jickling ; Hoops of ; spirituality in science and technology / Njoki Wane and Barbara Waterfall ; Teaching sustainable science / Peggy Tripp ; Professional ideology and educational practice : learning to be a health professional / Moira Grant ; Mainstreaming transformative teaching / Ann Matthews ; Science, environment, and wimen's lives : integrating teaching and research / Marianne Ainley -- Problematization of dominant realities. You can't be the global doctor if you're the colonial disease / Marie Battiste ; Colonialism and capitalism : continuities and variations in strategies of domination and oppression / Vanaja Dhruvarajan ; The brave new world of professional education / Linda Muzzin ; Working in the field of biotechnology / Elisabeth Abergel -- Weaving new worlds and reclaiming subjugated knowledges. The illiteracy of social scientists with respect to environmental sustainability / Margrit Eichler ; Teaching in engineering as if the world mattered / Monique Frize ; Evaluation matters : creating caring 'rules' in the human science paradigm in nursing education / Alexandra McGregor ; Post-colonial remedies for preserving indigenous knowledge and heritage / Marie Battiste ; The Anishinaabe teaching wand and holistic education / Robin Cavanagh ; Visions for embodiment in technoscience / Natasha Myers ; Bioregional teaching : how to climb, eat, fall, and learn from porcupines / Leesa Fawcett.
• Sommario/riassunto: Contributors include Elisabeth Abergel (Glendon College), Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley (University of Northern British Columbia and University of Victoria), Marie Battiste (University of Saskatchewan), Robin Cavanagh (York University), Vanaja Dhruvarajan (University of Winnipeg), Margrit Eichler (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto), Leesa Fawcett (York University), Ursula M. Franklin (University of Toronto), Monique Frize (Carleton University and the University of Ottawa), Moira Grant (University of Ontario Institute of Technology), Bob Jickling (Lakehead University), Ann Matthews (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto), Alexandra McGregor (York University), Heather Menzies (Carleton University), Natasha S Myers (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Njoki N. Wane (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto), and Barbara Waterfall (Wilfrid Laurier University).