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[Arts and Humanities Program for Social and Educational Needs of Incarcerated Youth]
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Toward a Pedagogy of Relation
Get PDFOne of the main intellectual trends in American educational philosophy could be described as a shift from the pedagogy of behavior to the pedagogy of relation. Not a widely used term, pedagogy of relation nevertheless captures the shared intent of otherwise widely diverse group of writers. It is mainly, but not exclusively, associated with feminist thinkers like Nel Noddings, Jane R. Martin, and Carol Gilligan. Among non-feminists, one can mention a group of philosophers who support one or another form of proceduralism (often inspired by Jurgen Habermas), Gert Biesta_s communicative pedagogy, and Frank Margonis and his relational ontology
A Proposal to the Governor: \u27Let\u27s get Together\u27
Get PDFAmericans have always had a dislike of cities. From the time Thomas Jefferson who felt that the good life was to be found in rural areas to that of Frank Lloyd Wright who claimed that cities were for banking and prostitution and little else, the American city has received little sympathy on the part of most Americans
A Scheme for Using our Valuable Land Wisely
Get PDFIn the American experience we assume that a house has windows on all four sides and sideyards to separate our house from that of our neighbor. it wasn\u27t until I lived in England and discovered that this most common type of housing in our country was referred to as \u27detached\u27 housing in that country to differentiate it from the \u27attached\u27 housing in which they commonly live. In England the dream of a young couple is to attain a \u27semi\u27 i.e., a semidetached house, or what we call a duplex, while we in this richer country aspire to attain a detached house
Measuring Up Rhode Island
Get PDFAmong its several distinctive characteristics is Rhode Island\u27s small size. The smallest state gives its residents a distorted perception of distance (a trip to Woonsocket requires an overnight); is often used as a measure of scale (the fire burned an area the size of Rhode Island); and in the eyes of non-Rhode Islanders does not exist as a state (island off the coast of New York or a spot on the highway to Cape Cod)
