BOOK REVIEW

Authors

  • Mavis B. Mhlauli University of Botswana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.37.2106

Keywords:

Education, Teaching, Teacher Education

Abstract

     The book under review was written by Ayers, William (2001) and is entitled “To Teach: The journey of a teacher” (2nd Ed). The first edition of this book was published in 1993 and won an award for distinguished written work. When writing this book William Ayers was a Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago, United States of America (USA). He has taught students at various levels in elementary schools and colleges. His writings are inspired largely by his experiences with young children as a teacher and father to his three sons.

Author Biography

Mavis B. Mhlauli, University of Botswana

Dr Mavis B. Mhlauli is a Senior Leccturer in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Botswana. She is a teacher educator and her research interests are on teacher education, primary education, social studies global citizenship education. she has published greatly on Social studies education in Botswana.

References

References

Gay, G. (2000). Culturally relevant teaching: Theory, Research, & Practice. New York: Teachers College, Columbia.

Ladson-Billings, G. (2001). Crossing over to Canaan: the journey of new teachers in diverse classrooms. San Francisco: Jossey -Bass.

Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). The dreamkeepers: Successful teachers in African American children. San Francisco: Jossey–Bass.

Lortie, D.C. (2002). Schoolteacher: A sociological study (2nd Ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Mhlauli, M.B. (2010). Social studies teachers’ perceptions and practices for educating citizens in a democracy in upper classes in primary schools in Botswana. PhD dissertation. Columbus: The Ohio State University.

https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap/10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:osu1291140441

Mhlauli M.B. and Muchado, J.A. (2013). Teacher talk versus practice: Contradictions and dilemmas in social studies classrooms in Botswana. International Journal of Asian Social Science 3 (4), 1043- 1062).

Noddings, N. (1994). An ethic of caring and its implications for instructional arrangements. New York: Routledge.

Thompson, A. (1998). Not the color purple: Black feminist lessons for educational caring. Harvard Educational Review, 68 (4), Pp.522-554.

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Published

2016-07-30

How to Cite

Mhlauli, M. B. (2016). BOOK REVIEW. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 3(7). https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.37.2106

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Vol. 3 No. 7 (2016): Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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