A. Block 
The Classroom 
Encounter and Engagement

What goes on in a classroom? can mean ‘Are teachers imparting knowledge that will raise test scores?’ or it can mean much more. In this series of essays, Block addresses the nature of the classroom as a place for encounter and engagements: with curriculum materials and books, between teachers and students, and with the self.

Tabla de materias

1. On the Beginning of Ends and the Ends of Beginnings 2. Why Read the Book? 3. On the Asking of Questions 4. Saint Joan in the Classroom 5. The Last Lesson 6. Cabins, Pequods, and Classrooms 7. After-Words (by William F. Pinar)

Sobre el autor

Author Alan A. Block: Alan A. Block is Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA. Afterword by William F. Pinar: William F. Pinar is Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, Canada.