Narratives in the Making
Teaching and Learning at Corktown Community High School
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2004
- Category
- Secondary, Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802085337
- Publish Date
- Feb 2004
- List Price
- $47.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802037459
- Publish Date
- Feb 2004
- List Price
- $69.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442677555
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $77.00
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Description
At Corktown Community High School in Toronto, importance is placed on the education of the whole person. An alternative secondary school, it emphasizes the development of self-knowledge and responsiveness to others, creative and critical thought, and connectedness through the self, the school community, and society. Narratives in the Making is based on a research project carried out at the school as part of a large scale national research study, The Exemplary Schools Project. Corktown (a pseudonym) was selected as a participant in this study because of its unusually high rate of student retention, student engagement, achievement, and success.
Using narrative accounts of classroom and school practices, profiles of teachers and students, and language that is accessible to both practitioners and academics, Mary Beattie provides insights and explanations of the meaning of success as it is understood by Corktown teachers, students, parents, alumni, and school administrators. She shows how the whole person concept is incorporated into the school environment, and why relationships are at the heart of teaching and learning.
About the author
Mary Beattie is an associate professor of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.