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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Like a New Paperback...”
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Country
- USA
- Book Title
- Round Peg, Square Hole
- Subjects
- Personal & Professional Development
- Age Level
- Adults, Young Adults
- Era
- 1990s
- ISBN
- 9780325000909
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Heinemann
ISBN-10
0325000905
ISBN-13
9780325000909
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1074477
Product Key Features
Educational Level
High School, Elementary School
Number of Pages
145 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Round Peg, Square Hole : a Teacher Lives and Learns in Watts
Publication Year
1999
Subject
General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Type
Study Guide
Subject Area
Education, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Elementary/High School
LCCN
98-052710
Reviews
"This book is a rollicking first-person account of Gust's experiences-both in and out of school-wonderfully spiked with self-deprecating humor."-Teacher Magazine, 'This book is a rollicking first-person account of Gust's experiences-both in and out of school-wonderfully spiked with self-deprecating humor.'-Teacher Magazine, "This book is a rollicking first-person account of Gust's experiences-both in and out of school-wonderfully spiked with self-deprecating humor." Teacher Magazine
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Kindergarten
Dewey Decimal
372.11/0092
Grade To
Fifth Grade
Table Of Content
Contents: Reluctant Return - Classroom Essentials - Pick Up Your Feet! - Keep a Look Out for Drugs, Guns, Knives, and . . .- The Shootings - When Will It All Stop?- Our Philosophical Framework? What's That? - The Proselyte - Who's the Boss? - Democratic Dogs - Turning the Pack of Dogs into a School of Fish - Dream School - Meeting Meghan - "Their" Community? - White Man Can't Think - Visiting Victor - House for Rent - Moving In - Meeting the Neighbors - Saturday Morning Cartoons - Our Social Action Field Trip - "Hello Officer" - Room for Rent - 4-H for Sure! - What Do You Guys Want to Learn About? - Saturday in the 'Hood - Hangin' Out with My "Homies" - "Excuse Me . . ." - Are Our Scissors Sharp Enough? - How Do You Want to Learn All This Stuff? - Shootin' Hoops - Powerful Petition - Caution: Children at Work! - Architects Present - Meghan Moves In - Thinking About God - "Wannabes" - Murder on the Block - Darin Goes to Washington - From Digging Dirt to Shoveling Sh__ - Planting Our Playground - The Dedication - An Angel and a Pearl
Synopsis
John Gust was fed up. With teaching. With bureaucracy. And with an educational system that seemed more concerned with students' employment prospects than with their enrichment. So it was that he left his teaching post in the Los Angeles Unified School System. So it was that his return-prompted by economic necessity-was inauspicious. And so it was that his transformation began. Now, in the tradition of Kozol, Dennison, and Kohl, Gust shares that unfolding process in Round Peg, Square Hole a personal narrative that is at once provocative, moving, and often funny. The story begins when Gust-disillusioned, underpaid, and apprehensive-reluctantly accepts a teaching job in Watts, perhaps the nation's most notorious ghetto. Realizing how his sour state of mind would disadvantage his students, he decides to do something daring: he moves from his affluent Manhattan Beach neighborhood into the Compton Avenue Elementary School community. Here, he quickly realizes that conventional schooling techniques and state-mandated standards are wholly inadequate to the needs of his students. Round Peg, Square Hole takes us through Gust's quest for a more meaningful way of teaching-a journey that moves from the classroom to the playground to the streets to the homes of his Watts neighbors. This book will appeal to any teacher who has struggled to teach critical-thinking skills in an atmosphere geared toward compliance with state-mandated standards. It will resonate with anyone concerned with race relations, social action, and redefining our notions of community. And it will be essential reading for any teacher-novice or veteran-who wants to make a difference in the lives of students., John Gust was fed up. With teaching. With bureaucracy. And with an educational system that seemed more concerned with students' employment prospects than with their enrichment. So it was that he left his teaching post in the Los Angeles Unified School System. So it was that his return--prompted by economic necessity--was inauspicious. And so it was that his transformation began. Now, in the tradition of Kozol, Dennison, and Kohl, Gust shares that unfolding process in Round Peg, Square Hole a personal narrative that is at once provocative, moving, and often funny. The story begins when Gust--disillusioned, underpaid, and apprehensive--reluctantly accepts a teaching job in Watts, perhaps the nation's most notorious ghetto. Realizing how his sour state of mind would disadvantage his students, he decides to do something daring: he moves from his affluent Manhattan Beach neighborhood into the Compton Avenue Elementary School community. Here, he quickly realizes that conventional schooling techniques and state-mandated standards are wholly inadequate to the needs of his students. Round Peg, Square Hole takes us through Gust's quest for a more meaningful way of teaching--a journey that moves from the classroom to the playground to the streets to the homes of his Watts neighbors. This book will appeal to any teacher who has struggled to teach critical-thinking skills in an atmosphere geared toward compliance with state-mandated standards. It will resonate with anyone concerned with race relations, social action, and redefining our notions of community. And it will be essential reading for any teacher--novice or veteran--who wants to make a difference in the lives of students., "This book is a rollicking first-person account of Gust's experiences-both in and out of school-wonderfully spiked with self-deprecating humor." - Teacher MagazineJohn Gust was fed up. With teaching. With bureaucracy. And with an educational system that seemed more concerned with students' employment prospects than with their enrichment. So it was that he left his teaching post in the Los Angeles Unified School System. So it was that his returnprompted by economic necessitywas inauspicious. And so it was that his transformation began. Now, in the tradition of Kozol, Dennison, and Kohl, Gust shares that unfolding process in "Round Peg, Square Hole" a personal narrative that is at once provocative, moving, and often funny.The story begins when Gustdisillusioned, underpaid, and apprehensivereluctantly accepts a teaching job in Watts, perhaps the nation's most notorious ghetto. Realizing how his sour state of mind would disadvantage his students, he decides to do something daring: he moves from his affluent Manhattan Beach neighborhood into the Compton Avenue Elementary School community. Here, he quickly realizes that conventional schooling techniques and state-mandated standards are wholly inadequate to the needs of his students. "Round Peg, Square Hole" takes us through Gust's quest for a more meaningful way of teachinga journey that moves from the classroom to the playground to the streets to the homes of his Watts neighbors.This book will appeal to any teacher who has struggled to teach critical-thinking skills in an atmosphere geared toward compliance with state-mandated standards. It will resonate with anyone concerned with race relations, social action, and redefining ournotions of community. And it will be essential reading for any teachernovice or veteranwho wants to make a difference in the lives of students., This book will appeal to any teacher who has struggled to teach critical-thinking skills in an atmosphere geared toward compliance with state-mandated standards.
LC Classification Number
LC3725.G87 1999
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