The Polarized Classroom
Political and Pedagogical Challenges in 21st-Century Schools
Dr Kevin McDonough editor Lucia Dikaczova editor Dr David Waddington editor Dr Tessa MacLean editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:1st Apr '27
£75.00
This title is due to be published on 1st April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This volume shows how educators can sustain educational integrity, democratic inquiry, and student dignity amid intensified classroom conflict and division.
The Polarized Classroom shows how teachers, administrators, and policymakers can navigate disputes over race, gender identity, free expression, disinformation, curriculum, sexuality education, trans inclusion, and democratic citizenship without retreating from the core responsibilities of schooling.
Contributors – including leading and emerging educational scholars – examine how educators can make principled decisions under pressure, resist censorship and ideological simplification, and create classrooms where disagreement can become a condition for learning rather than a source of paralysis.
The Polarized Classroom provides a timely framework for sustaining educational integrity in contentious times. It shows how schools can confront division while remaining committed to democratic inquiry, student dignity, and responsible teaching.
As teachers struggle to navigate contentious polarized spaces in schools, this book wades into the fray. It offers helpful theoretical and practical suggestions to guide teachers' practices and align them with the overarching aims of democratic education. -- Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati, USA
Deep disagreement over the preparation of young people for democratic life increasingly affects classrooms at all levels. This book includes essays from leading authors who incorporate thoughtful analysis with valuable guidance. It offers a wealth of resources to educators and researchers aiming to understand, navigate, and address the most pressing contemporary educational challenges. -- Sigal Ben-Porath, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Reading this book feels like listening in on a roundtable of informed, curious thinkers discussing how political polarization affects schools. The conversation ranges from abstract concepts like teacher impartiality and intellectual humility, to classroom cases of teaching about race, sexuality, and ideology. You’ll walk away with a richer, more nuanced understanding of the challenges facing educators today. -- Paula McAvoy, North Carolina State University, USA, and co-author of The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education (2014)
ISBN: 9798216374978
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256 pages