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Education Secondary

Narratives in the Making

Teaching and Learning at Corktown Community High School

by (author) Mary Beattie

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Feb 2004
Category
Secondary, Philosophy & Social Aspects
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802085337
    Publish Date
    Feb 2004
    List Price
    $47.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802037459
    Publish Date
    Feb 2004
    List Price
    $69.00
  • 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.

Mary Beattie's profile page