Teaching the Eighteenth Century Now by Kate Parker, Miriam L.... - 9781684485048

Teaching the Eighteenth Century NowPedagogy As Ethical Engagement\nAuthor(s): Kate Parker, Miriam L. Wallace, Tiffany Potter, Ziona Kocher, Kate Parker, Teri Doerksen, Christine D. Myers, Diana Epelbaum, Matthew L. Reznicek, Travis Chi Wing Lau\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bucknell University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Bucknell University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781684485048, 978-1684485048\nSynopsis\nIn this timely collection, teacher-scholars of the long eighteenth century, a Eurocentric time frame from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks on education, a global contagion, and a reckoning with centuries of trauma experienced by Black, Indigenous, and immigrant peoples. Taking up this challenge, each essay highlights the intellectual labor of the classroom, linking textual and cultural materials that fascinate us as researchers with pedagogical approaches that engage contemporary students. Some essays offer practical mode.