{"product_id":"fires-in-our-lives-advice-for-teachers-from-todays-high-school-students-hardcover","title":"Fires in Our Lives: Advice for Teachers from Today's High School Students - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Cushman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKristien Zenkov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMeagan Call-Cummings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sequel to the classic \u003cem\u003eFires in the Bathroom\u003c\/em\u003e that illuminates what adolescents most need from teachers in today's upsetting times \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe context in which adolescents are learning has shifted radically since students first offered blunt advice to high school teachers in the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eFires in the Bathroom\u003c\/em\u003e, a perennial bestseller. Now their world is changing at warp speed, and classrooms too are seething with anxiety. This sequel raises the voices of diverse youth around the nation as they live through the mind-bending quandaries of this era and ask their teachers to notice.\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cem\u003eFires in Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, Kathleen Cushman and her co-authors Kristien Zenkov and Meagan Call-Cummings (both leaders in bringing student voices to teacher education) present new first-person testimony on how today's youth experience the risks and challenges of high school. The students who speak here need their teachers more than ever as they navigate cultural, social, and political borders in their communities. Reinforced by classroom examples and supplemented with helpful takeaways, \u003cem\u003eFires in Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compelling dialogue about students' emotions, ideas, and developing agency. \u003cp\u003eIn a world that sorely needs the thoughtful participation of its rising generation, this new staple belongs on every high school teacher's bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Cushman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eFires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students \u003c\/em\u003eand the co-author (with Laura Rogers) of \u003cem\u003eFires in the Middle School Bathroom\u003c\/em\u003e. Student motivation and mastery are the subjects of her recent books \u003cem\u003eFires in the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Motivation Equation\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work with the national nonprofit What Kids Can Do, Inc., which she co-founded with Barbara Cervone in 2001, includes extensive documentation of adolescent learning in print and mixed media. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristien Zenkov, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a professor of education and the Academic Program coordinator for the Secondary Education (SEED) program at George Mason University. He has long experience as a boundary-spanning educator and a facilitator of school-university partnerships. Currently he co-directs the Youth Participatory Action Research and photovoice project Through Students' Eyes, in which young people document with photographs and writings their beliefs about citizenship, justice, school, and literacy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeagan Call-Cummings, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is an assistant professor of Qualitative Methods at George Mason University. She specializes in participatory action research (PAR) and other methodologies undergirded by critical, feminist, and participatory theories and pedagogies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759956787488,"sku":"9781620975435","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6093ccdad67288a1f27eda5f75ac4e2f.webp?v=1780167169","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fires-in-our-lives-advice-for-teachers-from-todays-high-school-students-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}