Contents -- Preface by PHYLLIS LA FARGE -- Introduction by SHELDON BERMAN -- 1. Controversial Issues and Young Children: Kindergartners Try to Understand Chernobyl by JANICE BALSAM DANIELSON -- 2. Bringing Global Awareness into Elementary School Classrooms by SHEILA REINDL -- 3. Cooperative Learning: Making the Transition by SARAH PIRTLE -- 4. "You Need Lots of Choices": Conflict Resolution in the Elementary Grades by SARA GOODMAN and WILLIAM J. KREIDLER -- 5. Democratic Practices at the Elementary School Level: Three Portraits by CLARISSA SAWYER -- 6. Literature in the Classroom: Pathways to Social Responsibility by BARBARA BECKWITH -- 7. Educating for Multicultural Perspectives: A Doorway to the Rest of Humanity by MONICA ANDREWS -- 8. You and I are the Same: The Multicultural Classroom by NINA A. MULLEN and LAURIE OLSEN -- 9. Words, Not Weapons -- Dialogue, Not Debate: Managing Conflict at the Middle- and Secondary-School Levels by ANNE YEOMANS -- 10. Promising Practices in the Social Studies by DENNIS SHIRLEY -- 11. Science and Society: Teaching Social Responsibility in the Nuclear Age by BETH WILSON FULTZ -- 12. Math and Social Responsibility by SHELDON BERMAN -- 13. The Arts: Imagining a Better World by DAVID M. STUART -- 14. Educating for Democracy and Community: Toward the Transformation of Power in Our Schools by SETH KREISBERG -- 15. Teaching for Global Responsibility through Student Participation in the Community by DALE A. BRYAN -- Contributors -- Topic Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index of Educational Researchers and Theorists -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- R -- S -- Index of Teachers, Administrators, Students, and Schools Referred to in Text -- Names of Teachers, Administrators, and Students -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F.

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