The Foxfire Approach : : Inspiration for Classrooms and Beyond / / edited by Hilton Smith, J. Cynthia McDermott.

• HerausgeberIn: Smith, Hilton.; McDermott, J. Cynthia.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVIII, 162 p.)

"This collection of essays by Foxfire practitioners represents the wide range of adaptations by educators of the pedagogical orientation of the Foxfire Magazine and Foxfire Programs for Teachers. Former students in the magazine class at Rabun County High School share the continuing impact of th...

Table of Contents

• "An Introduction
• The Core Practices
• No Inert Learning Accepted at Foxfire!
• The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center
• Sound Reasoning: How the Foxfire Boys Emerged and Became a Community Institution
• Nurturing Civic Involvement: From Foxfire to Place-Based Education
• Experiential Education: Exploring Foxfire and Other Approaches to Teaching
• Looking Home to Find My Way Forward: Insights from a Foxfire Student
• We Are Foxfire
• Core Practices in Use
• Foxfire and the Community: Making Real Introductions for 50 Years
• From Rabun County to Yonji County: The Foxfire Approach and Community-Based Education in Rural China
• Foxfire Goes to University: The Dance and the Disruptions
• Administrative Support for the Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning
• The Foxfire Course for Teachers: A Description of How It Works
• From Active Learning to Activist Learning: Foxfire and the Bridge from Classroom to Community
• Project Based Learning, a Center for Design Class and Foxfire
• Foxfire as a Need-Satisfying, Non-Coercive Process
• Eliot Wigginton’s Relational Pragmatism
• Research: How Do We Know Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning Works?
• Some Concluding Thoughts
• Contributors.