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Beacon Press: Teaching Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom.


Beacon Press This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article.  Teaching Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom by William William, crown prince of Germany
William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack
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An educator and activist, Ayers shares his vision that the core of teaching is ethical work. Drawing on examples from literature, history and film, he depicts the classroom as a natural state of ethical action and argues that educators must work to create classrooms where all opinions can be heard and equally valued, so that students realize the importance of self-education and become creators of their own lives.
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