The Need for Caring Pedagogies: A personal look at education in depressed economies

By grounding my work in this series of four essays in literary theory, but telling stories to which almost anyone can relate I hope to begin making the connection between sometimes heady academics and everyday working-class Americans. Only when learners understand their circumstances and the need for education, can they begin to take control of what they learn and how they employ that knowledge.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2007

Author dc:creator

• Curran, Catherine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Elizabeth Hodges

• education
• compassion
• No Child Left Behind Act
• standardized test
• authentic learning
• teaching
• literary theory
• Arts and Humanities
• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/687

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1686