Practices to Live with, Invitations for Change. A Book Review of Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom in Create Democratic Schools

Authors

Dana Frantz Bentley, Lesley University and Buckingham Browne and Nichols SchoolFollow

Abstract

This review explores the discourse between theory and practice put forth in Cara E. Furman and Cecelia E. Traugh's Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom to Create Democratic Schools. Through the practice of descriptive inquiry, these two authors engage in a lively examination of schools and educators developing individualized democratic practices. This review explores the engaging conversations between schools, educators, and school communities as they learn to center their democratic teaching on human dignity, and a focus on practical wisdom.

Recommended Citation

Bentley, D. (2021). Practices to Live with, Invitations for Change. A Book Review of Descriptive Inquiry in Teacher Practice: Cultivating Practical Wisdom in Create Democratic Schools. Democracy and Education, 29 (2), Article 7.
Available at: https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol29/iss2/7