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Publication Date: 2009-Mar
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Practical Implementation of "Soka" Education: A Dialogue with Monte Joffee
Joffee, Monte; Goulah, Jason; Gebert, Andrew
Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, v45 n2 p181-192 Mar 2009
This article presents a dialogue with Monte Joffee. Joffee has been an active leader in the small school and charter school movements in New York City for over 20 years. He is a cofounder of The Renaissance Charter School in New York City and served as its founding principal (1993-2007). In this dialogue, Joffee articulates the ways in which Tsunesaburo Makiguchi's philosophy of "soka," or value-creating, education informed The Renaissance Charter School in its conception, development and practice.
Descriptors: Small Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Philosophy, Human Geography, Community Study, Value Judgment, Creative Activities, Influences, Politics of Education, Urban Education, Goal Orientation, Change Agents, Looping (Teachers), Student Needs, Nontraditional Education, Altruism, Prosocial Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Persistence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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