01471cam a2200193 4500 392887859 TxAuBib 20190926120000.0 051202s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781571104182 alk. paper 1571104186 alk. paper TxAuBib Cowhey, Mary. Black ants and buddhists : thinking critically and teaching differently in the primary grades / Mary Cowhey ; foreword by Sonia Nieto. Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, 2006. xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. If you were inspired to become a teacher because you wanted to change the world, and instead find yourself limited by teach-to-the-test pressures, this is the book that will make you think hard about how you spend your time with students. It offers no easy answers, just a wealth of insight into the challenges of helping students think critically about the world. Woven through the book is Mary's unflinching and humorous account of her own roots in a struggling large Irish Catholic family and her early career as a community activist. Mary's teaching is infused with lessons of her heroes: Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Martin Luther King, and others. Her students learn to make connections between their lives, the books they read, the community leaders they meet, and the larger world. 20190926.