- Just what is reality?
- Is reality created by the way individuals interpret and bring meaning to their experiences and thoughts of others past and present?
- Or does reality consist of parallel perceptions of experiences with the individuals in control forcing their reality on others?
Quantum Realities: Educational Truthtelling in an Era of Alternative Facts answers these questions, from multiple perspectives, and proposes how other forms of reality might be worth of more consideration as we strive to eradicate much of the social, political, economic, and educational disparities that currently plague our great nation.
Anthony Walker, Charles Lowery, and Cornell Thomas’ Quantum Realities includes readings on moral philosophy, democratic educational thruth, intentional inclusion, moral elements of philosophy, a furture for our country, and much more. The publication also includes Anthony Walker’s Power of Words: A Letter to Learners.
To facilitate learning, introductions, conclusions, and references are included for all 14 readings. In addition, questions are included at the end of each reading to spark classroom discussion and debate.
CHAPTER 1. Quantum Realities
Anthony Walker, Charles L. Lowery, and Cornell Thomas
CHAPTER 2. Moral Philosophy, Alternative Facts, and Inclusive Leadership
Anthony Walker
CHAPTER 3. Educational Truth-Telling in a Moment of Alternative Facts
Charles L. Lowery
CHAPTER 4. Hope—Faith—Empowerment: The Intersection of Democracy, Race, and the Destruction of Collective Identity
Cornell Thomas
CHAPTER 5. Agency, Self-Authorship, and Showing Up: A Black Woman’s Ontological Journey in Finding Her Internal Voice
Uchenna Baker
CHAPTER 6. A “Creatively Maladjusted” Teacher Responds to Neoconservative Educational Expectations: A Case of Democratic Educational Truth
Michael Hess
CHAPTER 7. Mediating Realities: Moving From Compliance to Intentional Inclusion
Kateeka Harris, Kim Jackson, Ticily Medley, Shani Barrax Moore, and Lisa Uhlir
CHAPTER 8. Living While Black/Brown and Male During a Trump Administration
Cornell Thomas
CHAPTER 9. The “Other Life” Realities of an International Student: Weekends in a Gas Station
Chetanath Gautam
CHAPTER 10. Moral Elements of Philosophy: A Reprise
Anthony Walker
CHAPTER 11. The Realities of Teaching from a Democratic Place: A Teacher’s Liberation
Michael Hess
CHAPTER 12. Lived Experiences as Quantum Realities: Valuing the Development of the Scholar– Practitioner Identity
Charles L. Lowery
CHAPTER 13. A Future for Our Country?
Cornell Thomas
CHAPTER 14. Power of Words: A Letter to Learners
Anthony Walker