* Foreword, Nel Noddings * Prologue: Education for the 21st Century * Acknowledgments Part One: Partnership Education: The Basics * 1. Reconstructing Education: Basic Building Blocks * A journey of discovery * Nurturing childrens humanity * The partnership and dominator possibilities * Partnership process * Partnership content * Partnership structure * Schools as communities of learning * The partnership and dominator continuum * 2. Refocusing and Reframing Education: The Basic Design * Partnership and dominator values * Partnership and dominator structures * Partnership and dominator narratives * Partnership and dominator priorities * Partnership and dominator relations * The partnership curriculum loom and learning tapestry * Weaving the future: partnership schools * Six keys to partnership education Part Two: Reweaving the Educational Tapestry: The Vertical and Horizontal Threads * 3. Beginnings: From the Stars to Us * The unfolding drama * The emergence and evolution of our universe * A more balanced view of evolution * Humans and other primates * The evolution of love and empathy * Love and being human * 4. Our Human Adventure: Patterns and Possibilities * Two views of our cultural origins * The old stone age * The first farmers * The metamorphosis of mythand reality * From prehistory to history * The hidden patterns of history * The industrial or modern age * The postmodern age * Two possible futures * Maintaining domination * Creating partnership * 5. From Counting to Current Events: Making the Three R's Meaningful * The life sciences * Math * Art and art history * U.S. history * Literature * Language * The humanities * Current events * 6. Learning and Living: Interweaving Student Interests and Concerns * The mass media * Our bodies * Love and relationships * Sexuality * Self-regulation and life-planning * Our living planet * Six keys to the vertical and horizontal threads * Epilogue: Our Children's Future * Moving toward partnership education * Moving toward a partnership culture * The partnerships school of the future * Additional Resources * Sample Curriculum Materials and Handouts * More Curriculum Materials and Handouts * More on Books and Videos * Appendix A: Sample Curriculum Materials and Handouts * Appendix B: More on Books and Videos * Appendix C: More Curriculum Materials and Handouts * Endnotes * List of Illustrations * Bibliography * Index