Trust within Learning

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An inspiring book for educators offering many great lessons from around the world. Trust within Learning remarkably explores the role of culturally varied constructs of trust on student learning. It provides a unique conceptual shift in education from the transactional to the relational proposing new possibilities for better learning opportunities. -- Mustapha Aabi, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco An accessible and intelligent critical companion for those studying education. Trust within Learning provides a reflective view of what is an essential component of learning, seen through the eyes of educators and students. I will certainly recommend the book to my students. -- Michael Reed, University of Worcester In this thoughtful book, Devin Thornburg takes us around the world among students (and teachers) and shows us how, through their narratives, most students strive to be trusted and to insist that their voices are heard, and acted upon. As issues of trust may differ significantly across cultures, it is hoped, as Dr. Thornburg explains, that the "complex diverse experiences, the social interactions and the linguistic, historical and cultural contexts" through which all students learn illuminate how difficult yet crucial this undertaking becomes. This book comes at a most propitious time as there is a new level of distrust in increasingly populist governments and societies (and hence within learning) across the globe in the form of propaganda and "fake news" and helps us to sort out and be critical of what constitutes "trust" in the narratives all around us. -- Brett Elizabeth Blake, St. John's University We all intuitively understand that trust is a core and essential component of all healthy and productive relationships, and the relationships that exist in our schools are no different. As we all are experiencing increasing racial and ethnic diversity in schools throughout our country, I wonder why this simple, yet complex, concept is not more deeply explored as a core element of student success? Dr. Thornburg offers us unique perspectives on the impact of trust across international and multicultural contexts- valuable perspectives that can help us nurture the power of empathic and trusting relationships in our own work in own schools and classrooms. -- Robert L. Jarvis, University of Pennsylvania