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Teaching Virtue
The Contribution of Religious Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
In much of the world, religious traditions are seriously valued but, in the context of religious plurality, this sets educationalists an enormous challenge. This book provides a way forward in exploring religious life whilst showing how bridges might be built between diverse religious traditions....
Teaching for Success
Developing Your Teacher Identity in Today's Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Teaching For Success is a comprehensive guide for navigating the process of becoming an effective teacher in the wake of contemporary and systemic challenges. Focusing on the core concept of teacher identity in clear, invigorating prose, the book illuminates how teachers can arrange, adjust, and assemble...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Curriculum and Pedagogy book series is an enactment of the mission and values espoused by the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group, an international educational organization serving those who share a common faith in democracy and a commitment to public moral leadership in schools and society. Accordingly,...
Psychology, Poverty, and the End of Social Exclusion
Putting Our Practice to Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Laura Smith argues that if there is any segment of society that should be concerned with the impact of classism and poverty, it is those within the “helping professions”—people who have built their careers around understanding and facilitating human emotional well-being. In this...
Intentional Excellence
The Pedagogy, Power, and Politics of Excellence in Latina/o Schools and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Are we bold enough to recognize our own excellence in our schools and communities? This question drives Intentional Excellence, an audacious attempt at developing a Pedagogy of Excellence in Latina/o schools and communities as a result of observations, insights, and lessons learned from work with...
by William Jeynes
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Providing an objective assessment of the influence of parental involvement and what aspects of parental participation can best maximize the educational outcomes of students, this volume is structured to guide readers to a thorough understanding of the history, practice, theories, and impact of parental...
ESL, EFL and Bilingual Education
Exploring Historical, Sociocultural, Linguistic, and Instructional Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This collection of essays examines the historical, social, cultural, and educational foundations of ESL/EFL/Bilingual Education. The four themes of this book are: ¨ Historical, Legal and Political Foundations of Bilingual/ESL Education ¨ Linguistic and Sociocultural Issues in ESL/EFL Education ¨...
Help! My College Students Can’t Read
Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Help! My College Students Can’t Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas is designed as a resource guide for content area instructors who have no specific training in the field of literacy but want to help the struggling readers in their classrooms. This book provides simple,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of contemporary case...
by Maxine Greene
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Special 2018 Edition
From the new Introduction by Michelle Fine, Graduate Center, CUNY :
"Why now, you may ask, should I return to a book written in 1988? Because, in Maxine's words: 'When freedom is the question, it is always time to begin.'"
In The Dialectic of Freedom,...
by James Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
A succinct, student-friendly guide that helps students to create a strong Internal Assessment piece for their IB Diploma. By utilizing nearly two decades of IB teaching experience, James Rogers offers students the benefit of his experience and wisdom. A must read for any IB History student.
by Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish...
The Elements of Teaching
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
A newly revised edition of this classic work, exploring the diverse qualities essential for teaching in today’s educational environment. According to Banner and Cannon, to be an effective teacher requires much more than technical skill. Great teaching is an art that combines a wide range of intellectual,...
Declining by Degrees
Higher Education at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
What is actually happening on college campuses in the years between admission and graduation?
Not enough to keep America competitive, and not enough to provide our citizens with fulfilling lives.
When A Nation at Risk called attention to the problems of our public schools in 1983, that...