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Diving In
Bill Ayers and the Art of Teaching into the Contradiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inspired by the life and work of Bill Ayers—particularly his advice to “teach into the contradiction”—Diving In reflects the intellectual adventures that Ayers has always encouraged those around him to undertake. Written by leading educators and activists, the collected chapters...
Surviving the Move and Learning to Thrive
Tools for Success in Secondary Schools, Grades 6-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Surviving the Move and Learning to Thrive: Tools for Success in Secondary Schools, Grades 6-12 is collection of seven chapters that provide tools for all students, especially struggling and reluctant learners, to find a better path to learning while moving through middle and high school. Each chapter...
The Concept of Care in Curriculum Studies
Juxtaposing Currere and Hakbeolism
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The question at the heart of the book is what might an education with self-care and care-for-others look like? Juxtaposing self-understanding through the method of currere and the historical character of hakbeolism (a concept indigenous to Korea referring to a kind of social status people achieve...
by Robert E. Cipriano, Jeffrey L. Buller Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
A Toolkit for College Professors is designed to give new and established faculty members the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem-solving activities, this book offers college professors a valuable resource for...
New Perspectives in Philosophy of Education
Ethics, Politics and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
New Perspectives in Philosophy of Education seeks to build a bridge between philosophical reflection and socio-political action by developing a range of critical discussions in the areas of ethics, politics and religion. This volume brings together established authorities and a new generation of scholars...
The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education
Can Hope Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism?
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Who should read this book? Anyone who is touched by public education teachers, administrators, teachereducators, students, parents, politicians, pundits, and citizens ought to read this book. It will speak to educators, policymakers and citizens who are concerned about the future of education and...
by Tobby Emmanuel
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
In this book you will learn how to make money online. This is not another one of the get rich quick' type of book, but rather you will get an honest and good overview of what works online to create a second income for yourself. From my Experience'
This book is written by Robby Emmanuel, Editor...
The Privatization of State Education
Public Partners, Private Dealings
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Anyone who wants to know what is really happening in schools - behind all the hype and political rhetoric about the privatizing reforms in education - should read this book. It clarifies how private interests are influencing the public education process and investigates Labour's successes and failures.
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Leading Schools of Excellence and Equity
Closing Achievement Gaps Via Academic Optimism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The purpose of this empirical inquiry of staterecognized “Honor Schools of Excellence” was to explore how these schools of distinction are (or are not) promoting and supporting both academic excellence and systemic equity for all students. In Phase One, quantitative data were collected through...
Creativity and Writing
Developing Voice and Verve in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
This clear yet authoritative book affirms the vital role of creativity in writing and considers and encourages flexible, innovative practices in teaching. Importantly, the book reflects upon teachers' imaginative and artistic involvement in the writing process as role models, collaborators, artists,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
In this volume, the Association for Core Texts and Courses has gathered essays of literary and philosophical accounts that explain who we are simply as persons. Further, essays are included that highlight the person as entwined with other persons and examine who we are in light of communal ties. The...
Memory, Invention, and Delivery
Transmitting and Transforming Knowledge and Culture in Liberal Arts Education for the Future. Selected Proceedings from the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
In a time when liberal arts education is increasingly under attack, this volume reminds readers that dedicated teachers at colleges and universities are passing on the heritage of liberal education as well as constructing its future. Future citizens, businesswomen and men, scientists, artists and...
The Great Diversity Debate
Embracing Pluralism in School and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“Will American’s growing diversity undermine democracy, or is it instead a cornerstone of democracy? The Great Diversity Debate is essential reading for anyone who has thought about this question. Koppelman gives us a fascinating, detailed, and evenhanded account of the long historical...
Critical Pedagogy in the TwentyFirst Century
A New Generation of Scholars
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This book simultaneously provides multiple analyses of critical pedagogy in the twentyfirst century while showcasing the scholarship of this new generation of critical scholareducators. Needless to say, the writers herein represent just a small subset of a much larger movement for critical transformation...