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The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated--this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions,...

Geoffrey Galt Harpham's book takes its title from a telling anecdote. A few years ago Harpham met a Cuban immigrant on a college campus, who told of arriving, penniless and undocumented, in the 1960s and eventually earning a GED and making his way to a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781820308Author Donal FoleyFormat HardbackPage Count 484Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing

Teaching and learning in a college setting has never been more challenging. How can instructors reach out to their students and fully engage them in the conversation? Applicable to multiple disciplines, the Decoding the Disciplines Paradigm offers a...

Throughout the world, equity and excellence in education is a major issue of concern. International comparative studies such as those carried out by OECD (PISA) have launched a worldwide debate on the effectiveness of educational systems (macro level),...

As world travel is growing exponentially, "alternative" travel has grown apace: from ecotourism, gap years, short-term mission trips, cultural travel-study tours, and foreign language study, to college-level study abroad, "voluntourism", and...

Recognizing the dominance of neoliberal forces in education, this volume offers a range of critical essays which analyze the language used to underpin these dynamics.Combining essays from over 20 internationally renowned contributors, this text offers a...

While student agency is considered an important aspect of classroom learning, opportunities to support and promote agency can be easily missed. This book addresses the inner dimensions of student agency to show what it is, why it is needed, and how it...

King Alfred School in north London was founded in 1898 by a group of Hampstead radicals in an age of educational experiment and innovation. Whereas many educational ventures of that era set up by small groups of idealists soon floundered or quickly lost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985400262Author John C HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Holtgws LLCPublisher Holtgws LLCWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646843315Author Linda K McIverFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Australian Data Science Education InstitutePublisher Australian Data Science...

Work and Integrity is a timely resource that examines the crisis as well as the promise of professionalism in contemporary society. This vital book argues for the importance of a new civic professionalism that reflects the ideals of democracy and public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250012159Author Peg TyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Teaching controversial issues in the classroom is now more urgent and fraught than ever as we face up to rising authoritarianism, racial and economic injustice, and looming environmental disaster. Despite evidence that teaching controversy is critical,...

In this innovative and cogent presentation of her concept of sustainable happiness, Catherine O'Brien outlines how the leading recommendations for transforming education can be integrated within a vision of well-being for all. Solution-focused, the book...

This timely book explores how various feminist perspectives fruitfully explain women's experience of educational leadership, drawing on a contemporary conceptualisation of fourth-wave feminism that is intersectional and inclusive. The book asks which and...

Imagine a school with a diverse student body where everyone feels safe and valued, and all-regardless of race, culture, home language, sexual orientation, gender identity, academic history, and individual challenges-have the opportunity to succeed with...

Empathy in Education discusses the role of empathy in learning throughout all levels of education and its crucial relationship to motivation, values development and achievement, impacting from the micro to the macro levels of society. Using initial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789395073691Author Anurag BeharFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Westland NonfictionPublisher Westland Publications LimitedDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm...

This open access book presents a collection of conversations with educators and activists from around the world, who are engaged with practicing and thinking about different forms of radical or alternative education for social change, and who are working...

The Subversive Art of a Classical Education is a bold call to reclaim traditional education as a radical act of cultural resistance, forming minds and souls for wisdom in an age of distraction and declineIn an age obsessed with screens, speed, and...

50 years since the publication of Toward a Poor Curriculum, William Pinar and Madeleine Grumet reflect on the ongoing need for a poor curriculum - one stripped of distractions such as technology to allow for the reflection and self-questioning at the...

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship features an uplifting collection of educators' writings, as...

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship features an uplifting collection of educators' writings, as...

We have identified 10 timely topics that are important to the profession of student affairs. Each of these topics will be a chapter within the book and will include: (1) an academic/scholarly introduction to that topic (i.e., an abridged...

We have identified 10 timely topics that are important to the profession of student affairs. Each of these topics will be a chapter within the book and will include: (1) an academic/scholarly introduction to that topic (i.e., an abridged...

The popular volume on the power of character development in the classroom now features new chapters on intellectual risk-taking and open-mindedness, plus student, teacher, and school leader reflections on the value of the practice Character Compass,...

Originally published in 1965, this title looks at programmed learning, language laboratories, curricular reform, educational television, team teaching - these are just some of the fashions that were going to change education in the following decade quite...

This collection was written by educators who are engaging in multi- and interdisciplinary education and are led by curiosities encompassing the collaborative nature of cognitive and kinesthetic engagement and awareness. The chapters are designed as...

Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy. Institutionalized approaches for compulsory schools provide participatory access to all young European citizens. But does...

Originally published in 1975, the essays in this book explore a particular level at which the concept of equality must be applied if educational equality is to be realised. Whilst each stands independently of the others, there are points of convergence...

This book constitutes a sociological, anthropological, and curricular inquiry into the factors surrounding high academic achievement rates of students in South Korea. Taking root in similar studies conducted around the exemplary nature of the Finnish...