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Educational Opportunity in Rural Contexts
The Politics of Place
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The impetus behind this volume stems from reflections on commemorations of the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision. Brown turned 60 in May of 2014, and many special issues of peer?reviewed journals were dedicated to that anniversary. Unlike most special issues and volumes, we sought to highlight...
Policy, Leadership, and Student Achievement
Implications for Urban Communities
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
This is the second book in the series examining student achievement. The chapters in this book reflect the scholarly papers presented at the July 2006 Education Policy, Leadership Summer Institute (EPLSI) by K16 educators, researchers, community advocates, and policymakers who work in urban communities....
Critical Times in Curriculum Thought
People, Politics, and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
This book is designed to be used at a master’s level for a degree in curriculum and instruction, teacher education or educational leadership. It could be used as a primary or a supplementary text. The book is divided into three parts: The first section focuses on the contributions of noted educators...
Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries Vol. 3
A Critical Annotated Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
EDUCATING ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE 20th and 21st Centuries: A Critical Annotated Bibliography, Volume 3 is the third volume in a series that addresses an eclectic host of issues germane to teaching and learning about social issues at the secondary level of schooling, ranging over roughly a one hundred...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Educational Research, The National Agenda, and Educational Reform examines the origins, history, nature, purposes, and status of educational research by focusing on the relationships among educational research, the national agenda, educational reform, and the social and behavioral sciences. Its major...
Identifying and Recruiting Language Teachers
A ResearchBased Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This volume begins by locating critical inquiry within the epistemological and methodological history of second language study. Subsequent chapters portray researcherparticipant exploration of identity and agency while challenging inequitable policies and practices. Research on internationalization,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or risk being left behind. Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning explores how families, schools, and communities can join together to promote student...
Reflections on Teaching Literacy
Selected Speeches of Margaret J. Early
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The late Margaret J. Early was a nationally renowned educator in the field of English education and reading, a past president of the National Council of Teachers of English, an author and an editor herself, and the recipient of many awards. The book Reflections on Teaching Literacy: Selected Speeches...
Across the Domains
Examining Best Practices in Mentoring Public School Educators throughout the Professional Journey
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Across the Domains presents research that points to what “really matters” in what is such a complex field of practice. Across the Domains consists of twelve chapters. Both formal and informal mentoring programs are examined, from the perspective of both the mentor and mentee. There are traditional...
Catholic Higher Education in the 1960s
Issues of Identity, Issues of Governance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Catholic Higher Education in the 1960s is a series of cases that describes and analyzes the transitions made by representative Catholic institutions in their attempts to update their governance structures and maintain their Catholic identity in the midst of the postVatican II era. This book will be...
Gender, Media, and Organization
Challenging Mis(s)Representations of Women Leaders and Managers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Gender, Media, and Organization: Challenging Mis(s)Representations of Women Leaders and Managers is the fourth volume in the Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice series. This cross?disciplinary series from the International Leadership Association draws from current research findings,...
No Small Lives
Handbook of North American Early Women Adult Educators, 19251950
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
No Small Lives: Handbook of North American Early Women Adult Educators, 19251950 contains the stories of 26 North American women who were active in the field of adult education sometime between the years of 1925 and 1950. Generally, women’s contributions have been omitted from the field’s histories....
Race Lessons
Using Inquiry to Teach About Race in Social Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
We hold that the mission of social studies is not attainable, without attention to the ways in which race and racism play out in society—past, present, and future. In a follow up to the book, Doing Race in Social Studies (2015), this new volume addresses practical considerations of teaching about...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
This book provides context about the experiences of Black graduate and professional students attending HBCUs. Indeed, such research is important, particularly since HBCUs play a significant role in the number of Blacks who receive doctorates and professional degrees (i.e. M.D., D.D.S., J.D. etc.),...