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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The word "critical" in the title of this collection has three meanings, all of which are relevant. One meaning, as applied to a situation or problem, is "at a point of crisis". A second meaning is "expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments". A third is related to the verb "to critique",...
Rethinking Science Education
Philosophical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This book presents a “philosophy of science education” as a research field as well as its value for curriculum, instruction and teacher pedagogy. It seeks to rethink science education as an educational endeavour by examining why past reform efforts have been only partially successful, including...
Dial M for Mentor
Reflections On Mentoring in Film, Television and Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
This book takes stories of learning relationships from popular films, television programmes and literature, and uses them as a catalyst for beginners and experts alike to reflect critically on their own mentoring and coaching practice. How realistic are our expectations of personal change, and to what...
Relatively and Philosophically Earnest
Festschrift in honor of Paul Ernest's 65th Birthday
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Paul Ernest’s name is synonymous with social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics. His contributions to mathematics education have occurred at a very fundamental level and to a extent shaped theory development in this field. His research addresses fundamental questions about the nature...
Developing a Critical Border Dialogism
Learning from Fellow Educators in Malaysia, Mexico, Canada, and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
This book is based upon research conducted both before and after a visit to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in March, 2003. During this time period United States (US) bombs fell on Baghdad, Iraq. An invasion of US and British ground forces in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities followed the initial bombing. Events...
Civil Sociality
Children, Sport, and Cultural Policy in Denmark
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Sally Anderson's book on sport, cultural policy, and “civil sociality” in Denmark has been a long time in coming, but it's well worth the wait. Based on many years of familiarity with Danish society, and countless hours of intensive fieldwork, Dr. Anderson provides us with a unique anthropological...
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
Vol. 11 # 1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding of the AATC on October 1, 1993. The members...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This book examines what equity means in a nation where the schools are becoming more diverse. The authors consider how well our educational reform policies, often framed in the language of equity and opportunity, measure up to the challenges of achieving equity in a diverse nation. While there is...
Are You Mixed?
A War Bride’s Granddaughter’s Narrative of Lives InBetween Contested Race, Gender, Class, and, Power
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
In Are You Mixed?, Sonia Janis explores the spaces inbetween race and place from the perspective of an educator who is multiracial. As she reflects on her own experiences as a seventh grade student up to her eventual appointment as a school administrator, she learns of the complexity of situating...
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...
The Violence Volcano
Reducing the Threat of Workplace Violence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
The Violence Volcano is for managers and workers in all types of business and government organizations, including law enforcement and other firstresponders. Its purpose is to assist all organizations and their employees in fulfilling their obligations under U.S. Government regulations to reduce the...
What Shall We Tell the Children?
International Perspectives on School History Textbooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages...
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...
Struggling for Inclusion
Educational Leadership in a NeoLiberal World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This book describes the struggles in which inclusiveminded administrators find themselves when they promote equity initiatives. Administrators routinely struggle when they attempt to include all members of their school communities teachers, students, and parents in the various aspects of schooling....