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Reclaiming Powerful Literacies
New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Offering a unique, reflexive framework for Critical Discourse Analysis focused on discourses of hope, transformation, and liberation, this book showcases a variety of powerful literacies in action. Drawing from original research in a range of public, educational spaces across the lifespan—from Kindergartners...
Immigrant Youth Who Excel
Globalization's Uncelebrated Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The book has two parts. Through a series of four interconnected studies, the first focuses on the youths’ perceptions. We, meaning the reader and I, accompany them on their way into the new school, in chapter 1, and listen to evaluations of their academic and social experiences. In chapter 2, we learn...
Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools
Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools: Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents takes readers into the lives of urban and suburban adolescents for a close-up look at how they navigate the conflicting discourses and disciplinary practices of American cultural crosscurrents that flow through...
Surmounting all Odds Vol. 1&2
Equalizing Education Opportunities in the New Millennium (Vol 1 & 2)
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Care & Advocacy
Narratives from a School for Immigrant Youth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This is a book of oral narratives, collected from participants at a school created for firstgeneration, immigrant youth. The narrations from the students, teachers, administration, professional staff, and support personnel document the power of caring relationships in an educational setting. The narratives...
AfricanAmerican MiddleIncome Parents
How Are They Involved in Their Children's Literacy Development?
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
"Ethel Robinson has written an amazing book. As she wisely argues, despite a rapidly growing middle and upper class, popular media and public debates continue to view AfricanAmerican families from a deficit perspective. Portrayals of AfricanAmerican families in newspapers, television, and contemporary...
by Sam. O. Salau
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Have you ever wondered why, after apparently satisfactory preparation for and performance at an examination, you still come out with poor grades?
Do you find it difficult to settle down for serious study?
Do you easily forget what you read?
Do you belong to either the group of...
Teachers as Allies
Transformative Practices for Teaching DREAMers and Undocumented Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teachers as Allies provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born siblings and peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences. The authors offer teaching strategies that address the needs of DREAMers and undocumented youth...
A Holistic Approach For Cultural Change
Character Education for Ages 13-15
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Marc Levitt's A Holistic Approach for Cultural Change: Character Education for Ages 13-15 asks educators to consider how our contemporary curriculum and pedagogy supports isolation and competition, rather than our goals for school culture change. Mr. Levitt explores themes such as 'vengeance,' 'prejudice,'...
Liberating Sanctuary
100 Years of Women's Education at the College of St. Catherine
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
One hundred years ago, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet founded a college designed to unite women’s intellectual and spiritual development: The College of St. Catherine, now St. Catherine’s University. Is such an institution, a women-built and women-led Catholic college, an anachronism...
Welcome to College 2nd ed
A Christ-Follower's Guide for the Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
"The single best volume I have ever read for preparing students for how to follow Jesus and flourish as his disciple in college."--J. P. Moreland
Is there a more frightening question for a graduating high school senior than "What will you do with your life?" In college,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
This volume brings together an impressive array of respected scholars to examine the varied and complex ways in which peers influence adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors in the school context. The breadth of peer influence on academic and social adjustment is evident in the wide variety of topics...
Women Supervising and Writing Doctoral Theses
Walking on the Grass
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Walking on the Grass brings to life women’s experiences during their doctoral study and the experiences of women who supervise doctoral students. Sensations, reflections, and imaginations emerge through memories, histories, and different ways of narrating academic journeys. This book examines in...
Model Minority Myth Revisited
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Demystifying Asian American Educational Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
This is the first in the book series on educational research sponsored by Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (CAERDA, www.caerda.org).