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Reflective Teaching

An Introduction

by Kenneth M. Zeichner, Daniel P. Liston
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

This popular text provides a clear, succinct explanation of how reflection is integral to teachers’ understandings of themselves, their practice, and their context, and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching differ from one another. The emphasis on the importance of both self...
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In Principle, In Practice

Museums as Learning Institutions

by Sue Allen, David Anderson, Tamsin Astor-Jack
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007

The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice...
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Unlearning

or 'How NOT To Be Governed?'

by Nader N. Chokr
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013

One view of education (appealing to the Latin root "educare" "to train or mold") aims to fill students' heads with knowledge and turn them into disciplined, normalized and potentially productive members of the workforce.An alternative (appealing to the Latin root "educere" "to lead out or draw out")...
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Not for Profit

Why Democracy Needs the Humanities - Updated Edition

by Martha C. Nussbaum
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016

In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic...
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by Nel Noddings
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Eminent educational philosopher Nel Noddings draws on John Dewey's foundational work to reimagine education's aims and curriculum for the 21st century. Noddings looks at education as a multi-aim enterprise in which schools must address needs in all three domains of life: home and family, occupational,...
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An Agenda for Equity

Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners

by Searetha Smith-Collins
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012

The vast numbers of new educational policies, programs, and practices being implemented as educational reform in American public schools have not been analyzed for short or long-term effectiveness or impact on students and their learning. Not only are conditions for many learners still a concern,...
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by Carolyn McKinney
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016

Critiquing the positioning of children from non-dominant groups as linguistically deficient, this book aims to bridge the gap between theorizing of language in critical sociolinguistics and approaches to language in education. Carolyn McKinney uses the lens of linguistic ideologies—teachers’ and...
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Citizenship Education in China

Preparing Citizens for the "Chinese Century"

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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

There is a flourishing literature on citizenship education in China that is mostly unknown in the West. Liberal political theorists often assume that only in democracy should citizens be prepared for their future responsibilities, yet citizenship education in China has undergone a number of transformations...
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Constructing Critical Consciousness

Narratives that Unmask Hegemony and Ideas for Creating Greater Equity in Education

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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011

Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness Reader aims to help us rethink "race," racism, and whiteness as narratives with deep roots in the past that contribute to the current social order, and function to reproduce the social hierarchy in which we live. The reader includes several...
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Education and Religion

Global Pressures, Local Responses

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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013

In most countries, whether secular or otherwise, education and religion are closely interlinked and no matter how hard the state tries, it can be very difficult to remove the ties between them. This book investigates the links between education, religion and politics. The dominant feature in...
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With the Best of Intentions

How Philanthropy Is Reshaping K-12 Education

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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005

Bringing together a mix of researchers and practitioners, With the Best of Intentions examines the major goals of recent philanthropic efforts and looks at some of the key lessons--for educators, philanthropists, policymakers, and community leaders--of philanthropic contributions to schools and school...
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Education and Psychology in Interaction

Working With Uncertainty in Interconnected Fields

by Brahm Norwich
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002

This book takes an in-depth look at how education and psychology relate to each other, and at the current state of this relationship. Through comprehensive analysis of the ideological, historical, social and professional contexts of this interaction, the author develops the theme that, despite basic differences in aims, the fields are interconnected.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011

Using "cultures of curriculum" as a lens, this clear, compelling text reveals and critically examines the belief systems and classroom practices of curricular orientations in contemporary American society. It is designed to foster awareness, examination, and deliberation about the curricula...
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by Philip W. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This collection of six original essays, written over a period of several years, brings together Philip Jackson’s reflections and insights on the practice of teaching. He emphasizes the “deceiving simplicity of teaching” and aims to uncover the complexity of the craft by addressing the uncertainties...
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