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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Unlock the more straightforward side of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala...
Education in a Globalized World
The Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
The seemingly amorphous phenomenon we call 'globalization' involves concrete realities that make it a major source of social change in our contemporary world. Bringing globalization alive for students, this book uses examples and perspectives from economics, technology, and mass media to show how...
Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education
A Training Module
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education: A Training Module is a resource designed to help pre-service and in-service early childhood educators, including infant-toddler caregivers, understand the role of culture in their programs. It is also intended for professionals who work with children...
Invitational Education and Practice in Higher Education
An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This edited collection examines the means to create, maintain, and enhance welcoming colleges and universities in the United States and abroad with personal accounts, case studies, models, programs, and other frameworks written by practitioners in higher education. The contributors explain how they...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This groundbreaking volume brings together major figures in Disability Studies in Education (DSE) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore some of today’s most important issues in education. Scholars examine the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as...
Student Attainment in Higher Education
Issues, controversies and debates
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Student Attainment in Higher Education: Issues, controversies and debates is a timely exploration of student attainment in a rapidly changing higher education context and a rapidly changing world. The effects of neoliberalism and the commercialization of everyday life on education have been well documented,...
Caribbean Discourse in Inclusive Education
Historical and Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Caribbean Discourse in Inclusive Education is an edited book series that aims to give voice to Caribbean scholars, practitioners, and other professionals working in diverse classrooms. The book series is intended to provide an ongoing forum for Caribbean researchers, practitioners, and academics,...
by LaKenya Logan
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
When I began my career as an educator, I thought I was going to take the world by storm. On the contrary, it took me by storm. I felt like somebody through the IEP manual at my head. Of course, that is not what happened, but that’s how I felt. Inclusion teaching was new to me. When I was a student...
Race Frameworks
A Multidimensional Theory of Racism and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This is a comprehensive introduction to the main frameworks for thinking about, conducting research on, and teaching about race and racism in education. Renowned theoretician and philosopher Zeus Leonardo surveys the dominant race theories and, more specifically, focuses on those frameworks that are...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Recent attacks on Ethnic Studies, revisionist actions in curriculum content, and anti-immigrant policies are creating a new culture war in America. This important work lays out the current debates—both in K–12 and higher education—to uncover the dangers and to offer solutions.
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Contested Policy
The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. It raises significant questions about this countrys national identity, the nature of federalism, power, ethnicity, and pedagogy. In Contested Policy , Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., studies the origins,...
Education and International Development
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education Practice
Education is fundamental to every aspect of development and there is widespread support across the world for policies that affirm that all children, regardless of their circumstances, have a right to quality schooling. Yet despite concerted...
Schooling Hip-Hop
Expanding Hip-Hop Based Education Across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book brings together veteran and emerging scholars from a variety of fields to chart new territory for hip-hop based education. Looking beyond rap music and the English language arts classroom, innovative chapters unpack the theory and practice of hip-hop based education in science, social studies,...
The International Handbook on the Sociology of Education
An International Assessment of New Research and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly...