Age: 1758 books
by William B. Russell III, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the film industry has confronted, challenged, and explored various social issues through its films. Social issue films are an excellent resource for teaching social issues. Teachers will find this book to be a valuable resource for teaching social issues. This...
Yes We Can!
Improving Urban Schools through Innovative Educational Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Yes We Can: Improving Urban Schools through Innovative Educational Reform is a empiricallybased book on urban education reform to not only proclaim that hope is alive for urban schools, but to also produce a body of literature that examines current practices and then offer practical implications for...
Teacher Education and Black Communities
Implications for Access, Equity and Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The field of education has been and will continue to be essential to the survival and sustainability of the Black community. Unfortunately, over the past five decades, two major trends have become clearly evident in the Black community: (a) the decline of the academic achievement levels of Black students...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Transforming Teacher Education through ServiceLearning provides a fresh look at educational reform through the lens of teacher preparation. It poses the question “Why servicelearning now?” as it discusses the meaningful ways servicelearning pedagogy can transform the approaches used to prepare teachers...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Early childhood education has always been an enterprising one. Innovative models that provide connections among the family, community, and school of early childhood will continue to emerge through the years to acknowledge new educational ideologies, new social demands, and new knowledge. The issues...
The LusoAnarchist Reader
The Origins of Anarchism in Portugal and Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
No book has ever presented a selection of writings of anarchists from the Portuguese?speaking world to an English?speaking audience. In The Luso?Anarchist Reader, writings by feminist radicals such as Maria Lacerda de Moura and anarchist communists such as Neno Vasco are made available in English for...
For the People
A Documentary History of The Struggle for Peace and Justice in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
For the People is a historical docutext that examines the evolution of the struggle for peace and justice in America's past, from precolonial times to the present. Each chapter begins with a brief historical introduction followed by a series of primary source documents and questions to encourage student...
Voices of Pineland
Eugenics, Social Reform, and the Legacy of
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Voices of Pineland: Eugenics, Social Reform, and the Legacy of “Feeblemindedness” in Maine by Stephen Murphy tells the story of the Maine School for the Feebleminded, later known as Pineland Hospital and Training Center. Based on an in depth analysis of annual institutional reports, newspaper clippings,...
by Jennifer L. S. Chandler
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Analyzing experiences of White mothers of daughters and sons of color across the U. S., Chandler provides an insider’s view of the complex ways in which Whiteness norms appear and operate. Through uncovering and analyzing Whiteness norms occurring across motherhood stages, Chandler has developed a...
by Vukulu Sizwe Maphindani
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The second edition of the Message to a Blackman in Africa is an expansion of the first edition which was written three years ago. This is a doctrine of the African social insurgency; it defies conventional thinking with an open argument that prods the courageousness of an African mind that has suffered...
Case Studies for the New Professor
Surviving the Jungle of the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
For many academics preparing to enter into the world of teaching and scholarly work in higher education institutions, formal graduate education provides discipline specific content. However, there is a practical side of academic preparation that goes unaddressed. The overall objective of Case Studies...
Cultural Capital and Black Education
African American Communities and the Funding of Black
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
A discussion of the contributions made by African Americans to public and private black schools in the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries. It suggests that cultural capital from African American communities may be important for closing the gap in the funding of black schools in the 21st century.
American Educational History Journal
Volume 34 #1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
The American Educational History Journal is a peer?reviewed, national research journal devoted to the examination of educational topics using perspectives from a variety of disciplines. The editors of AEHJ encourage communication between scholars from numerous disciplines, nationalities, institutions,...
Leaders for a Movement
Professional Preparation and Development of Middle Level Teachers and Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003