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Rebel Music
Resistance through Hip Hop and Punk
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Arising from the street corners and underground clubs, Rebel Music: Resistance through Hip Hop and Punk, challenges standardized schooling and argues for equity, peace, and justice. Rebel Music is an important, oneofakind book that takes readers through fun, radical, educational chapters examining...
The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education 2nd Edition
Can Hope (Still)Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism?
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Anyone who is touched by public education teachers, administrators, teachereducators, students, parents, politicians, pundits, and citizens ought to read this book, a revamped and updated second edition. It will speak to educators, policymakers and citizens who are concerned about the future of education...
A Decade of Middle School Mathematics Curriculum Implementation
Lessons Learned from the ShowMe Project
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Associate Editors Fran Arbaugh, University of MissouriColumbia, David C. Webb, University of Colorado at Boulder and Murrel Brewer Hoover, WVSTEM Center @ Marshall University The purpose of this book is to document the work of the ShowMe Project (19972007) and to highlight lessons learned about curriculum...
OutofSchoolTime STEM Programs for Females
Implications for Research and Practice Volume I: Longer?Term Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines play a pivotal role in societal progress and economic prosperity, in addition to enhancing individual lives. However, U.S. students lack strong STEM performance in an international context. The pool of STEM?proficient workers is thus...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
The second volume of Annals of Cultural Psychology is dedicated to the affective nature of human social relationships with the environment. The chapters here included explore the historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of the concept of affectivating originally introduced by one of us (Valsiner,...
Death and Delusion
A Freudian Analysis of Mortal Terror
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Reflexivity is a category that is too appealing not to arouse interest. It is a concept largely diffused in several psychological domains, as well as associated with epistemological, theoretical, methodological and practical discussions. At the same time, it is a very polysemic notion, understood...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
This book is a result of a major research project in Switzerland that brings together the fields of Education and SocioCultural Psychology. It is focused on how culture is involved in very concrete educational practices. The reader is invited to follow the research group in a Swiss technical college...
Imagine a Place
Stories from Middle Grades Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Imagine a place where passion for learning, authentic connection with colleagues and community, and strengthsbased middle grades education thrive. Imagine places of learning and inspiration for teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and teacher candidates. Imagine a Place: Stories From Middle Grades...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Authored by scholars from a variety of disciplines, including English, Theology, Philosophy, Communications, Sociology, Humanities and Peace Studies, this edited volume provides detailed descriptions of the many ways popular culture can be used to teach peace. Chapters discuss documentary and feature...
Insurrection
A Teacher Revolution in Defense of Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Enough. Private interests, politicians, reformers, and pundits have had their chance, and enough is enough. Teachers have been pushed around and pushed to the edge, and the time for tolerating the failed system of our public education policies is over. It's time to drag the standardized testing commercial...
Action Research
Models, Methods, and Examples
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The first three chapters of Action Research: Models, Methods, and Examples covers the history, foundations, and basics of conducting action research projects. In those chapters you will learn about the origins of action research as well as about the different methods and models of action research...
Biographical Ruptures and Their Repair
Cultural Transitions in Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Biographical ruptures and their repairs: Cultural transitions in development represents the efforts of bridging theoretical, methodological, and practice oriented issues revolving around the notion of biographical ruptures and their repairs. The aim is to bring novel understandings from cultural psychological...
Marginalized Literacies
Critical Literacy in the Language Arts Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Functional literacy, cultural literacy, and progressive literacy are just a few of the many terms one can invoke when attempting to define literacy. From a critical perspective, for a democratic society to exist, a critical literacy is of crucial importance. Critical literacy aims to empower individuals...