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School-university-community collaboration for civic education and engagement in the democratic project
This volume highlights the work of educators involved in school-university-community collaborations focused on civic education. It addresses the decline in high-quality civic education and low civic engagement among young people, showcasing various projects aimed at enhancing civic knowledge and ...
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Maximizing the policy relevance of research for school improvement
This book helps education researchers, faculty, and advanced graduate students make their research more relevant to policy for school improvement. It covers U.S. education policy making, designing research for policy relevance, and engaging users to communicate findings to policymakers.
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Charting reform, achieving equity in a diverse nation
This book explores equity in increasingly diverse schools, examining how educational reform policies address racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities. It critiques current policies, highlights minority student experiences in suburban schools, and offers remedies for achieving equity.
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No ways tired
This book shares narratives of student affairs professionals of color in higher education, addressing issues like discrimination and the glass ceiling. It offers insights and strategies for success, promoting discussions on how professionals of color can thrive and contribute authentically in the...
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Schools as radical sanctuaries
The book critiques large urban high schools for perpetuating inequalities and highlights small high schools as sanctuaries that promote academic achievement and social justice. It focuses on the history, curricula, and experiences of urban youth and teachers in two small urban high schools, advoc...
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Curriculum and teaching dialogue vol 24 issue 1 & 2
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), founded on October 1, 1993. The AATC promotes the scholarly study of teaching and curriculum through conferences, journals, and member interactions, encouraging all analytical and interp...
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Policy and university faculty governance
This text examines faculty governance from a historical perspective, tracing trends to the present day. It offers strategies for building shared decision-making environments, covering governance definitions, internal performance, administrator-faculty relationships, middle managers' roles, and more.
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Effective steps toward school enhancement
Effective Steps Toward School Enhancement is an essential guide for enhancing, improving, and turning around schools. This is a must-have book for campus leaders and district administrators, as well as policymakers and university professors who teach in educational leadership.
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Equity-based career development and postsecondary transitions
Michelle Obama emphasizes the importance of postsecondary education for economic and personal success. This book addresses barriers faced by African American, LGBTQ, and disabled students in accessing education. It offers research and practices for equity-based career development and postsecondar...
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Knowing and writing school history
This book presents a qualitative study on the language resources 8th and 11th grade students use to write expositions in school history. It combines functional linguistic analysis with educational considerations, focusing on English language learners and culturally diverse students in California.
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Research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning
This volume covers topics including: translation issues in cross-cultural research; African American teachers for African American students; the social mediation of metacognition; and cross-cultural similarities and differences in affective meaning of achievement.
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Maori and pasifika higher education horizons
Rarely have Pasifika writers come together to share their experiences in this field. Focusing on the past, current and future status and success of Maori and Pasifika peoples in tertiary education within Aotearoa New Zealand, this volume covers diverse issues from the countries colonial history, ...
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Classroom robotics
This book aims to help teachers, parents, coaches, and students get started with robotics. It acknowledges the efforts of those already involved in the field, offering documentation, support, and resources to expand the impact of robotics in education.
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A chronicle of echoes
This book argues that corporate reform is destroying American public education for profit. It claims that a few wealthy individuals and organizations are orchestrating this destruction. The book investigates and exposes these entities, highlighting their role in undermining the democratic institu...
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Critical reflection and the foreign language classroom (20th anniversary edition)
This book, published 20 years ago, introduced foreign language teachers to critical educational study concepts. It explores issues like the failure of foreign language education, the role of language classes, and cultural struggles in U.S. classrooms, emphasizing power dynamics and social justice.
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Redesigning the future of education in the light of new theories, teaching methods, learning, and research
This book explores learning beyond physical boundaries, emphasizing 21st-century skills like creativity, problem-solving, and social-emotional skills. It advocates for lifelong learning and integrating real-life experiences into education. Contributions from seven continents offer diverse insight...
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Institutional diversity in american postsecondary education
This text critiques the higher education marketplace, focusing on the limitations of rankings and the Carnegie Classification system. It highlights the diversity of institutional types and the need for a deeper understanding of their roles and impacts.
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Curriculum windows redux
This book explores how curriculum texts and theorists can inform modern education. The authors examine key works, offering insights into curriculum, teaching, and leadership. This final book in the series provides a scholarly view of 33 books that should have been included in the previous volumes.
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Efficacy of assistive technology interventions
The Advances in Special Education Technology series is designed to focus international attention on applications of technology for individuals with disabilities.
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Advances in latent variable mixture models
This volume features work from the 2006 CILVR conference, covering multilevel and longitudinal systems, assessment models, and model evaluation. With a keynote by Bengt Muthén, it offers expert insights but assumes prior knowledge of latent variable methods. A key resource for advanced researcher...
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Religiosity, cultural capital, and parochial schooling
This book explores the relationship between personal religion & school cultural capital, focusing on parochial schools. It examines motivations, leadership, satisfaction, and parental involvement, revealing that personal religion impacts student and parent cultural capital more than educators...
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Learning at the back door
Wedemeyer emphasizes that learning is a natural, renewable human trait, not dependent on formal education. Independent learners drive much progress. This book explains this type of learning, relating it to schooling, and suggests ways to encourage and improve all learning through new educational ...
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Higher education in development
This book offers insights into sub-Saharan African higher education, exploring challenges like scarce resources, HIV/AIDS, gender issues, and colonial legacies. It uses case studies and the authors' experiences in Zambia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Mozambique, and South Africa to suggest reforms for improv...
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Emergence of learning societies
Provides an international comparative study on the world of adult learning activities. This book offers a systematic attempt to provide empirical information on some critical issues regarding the transformation of adult and continuing education in post-industrial societies.
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Critical dialogues in higher education
This book helps individuals in higher education develop skills for effective conflict management through dialogue, rather than debate. It includes modules on communication, conflict management styles, teamwork, and facilitating change. The focus is on using dialogue to achieve positive growth, le...
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Role of education and pedagogical approach in service learning
Role of Education and Pedagogical Approach in Service Learning is a collection of case studies and interventions adopted by academics across the globe to explain and explore the concepts of social responsibility in education, social justice and civility.
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Stem and the city
This book addresses the future of American STEM education, highlighting the need for resources, support, and psychological ownership for students. It discusses the impact of STEM careers on the economy, national security, and quality of life, and explores race, gender, and teaching standards in u...
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Living and studying at home
Living and Studying at Home: Degrees of Inequality explores the social characteristics, experiences, and outcomes of commuting students in an old Scottish university, highlighting the social class dimension of commuting.
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The seal of biliteracy
This volume examines the Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) policy initiative through case studies of implementation in diverse U.S. contexts. It covers the history, macro-level and micro-level implementation, and future directions.
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Asian american education
This fourth volume in a research series sponsored by SIG-REAPA explores the experiences of Asian Americans in U.S. education, focusing on acculturation, literacy, and identity. Blending established and emerging scholarship, it offers valuable insights for educators and researchers.
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The power of team-based simulations in educational systems
Shapira-Lishchinsky suggests a new educational policy to reduce educational gaps eliciting from the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises toward routine, enhancing the capacity of mid-level leaders to deal with equality gaps through mentoring by team-based simulation.
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The strangest dream
Robbie Lieberman illustrates how grassroots peace activism in the U.S. became associated with Communist subversion after WWII, giving Cold War proponents a powerful weapon to silence opposition. The book clarifies American attitudes about peace and the peace movement's fate amid anti-Communist fe...
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Identifying leaders for urban charter, autonomous and independent schools
A critical challenge for urban charter/autonomous/independent schools is finding educational leaders with the courage to lead with authenticity; integrity and ingenuity. This title begins by cultivating the balance of self, personal and professional, that guides leaders to manage operational and ...
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A reader of narrative and critical lenses on intercultural teaching and learning
This book explores intercultural teaching to enhance learning for diverse students. It highlights research and experiences of educators, emphasizing intercultural competence and development. The book includes first-hand narratives and critical insights to foster personal and professional growth i...
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Linking teacher preparation program design and implementation to outcomes for teachers and students
This volume addresses the challenge of improving evidence use in teacher preparation. It explores data availability, quality, and use across programs, examining the link between teacher preparation and outcomes. The book emphasizes the need for empirical research to inform practices and inspire c...
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Optimizing student success in school with the other three rs
This book presents the Other Three R’s model, initiated by the APA and Robert J. Sternberg, focusing on reasoning, resilience, and responsibility as key skills for academic success. Experts provide evidence-based arguments for promoting these skills in schools to optimize student success.
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Service-learning to advance social justice in a time of radical inequality
Service-learning pedagogy enhances critical engagement and democratic inquiry in higher education, addressing power dynamics in education. It emphasizes community partner participation and active reflection, allowing students to engage stakeholders and youth, crucial for addressing societal inequ...
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Racial dimensions of life writing in education
This collection explores the racial dimensions of life writing research in diverse educational spaces. It includes 14 chapters with varied theoretical and methodological approaches, reflecting a range of ethnic and racial heritages. The goal is to inspire scholarship on how race shapes life-writi...
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It takes team effort
This book explores how men and women can collaborate in schools, families, and communities, highlighting creative ways and examining men's roles. It broadens the understanding of male teachers and caregivers, challenging gender roles in early childhood education to achieve educational purposes to...
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R.a.c.e. mentoring and p-12 educators
This book explores the often-overlooked role of P-12 educators as scholars, extending R.A.C.E. knowledge in educational leadership, social justice, and diversity. It covers mentoring, culturally responsive leadership, practitioner scholarship, and advocacy, aiming to transform policy and practice...
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Identity and lifelong learning
This series explores the intimate connections between learning and identity in adult development. Volume 2 highlights identity and learning in informal settings, cultural domains, and life transitions. It features diverse qualitative studies and narratives, examining identity across the adult lif...
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Religion, education, and academic success
This book examines the relationship between religion and academic success, highlighting the historical and modern impact of religiosity and religious schools on academic outcomes. It aims to be a valuable resource for educators, researchers, professors, and parents interested in this topic.
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Techwise infant and toddler teachers
This book focuses on infants and toddlers in a screen media-saturated world, offering guidance for teachers and parents on the role of screen media in early care and education. It provides research findings and strategies to promote evidence-based, family-centered, culturally responsive, and coll...
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Negotiating place and space through digital literacies
This volume explores how digital literacies create opportunities for individuals and communities to negotiate living and learning together. It examines the role of social, cultural, historical, and political literacies across various places, highlighting the potential of digital technology in cre...
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Administering special education
The administration of public schools encompasses myriad generic issues having to do with curriculum content, instructional methodology, human resource and financial management, and of course, the guidance and counseling of students.
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Handbook on teaching social issues
This book is a must-have for educators interested in issues-centered teaching. With contributions from over 40 experts, it covers teaching social issues in history, geography, social sciences, and global studies. It explores assessment, curriculum, and teacher education challenges, offering pract...
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Peace education
This study explores the philosophical foundations of peace education through five ethical traditions: virtue ethics, consequentialist ethics, conservative political ethics, aesthetic ethics, and the ethics of care. It argues for a holistic, integrative understanding to encourage a culture of peace.
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International student experiences in australian higher education
Utilising personal narratives and theoretical frameworks, International Student Experiences in Australian Higher Education critically explores the academic hurdles, cultural adjustments, and job prospects of Chinese and Indian International Master's students as they live, study and work in Austra...
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Issues of identity in music education
This book explores the stories of various individuals in music education, highlighting how people, places, and spaces shape identity. It includes essays from prominent educators like Jean Clandinin, discussing narrative inquiry, and concludes with insights on the role of discussants in academic m...
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Narrative inquiries of school reform
This book is based on five years of field-based inquiry with teachers and principals in four reforming schools. It explores their experiences, conversations, and perspectives, emphasizing everyday events and the personal impact of reform initiatives. The narrative approach highlights the human as...
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Striving for balance, steadfast in faith
A nationwide survey of Catholic elementary school principals highlights their commitment and challenges, identifying financial management, marketing, Catholic identity, enrollment management, and long-range planning as top needs. Recommendations include new governance models, professional develop...
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High stakes accountability
This volume explores the impact of high stakes accountability on educators and students, focusing on the No Child Left Behind Act. It examines challenges in school capacity, teacher staffing, curriculum, and supplemental services. The book is organized into 3 sections, addressing policy impacts a...
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Think, care, act
Think, Care, Act: Teaching for a Peaceful Future empowers youth to think critically, care about the global community, and act for the greater good. It combines theory and practice, addressing critical thinking, media literacy, compassionate classrooms, and social-action projects to build a peacef...
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Middle leadership in schools
Based on research and consultations with influential school middle leaders, Middle Leadership in Schools presents ideas and actions designed specifically to stimulate and enhance educators leading from the middle, as a catalyst to enable them to do what they do with greater influence and impact.
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Student voice handbook
The Student Voice movement of the United Kingdom influences discussion across various levels of education. Equally, international responses to Student Voice extend the debate and movement further. This text locates Student Voice within wider debates around empowered citizenry and the 'big society'.
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International perspectives on supporting and engaging online learners
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in online education across the world, forcing many to learn remotely. Presenting case studies from authors around the globe, this volume provides College and university personnel with research, theoretical foundations, and best practice to support and ...
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Improving classroom engagement and international development programs
Educational pedagogy refers to student-centered learning that provides meaningful engagement to directly enhance critical thinking and creativity. This edited collection equips readers to understand and implement impactful creative teaching and learning methods designed to act as a catalyst to im...
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Managing school system change
This work looks at managing school system change. It covers such topics as: challenges to leading and managing school and school system change; key roles and competencies for administrators; stakeholder theory analysis; understanding school culture change; and more
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Focusing on the underserved
This book highlights the diversity and challenges of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in higher education. It features insights from scholars on the educational struggles and successes of underserved AAPI groups, advocating for social justice and better support.
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Technologies of government
Baez examines governmental technologies like information, statistics, databases, economy, and accountability, arguing they shape contemporary politics and education. He concludes these technologies are coopted by neoliberal rationalities, managing risk and governance through economic models and o...
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Globalization on the margins
The second edition of Globalization on the Margins examines Central Asian education development since the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991. It explores Soviet legacies, global reform pressures, and recent developments in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Challenging perspectives on mathematics classroom communication
This book features ten articles exploring classroom communication, emphasizing both interactions among participants and the underlying politics, values, and ideologies. They discuss how communication involves register, representation, and contexts through media-human interfaces, and how it transf...
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Education and quality of the american labor force
Education and Quality of the American Labor Force
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Re-envisioning education & democracy
This book explores the risks to public education and democracy, advocating for systemic progressive reform. It uses a non-traditional format with strategic narratives, exploratory essays, and meditative streams to extend social awareness. It includes social learning strategies and thematic refere...
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National identity and education in early twentieth century australia
This book explores the inculcation of an Australian national identity through a deconstruction of the content of the required reading curriculum for children in schools in the state of Victoria during the first two decades after Federation in 1901.
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White women's work
The book examines white women's influence on American public schools, their work in culturally diverse settings, and factors impacting their effectiveness. It explores racial identity, whiteness, institutional racism, and cultural perspectives, offering insights for equitable schooling outcomes a...
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Teacher candidate problem-solving engagement styles
This book presents 15 years of data on student attentiveness, introducing the LIBRE Model for assessing and managing attention. It explores strategic thinking, engagement styles, and problem-solving, offering insights for educators to better connect with students.
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Minding the marginalized students through inclusion, justice, and hope
While the issue of advancing equity occupies the pages of many education journals across the world and pursuing it in schools and classrooms is a common instructional goal, there is an obvious absence of established school policies combined with pedagogies on how to achieve educational equity.
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Exploring educational administration
Extending the claims made in "Knowing Educational Administration", this book demonstrates how a post-positivist science of administration can deal with traditional and vexed issues in the field of educational administration. It begins the task of extending the authors' ideas into more applied dom...
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Contemporary voices from the margin
This book features African-born scholars sharing insights on education in Africa and America. The book, divided into three parts, examines African educational practices, formal education structures, and cross-cultural perspectives on American education. It aims to inspire rethinking and reforming...
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