Educational strategies and policy: inclusion Books

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  • Social Justice Education in Canada: Select

    Canadian Scholars Social Justice Education in Canada: Select

    Book SynopsisThis engaging edited collection highlights key discussions around educational inequity and related structures and sub-structures. Featuring a diverse array of contributors, Social Justice Education in Canada balances important knowledge, learning practices, and possibilities emanating from and embedded in antiracist and anti-oppressive education with instructive, grounding examples. The text confronts the idea of social justice as an abstract concept, discussing suggestions for rethinking educational systems and making changes that will benefit the learning lives of all students. With the aim to critically expand the emerging and increasingly active debates in this important area of educational and social development, this volume strives to collectively deepen our understanding and appreciation for critical social justice education.Organized into 14 chapters and featuring an epilogue written by Dr. Edward Shizha, the book critically deals with contemporary topical issues in education, including readings on cultural, racial, religious, Indigenous, language, socioeconomic, citizenship, disability/ableism, and immigrant/refugee status realities and their interwoven learning and teaching intersections. This text is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students of education across Canada.Trade Review"This book highlights key discussions in education that are timely and necessary. Social Justice Education in Canada not only re-examines the underlying structures of society but also advocates for a more inclusive society that addresses the inequitable power dynamics that exist. The authors provide relevant examples that confront the idea that social justice is just an abstract concept, rather they argue that social justice is at the heart of what education needs to be."—Aaron Stout, Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge"Social Justice Education in Canada: Select Perspectives makes a timely and necessary contribution to the pressing, and often neglected, issues of equity in education from critical and multi-dimensional perspectives. The contributions address multiple marginalizations, going beyond limited understandings of 'multiculturalism' to more expanded and progressive notions of social justice. The book provides both systems-level and experiential analyses, opening up multiple avenues for understanding and inquiry. An extremely valuable contribution to assessing and re-assessing education in Canada."—Prachi Srivastava, Associate Professor, Education and Global Development, Western University"Social justice is a veritable floating signifier, and it is therefore particularly illustrative and apt that Social Justice Education in Canada: Select Perspectives involves an eclectic set of issues and approaches addressed by an interesting mix of seasoned, authoritative figures and exciting new voices. Without pretense to being exhaustive or definitive, this collection nevertheless epitomizes the comprehensive and necessarily diverse set of approaches to anti-oppression education that is making for just representation, equity, and inclusion in and through education in the Canadian context."—Handel Kashope Wright, Professor and Director, Centre for Culture, Identity and Education, University of British ColumbiaTable of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Social Justice Education in Canada: An Introduction - Ali A. Abdi Chapter 2: Critical Multicultural Education as a Platform for Social Justice Education in Canada - Ratna Ghosh Chapter 3: Educating Against Anti-Black/Anti-African Canadian Racism - George J.S. Dei and Claudette Howell Rutherford Chapter 4: On Decolonial Thought and Writing Black Life - Marlon Simmons Chapter 5: A Duoethnographic Perspective on Supporting Muslim Children, Youth, and Their Families in Canadian Schools - Antoinette Gagné and Dania Wattar Chapter 6: The Islamic Call to Prayer Broadcast as Public Pedagogy in Canada: Critical Perspectives - Sameena Eidoo Chapter 7: Social Justice through Indigenization and Anti-Oppressive Teaching - Anna-Leah King Chapter 8: Post-Secondary Education's Chronic Problem (It's About Time) - Alison Taylor and Robyn Taylor-Neu Chapter 9: Critical Pedagogy in Teacher Education: Disrupting Teacher Candidates' Deficit Thinking of Immigrant Students with Origins in the Global South - Yan Guo Chapter 10: Cultural Capital Re/constructions and the Education of Minoritized Youth - Dan Cui and Ali A. Abdi Chapter 11: Challenging Normalized Ableism In/Through Teacher Education - Bathseba Opini and Levonne Abshire Chapter 12: For Goodness' Sake! Teaching Global Citizenship in Canada with a Critical Ethic of Care - Rae Ann S. Van Beers Chapter 13: Education for Refugee Learners under the Framework of Social Justice and Racial Equity - Neda Asadi Chapter 14: Interrogating Equity Issues on Inclusive Postsecondary Education for Refugees and New Immigrants in Canada - Michael Kariwo Epilogue - Edward Shizha Contributor Biographies Index

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  • Queering the English Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers

    Equinox Publishing Ltd Queering the English Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers

    Book SynopsisQueering the English Language Classroom provides English language teachers with practical advice for creating queer inclusive educational spaces. It keeps theoretical discussion to a minimum, focusing instead on how to apply advances in LGBTQ+ research in TESOL and applied linguistics to the classroom. This book highlights how heteronormative classrooms can silence sexually diverse student populations and halt language learning and acquisition processes, and provides research-grounded recommendations for how to challenge normative views of language and culture. In doing so, it advances a queer inquiry pedagogical approach that will help students to see how identity, including sexual identity, is implicated in systems of power and values. It discusses strategies for selecting inclusive curricular content and for troubling mainstream, commercial materials. It also contains advice to teachers on how to handle student and institutional resistance to creating queer inclusive spaces, with a particular note on how to respond to questions in contexts where engaging with LGBTQ+ content can become a fraught exercise. Queering the English Language Classroom offers an invaluable guide to English language teachers, from pre-/early-service to late-career.Table of ContentsPreface 1. What is ‘Queering’ and Why Should We All do It? 2. Queer Inquiry as Pedagogy 3. Troubling Normative Classroom Spaces 4. Troubling Normative Curricular Materials 5. Gauging Reactions and Addressing Challenges 6. Goal and Outcomes of the Queered Classroom 7. Conclusion Afterword: A Special Note on Frigid Contexts

    £67.50

  • Queering the English Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers

    Equinox Publishing Ltd Queering the English Language Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers

    Book SynopsisQueering the English Language Classroom provides English language teachers with practical advice for creating queer inclusive educational spaces. It keeps theoretical discussion to a minimum, focusing instead on how to apply advances in LGBTQ+ research in TESOL and applied linguistics to the classroom. This book highlights how heteronormative classrooms can silence sexually diverse student populations and halt language learning and acquisition processes, and provides research-grounded recommendations for how to challenge normative views of language and culture. In doing so, it advances a queer inquiry pedagogical approach that will help students to see how identity, including sexual identity, is implicated in systems of power and values. It discusses strategies for selecting inclusive curricular content and for troubling mainstream, commercial materials. It also contains advice to teachers on how to handle student and institutional resistance to creating queer inclusive spaces, with a particular note on how to respond to questions in contexts where engaging with LGBTQ+ content can become a fraught exercise. Queering the English Language Classroom offers an invaluable guide to English language teachers, from pre-/early-service to late-career.Table of ContentsPreface 1. What is ‘Queering’ and Why Should We All do It? 2. Queer Inquiry as Pedagogy 3. Troubling Normative Classroom Spaces 4. Troubling Normative Curricular Materials 5. Gauging Reactions and Addressing Challenges 6. Goal and Outcomes of the Queered Classroom 7. Conclusion Afterword: A Special Note on Frigid Contexts

    £24.95

  • Reading Inclusion Divergently: Articulations from

    Emerald Publishing Limited Reading Inclusion Divergently: Articulations from

    Book SynopsisThis volume offers a critical orientation to inclusive education by centering the learnings that emerge from regional struggles in the world to actualize global ideals and commitments. Grounded in assumptions that challenge medicalized notions of disability and difference, the inquiries within this book register a range of theoretical frameworks. Such frames compel us to both interrogate the foundational premises within global discourses of inclusion and to inquire into the complexities wrought by entrenched systems of schooling. Collectively, they articulate the inseparability of inclusive education from historical processes that include conditions in post-colonial/post-war contexts as well as “developed” regions. The book therefore acknowledges and values the fluidity of inclusive processes that cannot be neatly pre-defined. This conscious awareness of the contingent nature of inclusive practice suggests new modes of coming to know inclusion for the authors in this book. Their chapters explore methodological practices that can re-direct inquiries to hold such complexity while retaining commitments to inclusion.Table of ContentsForeword; Justin J. W. Powell Chapter 1. Theories, Contexts, Practices : Traveling Alongside the Possibilities of “Inclusion”; Srikala Naraian and Bettina Amrhein Part 1. Understanding Inclusion Via Struggles Around the World Chapter 2. A World Exposed: The Plaintive Plea for Inclusion; Roger Slee Chapter 3. Historical and International-Comparative Perspectives on Special Needs Assessment Procedures – Current Findings and Potentials for Future Research; Till Neuhaus and Michaela Vogt Chapter 4. Genealogical Critique of Institutionalising “Inclusive Education” in Indonesia; Johannes Tschapka and Tri Nawangsari Chapter 5. Disability Studies, Disability Arts and Students’ Perspectives: New Critical Tools for Inclusive Education; Julie Allan Part II. Critical Interrogation of Inclusive Practices in Local Contexts Chapter 6. Incessant Agitations: Inclusive Education and the Politics of Disposability; Tamara Handy Chapter 7. Inclusion and Exclusion in Local governance: A Post-Development and Spatial Perspective on a Field Study from Benin; Eva Bulgrin Chapter 8. The Struggle for the Power of Interpretation of Inclusive Education in Germany-Multi-Level Theoretical Considerations; Bettina Amrhein Chapter 9. Stifled or Loosened Course of Inclusive Education in Rwanda: Interrogating Policy and Practice in Africa; Evariste Karangwa Part III. Methodological / Epistemological Commitments in Analyzing Inclusive Education Processes and Practice Chapter 10. Establishing and Maintaining Participatory Elements in Transnational and Cultural Research Collaboration on Inclusive Education; Michelle Proyer Chapter 11. The Notion of Contexts in International Research on Inclusive Teaching Practices: Perspectives Derived from Reconstructive Research Approaches; Simon Reisenbauer and Eva Kleinlein Chapter 12. Reconstructive Approaches in Inclusive Education: Methodological Challenges of Normativity and Reification in International Inclusion Research; Benjamin Badstieber, Julia Gasterstädt, and Andreas Köpfer Chapter 13. Stimulating Methodological Innovations in Researching Inclusion: Posthumanism and Disability; Srikala Naraian Part IV. Conclusion Chapter 14. Staying Mindful, Moving with (Un)certainty; Bettina Amrhein and Srikala Naraian

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  • Contextualizing Critical Race Theory on Inclusive

    Emerald Publishing Limited Contextualizing Critical Race Theory on Inclusive

    Book SynopsisRace does not only resonate with the dichotomy of blackness and whiteness but also on its impact on non-physical attributes, this includes factors such as indigenous status, social class, religion, language, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and immigration. The intersection of these factors are key considerations on inclusive education. Contextualizing Critical Race Theory on Inclusive Education from A Scholar-Practitioner Perspective highlights what race means across social, cultural, political, and historical categories of diverse identities. The scholar-practitioner approach employed here captures the theories, tenets, perspectives, and misconceptions of this based on its particular critical expansion in describing other related social identities that is consistent with the attributes of inclusive education. More importantly, it emphasizes the theoretical and practical use of critical race theory as an analytical tool in addressing the influence of race on inequities in school policy, curriculum, instruction, and educational programs and the impact of these on inclusive education. This volume features scholar–practitioners who research and engage in best practices using critical race theory as a lens to analyse and address the manifestations of race, racism, diversity, and inclusion in schooling.Table of ContentsForeword; Reyes L. Quezada Chapter 1. Introduction: Race, Racism, and Critical Race Theory; Jose W. Lalas and Heidi Luv Strikwerda Chapter 2. Critical Race Theory Lens: Revealing the Outcast Phenomenon Experience Through the Voices of African-American Graduate Students; April M. Clay and Jose W. Lalas Chapter 3. Transformative Equity Education: Using CRT Framework for Meaningful, Liberatory, and Practical Solutions; Ayanna Blackmon-Balogun Chapter 4. Contextualizing Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) in Education: Addressing Challenges to Transform Educators; Reyes L. Quezada, Mario Echeverria, Zulema Reynoso, and Gabriel Nuñez-Soria Chapter 5. TribalCrit: Infusing A Critical View of History, Culture and Language in Lesson Planning as Tool of Inclusion; Lisa Santos Tabarez Chapter 6. Toward an Inclusive Educational Praxis in Teacher Education through an AsianCrit Conceptual Framework; Mousumi De Chapter 7. Special Education Services and CRT: Dismantling the Singular Identity and Honoring Intersectionality; Rebekka J. Jez Chapter 8. Contextualizing Critical Race Theory Through a DisCrit Lens: A Prismatic Examination of Teaching and Dis/ability; Kimiya Sohrab Maghzi and Marni E. Fisher Chapter 9. Queering Program Evaluation (QueerCrit): Practical Applications of Critical Race and Queer Theories to Support Equity Reforms in Education; James O. Fabionar Chapter 10. Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines Through the Lens of CRT: An Imperative for Inclusive Organic Education; Michael Arthus G. Muega and Maricris B. Acido Chapter 11. The Culture Wars Redux: Responding to Attacks on Critical Race Theory (CRT); Brian Charest Chapter 12. System Racism, White Supremacy, and the Role of Allies; Bill Hedrick Chapter 13. Infusing Critical Race Theory Into a Liberation-Based Social Justice Pedagogy in Counselor Education; Conroy Reynolds Chapter 14. Epilogue. CRT Matters: Here, There, and Everywhere; Jose W. Lalas and Heidi Luv Strikwerda

    £90.00

  • Neoliberalism and Inclusive Education: Students

    Emerald Publishing Limited Neoliberalism and Inclusive Education: Students

    Book SynopsisCharter schools continue to grow in influence, as does the push for inclusive education for students with disabilities. What is the value and impact of these schools, especially on the marginalized populations they often serve? Relying on the fields of DisCrit, and Sociology of Special and Inclusive Education, this book answers these questions by focusing on the topics of neoliberalism and inclusive education. Mac focuses on the history of the school choice and privatization movement in the United States with special consideration given to how ideologies such as disaster capitalism and neoliberalism shaped and influenced the movement, as well as how successful (or not) these privatization efforts have been overall as a social justice endeavor for marginalized students. The author also recounts the history of education for students with disabilities, highlighting historical inequities of schooling for students with disabilities in the United States. Drawing from an ethnographic case study of an independent, urban charter school, the school’s vision and reality of day-to-day life for students with disabilities at this school are explored. The author investigates the school’s inclusion program in the broader neoliberal landscape of free market competition in the educational marketplace and argues that as a result of inclusive education and neoliberal reforms being virtually incompatible, the pervasive neoliberal environment presents the biggest hurdle to successful inclusive education.Trade ReviewIn this brilliantly and beautifully researched and written book, Sylvia Mac traces the history of neoliberal reforms in education as running parallel, yet antithetical to the inclusive education movement. Fueled by disaster capitalism and the corporatization, Mac draws on DisCrit and critical disability studies to carefully and thoughtfully lay bare the illusion of school choice for minorized and disabled students. I can’t wait to teach this important and timely book. -- Beth A. Ferri, Ph.D. (Professor, Syracuse University)In a time of increasing movement towards privatization of schools without critical examinations of the impact of that privatization (and the subsequent standardization of notions of “success” and “achievement”) on many subgroups of students, our field needs more thoughtful analyses that encourage deep interrogations of the impact of charter schools on our most vulnerable (and often most overlooked) groups of students. Dr. Sylvia Mac has written a beautiful ethnographic case study of a small charter school, exploring neoliberal ideologies as they intersect with notions of inclusivity and equity for disabled and neurodivergent students of color living in low-income situations. Her book provides important analyses of legacies of inequality throughout the histories of the school choice movement in education and the evolving frameworks for education of students with disabilities; leading to a deep analysis of ways in which ideals of equity and inclusion in a small charter school are irreconcilable with the realities of neoliberal ideas of success within a market of “choice.” Dr. Mac provides important recommendations for policy makers, teacher educators and researchers interested in best supporting historically marginalized students to truly more towards more egalitarian and supportive educational settings. -- Betina Hsieh, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Teacher Education, California State University, Long Beach)Sylvia Mac debuts the intersection of disability, inclusive education and neoliberalism in a critical ethnographic portrayal of a small California charter school. Mac critically questions the concept of inclusion in this setting, showing that neoliberal values and inclusion are mutually exclusive. Inclusion conceals many social issues and neoliberal values, such as independence, profit accumulation and competition, which Mac unfolds as she shares her interviews, observations, and review of school documents. Mac deftly illustrates how free market reform has raised the ante for low income, especially non-native English-speaking children of color to succeed in an increasingly competitive and standardized schooling environment. We feel Santiago’s abandonment by special education staff in the study skills class when he says he’s “lost.” The general teachers are in a similar situation without help. In the end, children who need differentiated instruction instead become deficient, instead of the system that labels them as so. Neoliberalism and Inclusive Education provides a poignant account of charter schooling, revealing that neoliberal values are smokescreened with cost benefit analyses, strategic plans and educational outcomes, manufacturing failure for the disabled. -- Denise Blum, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University)With her unfailingly trenchant analysis, Dr. Mac critiques the deployment of capital and power in the service of neoliberalism against vulnerable and under-represented populations. She brings a critical ethnographic lens on a charter school to address how neoliberal ideology and inclusive education discourses spectacularly fail poor students of color with disabilities, addressing key gaps in what we know about how inclusive education is experienced by underrepresented students. -- Shabana Mir, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, American Islamic College, Chicago)Table of ContentsChapter 1. School Choice, Disaster Capitalism, and the Reproduction of Inequality for Historically Marginalized Students Chapter 2. The Creation of Deficient Students in Need of a “Special” Education Chapter 3. Needy Populations and Individual Failures Chapter 4. The Illusion of Choice and the Myth of Competition in the Education Marketplace Chapter 5. The Incompatibility of Neoliberalism and Inclusive Education Chapter 6. Closing Thoughts and Recommendations

    £47.99

  • Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines

    West Virginia University Press Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines

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    Book SynopsisThe moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Some contributors are new to the practice and some have been engaging in it for decades. Some are in humanities and social sciences, some in STEM fields. Some are in higher education, but some are the K-12 pioneers who led the way. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. It includes honest reflection on what makes ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative.Table of Contents Foreword Alfie Kohn Introduction: Why Ungrade? Why Grade? Susan D. Blum Part I: Foundations and Models 1. How to Ungrade Jesse Stommel 2. What Going Gradeless Taught Me about Doing the ""Actual Work"" Aaron Blackwelder 3. Just One Change (Just Kidding): Ungrading and Its Necessary Accompaniments Susan D. Blum 4. Shifting the Grading Mindset Starr Sackstein 5. Grades Stifle Student Learning. Can We Learn to Teach without Grades? Arthur Chiaravalli Part II: Practices 6. Let's Talk about Grading Laura Gibbs 7. Contract Grading and Peer Review Christina Katopodis and Cathy N. Davidson 8. Critique-Driven Learning and Assessment Christopher Riesbeck 9. A STEM Ungrading Case Study: A Reflection on First-Time Implementation in Organic Chemistry II Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh 10. The Point-less Classroom: A Math Teacher's Ironic Choice in Not Calculating Grades Gary Chu Part III: Reflections 11. Grade Anarchy in the Philosophy Classroom Marcus Schultz-Bergin 12. Conference Musings and The G Word Joy Kirr 13. Wile E. Coyote, the Hero of Ungrading John Warner Conclusion: Not Simple but Essential Susan D. BlumAcknowledgments Contributors Index

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    £21.56

  • Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading

    West Virginia University Press Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading

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    Book SynopsisStudents are reading on screens more than ever—how can we teach them to be better digital readers? Smartphones, laptops, tablets: college students are reading on-screen all the time, and digital devices shape students’ understanding of and experiences with reading. In higher education, however, teachers rarely consider how digital reading experiences may have an impact on learning abilities, unless they’re lamenting students’ attention spans or the distractions available to students when they’re learning online.Skim, Dive, Surface offers a corrective to these conversations—an invitation to focus not on losses to student learning but on the spectrum of affordances available within digital learning environments. It is designed to help college instructors across the curriculum teach digital reading in their classes, whether they teach face-to-face, fully online, or somewhere in between. Placing research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, learning science, and composition in dialogue with insight from the scholarship of teaching and learning, Jenae Cohn shows how teachers can better frame, scaffold, and implement effective digital reading assignments. She positions digital reading as part of a cluster of literacies that students should develop in order to communicate effectively in a digital environment.Trade ReviewAn important, accessible contribution to conversations about digital reading." —Ellen Carillo, coauthor of Reading Critically, Writing WellTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Teach Digital Reading? Part 1. Skim Understanding Historical, Affective, and Neurological Perspectives on Reading Technologies 1. The Chained Book: A Historical Overview of Reading Technology in Higher Education 2. The Held Book: How Our Feelings for Books Impact How We Teach Reading 3. The Brain on Books: What the Neuroscience of Reading Can Tell Us about Reading on Screens Part 2. Dive Exploring the Digital Reading Framework to Promote Deep Reading Practices An Introduction to the Digital Reading Framework: Curation, Connection, Creativity, Contextualization, Contemplation 4. Curation 5. Connection 6. Creativity 7. Contextualization 8. Contemplation Part 3. Surface Critically Approaching the Adoption and Use of Digital Reading Technologies 9. The Ethical Implications of Digital Reading: Grappling with Digital Archiving, Readerly Privacy, and Evidence of Our Reading Conclusion: Principles, Practices, and Futures for Digital Reading Appendix: Tools for Digital Reading References Index

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    £21.21

  • The Antonia Darder Reader: Education, Art, and

    Myers Education Press The Antonia Darder Reader: Education, Art, and

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    £33.25

  • Transforming Identities: How an EdD Program

    Myers Education Press Transforming Identities: How an EdD Program

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    £30.40

  • A Soul-Centered Approach to Educating Teachers: A

    Myers Education Press A Soul-Centered Approach to Educating Teachers: A

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  • Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Rutgers University Press Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Book Synopsis2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title Research frequently neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying STEM fills this void, bringing together a wide array of perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary scholars. The essays cover three main areas: the widely-held ideology that science and mathematics are “value-free,” which promotes pedagogies of colorblindness in the classroom as well as an avoidance of discussions around using mathematics and science to promote social justice; how male and female students of color experience the intersection of racist and sexist structures that lead to general underrepresentation and marginalization; and recognizing that although there are no quick fixes, there exists evidence-based research suggesting concrete ways of doing a better job of including individuals of color in STEM. As a whole this volume will allow practitioners, teachers, students, faculty, and professionals to reimagine STEM across a variety of educational paradigms, perspectives, and disciplines, which is critical in finding solutions that broaden the participation of historically underrepresented groups within the STEM disciplines. Trade Review“Diversifying STEM is a compilation of sound and comprehensive research…accessible to multiple stakeholders both in and outside of the field of STEM education. Parents, teachers, administrators, policymakers, college students and researchers could benefit from this work.” -- Crystal Hill Morton * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Education *“Whether examining colorblind liberalism or tracing the paths of Black, Afro-Brazilian, and Pakistani women through science and mathematics at American universities, a multidisciplinary team of authors present a range of perspectives and analysis on students of color in STEM fields. Diversifying STEM brings together top scholars on topics of vital importance to today’s educators, especially those who want to increase the number of qualified STEM students at their institutions.” -- Brian A. Burt * University of Wisconsin-Madison *"The etymology of the word diversity aligns with mathematics and science in its focus on variation. This book offers insight into how variation in identity influences the experiences and socialization of students in STEM education. Building on theories and concepts from across the social sciences, the book’s contributors engage the STEM opportunity to learn literature in novel fashion." -- William F. Tate * Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis *"The partnership between Dr. McGee and Dr. Robinson has given STEM diversity work an expanded, multidisciplinary lens that allows us to consider both research and practitioners' experiences. This book shares the unique perspectives of scholars from across the nation, encompassing a variety of backgrounds. It's a rich outcome of the 'Diversifying STEM' panels at Vanderbilt and related work, and a resource that can be used to better inform our practice." -- Renetta Garrison Tull * Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UC Davis *Chronicle of Higher Education 'Selected New Books on Higher Education' round-up https://www.chronicle.com/article/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher/247906 * Chronicle of Higher Education *"This collection of articles, many including first-person accounts, reflects the experiences of women and people of color as they negotiate entry to STEM fields. As such, it is a much-needed contribution to the literature, a book that should be required reading for STEM faculty and administrators especially at predominantly white institutions who truly want to make their departments and universities more inclusive. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Structural Dynamics of STEM Part II: The Impact of Race and Gender on Scholars of Color in STEM Part III: The Way Forward for Students, Faculty, and Institutions: Strategies for STEM Success Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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  • Steuerung von Inklusion!?: Perspektiven auf

    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Steuerung von Inklusion!?: Perspektiven auf

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    Book SynopsisDer Band analysiert und reflektiert die Komplexität der Steuerung inklusiver Bestrebungen im schulischen Kontext. In den Beiträgen wird aus verschiedenen Akteursperspektiven der Frage nachgegangen, wie die UN-BRK auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen des Schulsystems umgesetzt wird und ob Inklusion grundsätzlich gesteuert werden kann. Dafür kommen Wissenschaftler*innen, Bildungspolitiker*innen, Personen aus der Bildungsverwaltung, Schulpraktiker*innen und Eltern zu Wort.Table of ContentsBlicke in die Makro-Ebene: Inklusion aus governancetheoretischer Perspektive.- Inklusive Bildung als Beispiel und Prüffall politischer Steuerung.- Beteiligung unterschiedlicher Akteure bei Aushandlungsprozessen von Steuerungsprozessen.- Inklusion als Steuerungsimpuls.- Inklusion als Mehrebenenkonstellation.- (Internationale) Large Scale Studien und Steuerungsprozesse im (inklusiven) Bildungssystem.- Zwischen Capacity Building und Monitoring – ein systematisches Review zur Beteiligung zwischen- und nichtstaatlicher Akteure an inklusiver Bildung.- Kann man Inklusion steuern? Reflexionen eines ehemaligen Kultusministers.- Blicke in die Intermediäre Ebene: Rekontextualisierung der inklusiven Norm auf den intermediären Ebenen des Schulsystems. Eine Analyse anhand von zwei Schulentwicklungsprojekten.- Governancekonzepte, Akteurskonstellationen und Verfügungsrechte im Rahmen der inklusiven Bildungsreform (Südtirol/ Italien und Baden-Württemberg/ Deutschland).- Blicke in die Meso-Ebene: Governance Prozesse in der inklusionsorientierten Lehrerfort- und Weiterbildung.- Inklusion in der Einzelschule steuern?- Steuerung auf der Ebene der Einzelschule durch Qualifizierung der Lehrkräfte.

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  • Neuzuwanderung, sprachliche Bildung und

    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Neuzuwanderung, sprachliche Bildung und

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    Book SynopsisDie Studie untersucht, wie neu zugewanderte Schüler*innen an einer Hamburger Sekundarschule integrativ, d.h. sowohl in Regelklassen als auch einer Vorbereitungsklasse, beschult werden. Anhand von ethnographischen Daten wird durch Auswertungsmethoden der Reflexiven Grounded Theory aufgezeigt, wie es zu Prozessen der Inklusion und Exklusion durch sprachliche Bildung kommt. Herausforderungen zeigen sich in strukturell-organisationalen Hürden, während sich Chancen durch das inklusive Selbstverständnis der Schule ergeben, die ihren Unterricht an eine diverse Schüler*innenschaft angepasst hat. So hängt die Möglichkeit der Teilhabe am Regelunterricht letztlich vor allem von Faktoren ab, die alle Schüler*innen gleichermaßen und nicht nur neu zugewanderte betreffen.Table of ContentsZum kontext der Forschung.- Theoretischer und methodischer Rahmen.- Ethnographische Collagen und Ergebnisdarstellung.

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  • Closing the gap: empowerment and inclusion in

    United Nations Closing the gap: empowerment and inclusion in

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    Book SynopsisThe average achievements the Asia-Pacific region has seen in education, employment and income reflect the role economic growth can play in helping people realize their potential. However, these achievements represent only that: an average. With an increasing gap between rich and poor and between those who have and those who do not have access to opportunities, Asia and the Pacific is also a region that is growing apart. This report adopts a rigorous approach to measuring and quantifying progress in the level of inclusion and empowerment of marginalised groups across countries in the region. It focuses on three main areas of direct link to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs, namely education, employment and income (SDG 4, SDG 8 and SDG 10). The purpose of the analysis is to assess to what extent disadvantaged groups have been included and empowered in these three areas. While there are various disadvantaged groups, the report focuses on women, rural residents, persons with disabilities, youth, older persons and migrants, as well as the furthest behind groups, which are shaped by various layers of circumstances. The aim of this report is to use analytical evidence to encourage policymakers to adopt policies that underpin inclusion and empowerment in their countries

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  • Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/2:

    United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/2:

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    Book SynopsisNon-state actors' role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging evidence on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact, the 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report urges governments to see all institutions, students and teachers as part of a single system. Standards, information, incentives and accountability should help governments protect, respect and fulfil the right to education of all, without turning their eyes away from privilege or exploitation. Publicly funded education does not have to be publicly provided but disparity in education processes, student outcomes and teacher working conditions must be addressed. Efficiency and innovation, rather than being commercial secrets, should be diffused and practised by all. To that end, transparency and integrity in the public education policy process need to be maintained to block vested interests. The report's rallying call – Who chooses? Who loses? – invites policymakers to question relationships with non-state actors in terms of fundamental choices: between equity and freedom of choice; between encouraging initiative and setting standards; between groups of varying means and needs; between immediate commitments under SDG 4 and those to be progressively realized (e.g. post-secondary education); and between education and other social sectors.

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    £75.20

  • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Education Monitoring Report 2023:

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    Book SynopsisAs recognised in the Incheon Declaration, the achievement of SDG 4 is dependent on opportunities and challenges posed by technology, a relationship that was strengthened by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Technology appears in six out of the ten targets in the fourth Sustainable Development goal on education. These references recognize that technology affects education through five distinct channels, as input, means of delivery, skill, tool for planning, and providing a social and cultural context. There are often bitter divisions in how the role of technology is viewed, however. These divisions are widening as the technology is evolving at breakneck speed. The 2023 GEM Report on technology and education explores these debates, examining education challenges to which appropriate use of technology can offer solutions (access, equity and inclusion; quality; technology advancement; system management), while recognizing that many solutions proposed may also be detrimental. The report also explores three system-wide conditions (access to technology, governance regulation, and teacher preparation) that need to be met for any technology in education to reach its full potential.

    1 in stock

    £75.20

  • Cognella, Inc Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching: An Anthology

    Book SynopsisMeasurement and Evaluation in Teaching: An Anthology provides students with a curated collection of articles that explore educational assessment, evaluation, and testing methodologies.The readings, authored by a variety of experts in the field, cover a wide range of topics, starting with an overview of the history and current state of educational assessment before addressing various aspects of measurement and evaluation and examining specific types of assessment items such as multiple-choice, essay, and performance assessments. The book also addresses the role of culture in assessment, the development of objectives, the importance of validity and reliability in testing, and the design of learning outcomes.Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching is an ideal resource to prepare future educators to assess student learning effectively and evaluate the impact of instructional strategies. It is well suited for courses and programs with focus on educational assessment, teacher education, curriculum design, and educational psychology.

    £93.00

  • Beyond the Schoolhouse: Eight Shifts to Change

    Information Age Publishing Beyond the Schoolhouse: Eight Shifts to Change

    Book SynopsisBeyond the Schoolhouse introduces eight paradigm shifts that are urgently needed to challenge inequities in education and improve the conditions for historically marginalized school children. The book provides educators and scholars with actionable strategies to shift the paradigm from schools alone to engaged partnerships with families and communities. Too many educators enter the profession with an incompatible paradigm, one that asks educators to resolve the problems facing school children from behind the closed doors of the school. The book offers a new paradigm, one that opens the power of partnerships to improve the conditions for school children from within and beyond the walls of the schoolhouse.Drawing thoughtfully on leadership theory, current research, and evidence-based practice, the author engages practitioners and scholars in a spirited and candid conversation about why partnerships with families and communities are needed in this era of rapid cultural change and soaring inequalities. The book features scenarios from the field along with lessons learned on the pitfalls and possibilities embedded in the paradigm shifts. The scenarios reveal how the partners leveraged their power to disrupt historical patterns of racism, classism, and nativism. The book offers a compelling analysis of the power of school, family, and community partners to embrace dramatically different paradigms for schooling. With anecdotes and illustrations, the author invites readers to consider their role in engaging in meaningful partnerships that reflect the community's best hopes for the education of their children. Her narratives offer a deeply rooted understanding of the possibilities and pitfalls of school, family, and community partnerships in a diversity of settings, including urban, rural, and tribal schools and systems in the U.S. and abroad.The chapters build hope and a realistic optimism that engaged partners can leverage their talents and resources and work together to bring best practices to scale for the benefit of children of diverse identities, cultures, and ethnicities. Chapters contain strategies and tools to tackle the growing inequalities which keep far too many children on the margins of schooling and furthest from justice and equity. Strategies include equity-focused protocols, structured questions for dialogue in virtual and face-to-face settings, and resources for extended reflection. The book may be useful for scholars in academic circles, principal and teacher preparation providers, novice and experienced educators and administrators, and the allies, school board members, and elected officials who are invested in enriching the education and well-being of school children and the families and communities they serve.

    £48.45

  • Beyond the Schoolhouse: Eight Shifts to Change

    Information Age Publishing Beyond the Schoolhouse: Eight Shifts to Change

    Book SynopsisBeyond the Schoolhouse introduces eight paradigm shifts that are urgently needed to challenge inequities in education and improve the conditions for historically marginalized school children. The book provides educators and scholars with actionable strategies to shift the paradigm from schools alone to engaged partnerships with families and communities. Too many educators enter the profession with an incompatible paradigm, one that asks educators to resolve the problems facing school children from behind the closed doors of the school. The book offers a new paradigm, one that opens the power of partnerships to improve the conditions for school children from within and beyond the walls of the schoolhouse.Drawing thoughtfully on leadership theory, current research, and evidence-based practice, the author engages practitioners and scholars in a spirited and candid conversation about why partnerships with families and communities are needed in this era of rapid cultural change and soaring inequalities. The book features scenarios from the field along with lessons learned on the pitfalls and possibilities embedded in the paradigm shifts. The scenarios reveal how the partners leveraged their power to disrupt historical patterns of racism, classism, and nativism. The book offers a compelling analysis of the power of school, family, and community partners to embrace dramatically different paradigms for schooling. With anecdotes and illustrations, the author invites readers to consider their role in engaging in meaningful partnerships that reflect the community's best hopes for the education of their children. Her narratives offer a deeply rooted understanding of the possibilities and pitfalls of school, family, and community partnerships in a diversity of settings, including urban, rural, and tribal schools and systems in the U.S. and abroad.The chapters build hope and a realistic optimism that engaged partners can leverage their talents and resources and work together to bring best practices to scale for the benefit of children of diverse identities, cultures, and ethnicities. Chapters contain strategies and tools to tackle the growing inequalities which keep far too many children on the margins of schooling and furthest from justice and equity. Strategies include equity-focused protocols, structured questions for dialogue in virtual and face-to-face settings, and resources for extended reflection. The book may be useful for scholars in academic circles, principal and teacher preparation providers, novice and experienced educators and administrators, and the allies, school board members, and elected officials who are invested in enriching the education and well-being of school children and the families and communities they serve.

    £86.70

  • BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and

    Information Age Publishing BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and

    Book SynopsisBIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and Curricula is a collection of reflective experiences that confront, challenge, and resist hegemonic academic canons. BIPOC perspectives are often scarce in scholarly academic venues and curriculum. This edited book is a curated collection of interdisciplinary, underrepresented voices, and lived experiences through critical methodologies for empowerment (Reilly & Lippard, 2018). Gloria Anzaldu a's (2015) autohistoria-teorí a is a lens for decolonizing and theorizing of one's own experiences, historical contexts, knowledge, and performances through creative acts, curriculum, and writing. Gloria Anzaldu a coined, autohistoria-teorí a, a feminist writing practice of testimonio as a way to create self-knowledge, belonging, and to bridge collaborative spaces through selfempowerment. Anzaldu a encouraged us to focus towards social change through our testimonios and art, "[t]he healing images and narratives we imagine will eventually materialize" (Anzaldu a & Keating, 2009, p. 247).For this collection, we use lived experience or testimonios as an approach, a method, to conduct research and to bear witness to learners and one's own experiences (Reyes & Rodrí guez, 2012). Maxine Greene's (1995) concept of an emancipated pedagogy merges art, culture, and history as one education that empowers students with Gloria Anzaldu a's (2015) autohistoria-teorí a to re-imagine individual and collective inclusion by allowing students "... to read and to name, to write and to rewrite their own lived worlds" (Greene, 1995, pp. 147). Greene and Anzaldu a reach beyond theorizing and creating curriculum for awareness and expand the crossings into active and critical self- reflective work to rewrite one's own empowered stories and engage in a healing process.

    £48.45

  • BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and

    Information Age Publishing BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and

    Book SynopsisBIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and Curricula is a collection of reflective experiences that confront, challenge, and resist hegemonic academic canons. BIPOC perspectives are often scarce in scholarly academic venues and curriculum. This edited book is a curated collection of interdisciplinary, underrepresented voices, and lived experiences through critical methodologies for empowerment (Reilly & Lippard, 2018). Gloria Anzaldu a's (2015) autohistoria-teorí a is a lens for decolonizing and theorizing of one's own experiences, historical contexts, knowledge, and performances through creative acts, curriculum, and writing. Gloria Anzaldu a coined, autohistoria-teorí a, a feminist writing practice of testimonio as a way to create self-knowledge, belonging, and to bridge collaborative spaces through selfempowerment. Anzaldu a encouraged us to focus towards social change through our testimonios and art, "[t]he healing images and narratives we imagine will eventually materialize" (Anzaldu a & Keating, 2009, p. 247).For this collection, we use lived experience or testimonios as an approach, a method, to conduct research and to bear witness to learners and one's own experiences (Reyes & Rodrí guez, 2012). Maxine Greene's (1995) concept of an emancipated pedagogy merges art, culture, and history as one education that empowers students with Gloria Anzaldu a's (2015) autohistoria-teorí a to re-imagine individual and collective inclusion by allowing students "... to read and to name, to write and to rewrite their own lived worlds" (Greene, 1995, pp. 147). Greene and Anzaldu a reach beyond theorizing and creating curriculum for awareness and expand the crossings into active and critical self- reflective work to rewrite one's own empowered stories and engage in a healing process.

    £86.70

  • Developing Trauma-Informed Teachers: Creating

    Information Age Publishing Developing Trauma-Informed Teachers: Creating

    Book SynopsisThe vision and development of this edited text are driven by a deep desire to ensure that teacher candidates are thoughtfully prepared to more fully address students' needs and create classroom environments that are safe for students and teachers. Specifically, this text will provide an understanding of how educator preparation programs are providing teacher candidates with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilize an asset-based approach to foster resiliency skills that support P-12 students who have or are experiencing trauma. This text considers how programs are developing equity-focused content, curriculum, & pedagogy to ensure teacher candidates can integrate trauma-informed practices as well as develop their own resiliency skills. This resource highlights important and relevant tools, strategies, and approaches for preparing future teachers to implement traumainformed practices within their classrooms.In recent years, much attention and resources focused on preparing teachers to more comprehensively address, acknowledge, and understand childhood trauma and the impact it has on students' lives inside and outside of the classroom. This text will be of interest to all those working in institutes of higher education, alternative licensure programs, and organizations, public schools, and districts involved with the preparation of teachers and/or professional development of in-service educators. It has the potential to serve as a catalyst for teacher preparation programs to more intentionally integrate trauma-informed practices in meaningful ways and contribute to a glaring gap within the literature focused on the systematic ways in which childhood trauma and resiliency development are being addressed in the preparation of teachers.

    £48.45

  • Developing Trauma-Informed Teachers: Creating

    Information Age Publishing Developing Trauma-Informed Teachers: Creating

    Book SynopsisThe vision and development of this edited text are driven by a deep desire to ensure that teacher candidates are thoughtfully prepared to more fully address students' needs and create classroom environments that are safe for students and teachers. Specifically, this text will provide an understanding of how educator preparation programs are providing teacher candidates with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilize an asset-based approach to foster resiliency skills that support P-12 students who have or are experiencing trauma. This text considers how programs are developing equity-focused content, curriculum, & pedagogy to ensure teacher candidates can integrate trauma-informed practices as well as develop their own resiliency skills. This resource highlights important and relevant tools, strategies, and approaches for preparing future teachers to implement traumainformed practices within their classrooms.In recent years, much attention and resources focused on preparing teachers to more comprehensively address, acknowledge, and understand childhood trauma and the impact it has on students' lives inside and outside of the classroom. This text will be of interest to all those working in institutes of higher education, alternative licensure programs, and organizations, public schools, and districts involved with the preparation of teachers and/or professional development of in-service educators. It has the potential to serve as a catalyst for teacher preparation programs to more intentionally integrate trauma-informed practices in meaningful ways and contribute to a glaring gap within the literature focused on the systematic ways in which childhood trauma and resiliency development are being addressed in the preparation of teachers.

    £86.70

  • How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16

    Information Age Publishing How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16

    Book SynopsisHow We Take Action brings together practical examples of social justice in language education from a wide range of contexts. Many language teachers have a desire to teach in justice-oriented ways, but perhaps also feel frustration at how hard it is to teach in ways that we did not experience ourselves as learners and have not observed as colleagues. As a profession, we need more ideas, more examples, and wider networks of allies in this work. This book includes the work of 59 different authors including teachers and researchers at every level from Pre-K to postsecondary, representing different backgrounds, languages, and approaches to classroom practice. Organized into three sections, some of the chapters in this collection report on classroom research while others focus on key practices and experiences. Section I is entitled Inclusive and Empowering Classrooms. In this section authors take a critical approach to classroom practices by breaking with the status quo or creating spaces where students experience safety, access, and empowerment in language learning experiences. Section II, Integration of Critical Topics, addresses a variety of ways teachers can incorporate justice-oriented pedagogies in day-to-day instructional experiences. Social justice does not happen haphazardly; it requires careful, critical examination of instructional practices and intentional planning as instructors hope to enact change. Section III, Activism and Community Engagement, explores how teachers can empower students to become agents for positive change through the study of activism and constructive community engagement programs at local and global levels.

    £62.40

  • How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16

    Information Age Publishing How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16

    Book SynopsisHow We Take Action brings together practical examples of social justice in language education from a wide range of contexts. Many language teachers have a desire to teach in justice-oriented ways, but perhaps also feel frustration at how hard it is to teach in ways that we did not experience ourselves as learners and have not observed as colleagues. As a profession, we need more ideas, more examples, and wider networks of allies in this work. This book includes the work of 59 different authors including teachers and researchers at every level from Pre-K to postsecondary, representing different backgrounds, languages, and approaches to classroom practice. Organized into three sections, some of the chapters in this collection report on classroom research while others focus on key practices and experiences. Section I is entitled Inclusive and Empowering Classrooms. In this section authors take a critical approach to classroom practices by breaking with the status quo or creating spaces where students experience safety, access, and empowerment in language learning experiences. Section II, Integration of Critical Topics, addresses a variety of ways teachers can incorporate justice-oriented pedagogies in day-to-day instructional experiences. Social justice does not happen haphazardly; it requires careful, critical examination of instructional practices and intentional planning as instructors hope to enact change. Section III, Activism and Community Engagement, explores how teachers can empower students to become agents for positive change through the study of activism and constructive community engagement programs at local and global levels.

    £101.70

  • Creating New Possibilities for the Future of

    Information Age Publishing Creating New Possibilities for the Future of

    Book SynopsisCreating New Possibilities for the Future of HBCUs brings together over 20 higher education scholars with more than 150 years of combined professional experience to critically examine the current contributions of and future directions for our nation's 101 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The book breaks new ground on Black colleges and offers hope and optimism for charting their future despite shrinking investments in higher education, declining enrollments, and eroding public confidence in the value of a college degree. The book was written to tell the truth, to right (or "[re]write") past wrongs about HBCUs, and to shift our collective gaze from the uncertain, shaky past of a select few to a far more promising future for all based on insights from contemporary empirical research.Each chapter addresses a particular aspect of higher education as it relates to HBCUs, documenting the undeniable legacy of Black colleges, their current challenges and untold successes, blended with findings from recent empirical studies—both quantitative and qualitative—that clearly create new possibilities for the future of HBCUs. This volume was developed to break new ground on often overlooked and understudied terrain in higher education scholarship.Organized into three major sections, the book includes chapters focusing on HBCUs as institutions and a small, but consequential, segment of the higher education enterprise. Section Two consists of 6 chapters addressing the experiences of HBCU students, paying close attention to issues of intersectionality, heterogeneity, and race/ethnicity, to name a few. A third, and final, section turns much-needed attention to HBCU personnel, including campus administrators, college presidents, and faculty. Rich in its coverage of culture, facts, and past history, this new book offers much to those interested in charting new possibilities for the future of HBCUs.

    £48.45

  • Creating New Possibilities for the Future of

    Information Age Publishing Creating New Possibilities for the Future of

    Book SynopsisCreating New Possibilities for the Future of HBCUs brings together over 20 higher education scholars with more than 150 years of combined professional experience to critically examine the current contributions of and future directions for our nation's 101 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The book breaks new ground on Black colleges and offers hope and optimism for charting their future despite shrinking investments in higher education, declining enrollments, and eroding public confidence in the value of a college degree. The book was written to tell the truth, to right (or "[re]write") past wrongs about HBCUs, and to shift our collective gaze from the uncertain, shaky past of a select few to a far more promising future for all based on insights from contemporary empirical research.Each chapter addresses a particular aspect of higher education as it relates to HBCUs, documenting the undeniable legacy of Black colleges, their current challenges and untold successes, blended with findings from recent empirical studies—both quantitative and qualitative—that clearly create new possibilities for the future of HBCUs. This volume was developed to break new ground on often overlooked and understudied terrain in higher education scholarship.Organized into three major sections, the book includes chapters focusing on HBCUs as institutions and a small, but consequential, segment of the higher education enterprise. Section Two consists of 6 chapters addressing the experiences of HBCU students, paying close attention to issues of intersectionality, heterogeneity, and race/ethnicity, to name a few. A third, and final, section turns much-needed attention to HBCU personnel, including campus administrators, college presidents, and faculty. Rich in its coverage of culture, facts, and past history, this new book offers much to those interested in charting new possibilities for the future of HBCUs.

    £86.70

  • Reducing Hate Through Multicultural Education and

    Information Age Publishing Reducing Hate Through Multicultural Education and

    Book SynopsisReducing Hate through Multicultural Education and Transformation is a book that reminds us that we live in a complex world; and at micro and macro levels, the demography is changing and people are worried about the current state of affairs, their future, and the future of their children. At local, national, and global levels, there appears to be unsteadiness, crises, and struggles in our economies, politics, and societies. Disruptions, disasters, and deaths are visible at all spectra of our lives; and our leaders seem unready, unwilling, underprepared, and unprepared to bring us together to solve our problems for the common good. Even when we make efforts to respond to human differences and multicultural valuing, they seem to be half-baked cakes that are unready for consumption; and there continues to be visible hateful actions that devastate our sacred existence. While these hateful actions have filtered into our families, schools, communities, nation, and world, we pretend to solve them by engaging in phony community relations, fraudulent multiculturalism, and unreasonable "wokeness" to masquerade our inefficiency, inflexibility, prejudice, and jaundiced views.Reducing Hate through Multicultural Education and Transformation provides cutting edge solutions for innovative educators and leaders. Yes, hate is a controversial construct that is rarely researched, studied, and discussed in education. The reason is that teachers and related professionals are supposedly very liberal people who cannot hate their culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, parents, and colleagues. And, the lingering question is, can a teacher who is always liberal be also hateful? This question seems legitimate; and, to answer it, we must look deeper into traditional presumptions. The reality is that White educators and professionals who dominate the educational profession are human-beings who live in their respective White dominated communities. As a result, they teach or lead people who they do not know very well. If not, why should CLD individuals continue to experience hateful misidentifications, misassessments, miscategorizations, misplacements, and misinstructions in school programs? And, why should disproportionate placements of CLD learners with special education needs, gifts and talents, and emotional/behavioral problems continue to be burning issues in education? This book provides outside-the-box solutions!

    £45.60

  • Reducing Hate Through Multicultural Education and

    Information Age Publishing Reducing Hate Through Multicultural Education and

    Book SynopsisReducing Hate through Multicultural Education and Transformation is a book that reminds us that we live in a complex world; and at micro and macro levels, the demography is changing and people are worried about the current state of affairs, their future, and the future of their children. At local, national, and global levels, there appears to be unsteadiness, crises, and struggles in our economies, politics, and societies. Disruptions, disasters, and deaths are visible at all spectra of our lives; and our leaders seem unready, unwilling, underprepared, and unprepared to bring us together to solve our problems for the common good. Even when we make efforts to respond to human differences and multicultural valuing, they seem to be half-baked cakes that are unready for consumption; and there continues to be visible hateful actions that devastate our sacred existence. While these hateful actions have filtered into our families, schools, communities, nation, and world, we pretend to solve them by engaging in phony community relations, fraudulent multiculturalism, and unreasonable "wokeness" to masquerade our inefficiency, inflexibility, prejudice, and jaundiced views.Reducing Hate through Multicultural Education and Transformation provides cutting edge solutions for innovative educators and leaders. Yes, hate is a controversial construct that is rarely researched, studied, and discussed in education. The reason is that teachers and related professionals are supposedly very liberal people who cannot hate their culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, parents, and colleagues. And, the lingering question is, can a teacher who is always liberal be also hateful? This question seems legitimate; and, to answer it, we must look deeper into traditional presumptions. The reality is that White educators and professionals who dominate the educational profession are human-beings who live in their respective White dominated communities. As a result, they teach or lead people who they do not know very well. If not, why should CLD individuals continue to experience hateful misidentifications, misassessments, miscategorizations, misplacements, and misinstructions in school programs? And, why should disproportionate placements of CLD learners with special education needs, gifts and talents, and emotional/behavioral problems continue to be burning issues in education? This book provides outside-the-box solutions!

    £81.60

  • Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black

    Information Age Publishing Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black

    Book SynopsisThis book explores why Black men continue to be severely underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. It provides chapters that explore factors that lead to underrepresentation of Black males in STEM (e.g., societal traditions of what type of work is appropriate; the ruptured pipeline that leads to higher rates of attrition at every level of career development; barriers in science fields such as subtle and overt discrimination; and inequitable resources and opportunities). The premise of this volume is if Black males are to compete in an emerging global economy fueled by rapid innovation and marked by an astonishing pace of technological breakthroughs, they must be present.The book makes new contributions to the field. The collective of higher education professionals and change agents whom are tied to STEM bring cutting-edge thinking in how best to address the leaky STEM pipeline which has left the industry/workforce void of talented Black men. The volume promises timely, relevant and emergent scholarship and perspectives for STEM leadership, scholars and supporters. It provides promising practices (best practices) and recommendations in recruiting and retaining Black males in STEM disciplines and the competitive market place.

    £48.45

  • Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black

    Information Age Publishing Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black

    Book SynopsisThis book explores why Black men continue to be severely underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. It provides chapters that explore factors that lead to underrepresentation of Black males in STEM (e.g., societal traditions of what type of work is appropriate; the ruptured pipeline that leads to higher rates of attrition at every level of career development; barriers in science fields such as subtle and overt discrimination; and inequitable resources and opportunities). The premise of this volume is if Black males are to compete in an emerging global economy fueled by rapid innovation and marked by an astonishing pace of technological breakthroughs, they must be present.The book makes new contributions to the field. The collective of higher education professionals and change agents whom are tied to STEM bring cutting-edge thinking in how best to address the leaky STEM pipeline which has left the industry/workforce void of talented Black men. The volume promises timely, relevant and emergent scholarship and perspectives for STEM leadership, scholars and supporters. It provides promising practices (best practices) and recommendations in recruiting and retaining Black males in STEM disciplines and the competitive market place.

    £86.70

  • Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education

    Information Age Publishing Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education

    Book SynopsisGreat Muslim Leaders presents Islamic-informed alternatives to Eurocentric Christian understandings of education and educational leadership. It does so by interrupting and displacing the West's centuries long dismissive stance and monolithic gaze on Islam by showcasing outstanding diverse Muslim leaders across space and time. Each chapter focuses on a single leader, and includes a biographical sketch; a discussion of their context and activities as a leader; key lessons readers can learn from their leadership, and recommendations that are relevant for teachers and educational leaders. This collection of Muslim leaders, chosen by Muslim scholars, brings to education discourse the breadth of Islamic intellectual history, giving the book a global appeal and facilitating a sharing of innovative and classic ideas across cultures, faith traditions, and national boundaries. Great Muslim Leaders introduces to readers Muslim intellectuals, spiritual leaders, philosophers, poets, artists, activists, scientists, celebrities, politicians, educators, film makers, historical figures, theorists, and academics whose lives have positively shaped their community, society, and the world. Their lived experiences are underpinned by deep spirituality and faith, revealing the significance and import religious belief has on moral and ethical action. The book concludes with seven lessons that cut across the chapters that encapsulate the immense value Islamic spirituality and faith bring to education and leadership.

    £51.30

  • Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education

    Information Age Publishing Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education

    Book SynopsisGreat Muslim Leaders presents Islamic-informed alternatives to Eurocentric Christian understandings of education and educational leadership. It does so by interrupting and displacing the West's centuries long dismissive stance and monolithic gaze on Islam by showcasing outstanding diverse Muslim leaders across space and time. Each chapter focuses on a single leader, and includes a biographical sketch; a discussion of their context and activities as a leader; key lessons readers can learn from their leadership, and recommendations that are relevant for teachers and educational leaders. This collection of Muslim leaders, chosen by Muslim scholars, brings to education discourse the breadth of Islamic intellectual history, giving the book a global appeal and facilitating a sharing of innovative and classic ideas across cultures, faith traditions, and national boundaries. Great Muslim Leaders introduces to readers Muslim intellectuals, spiritual leaders, philosophers, poets, artists, activists, scientists, celebrities, politicians, educators, film makers, historical figures, theorists, and academics whose lives have positively shaped their community, society, and the world. Their lived experiences are underpinned by deep spirituality and faith, revealing the significance and import religious belief has on moral and ethical action. The book concludes with seven lessons that cut across the chapters that encapsulate the immense value Islamic spirituality and faith bring to education and leadership.

    £91.80

  • Forgotten Minorities in Organisations

    Information Age Publishing Forgotten Minorities in Organisations

    Book SynopsisPeople have long made invidious distinctions between individuals (e.g., the clean and the unclean, good and evil, black and white, sacred and profane, etc.) (Smith, 1996), and these distinctions affect the degree to which individuals experience prejudice, unfair discrimination, and oppression in organizations and society as a whole. As a result, there has been an increased interest in research on these distinctions and unfair discrimination in organizations. Despite this research, most of the studies have focused on only a subset of minorities including African Americans, women, older workers, and people with physical disabilities (Dipboye & Colella, 2005). A number of other minorities have been forgotten or neglected by organizational researchers including people with neurological or psychological disabilities, veterans, Native Americans, people with a criminal history, and those who come from low socioeconomic or poor backgrounds. Thus, the primary purposes of this issue of Research in HRM is to foster research on "Forgotten Minorities" or those who are members of groups that have been excluded from organizations and neglected by organizational research. In view of these arguments, this issue (a) presents a brief review of the organizational research on the exclusion and repudiation of people who are forgotten minorities, (b) offers directions for future research on these outgroup members, and (c) considers key implications for practice that can facilitate the inclusion of forgotten minorities in organizations.

    £54.15

  • Forgotten Minorities in Organisations

    Information Age Publishing Forgotten Minorities in Organisations

    Book SynopsisPeople have long made invidious distinctions between individuals (e.g., the clean and the unclean, good and evil, black and white, sacred and profane, etc.) (Smith, 1996), and these distinctions affect the degree to which individuals experience prejudice, unfair discrimination, and oppression in organizations and society as a whole. As a result, there has been an increased interest in research on these distinctions and unfair discrimination in organizations. Despite this research, most of the studies have focused on only a subset of minorities including African Americans, women, older workers, and people with physical disabilities (Dipboye & Colella, 2005). A number of other minorities have been forgotten or neglected by organizational researchers including people with neurological or psychological disabilities, veterans, Native Americans, people with a criminal history, and those who come from low socioeconomic or poor backgrounds. Thus, the primary purposes of this issue of Research in HRM is to foster research on "Forgotten Minorities" or those who are members of groups that have been excluded from organizations and neglected by organizational research. In view of these arguments, this issue (a) presents a brief review of the organizational research on the exclusion and repudiation of people who are forgotten minorities, (b) offers directions for future research on these outgroup members, and (c) considers key implications for practice that can facilitate the inclusion of forgotten minorities in organizations.

    £91.80

  • Critical Literacy and Its Impact on Black Boys'

    Information Age Publishing Critical Literacy and Its Impact on Black Boys'

    Book SynopsisAcademic success for African American boys' in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully protected the equal rights or adequately responded to the learning needs of students' academic shortcomings or taken advantage of their strengths (Parkinson & Rowan, 2008; Tatum, 2005). This persistent reading gap has not closed in generations, which is deeply harmful to our American democracy (Wolf, 2019). With every passing year that goes by without alleviating problems affecting the reading gap, the damage is costly, and no failure is more expensive than the failure to educate African American males in the PK-12 pipeline (Robinson & Thompson 2019). The danger to our students becomes more critical each year, and these are problems that are deeply rooted in America. And, while teachers cannot change the past, we can, and must, change the special education system that shapes the future of students. Thus, a reader's identity becomes shaped by the intersection of factors that are both inherent and neurologically based, and factors that arise as a result of one's home and academic environment (Hoyles & Hoyles, 2010; Robinson, Ford, Ellis, & Hartlep, 2016; Wolf, 2007). Reading instruction must be culturally relevant which can strengthen the reader's identity and capacity for critical thinking (Arya & Feathers, 2012; Flowers, 2007; Robinson, 2017). Critical literacy is grounded in the sociocultural perspective and way of thinking about curriculum, literacies, and honoring students' lived experiences, especially within the contexts of Special Education (Brooks, 2006; Gay, 2002; Norman, 2011). This edited book will fill a needed gap in scholarly research, as manuscripts adopts a critical analysis that brings together the latest theoretical, conceptual, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research studies. Chapters will have clear and explicit implications for educational practice and make a significant contribution to the field of special education and reading instruction.

    £45.60

  • Critical Literacy and Its Impact on Black Boys'

    Information Age Publishing Critical Literacy and Its Impact on Black Boys'

    Book SynopsisAcademic success for African American boys' in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully protected the equal rights or adequately responded to the learning needs of students' academic shortcomings or taken advantage of their strengths (Parkinson & Rowan, 2008; Tatum, 2005). This persistent reading gap has not closed in generations, which is deeply harmful to our American democracy (Wolf, 2019). With every passing year that goes by without alleviating problems affecting the reading gap, the damage is costly, and no failure is more expensive than the failure to educate African American males in the PK-12 pipeline (Robinson & Thompson 2019). The danger to our students becomes more critical each year, and these are problems that are deeply rooted in America. And, while teachers cannot change the past, we can, and must, change the special education system that shapes the future of students. Thus, a reader's identity becomes shaped by the intersection of factors that are both inherent and neurologically based, and factors that arise as a result of one's home and academic environment (Hoyles & Hoyles, 2010; Robinson, Ford, Ellis, & Hartlep, 2016; Wolf, 2007). Reading instruction must be culturally relevant which can strengthen the reader's identity and capacity for critical thinking (Arya & Feathers, 2012; Flowers, 2007; Robinson, 2017). Critical literacy is grounded in the sociocultural perspective and way of thinking about curriculum, literacies, and honoring students' lived experiences, especially within the contexts of Special Education (Brooks, 2006; Gay, 2002; Norman, 2011). This edited book will fill a needed gap in scholarly research, as manuscripts adopts a critical analysis that brings together the latest theoretical, conceptual, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research studies. Chapters will have clear and explicit implications for educational practice and make a significant contribution to the field of special education and reading instruction.

    £81.60

  • Bounding Greed: Worklife Integration and Positive

    Information Age Publishing Bounding Greed: Worklife Integration and Positive

    Book SynopsisBuilding on the work of Guillaume (2021), the collection of autoethnographies and testimonios in this book highlight positive coping mechanisms, strategies, and healthy boundaries that early, middle, and late-career Faculty of Color at comprehensive universities have deployed to negotiate home and work.As beautifully stated by Aeriel A. Ashlee, whose story you will find in chapter two: "It is not a formula, a blueprint to copy, or a recipe to repeat;" however, we hope that the stories about relying on faith, family, mentors, culture, and community presented in the following chapters will support Faculty of Color in their own well-being and work-life integration efforts. Certainly, work-life balance or integration is not the solution to deeply entrenched systemic issues in higher education; however, research in the area of work-life balance/integration has affirmed the need for postsecondary institutions to place significant importance on the topic of work-life, in particular the need for increased support at both the department and institutional levels (Denson et al., 2018). Thus, it is also our hope that this book will serve as a resource for educational leaders in the area of faculty development, as well as academic administrators whose role is to recruit, retain, and evaluate Faculty of Color at comprehensive universities.

    £48.45

  • Bounding Greed: Worklife Integration and Positive

    Information Age Publishing Bounding Greed: Worklife Integration and Positive

    Book SynopsisBuilding on the work of Guillaume (2021), the collection of autoethnographies and testimonios in this book highlight positive coping mechanisms, strategies, and healthy boundaries that early, middle, and late-career Faculty of Color at comprehensive universities have deployed to negotiate home and work.As beautifully stated by Aeriel A. Ashlee, whose story you will find in chapter two: "It is not a formula, a blueprint to copy, or a recipe to repeat;" however, we hope that the stories about relying on faith, family, mentors, culture, and community presented in the following chapters will support Faculty of Color in their own well-being and work-life integration efforts. Certainly, work-life balance or integration is not the solution to deeply entrenched systemic issues in higher education; however, research in the area of work-life balance/integration has affirmed the need for postsecondary institutions to place significant importance on the topic of work-life, in particular the need for increased support at both the department and institutional levels (Denson et al., 2018). Thus, it is also our hope that this book will serve as a resource for educational leaders in the area of faculty development, as well as academic administrators whose role is to recruit, retain, and evaluate Faculty of Color at comprehensive universities.

    £86.70

  • Re-Imagining Citizenship Education: Empowering

    Information Age Publishing Re-Imagining Citizenship Education: Empowering

    Book SynopsisIn this special edition, we call attention to the role of Critical Multicultural Citizenship Education (CMCE) in schools, societies and global contexts. The fundamental goal of CMCE is to increase not only the students' awareness of, and participation in, the political aspects of democracy, but also students' abilities to create and live in an ethnically diverse and just community.Global migration and increasing diversity within nations are challenging conceptions of citizenship all over the world. The percentage of ethnic minorities in nation- states throughout the world has increased significantly within the past 30 years. The United States Census, for example, projects that 50% of the population will consist of culturally, linguistically, racially, ethnic, and religiously diverse groups by 2050. With an increase growth of diversity within national borders, issues concerning educational equity, equality, and civic engagement have not always been well attended to in educational and societal contexts. Growing ethnic diversity in schools/ society has not automatically led to a dismantling of persistent educational barriers or structural inequalities. In the past decade, culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse populations have faced barriers impacting their rights as citizens in the United States and international contexts. Citizenship, and the rights that are associated with being a citizen, are re-framed when culturally, ethnically, and linguistically students seek equality. In 2020, many urban cities in the United States witnessed Latino/Black youth demonstrate peacefully guided by social justice and their civic responsibilities. Similarly, in international contexts students have demonstrated civil disobedience by expressing concerns about their rights as citizens and the disempowerment of communities.We emphatically believe that students in K-12 settings must begin to understand their rights as citizens and also advocate for the rights of others in order for communities in the U.S. and international contexts to achieve democracy.

    £48.45

  • Re-Imagining Citizenship Education: Empowering

    Information Age Publishing Re-Imagining Citizenship Education: Empowering

    Book SynopsisIn this special edition, we call attention to the role of Critical Multicultural Citizenship Education (CMCE) in schools, societies and global contexts. The fundamental goal of CMCE is to increase not only the students' awareness of, and participation in, the political aspects of democracy, but also students' abilities to create and live in an ethnically diverse and just community.Global migration and increasing diversity within nations are challenging conceptions of citizenship all over the world. The percentage of ethnic minorities in nation- states throughout the world has increased significantly within the past 30 years. The United States Census, for example, projects that 50% of the population will consist of culturally, linguistically, racially, ethnic, and religiously diverse groups by 2050. With an increase growth of diversity within national borders, issues concerning educational equity, equality, and civic engagement have not always been well attended to in educational and societal contexts. Growing ethnic diversity in schools/ society has not automatically led to a dismantling of persistent educational barriers or structural inequalities. In the past decade, culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse populations have faced barriers impacting their rights as citizens in the United States and international contexts. Citizenship, and the rights that are associated with being a citizen, are re-framed when culturally, ethnically, and linguistically students seek equality. In 2020, many urban cities in the United States witnessed Latino/Black youth demonstrate peacefully guided by social justice and their civic responsibilities. Similarly, in international contexts students have demonstrated civil disobedience by expressing concerns about their rights as citizens and the disempowerment of communities.We emphatically believe that students in K-12 settings must begin to understand their rights as citizens and also advocate for the rights of others in order for communities in the U.S. and international contexts to achieve democracy.

    £86.70

  • Critiques for Transformation: Reimagining

    Information Age Publishing Critiques for Transformation: Reimagining

    Book SynopsisTo sustain contemporary movements towards educational equity, postsecondary leaders at all levels need resources that connect evidence-based critiques of structural inequities to forward-thinking visions for a more socially-just academy. To address this critical challenge, we bring together scholars to deconstruct oppressive norms of theory and practice and provide a direction towards reconsiderations across various postsecondary contexts. Each chapter identifies a normative practice that reinforces material and cultural oppression of student populations from minoritized identities, challenge underlying assumptions that support current norms, and make recommendations for redeveloping practices that center the well-being and success of underserved student populations. In presenting a range of expertise and disciplinary foci in the study of higher education, this volume contributes to a holistic re-envisioning of colleges and universities as transformational spaces for social change.The book provides insights and recommendations from scholars to a wide-ranging audience, including federal and state policymakers, postsecondary administrators and leaders, philanthropists, researchers, and graduate students. The primary audience are graduate students enrolled in various educational leadership programs including educational policy studies, higher education, student affairs, curriculum and instruction, or learning sciences. This book will be especially valuable for increasing the focus on generative critique in research, practice, and policy in graduate programming curriculum. This volume will also be a valuable resource for policymakers involved in shaping postsecondary initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels. Finally, this book will appeal to current practitioners at colleges, and universities as they seek additional professional development and cross-institutional collegiality around practices related to social justice and equity.

    £51.30

  • Critiques for Transformation: Reimagining

    Information Age Publishing Critiques for Transformation: Reimagining

    Book SynopsisTo sustain contemporary movements towards educational equity, postsecondary leaders at all levels need resources that connect evidence-based critiques of structural inequities to forward-thinking visions for a more socially-just academy. To address this critical challenge, we bring together scholars to deconstruct oppressive norms of theory and practice and provide a direction towards reconsiderations across various postsecondary contexts. Each chapter identifies a normative practice that reinforces material and cultural oppression of student populations from minoritized identities, challenge underlying assumptions that support current norms, and make recommendations for redeveloping practices that center the well-being and success of underserved student populations. In presenting a range of expertise and disciplinary foci in the study of higher education, this volume contributes to a holistic re-envisioning of colleges and universities as transformational spaces for social change.The book provides insights and recommendations from scholars to a wide-ranging audience, including federal and state policymakers, postsecondary administrators and leaders, philanthropists, researchers, and graduate students. The primary audience are graduate students enrolled in various educational leadership programs including educational policy studies, higher education, student affairs, curriculum and instruction, or learning sciences. This book will be especially valuable for increasing the focus on generative critique in research, practice, and policy in graduate programming curriculum. This volume will also be a valuable resource for policymakers involved in shaping postsecondary initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels. Finally, this book will appeal to current practitioners at colleges, and universities as they seek additional professional development and cross-institutional collegiality around practices related to social justice and equity.

    £91.80

  • Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher

    Information Age Publishing Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher

    Book SynopsisThis book, Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher Education, will explore the experiences and stories of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-racist (DEIA) champions and leaders within higher education. There is no doubt that in response to the United States' current racial climate that higher education institutions have DEIA at the forefront of their operations. Consequently, "as a Black academic or Blackademic educator and DEIA champion, I am not sure I always see institutions and organizations walking the walk and doing the work it takes to live up to those missions, visions, and strategic plans." (Tomlin, 2022, para. 1). From our experience, this is partly because institutions do not know how to support and encourage all higher education professionals, no matter working area, gender, or race to become more DEIA minded. So, this book will share stories of champions of DEIA along with how other higher education professionals jump in.Like some of our other projects, we approach this book from an asset-based approach where chapter authors are taking more of an anti-deficit approach. So, while each chapter author will explore the challenges and opportunities that come with being a DEIA champion within higher education, we will not focus entirely on what higher education institutions or doing wrong; rather, how the tools, tips, and strategies provided can help support current and potential champions of the work and field. One especially important contribution of this book is that authors come from many different spaces, departments, and divisions within higher education including: admissions, student life, curriculum and instruction, service learning, alumni relations, career services, intercultural affairs and many others. Additionally, chapter authors' demographics make up a wide range of ages, ethnicities, abilities, and expertise. Given the breadth of experiences, each chapter will provide poignant suggestions for DEIA champions across the nation as well as for institutions who are looking to better understand, advocate for, support their own DEIA champions.The work of DEI practitioners is a work that often goes unnoticed. The long days, nights, exhaustion, and lack of mental capacity due to constant going and potential burnout is the price practitioners pay to fight the fight of creating more equitable spaces. Griffin (2021) noted, "The DEI practitioner is becoming a household name in some industries–like education–an emerging staple." (p. xxv). we agree with Griffin; moreover, these household names are not getting the attention, respect, or resources they need to continue being successful in their roles. Additionally, we add anti-racist to DEI, as being anti-racist is an action. We argue it is the action that brings all the other pieces of the work together. Its the demonstration and active practice of fighting against racism that helps to shift and change a culture. This book will aid in showing all higher education professionals some approaches to being more effective DEIA champions while also taking action and moving more toward anti-racism as a mindset and way of being. Thus, Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher Education is positioned to be a must-read for all higher education professionals and institutions who are looking for strategies to support, promote, and encourage the growth and development of DEIA champions.

    £48.45

  • Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher

    Information Age Publishing Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher

    Book SynopsisThis book, Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher Education, will explore the experiences and stories of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-racist (DEIA) champions and leaders within higher education. There is no doubt that in response to the United States' current racial climate that higher education institutions have DEIA at the forefront of their operations. Consequently, "as a Black academic or Blackademic educator and DEIA champion, I am not sure I always see institutions and organizations walking the walk and doing the work it takes to live up to those missions, visions, and strategic plans." (Tomlin, 2022, para. 1). From our experience, this is partly because institutions do not know how to support and encourage all higher education professionals, no matter working area, gender, or race to become more DEIA minded. So, this book will share stories of champions of DEIA along with how other higher education professionals jump in.Like some of our other projects, we approach this book from an asset-based approach where chapter authors are taking more of an anti-deficit approach. So, while each chapter author will explore the challenges and opportunities that come with being a DEIA champion within higher education, we will not focus entirely on what higher education institutions or doing wrong; rather, how the tools, tips, and strategies provided can help support current and potential champions of the work and field. One especially important contribution of this book is that authors come from many different spaces, departments, and divisions within higher education including: admissions, student life, curriculum and instruction, service learning, alumni relations, career services, intercultural affairs and many others. Additionally, chapter authors' demographics make up a wide range of ages, ethnicities, abilities, and expertise. Given the breadth of experiences, each chapter will provide poignant suggestions for DEIA champions across the nation as well as for institutions who are looking to better understand, advocate for, support their own DEIA champions.The work of DEI practitioners is a work that often goes unnoticed. The long days, nights, exhaustion, and lack of mental capacity due to constant going and potential burnout is the price practitioners pay to fight the fight of creating more equitable spaces. Griffin (2021) noted, "The DEI practitioner is becoming a household name in some industries–like education–an emerging staple." (p. xxv). we agree with Griffin; moreover, these household names are not getting the attention, respect, or resources they need to continue being successful in their roles. Additionally, we add anti-racist to DEI, as being anti-racist is an action. We argue it is the action that brings all the other pieces of the work together. Its the demonstration and active practice of fighting against racism that helps to shift and change a culture. This book will aid in showing all higher education professionals some approaches to being more effective DEIA champions while also taking action and moving more toward anti-racism as a mindset and way of being. Thus, Voices of the Field: DEIA Champions in Higher Education is positioned to be a must-read for all higher education professionals and institutions who are looking for strategies to support, promote, and encourage the growth and development of DEIA champions.

    £86.70

  • Advancing Inclusive Excellence in Higher

    Information Age Publishing Advancing Inclusive Excellence in Higher

    Book SynopsisThe primary aim of this text is to provide educators with specific strategies for engaging in equity and inclusion work on college campuses. We include the perspectives of faculty and staff with a range of experiences and expertise to address current topics evolving at various levels and functional areas in the academy. Rather than replicate findings and recommendations established in extant literature, we provide faculty, staff, and graduate students with the insight and tools they will require to transform established recommendations into actionable solutions and promising practices. This book offers theoretical and practical approaches to evolving diversity, equity, and inclusion concerns in higher education.The core themes of this volume center on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in higher education. While some educators use these terms interchangeably, we define diversity as a concept that envelopes several modes of social identity, including race, ethnicity, gender, ability, sexual orientation, faith/non-faith affiliation, size, veteran's status, etc. The practice of fortifying representation amongst minoritized populations without making considerations for structure and support has been the primary model for diversifying the academy for the past 40 years. Within the context of higher education and diversity, our conversation shifts beyond ensuring marginalized communities are represented.Within each chapter, the contributing authors address a wide range of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics that are unique to their positionality as educators in the postsecondary sector. As editors, we intentionally identify authors with diverse professional backgrounds who offer a range in their approaches to addressing emergent trends in their respective areas in higher education. In addition to submitting manuscripts that engage critical examinations of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the postsecondary sector, authors were encouraged to design supplemental material for their chapters, such as training modules, study guides, case studies, guides for utilizing critical research approaches and design, and interactive activities that can be replicated in various settings on campus (e.g., the classroom, residence halls, student organization trainings, etc.).

    £51.30

  • Advancing Inclusive Excellence in Higher

    Information Age Publishing Advancing Inclusive Excellence in Higher

    Book SynopsisThe primary aim of this text is to provide educators with specific strategies for engaging in equity and inclusion work on college campuses. We include the perspectives of faculty and staff with a range of experiences and expertise to address current topics evolving at various levels and functional areas in the academy. Rather than replicate findings and recommendations established in extant literature, we provide faculty, staff, and graduate students with the insight and tools they will require to transform established recommendations into actionable solutions and promising practices. This book offers theoretical and practical approaches to evolving diversity, equity, and inclusion concerns in higher education.The core themes of this volume center on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in higher education. While some educators use these terms interchangeably, we define diversity as a concept that envelopes several modes of social identity, including race, ethnicity, gender, ability, sexual orientation, faith/non-faith affiliation, size, veteran's status, etc. The practice of fortifying representation amongst minoritized populations without making considerations for structure and support has been the primary model for diversifying the academy for the past 40 years. Within the context of higher education and diversity, our conversation shifts beyond ensuring marginalized communities are represented.Within each chapter, the contributing authors address a wide range of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics that are unique to their positionality as educators in the postsecondary sector. As editors, we intentionally identify authors with diverse professional backgrounds who offer a range in their approaches to addressing emergent trends in their respective areas in higher education. In addition to submitting manuscripts that engage critical examinations of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the postsecondary sector, authors were encouraged to design supplemental material for their chapters, such as training modules, study guides, case studies, guides for utilizing critical research approaches and design, and interactive activities that can be replicated in various settings on campus (e.g., the classroom, residence halls, student organization trainings, etc.).

    £91.80

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