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MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press Creating Space My Life and Work in Indigenous Education
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African American Images Reading and Writing for Urban Survival
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African American Images The Miseducation of the Negro
Book SynopsisOriginally released in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education system, such as what and who African Americans are educated for, the difference between education and training, and which of these African Americans are receiving. Woodson provides solutions to these challenges, but these require more study, discipline, and an Afrocentric worldview. This new edition contains a biographical profile of the author, a new introduction, and study questions.
£13.25
Maupin House Publishing Flip for Comprehension
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Rethinking Schools Rethinking Multicultural Education
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Eli Press Who Owns the Ice House
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Changing Lives Press Bully in the Mirror Making Hate Stope When You
Book SynopsisThe book blends facts about the negative effects of bullying with the author's views. Since Shanaya is a 12 year old girl who has been bullied, her experiences and those of her friends create an immediate connection with today's kids.
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SAGE Publications Inc Beyond Crises
Book SynopsisWhat are some lessons learned from the pandemic?We learned that, in times of crises, the humanitarian needs of students, families, and ourselves must be a top priority.We learned that forming effective partnerships with families and communities is essential to the health and well-being of our children.We were offered a blunt reminder that a system designed to serve the interests of a privileged few was destined to fail our historically underserved students, especially our millions of multilingual learners.Above all, we learned that the normal many of us have yearned for wasnevergood enoughthat we must envision a better world, where we build on our multilingual students' unique assets and cultivate their inner brilliance. Only then will we deliver on their promise.It's this better world, a world in which communities, schools, and classrooms work together as a whole-child ecosystem,Beyond Crises:Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classroomssets out to create. Taking a look from the outside in, Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb address three critical arenas:1.Imagining Communitiesdescribes how to design and enact strengths-based family and community partnerships, including the critical importance of identifying, valuing, and acknowledging each member's assets and competencies, and the ways recent crises have amplified their struggles.2.Imagining Schoolstakes an up-close look at policies, structures, and now irrelevant ways of schooling that call for change and how we might reconfigure professional development to ensure every teacher and administrator is dedicated to the well-being and success of our multilingual learners.3.Imagining Classroomsdemonstrates how to optimize learning opportunitiesboth virtual and face-to-faceso our diverse students grow cognitively, linguistically, and social-emotionally, and accentuate their talents in knowing and using multiple languages in linguistically and culturally sustainable environments.Student and family, classroom, school, and local community are not silos unto themselves, Debbie, Margarita, and Margo insist. They are part of a larger whole that is interrelated and interconnected and, even, interdependent on each other. By forming stronger alliances, we can realize the power of truly working, socializing, and flourishing together.Beyond Crisesis the first critical step forward.Trade Review"This timely and unique volume from Zacarian, Calderón, and Gottlieb, three of the most renowned masters in the field of teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students, spotlights the critical need for collaborative relationships between communities, schools, and classrooms to engage in advocacy for equitable educational opportunities for all learners. It guides the reader through a journey of reflection by making connections to one’s own experiences with relationship building as well as identifying action steps to strengthen partnerships. It also invites the reader to imagine ways to be open to change and make things happen! This book is a must read for anyone who works with this special student population." -- Maria Dove"Through witnessing the pandemic’s detrimental effects on English learners, I’m left grasping for a silver lining. I need to know how to make sense of what has happened, to learn from the challenges and heartbreak, and to thoughtfully move forward. Beyond Crises comes at just the right time. Through compelling student stories, anecdotes from fierce advocates, and spot-on reflection questions and tools, the authors guide us to reimagine education for ELs." -- Diane Fenner"Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms is just the resource administrators, instructional leaders, and educators in all walks of life need! This timely book by the powerful trio--Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb--is destined to pave the way for imagining and re-imagining our communities, schools, and classrooms in a post-crisis world. Their unapologetic call-for-action is to overturn racial, cultural and linguistic inequities—this book will show you how!" -- Andrea Honigsfeld"What a superb and relevant discussion of how we as educators and servants can take our colleagues, our students and their families to the next level. Debbie, Margarita, and Margo have done a great job combining practical, critical practices, and partnerships with perfect examples of why we as educators do what we do. You’ll want to buy two, one for yourself and one to share." -- Shawn Slakk"By using voices from communities, schools, and classrooms, Beyond Crisis re-envisions how systems can move away from deficit-based paradigms. The practical and new ways of re-imagining presented in this book highlight and inspire a call to action that encourages strengths-based partnerships to acknowledge assets and competencies within systems. Beyond Crisis is a relevant and responsive book that motivates hope and empathy to address polarizing and chaotic times in our nation." -- Ivannia Soto"Beyond Crisis is the humanizing, empowering book we need right now! Read it for a compelling vision and action steps to move beyond crisis and create the interconnected schools and communities our multilingual learners deserve." -- Tonya Ward SingerTable of ContentsDedication Author′s Acknowledgements Foreword by Dan Alpert Introduction Part I: Imagining Communities Chapter 1: Designing and Enacting Strengths-Based Communities Chapter 2: Sustaining a Whole Child ′Ecosystem′ Chapter 3: Striving for Interdependent, Interconnected Communities Part II: Imagining Schools Chapter 4: Imagining Schools Beyond the Crises Chapter 5: Sustaining Growth and Momentum Chapter 6: Striving for Interdependence and Interconnections Part III: Imagining Classrooms Chapter 7: Designing and Enacting Classroom Change Chapter 8: Sustaining Momentum and Growth in Classrooms Chapter 9: Striving for Interconnections References Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Supporting Online Students
Book SynopsisSupporting Online Students shows how effective and efficiently delivered support services improve academic success and course retention for online learners. Drawing on a decade''s worth of research, Anita Crawley describes the scope of services from admissions and registration to advising and student engagement. The book includes guidelines and standards, planning and implementation, innovative practices, and describes specialized services needed by particular online student groups. Effective student support is the single most important factor in sustaining high-quality online learning programs. Anita Crawley presents the most effective guide to achieving that success. Her book is a blueprint for building thriving online programs through comprehensive student support. ?Ray Schroeder, director, Center for Online Learning, Research and Service, University of Illinois Springfield As distance learning continues to grow, this book addresses the often neglected other side ofTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv About the Author xxiii 1 Setting the Stage: The Transformation 1 2 Profile of Online Students 13 3 Supporting Online Students with Disabilities 38 4 Putting Services Online 63 5 Administrative Suite 83 6 Academic Services Suite 102 7 Personal Services Suite 129 8 Communications Suite 153 9 Planning and Implementation 178 10 Evaluation 199 Final Thoughts 228 References 230 Index 245
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Bullying Interventions in Schools
Book SynopsisOutlines the existing methods used to address bullying in school, describing when and how each method can be best applied. Addresses the six major methods of bullying intervention Critically explores the rationale, strengths, and limitations of each intervention Evaluates efficacy and applicability of each intervention for different bullying situations encountered in the school setting Table of ContentsForeword vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Part 1 Interventions in Perspective 1 1 The Current Situation 3 2 A Brief Background to School Bullying 14 3 Preparing to Intervene 25 Part 2 Methods of Intervention in Cases of Bullying 35 4 The Traditional Disciplinary Approach 37 5 Strengthening the Victim 51 6 Mediation 64 7 Restorative Justice 74 8 The Support Group Method (Formerly the No Blame Approach) 86 9 The Method of Shared Concern 96 Part 3 The Choice of Intervention Method 109 10 The School and the Community 111 11 Choosing a Method 116 12 Backdrop and Beyond 139 Appendices 144 A Handling Bullying Questionnaire with Results 144 B Exercise on Fogging 149 References 151 Index 161
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Your Childs Social and Emotional WellBeing
Book SynopsisYour Child''s Social and Emotional Well-Beingprovides a practical guide full of proven strategies for promoting social and emotional learning (SEL) skills in children aged 4-16. A practical guide designed to support parents and education professionals in developing social and emotional skills in children, a form of learning that can be neglected in formal education Demonstrates how to foster social and emotional learning (SEL) at home and in the classroom, and shows how parents and professionals can work together for success Includes a wealth of exercises for promoting social and emotional wellbeing, along with tips, tools, and coverage of new developments such as computer-assisted instruction Written by authors with a wealth of practical and writing experience Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix About the Companion Website x 1 All Children Need Social and Emotional Well-being 1 Part I Self-awareness 11 2 Building Character 13 3 Practicing Mindfulness 37 Part II Self-management 53 4 Resiliency: Calming Fears and Anxiety 55 5 Independent Thinking 71 6 Self-regulating 87 Part III Social Awareness 107 7 Competing and Cooperating 109 8 Neither Being Bullied nor Being a Bully 123 Part IV Relationship Skills 135 9 Building Successful Friendships 137 10 Demonstrating Leadership 153 Part V Responsible Decision-making 169 11 Thinking Creatively 171 12 Thinking Critically and Wisely 189 Part VI Achieving Your Goals Even More Effectively 205 13 Getting Help with Your Efforts 207 14 The Future of SEL 221 References 229 Index 239
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Handbook of Global Educational Reform
Book SynopsisThe Wiley Handbook of Global Educational Reform examines educational reform from a global perspective. Comprised of approximately 25 original and specially commissioned essays, which together interrogate educational reform from a critical global and transnational perspective, this volume explores a range of topics and themes that fully investigate global convergences in educational reform policies, ideologies, and practices. The Handbook probes the history, ideology, organization, and institutional foundations of global educational reform movements; actors, institutions, and agendas; and local, national, and global education reform trends. It further examines the new managerialism in global educational reform, including the standardization of national systems of educational governance, curriculum, teaching, and learning through the rise of new systems of privatization, accountability, audit, big-data, learning analytics, biometrics, and new technology-driven adaptive learning modelsTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction: Toward a Transformational Agenda for Global Education Reform 1Kenneth J. Saltman and Alexander J. Means 1 Capitalism and Global Education Reform 11Steven J. Klees 2 The Business Sector in Global Education Reform: The Case of the Global Business Coalition for Education 27Francine Menashy, Zeena Zakharia, and Sheetal Gowda 3 Venture Philanthropy and Education Policy‐Making: Charity, Profit,and the So‐Called “Democratic State” 47Antonio Olmedo 4 Nodes, Pipelines, and Policy Mobility: The Assembling of an Education Shadow State in India 71Stephen J. Ball and Shelina Thawer 5 Reframing Teachers’ Work for Global Competitiveness: New Global Hierarchies in the Governing of Education 87Tore Bernt Sørensen and Susan Lee Robertson 6 School Principals in Neoliberal Times: A Case of Luxury Leadership? 113Helen M. Gunter, Steven J. Courtney, David Hall, and Ruth McGinity 7 The Expansion of Private Schooling in Latin America: Multiple Manifestations and Trajectories of a Global Education Reform Movement 131Antoni Verger, Mauro Moschetti, and Clara Fontdevila 8 Global Education Policies and Taken‐For‐Granted Rationalities: Do the Poor Respond to Policy Incentives in the Same Way? 157Xavier Bonal 9 The Politics of Educational Change in the Middle East and North Africa:Nation‐Building, Postcolonial Reconstruction, Destabilized States, Societal Disintegration, and the Dispossessed 173Eugenie A. Samier 10 Profiting from the Poor: The Emergence of Multinational Edu‐Businesses in Hyderabad, India 199Carol Anne Spreen and Sangeeta Kamat 11 The Bait‐and‐Switch and Echo Chamber of School Privatization in South Africa 231Salim Vally 12 The Violence of Compassion: Education Reform, Race, and Neoliberalism’s Elite Rationale 243Noah De Lissovoy 13 Uncommon Knowledge: International Schools as Elite Educational Enclosures 259Marcea Ingersoll 14 Startup Schools, Fast Policies, and Full‐Stack Education Companies:Digitizing Education Reform in Silicon Valley 283Ben Williamson 15 Who Drives the Drivers?: Technology as the Ideology of Global Educational Reform 307Petar Jandrić and Sarah Hayes 16 Resurgent Behaviorism and the Rise of Neoliberal Schooling 323Mark J. Garrison 17 Educating Mathematizable, Self‐Serving, God‐Fearing, Self‐Made Entrepreneurs 351Jurjo Torres‐Santomé 18 Putting Homo Economicus to the Test: How Neoliberalism Measures the Value of Educational Life 371Graham B. Slater and Gardner Seawright 19 EcoJust STEM Education Mobilized Through Counter‐Hegemonic Globalization 389Larry Bencze, Lyn Carter, Ralph Levinson, Isabel Martins, Chantal Pouliot,Matthew Weinstein, and Majd Zouda 20 When the Idea of a Second Grade Education for the Marginalized Becomes the Dominant Discourse: Context, Policy, and Practice of Neoliberal Capitalism 413Ravi Kumar 21 Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Education: An Ethics for Capital or the Other? 435Chris Arthur 22 The Socially Just School: Transforming Young Lives 467John Smyth 23 Beyond Neoliberalism: Educating for a Just Sustainable Future 489David Hursh and Alice Jowett 24 When Schools Become Dead Zones of the Imagination: A Critical Pedagogy Manifesto 503Henry A. Giroux Index 517
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Multicultural Education
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Cengage Learning The Confident Student
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Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video seriesUncomfortable Conversations with a Black ManYou cannot fix a problem you do not know you have. So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. There is a fix, Acho says. But in order to access it, we're going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to askyet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and reverse racism. In his own
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Metropolitan Books The End of Bias A Beginning
Book SynopsisFinalist for the NYPL Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Lukas Book Prize, and the Royal Society Science Book Prize Winner of the 2022 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medal and an Honorable Mention from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for General NonfictionNamed a Best Book of the Year by World Economic Forum, AARP, Greater Good, and Inc.The End of Bias is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate unintentional bias and discrimination, the great challenge of our age.Discussions of unconscious bias typically focus on the problem, not on solutions. But how do we eradicate the unintentional prejudices that clash with our values and wreak havoc across medicine, the workplace, education, policing, and beyond?To find out, award-winning journalist and writer Jessica Nordell undertook a global search for solutions. The culmination of fifteen y
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for School Leadership and
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Cengage Learning, Inc Edge 2014 A Interactive Practice Book Edge Level
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£28.84
Icle The Evolution of Education 2020
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Scholastic Professional Game Changer Book Access for All Kids
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Scholastic Professional Rooted in Strength
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Random House USA Inc The Shame of the Nation
Book SynopsisSince the early 1980s, when the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation of black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968. In many inner-city schools, a stick-and-carrot method of behavioral control traditionally used in prisons is now used with students. Meanwhile, as high-stakes testing takes on pathological and punitive dimensions, liberal education has been increasingly replaced by culturally barren and robotic methods of instruction that would be rejected out of hand by schools that serve the mainstream of society. Filled with the passionate voices of children, principals, and teachers, and some of the most revered leaders in the black community, The Shame of the Nation pays tribute to those undefeated educators who persist against the odds, but directly challenges the chilling practices now being forced upon our urban systems. In their place, Kozol offers a humane, dramatic challenge to our nation to fulfill at last the promise made some 50 years ago to all our youngest citizens.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Americas Public Schools
Book SynopsisInformed by a breadth of historical scholarship and based squarely on primary sources, this volume remains the standard text for future teachers and scholars of education.Trade Review"A very good introductory survey for anyone who wants to learn more about American education." (Sunday Times) "A superb history of our public schools, one that is clearly and colorfully written." (Journal of American History) "Reese has delivered in one volume an analysis as synthetic, intelligent, and importantly, deeply engaged with the most enduring issues in popular education as we are likely to encounter for some time." (Journal of Social History)"Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Origins of the Common School2. Postbellum America and the Common School3. The "New Education"4. Democracy, Efficiency, and School Expansion5. A Democracy of Differences6. The People's College7. Rising Expectations and Raising Standards8. Guardians of Tradition9. The Fate of the High SchoolEpilogueEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The States and Public Higher Education Policy
Book SynopsisThe contributors examine the latest research on pressing challenges, explore how states are coping with these challenges, and consider what the future holds for public postsecondary education in the United States.Trade Review"Affordability, access, and accountability will continue to be hot-button issues as legislators at all levels address constituents' concerns about their children's future... Any administrator who wants to gain a deeper understanding of these issues... might do well to spend some time with these essays." (University Business)"Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction: Affordability, Access, and Accountability in Twenty-first Century Public Higher EducationPart I: AffordabilityChapter 1. Trends in the Affordability of Public Colleges and Universities: The Contradiction of Increasing Prices and Increasing EnrollmentChapter 2. The Continuing Paradox of Public College Tuition InflationChapter 3. Reforming How States Finance Higher EducationPart II: AccessChapter 4. Reframing Access and Opportunity: Public Policy DimensionsChapter 5. Race-Conscious Decision-Making in a State-Driven Admissions Process: Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Top Ten Percent Plan Chapter 6. After Proposition 209: Post– Affi rmative Action College Access Policy in California Part III: AccountabilityChapter 7. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in College: The Role of the States Chapter 8. Accountability Policies: Directions Old and NewChapter 9. Responses to the Call for Public Accountability: Using Student Data Systems to Facilitate Improvement in Degree AttainmentConclusion: State Policy and Technology: Aims, Realities, and the Uncertain Future List of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Organization of Higher Education
Book SynopsisTierney, University of Southern California; and the late J. Douglas Toma, University of GeorgiaTrade ReviewVery knowledgeable on this subject and has done excellent work in locating talent, compiling content, organizing ideas and presenting them well in this excellent work. Biz India Magazine A bold work whereby Bastedo and his colleagues attempt to span the scholarly chasm between higher education and organizational studies. The volume is essential in that it not only provides those in higher education with an organizational theory primer, but it also present myriad opportunities for future research. -- Joshua T. Brown Teachers College RecordTable of ContentsPart I: Reviewing the FieldChapter 1.Organizing Higher Education: A ManifestoChapter 2. Strategic Thinking in Higher Education ResearchPart II: Reinvigorating Core LiteraturesChapter 3. Governance Research: From Adolesence toward MaturityChapter 4. The Elephant in the Room: Power, Politics, and Global Rankings in Higher EducationChapter 5. Institutional Strategy: Positioning for PrestigeChapter 6. Cretivity and Organizational CultureChapter 7. Organizational Change in a Global, Postmodern WorldPart III: New Lines of InquiryChapter 8. Diversity: A Bridge to the Future?Chapter 9. Social Movements and the UniversityChapter 10. Agency Theory in Higher Education OrganizationsChapter 11. Organizational Cognition in Higher EducationPart IV: Reconstructing TheoryChapter 12. Building Theories: Using Sticky Social Mechanisms to Understand and Improve Educational WorkContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Attainment Agenda
Book SynopsisThe insights offered in The Attainment Agenda have important implications for public policymakers, college and university leaders, and educational researchers interested in ensuring sustained higher education attainment.Table of ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Improving Higher Education Attainment of All Students: A National ImperativeChapter 2. Understanding the Relationship between Public Policy and Higher Education Performance: Guiding PerspectivesChapter 3. Examining the Relationship between Public Policy and Performance in Five States: What We DidChapter 4. Perpetuating Disparity: The Performance and State Policies of Higher Education in GeorgiaChapter 5. A Story of Decline: The Performance and State Policies of Higher Education in IllinoisChapter 6. Much Accomplished, Much at Stake: The Performance and State Policies of Higher Education in MarylandChapter 7. Hard Choices Ahead: The Performance and State Policies of Higher Education in TexasChapter 8. State Policy Leadership Vacuum: The Performance and State Policies of Higher Education in WashingtonChapter 9. Lessons Learned: Conclusions and ImplicationsNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Cultivating InquiryDriven Learners
Book SynopsisHow can colleges develop learners who pursue innovative ideas that enable them to flourish and contribute in a rapidly changing world?Two decades into the twenty-first century, our nation's colleges and universities no longer embrace a clear and convincing definition of the purpose of a college education. Instead, most institutions have fallen prey to a default purpose in which college is essentially workforce preparation for jobs that already exist, while students are viewed as commodities instead of being educated to flourish throughout their lives. But rather than bemoan the diminishing legacy of liberal education, this new edition of Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners argues that the time has come to advance a pioneering purpose of college that guides the undergraduate experience from program requirements to teaching and learning. This purpose, Clifton Conrad and Laura Dunek write, is anchored in the premise that the world in which we live is one in which changeenvironmental, cuTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. What Is the Purpose of a College Education? Chapter 1. Contemporary Discourse on the Purpose of a College EducationPart II. Transformative Change: Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2. A Rapidly Changing World Challenges Us to Rewrite Higher Education's Social ContractChapter 3. Heading toward Obsolescence: The Default Purpose of a College EducationPart III. Becoming an Inquiry-Driven Learner Chapter 4. Portrait of an Inquiry-Driven LearnerPart IV. Fostering Inquiry-Driven Learners Chapter 5. Ideas for Developing Inquiry-Driven LearnersNotesReferencesIndex
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Hal Leonard Corporation Samuel Barber 65 Songs For MediumLow Voice Book
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Hal Leonard Corporation 28 Italian Songs Arias Of 17Th 18Th Cent
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Shell Educational Publishing Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Belchertown State School Images of America
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Capstone Classroom Finding Voice Introductory Lessons to Teach
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Capstone Classroom Living Literacy at Home A Parents Guide Maupin
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Capstone Classroom A Bookbag of the Bag Ladies Best Resources Ideas
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Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Teaching Reading and Language Arts: An Effective
Book SynopsisResearch tells us that the teacher has the ability to make the difference in reading instruction, students' reading ability, and also make a difference in the lives of their students. High-powered teachers are effective teachers who make a difference. They are also life-long learners who reflect, make decisions, and plan purposeful assessments, design authentic instruction, and engage their students in strategically planned collaborative activities that are designed to meet the needs of all of their students. Highpowered teachers know their students, their interests, learning styles, academic needs, and their learning levels. In this edition of, Reading and Language Arts, you will learn how to teach phonics, phonemic awareness, spelling, writing, language arts, reading strategies, engaging activities, comprehension strategies, vocabulary, fluency, differentiation, and assessment. You will learn the importance of reflecting, planning, building classroom rapport, and the importance of becoming a High-powered elementary and middle school reading teacher.The first half of Reading and Language Arts is a step by step guide designed to teach young educators effective and proven strategies to teach reading, writing, and Language Arts with passion, and with creativity. Reading and Language Arts emphasises the importance of, and also how to design differentiated instruction, assignments, and assessments. You will learn how to teach phonics at the very basic level of reading, how to implement daily reading strategies that engage young readers with the text, and also how to design collaborative reading activities that motivate all students while allowing them to experience learning through hands-on activities.The second half of Reading and Language Arts emphasises the importance of becoming a High-powered middle school reading teacher. You will learn to design age appropriate, purposeful, and authentic learning opportunities for all learners, as well as engaging strategies to motivate students while also building classroom rapport. Each chapter in both sections contain; research based information about designing effective reading instruction, the importance of planning, examples of engaging activities, insightful strategies, tiered vocabulary, parent and home connections, pages for student reflections and note taking, and also suggested readings for both the teacher and students.Table of Contents Part One Chapter 1 A High-Powered Literacy Teacher Makes the Difference Chapter 2 Phonics and Word Identification Chapter 3 Early Readers and Writers Chapter 4 The Process of Reading and Writing Chapter 5 Developing Fluency in Reading and Writing Chapter 6 Increasing Student's Vocabulary Chapter 7 Promoting Reading Comprehension Chapter 8 Differentiating Instruction Part Two Chapter 9 Getting to Know Your Students as Readers Chapter 10 Promoting Good Study Habits Chapter 11 Power in Classroom Discussions Chapter 12 Increasing Students' Vocabulary Chapter 13 Engaging Students in Comprehension Strategies and Activities Chapter 14 Teaching Students to Write Effectively Chapter 15 Literature and Strategies Chapter 16 Inspiring the Joys of Reading and Writing
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Legacy Lit I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here: Finding My Voice,
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BookBaby Nuts & Bolts: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: A
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Center Street Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom
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Pembroke Publishers Literacy Leadership Matters: How principals can
Book SynopsisMany school principals have little background in literacy instruction. And yet, they find themselves leading teachers at a time of shifting literacy priorities. This practical book offers literacy fundamentals, builds confidence, and empowers principals to become instructional leaders. It deals with all aspects of literacy: from understanding the science of reading to planning, resources, oral language, word study, reading, writing, and creating a shared literacy vision. Each chapter In this comprehensive resource includes staff meeting discussion points to guide conversation with teachers, things to look for when working with the teachers and students within their schools, and much more.
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Pembroke Publishing Ltd Messing Around with Math
Book SynopsisThis book is filled with a range of problems that support student understanding of key math concepts. From word problems to open-ended rich tasks to real-world math problems, you will have a toolbox that addresses the complex learning needs of your students. Messing Around With Math provides problems that can be used at any point in the lesson: whole-group, guided small-group instruction, or independent practice. This resource will also help teachers develop their skills in crafting rich, meaningful and engaging lessons. Instead of endless searching for the right' problem for your students, you will have a one-stop shop.
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Fulcrum Inc.,US Keeping the Traditions: A Multicultural Resource
Book SynopsisThis is a rich multicultural resource that you will use again and again.
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Paragon House Publishers Bully Nation: Why America's Approach to Childhood
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Zephyr Press Team Challenges: 170+ Group Activities to Build
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Zephyr Press Big Ideas for Growing Mathematicians: Exploring
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Stenhouse Publishers Nonfiction Mentor Texts Teaching Informational
Book SynopsisGuides teachers through a variety of projects, samples, and classroom anecdotes that demonstrate how teachers can help students become more effective writers of good nonfiction. The Your Turn lessons at the end of each chapter use the gradual release of responsibility model to guide and empower student writers. Teachers will find especially helpful the information on how to select appropriate mentor texts from among the sometimes overwhelming offerings of children’s literature. Each Your Turn lesson encourages reflection and motivates students to think about what they’ve learned, the purpose of learning and practicing a skill or strategy, and how they might use this technique in the future. Additionally, An Author’s Voice provides encouragement and advice from published authors of children’s nonfiction.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Teachers As Mentors: Models for Promoting
Book SynopsisThe book describes two similar and successful models of youth mentoring used by two acclaimed urban high schools that have consistently achieved exceptional graduation rates. Providing a detailed description of their methods – based upon extensive observation, and interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and parents – this book makes a major contribution to the debate on how to reduce the achievement gap.Using similar teacher-as-youth mentor and youth advising models, these two inner city schools – Fenway High School in Boston, Massachusetts; and the Kedma School in Jerusalem – have broken the cycle of failure for the student populations they serve—children from underrepresented groups living in poverty in troubled neighborhoods with few resources. Students in both schools have excelled academically, rarely dropout, and progress to college in significant numbers (Fenway has 90% graduation rate, with 95% of graduates going on to college. Kedma outperforms comparable urban schools by a factor of four). Both schools have won numerous awards, with Fenway High School gaining Pilot School status in Massachusetts, a recognition the state only awards to a few exemplary schools; and Kedma School being declared one of the 50 most influential educational endeavors in Israel.The success of both schools is directly attributable to their highly developed teacher-as-a-youth mentor programs that embody an ideology and mission that put students at the center of their programs and structures. The models are closely integrated with the curriculum, and support the social, emotional, cultural, and academic needs of students, as well as develop close mentor-student-parent relationships. The model furthermore includes extensive support for the mentors themselves. Apart from the potential of these models to narrow the achievement gap, these two schools have a record of creating a school climate that promotes safety, and reduces the incidence of bullying and violence. At the heart of both programs is creating community—between departments and functions in the school; and between teachers, staff, students, and parents. Everyone in the school system should read this book.Research suggests that caring relationships between students and teachers significantly enhance Social Emotional Learning (SEL) -- defined as the process through which children develop their ability to integrate thinking, feeling, and behaving to achieve important life tasks -- which is recognized as an important factor in children's success in school. However, caring schools are usually the exception, especially at the secondary level where relationships between students and teachers seem to deteriorate significantly. This book provides a schoolwide model for establishing caring secondary schools and enhancing SEL using a teacher-as-a youth mentor model.Trade Review"Teachers not only teach. They are also advocates, coaches, allies, supporters, and as Aram Ayalon reminds us in this thoughtful book, they are mentors as well. With concrete cases and useful suggestions from two cases – one in Boston and the other in Jerusalem – Teachers as Mentors provides inspiring examples of how promoting nurturing teacher-student relationships can help even the most underserved and marginalized students succeed."Sonia Nieto, Professor EmeritaUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst“We ignore what Ayalon has to say at our peril. This is a book that takes us step-by-step through schools that were carefully designed to make it as easy as possible for teachers and students to learn from each other and from their shared world. Following the spirit of the examples presented here, specifically tailored to individual settings, might transform schools into places not only of achievement in scholastics, but also settings where students and teachers enjoy their work together."Deborah W. Meier, Director of New Ventures at Mission Hill and senior scholarNew York University’s Steinhardt School of Education"Teachers as Mentors is an invaluable resource for schools, especially those serving students who are urban, minority, and at-risk. Culture-building through mentoring capitalizes on relationships between teachers and students within democratic learning environments. Teachers who want to become mentors are given specific suggestions for creating close, nurturing relationships through a range of structure, strategies, and resources. The book is accessible, descriptive, and liberatory—giving hope through grassroots examples that teachers who commit to student-centered discourse and action can create the conditions needed for sustainable mentoring environments."Carol A. Mullen, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, former editor of Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning"Ayalon's book in an important reminder that schools need to do more than teach curriculum and assess students -- they need to care and build relationships. In the current environment of high-stakes testing and accountability, it is easily forgotten that student success, both social and academic, is greatly influenced by student-teacher relationships. Ayalon looks at two schools, Fenway High School in Boston and Kedma School in Jerusalem, that successfully mentor at-risk students. The book is divided into five parts and he provides a summary and synthesis at the end of each part, as well as an appendix with examples of mentoring activities used at each school that may impact practice if implemented. Summing Up: Recommended."ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword—Deborah W. Meier Introduction Part I. Establishing Nurturing Schools 1. Youth at Risk and Student Dropout 2. Caring Schools 3. Mentoring and Teacher-Student Relationship 4. Schools With Teachers as Youth Mentors Part II. A Mentoring classes 5. Kedma’s Mentoring Class 6. Fenway’s Advisory Class Summary and Synthesis Part III. Individual Teacher-Student Relationships 7. Mentor-Student Relationship at Kedma 8. Advisor-Student Relationship at Fenway Summary and Synthesis Part IV. Mentor Support System 9. Kedma’s Mentor Support System 10. Fenway’s Advisory Support System Summary and Synthesis Part V. Summary and Implications 11. Summary, Discussion, and Implications Appendix
£42.75
Taylor & Francis Inc Color by Number: Understanding Racism Through
Book SynopsisMany deny that racism remains pervasive in America today. How can we open eyes to the continuing disadvantages that keep many people of color from fulfilling their potential, and having an equal chance to achieve the “American Dream”?By presenting the impact of racism on the most innocent and powerless members of society– children of color – in the form of statistics, this book aims to change attitudes and perceptions. Children have no say about where they are born or what school they attend. They have no control over whether or not they get medical treatment when they fall ill. They can’t avoid exposure if their home is in a community blighted by pollution. The questions this book poses are: What responsibility do we expect children to take for their life circumstances? Do those conditions blight their futures? If they aren’t responsible, who is? Are some in society privileged and complicit in denying people of color the advantages and protections from harm most of us take for granted? Through the cumulative effect of official statistics rather than the more usual reliance on anecdote – by taking a “show me the numbers!” approach – this book will open minds, start conversations, and even prompt readers to take action. While the numbers are official they are often hard to find because they are scattered across so many sources. Art Munin has not only done the research, but shows the reader how to locate data on racial and socio-economic disparities, and develop her or his own case or classroom project.Color by Number takes as its metaphorical point of departure the familiar children’s activity of that name. Art Munin has painstakingly researched and gathered the numbers, and has filled in the spaces to reveal the hidden picture of racism in America from the perspectives of health, the environment, the law, and education.This book is intended as a fact-based, antiracism text for diversity and social justice courses, and as a resource for diversity and social justice educators as they craft their race, racism, and White privilege curricula. Art Munin’s multidisciplinary approach – drawing on scholarly work from medicine, law, sociology, psychology, and education – provides the reader with a comprehensive way to understand the pervasiveness of racism.Trade Review"Munin, (social justice, Loyola U. Chicago) compiles facts and statistics about children to make evidence-based, research-driven arguments that illustrate the chronic and pervasive nature of racism. He draws on research from a variety of disciplines and government agencies (mostly from 2000 on) to present statistics through tables, charts, correlations, percentages, and description of health and health care, the health effects of pollution and other poisons, juvenile justice, primary and secondary education, and barriers to access and success in higher education, ending with discussion of social change."Book News, IncThis book is very approachable, meaning that the information and data in it are easy to understand and reference. I would use this text as a supplemental book to support many of my comments and statements that support or refute information that I read in textbooks or hear from other sources attempting to suppress oppressed voices by using “data” to contradict what the oppressed are experiencing. The clear and understandable tables help those who are not “academics” process how our society has not supported the “have nots”. There is a connection of theory to practice using social justice literature and researchers such as Paulo Freire and Gloria Ladson-Billings. Each chapter has a “next steps for the reader” section which is ingenious. When I teach my students about social justice, oppression, racism, and sexism they leave the class feeling overwhelmed and helpless. The next steps section gives the reader an opportunity to continue reading, studying, and fighting for social justice. There are no excuses for reading the chapter/book and saying “this is bigger than me, I cannot be a change agent”. Dr. Munin has noted the critical issues facing people of color in our society today. His selection of chapter topics is what make this book unique and each area discusses concerns that affect the livelihood of marginalized people in the United States. Each chapter and the issues presented segue into the next critical agenda item. For example, Munin shares the plight of poor health care for people of color and children and then he moves into how a toxic environment in communities that consist of the “have nots” continue to kill them physically and mentally. Overall I really enjoyed reading this book and the data (numbers) provided on people of color providing a staggering look at the overwhelming issues our society have created with racism being central to the reason why it is difficult to move forward. The quote by Frederick Douglas in the final chapter summed up all the data quite succinctly, It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken [women and] men. - Frederick DouglassSimply put, socialized biased behaviors are difficult to transform, however being armed with stories and data may help persuade some that things need to change if we are going to save the next generation of children of color. I hope that everyone is willing to be a change agent after reading this book.Mary Howard-Hamilton, Holmstedt Distinguished Professor, Higher Education Program,Indiana State University"To have a work like this which takes as its central task educating a public awash with innumeracy –and especially when it comes to the application of numbers to difficult and contentious political and social issues – is a literary and ideological Godsend. Although I doubt its contents will matter much to those with a firmly entrenched commitment to racist and reactionary ideologies (they will need their own epiphanies, the likes of which rarely emerge from the mere presentation of facts, no matter how impressively arrayed), to those with open minds and a quest for truth, these contents could make all the difference. For those who haven't given much thought to race matters, this volume could serve as an inoculation against the twisted political siren song of the far-right, providing sufficient knowledge so as to weaken the appeal of those who would manipulate their racial fears, anxieties and insecurities, or try and deny the reality of racial inequality so as to push a colorblind – and therefore, injustice-blind – agenda. And for those already committed to racial equity and justice, the contents herein could be even more important: providing us with the factual information needed to go forth and mobilize others to the cause, not to mention reminding us of just how important is the task which lay ahead. I welcome this addition to the literature already extant on race and racism. It is long overdue."Tim Wise, Author, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, and Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority"This is a powerful social justice tool. The book provides the reader with the necessary numbers and information needed to be a more competent and confident advocate for equity and justice in the 21st century."Eddie Moore, Jr., Ph.D., Founder/Program Director, The White Privilege ConferenceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword 1. Setting the Stage 2. Preventing Medicine. Health-Care Access 3. Race, Space, and Place. Environmental Justice 4. Criminals or Children?. Juvenile Justice 5. Back of the School Bus. K–12 Education 6. The Leaky Pipeline. Access to Higher Education 7. Next Steps as a Social Change Agent About the Author Index
£186.16
University of Iowa Press The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from
Book SynopsisBeginning with “The Writer’s Wonderland Or: A Warning” and ending with “You’ve Published a Book Now What?” The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide is a must-read for creative-writing students and teachers, conference participants, and aspiring writers of every stamp. Directed primarily at fiction writers but suitable for writers of all genres, John McNally’s guide is a comprehensive, take-no-prisoners blunt, highly idiosyncratic, and delightfully subjective take on the writing life. McNally has earned the right to dispense advice on this subject. He has published three novels, two collections of short fiction, and hundreds of individual stories and essays. He has edited six anthologies and worked with editors at university presses, commercial houses, and small presses. He has earned three degrees, including an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and taught writing to thousands of students at nine different universities. But he has also received far more rejections than acceptances, has endured years of underpaid adjunct work, and is presently hard at work on a novel for which he has no guarantee of publication. In other words, he’s been at the writing game long enough to rack up plenty of the highs and lows that translate into an invaluable guide. McNally wrestles with writing degrees and graduate programs, the nuts and bolts of agents and query letters and critics, book signings and other ways to promote your book, alcohol and other home remedies, and jobs for writers from adjunct to tenure-track. Chapters such as “What Have You Ever Done That’s Worth Writing About?” “Can Writing Be Taught?” “Rejection: Putting It in Perspective,” “Writing as a Competitive Sport,” “Seven Types of MLA Interview Committees,” “Money and the Writer,” and the all-important “Talking about Writing vs. Writing” cover a vast range of writerly topics from learning your craft to making a living at it. McNally acts as the writer’s friendly drill sergeant, relentlessly honest but bracingly cheerful as he issues his curmudgeonly marching orders. Alternately cranky and philosophical, full of to-the-point anecdotes and honest advice instead of wonkish facts and figures, The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide is a snarky, truthful, and immensely helpful map to being a writer in today’s complex world.Trade ReviewI write this blurb in distress because for years I’ve been stealing John McNally’s sharp insights into writing and publishing and passing them off as my own. Now this generous so-and-so is sharing his vast experience as a writer and editor with everyone. Worse yet, this book, despite its instructional value, is irresistibly, un-put-downably readable.” - Timothy Schaffert, author, Devils in the Sugar Shop. “This has got to be the most comprehensive nuts-and-bolts how-to that has ever been written about writing. McNally has answered every one! Every one of the questions that always come up in a Q&A session when the writer’s impulse is to talk about Art and the audience wants to know: how do I get to be you? I look forward to having this book in hand. It’s a fine addition to the ever-growing literature of creative writing, and it covers everything.” - Janet Burroway, author, Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft and Bridge of Sand.
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