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Continuum Publishing Corporation The Aesthetics of Education
Book SynopsisExamines the aesthetic event of education. This title takes a broader view of aesthetics and argues that teaching and learning are themselves aesthetic performances. It focuses on several questions: What are the possibilities and limitations of building analogies between teachers and artists, education and specific aesthetic forms? And, more.Trade Review"In this book Tyson Lewis provides a penetrating analysis of the work of Jacques Ranciere as it pertains to the theory and practice of education. The book is an engaging, compelling, highly original and much needed intervention in current discussions about education, politics and democracy." - Gert Biesta, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsTable of Contents; Introduction:; The Aesthetics of Education; Chapter One:; From Stultification to Emancipation: Althusser avec Ranciere; Chapter Two:; Aesthetic Forms: Teaching, Theatre, and Democracy; Chapter Three:; The Beautiful and the Sublime in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed; Intermission:; Equality, Freedom, and Emancipation: A Case for Pedagogical Dramaturgy; Chapter Four:; The Aesthetics of Curiosity; Chapter Five:; The Knowledge of Ignorance; Chapter Six:; The Future of the Image in Critical Pedagogy; Chapter Seven:; Freire's Last Laugh; Conclusion:; Death and Democracy in Education: Freire's Easter.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Pedagogy Left in Peace Cultivating Free Spaces in Teaching and Learning
Book SynopsisDavid W. Jardine is a full professor of education at the University of Calgary, Calgary,Alberta, Canada. He is the author and co-author of seven other books in education, over 80 articles in refereed scholarly journals, and dozens of book chapters.Trade ReviewThis wise, challenging book is strongly recommended for readers searching beyond the worn-out language of school reform. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. -- T.R. Glander, Nazareth College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: "Left in Peace"; 1: "A Zone of Deep Shadow"; David W. Jardine, Rahat Naqvi, Eric Jardine, & Ahmad Zaidi.; 2: "I AM Hath Sent Me Unto You"; David W. Jardine; 3: "The Savage Childhood of the Human Race"; David W. Jardine; 4: "Sickness is now 'Out There'"; David W. Jardine; 5: "A Hitherto Concealed Experience That Transcends Thinking From The Position Of Subjectivity" David W. Jardine; 6: "Figures in Hell" David W. Jardine; 7: Filling This Empty Chair; David W. Jardine & Jennifer Batycky; 8: "Youth need images for Their Imaginations and for the Formation of their Memory" David W. Jardine; 9: On the While of Things David W. Jardine; 10: Learning Not To Speak In Tongues David W. Jardine & Rahat Naqvi; 11: "Take the Feeling of Letting Go as Your Refuge" David W. Jardine; REFERENCES.
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Rowman & Littlefield Cognitive Coaching
Book SynopsisIn this greatly expanded and extensively updated edition of a widely popular resource you see how teachers'' individual and collective capacities for continuing self-improvement are strengthened over time through Cognitive Coaching. You gain essential skills, protocols, guidance, research and resources to use when implementing Cognitive Coaching principles and values in your own school setting.Working toward the goals of making school better places where more students succeed and satisfaction in learning and teaching prevail, Costa and Garmston let you know about their own learning, and how new research and practice can support individuals and schools in reaching higher, more satisfying, and more holistic performance. Organized into four sections, the book clearly and effectively presents these concepts: the meanings of cognitive coaching; the basics of teaching excellence; strategies and tactics for engaging in coaching; and how to integrate Cognitive Coaching throughout the system.Trade ReviewThey’ve done it again! Art Costa and Bob Garmston have provided an update on their seminal work in cognitive coaching, updating it in response to the culture of professional accountability and rigorous student learning standards. I appreciate particularly their application of coaching techniques to “calibrating conversations,” to help teachers internalize standards of practice, incorporating teachers’ own self-assessment into reflective conversations. This enables teachers themselves to drive the aspiration towards higher levels of teaching practice. The third edition, like its predecessors, is a major contribution to the field. -- Charlotte Danielson, The Danielson GroupJust when I thought I knew something about coaching, I read this book and my knowledge and my work was enlightened! Art and Bob are masterful coaches and, in this book they offer great clarity about the why, what, and how of coaching practices. The book combines the practical with the theoretical in an easy to read manner. I look forward to facilitating a book study on this one. It should foster new meanings for leaders in our schools. -- Bena Kallick, co-founder and co-director, Institute for Habits of MindBob and Art are national treasures for public education and their latest work will not disappoint. If improving the performance of individuals and school systems is your goal, then the protocols and resources in this book are essential for working with adult learners. A foundational resource for working with teachers, principals, and school district-level leaders must be the 3rd edition of Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Leaders and Learners by Costa and Garmston! -- Gary Whiteley, EdD, director, The Alaska Administrator Coaching ProjectTable of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements Cognitive Coaching Resources PART I: EXPLORING THE MEANINGS OF COGNITIVE COACHING Chapter 1: Discovering the Meanings of Cognitive Coaching Chapter 2: Identity Chapter 3: The Mediator’s Skills Chapter 4: Mediating for Self-Directed Learning Chapter 5: Repertoire of Support Functions PART II: SOURCES OF EXCELLENCE Chapter 6: Developing and Maintaining Trust Chapter 7: States of Mind Chapter 8: Teacher Cognition Chapter 9: Inquiring into the Knowledge Base of Teaching PART III: ENGAGING IN COACHING Chapter 10: Human Diversity In Meaning-Making Chapter 11: The Maps of the Planning and Reflecting Conversations Chapter 12: Resolving Problems: The Third Coaching Map Chapter 13: Calibrating Conversations PART IV: THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE COACHING Chapter 14: Cognitive Coaching: A Synthesis of the Research by Jenny Edwards Chapter 15: How Leaders Support Learning in the Agile Organization APPENDICES APPENDIX A: Suggestions for Teachers Own Standards APPENDIX B: Inner Coaching APPENDIX C: Mediative Questioning APPENDIX D: Calibrating Conversation Script APPENDIX E: Sources of Standards of teacher & leader performance APPENDIX F: Other Resources About Self-Directedness APPEDIX G: List Of Videos, Topics And Length of Time In Minutes. About the Authors Glossary of Terms References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Education in a PostMetaphysical World Rethinking Educational Policy And Practice Through Jrgen Habermas Discourse Morality Rethinking Educational Through Jurgen Habermas Discourse Morality
Book SynopsisChristopher Martin is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada.Trade ReviewThis book provides further evidence that Christopher Martin is today one of the most interesting and promising young philosophers in the field of educational philosophy. His reading and application of Habermas' Discourse Theory of Morality is a bold and important contribution to contemporary scholarship in educational policy and will no doubt prove to be fruitfully contentious over the coming years. * Walter Okshevsky, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education, Memorial University, Canada *In Education in a Post-Metaphysical World, Christopher Martin shows in a highly elaborated way how the articulation and the justification of norms and criteria of education can be carried out by the practice of public moral reasoning. In doing so he makes a great contribution to the conceptual analysis of education (and so to the philosophy of education in general). In addition, his book should also be seen as an important educationalist enrichment of the model of Discourse Ethics itself. * Krassimir Stojanov, Professor and Chair of Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany *With an eye on educational policy and teacher practice Christopher Martin scrutinizes the concept of education very clearly in its normative connotation. He legitimizes his conviction that the educational domain is a moral theme in its own right as opposed to a merely ad hoc, empirical or philosophically applied consideration. Theoretically speaking, his critical reconstruction of Habermas' Discourse Morality contributes to that conviction in a very creative way. * Siebren Miedema, Professor of Educational Foundations and Professor of Religious Education, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands *Martin deftly brings together disparate developments in ethics, political theory, and education and does so in a straightforward and concise fashion. In particular, he shows us that conceptual analysis, long thought to be moribund in philosophy of education, remains a vital force in analysing certain contemporary political issues, such as the (political) question of Aboriginal education. A strongly recommended read. * Scott Johnston, Associate Professor of Education, Queen’s University, Canada *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Education and the Sources of Normativity 1. What Kind of Concept is the Concept of Education? 2. Education, Worthwhileness and the Good 3. R.S. Peters' Theory of Justification 4. Jurgen Habermas' Discourse Morality Interlude: Kantian Constructivism and Education Part II: Discourse Morality and Education 5. Applying Habermas' Discourse Principle to Education 6. Norms, Reasons and and Complex Proceduralism in Discourse Morality Conclusion: Complex Proceduralism and Public Understanding References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Successful School Leadership
Trade ReviewThe challenge of synthesizing and summarizing international perspectives on “successful/effective” school leadership is a daunting task that the authors have completed masterfully. The chapters within this book respect key aspects of context related to understandings of successful/effective school leadership including local, regional, national, political, cultural, historic, and economic factors. I find this book to be an excellent resource for students in leadership preparation programs with an appreciation for difference and diversity. The authors acknowledge the limitations in the various case studies of leadership presented. Yet each chapter provides important perspectives on the meaning of successful leadership and its practices within a global frame. * Paul V. Bredeson, Emeritus Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: What is Successful and Effective School Leadership? (Petros Pashiardis, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus, and Olof Johansson, Umea University, Sweden) Part I: Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership 1. African Perspectives - Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Jan Heystek, North-West University, South Africa) 2. South Asian Perspectives - Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Tai Hoi Theodore Lee, and Allan David Walker, Institute of Education, Hong Kong, and Philip Hallinger, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 3. Australian and Pacific Perspectives - Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Simon Clarke and Helen Wildy, The University of Western Australia) 4. North American Perspectives - Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Elizabeth Murakami and Wowek Sean Kearney, Texas A&M University – San Antonio, USA) 5. South American Perspectives- Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Candido Alberto Gomes, Brasília Catholic University, Brazil and Alexandre Ventura, University of Aveiro, Portugal, and Magali de Fátima Evangelista Machado, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil) 6. Caribbean Perspectives - Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Paul Miller, Brunel University, UK) 7. European Perspectives - Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Helene Arlestig, Umea University, Sweden) Part II: Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership 8. African Perspectives- Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Raj Mestry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 9. South Asian Perspectives - Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Elson Szeto, Yan Ni Annie Cheng and Allan David Walker, Institute of Education, Hong Kong) 10. Australian and Pacific Perspectives - Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership (David Gurr and Lawrie Drysdale, University of Melbourne, Australia) 11. North American Perspectives - Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Stephen Jacobson, University at Buffalo, USA) 12. Caribbean Perspectives - Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Disraeli Hutton, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica) 13. European Perspectives - Practicing Successful and Effective School Leadership (Stefan Brauckmann, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Austria and Petros Pashiardis, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Part III: The Impact of Successful and Effective School Leadership 14. Understanding the Impact of Successful and Effective School Leadership as Practiced (Petros Pashiardis, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus and Georgia Pashiardi, Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus and Olof Johansson, Umea University, Sweden)
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Making the Case for Race in Middle School
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Making the Case for Race in Middle School
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Liberation Pedagogy
Book SynopsisLiberation Pedagogy places the work of Elijah Muhammad in an educational context. Drawing from concepts in critical educational theory it introduces to readers the contributions that Elijah Muhammad made to the education of oppressed people. This book offers a liberation pedagogy that educators can use to inspire students.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Spirituality, Education, and Black Liberation TheologyChapter 2: The Writers, Islam, and Social JusticeChapter 3: Humble BeginningsChapter 4: The TeachingsChapter 5: Soul CraftingReferencesIndex
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Setting the Stage for Learning
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Setting the Stage for Learning
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Rowman & Littlefield Principal to Principal
Book SynopsisPrincipal to Principal: Conversations in Servant Leadership, is an expanded edition of the original, published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2008. The book tells the story of a recently retired principal (John), who walks a first year principal (Linda) through her first year in serving a school. Chapter by chapter, John wisely mentors, as Linda vents, cries, listens, and learns--experiencing what it's really like down in the trenches as an authentic servant leader.Table of ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsDedicationChapter 1 Self LeadershipChapter 2 Structure and Process Chapter 3 VisionChapter 4 Lessons LearnedChapter 5 Reality Chapter 6 New Teacher Blues Chapter 7 What Lies Beneath Chapter 8 Teaching and Learning Chapter 9 Growth Plans Chapter 10 The Intramural League Chapter 11 Core ValuesChapter 12 One ChildChapter 13 HalfwayChapter 14 Culture!Chapter 15 Grace, With AccountabilityChapter 16 When the Fire Goes Out Chapter 17 What’s Not Working? Fix It!Chapter 18 Courage Under Fire Chapter 19 Overhaul Chapter 20 GraduationChapter 21 Saying GoodbyeChapter 22 Surprise, SurpriseChapter 23 CoachingChapter 24 Generative Leadership Chapter 25 Community SchoolChapter 26 Voice of Reason Closing ThoughtsReferences
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Rowman & Littlefield Calling a Snow Day
Book SynopsisEducational administrators are faced with making decisions on a daily basis that affect the operations of their district, building, or organization. Nearly all of these decisions are based on the needs and influence of local stakeholders and constituent groups. Calling a Snow Day: How Local Politics Influence School Decisions is a tool to help leaders in education identify, understand, and be able to maneuver around any and all obstacles that would influence decisions based on the needs of the constituent and stakeholder group and not just the system as a whole. These decisions that impact the stakeholders of an educational system can be influenced by a political landscape which can be both beneficial and detrimental to the progress that the administrator is looking to make in consideration of their tenure in district.
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Rowman & Littlefield Calling a Snow Day
Book SynopsisEducational administrators are faced with making decisions on a daily basis that affect the operations of their district, building, or organization. Nearly all of these decisions are based on the needs and influence of local stakeholders and constituent groups. Calling a Snow Day: How Local Politics Influence School Decisions is a tool to help leaders in education identify, understand, and be able to maneuver around any and all obstacles that would influence decisions based on the needs of the constituent and stakeholder group and not just the system as a whole. These decisions that impact the stakeholders of an educational system can be influenced by a political landscape which can be both beneficial and detrimental to the progress that the administrator is looking to make in consideration of their tenure in district.
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Rowman & Littlefield Summer versus School II
Book SynopsisSummer Versus. School II: The Balanced Calendar of School, Work and Life, 2nd Edition explores the successes and challenges of moving from the traditional 10-month calendar to implement ones that are more in line with the needs of modern families. Through real case studies from actual school districts in the state of Washington, this book examines research into instructional practices, programmatic challenges, and community involvement with schools that have adapted modified calendars.
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Rowman & Littlefield Summer versus School II
Book SynopsisSummer Versus. School II: The Balanced Calendar of School, Work and Life, 2nd Edition explores the successes and challenges of moving from the traditional 10-month calendar to implement ones that are more in line with the needs of modern families. Through real case studies from actual school districts in the state of Washington, this book examines research into instructional practices, programmatic challenges, and community involvement with schools that have adapted modified calendars.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Rural School Leadership
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Leading for Tomorrows Schools Today
Book SynopsisMichael Lubelfeld has served as a public school superintendent in Illinois since 2010. He is the superintendent of North Shore School District 112 schools in Highland Park and Highwood, IL, north of Chicago. Mike has spoken around the USA and the world on leadership, student voice, and global service and he is active in leadership development with state and national associations. He has experience as a teacher, a middle school building principal, and an assistant superintendent for personnel services. He co-authored four books The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow's Schools (2017), Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable (2018), and The Unfinished Leader: A School Leadership Framework for Growth & Development (2021). His latest book, The Unfinished Teacher: Becoming the Next Version of Yourself, was released in December 2023. Mike was awarded the 2017 Lake County (IL) Superintendent of the Year and the 2021 Administration and Supervision Distinguished Alumni Award from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Education. Mike leads the National Instructional Leader Academy for the AASA and he co-leads aspiring superintendent academies nationally and statewide. Mike and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, and they live in suburban Chicago.Dr. Nick Polyak has served as the Superintendent for Leyden Community High School District #212 for the past twelve years. Prior to that, he served as the Superintendent for Illinois Valley Central School District #321 for four years. Nick and his wife Kate have four children and they reside in suburban Chicago. Over the past several years, Leyden, has received many honors. They were named the National Advanced Placement District of the Year, Illinois Democracy Schools, Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces, and the National School Board Association Grand Prize Magna Award as a top equity program. Nick facilitates the Illinois Global Service Project and annually takes a group of Superintendents and School Board Members from across Illinois to serve schools and students in the Dominican Republic. He has co-authored four books: The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow's Schools Today, Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable, The Unfinished Leader: A Leadership Framework for Growth and Development, and The Unfinished Teacher: Becoming the Next Version of Yourself. Nick facilitates the AASA Transformational Leadership Consortium, and both the IASA and AASA Aspiring Superintendents Academies. He was awarded the Finest Under 40 Alumni Award by Augustana College in 2015, The West Cook County Superintendent of Distinction in 2016, and the Administration and Supervision Distinguished Alumni Award from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Education in 2023.
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Bloomsbury Academic AntiAuthoritarian Curriculum Practice
Book SynopsisDr. Daniel Castner is an assistant professor of early childhood education and curriculum studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to his transition to higher education, he was a public-school kindergarten teacher for 15 years in Northeast Ohio. His research describes how curriculum leadership operates in early childhood settings and examines how dedicated teachers with strong personal and professional commitments experience and negotiate the social, political, and cultural tensions within their institutions of practice.Dr. Jennifer Schneider is an assistant professor of Curriculum Studies at Oklahoma State University (OSU) who is deeply influenced by a background studying and teaching in thearts and humanities. Her dissertation was awarded the American Association for Curriculum and Teaching's (AATC's) 2020 John LaskaDissertationAward. Challenging the longstanding dehumanizing heritage present in curriculum and teaching while working towards regenerative possibilities. Her scholarly and creativ
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Rowman & Littlefield Being White Today
Book SynopsisThe idea that White people are under attack has permeated political discourse in recent elections. The election of 2024 will be no different. Being White Today: A Roadmap for a Positive Antiracist Life helps White people navigate the myriad messages they encounter about race. The book applies the White racial identity framework developed by psychologist Dr. Janet Helms to take a strong stance against racism. Using fictionalized scenarios and case studies, it offers a way to resist extremist messaging and recruitment. A helpful resource for White people who care about US society, in particular, White parents, educators, activists, and racial/social justice practitioners, this book also helps people understand antiracist messaging and how to use it strategically to create a larger community of White antiracists.
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Bloomsbury Academic Leading Toward Efficacy
Book SynopsisArthur L Costa is an Emeritus Professor of Education, California State University Sacramento. He has served as a teacher, curriculum consultant, assistant superintendent for instruction and Director of Educational Programs for N.A.S.A. A former president of ASCD, he has devoted his career to improving education through self-directed learning and thought-filled curriculum and instruction.Robert J. Garmston, EdD is Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration at California State University, Sacramento and Co-Developer of Cognitive Coaching with Dr. Art Costa, Co-Developer of Adaptive Schools with Bruce Wellman. Served as a classroom teacher, resource teacher, principal, director of instruction and acting superintendent in Northern California Schools and principal in Saudi Arabia.
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Basic Books Charter Schools and Their Enemies
Book SynopsisAs public schools in low income areas fell into disrepair and failed to meet the needs of disadvantaged and minority students, charter schools offered an alternative. These schools were born out of the idea that low income families should be allowed to choose where their children went to school, just the same as high income families. If the public school in the community was unsatisfactory, shouldn't they be allowed to seek out an alternative? The alternatives are surprisingly effective. Charter schools located in low income black and Latinx communities achieve results surpassing both traditional public schools in their areas, and also, in many cases, public schools in more affluent neighbourhoods. In Charter Schools and Their Enemies, celebrated conservative intellectual Thomas Sowell explores the surprising success of this model and the surprising backlash that threatens to dismantle it.Instead of being celebrated for their successes, charter schools are caught in political crosscurrents. In addition to uncovering the success of the charter school movement, Sowell pays careful attention to its adversaries to understand how these schools became such a contentious issue and why the controversy rages on. Teachers' unions, fearful of their hold over government-funded education, fund political candidates to oppose the charter school movement. Liberal educators also oppose charter schools, Sowell argues, because they believe that the school system should indoctrinate the young in progressive politics.Deeply researched and amply documented, Charter Schools and Their Enemies is essential reading for anyone concerned with debates over education in America.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Policy as Practice: Toward a Comparative Sociocultural Analysis of Educational Policy
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together scholars working the relatively new terrain of ethnographic policy studies to debate and provisionally chart the methodological and theoretical parameters of such a project. The opening section on theory will survey the conceptual antecedents of qualitative policy studies, citing the relevant literature and laying out an agenda for research. The section on methods will consist of accounts of innovative field experiences and analytic approaches that can illuminate the new field. The final section on experiences will extend the reflections in the methods section with concrete case studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Policy as/in Practice--Sociocultural Approach to the Study of Educational Policy by Bradley A.U. Levinson and Margaret Sutton Global and Nation-State Policy Processes: Sociocultural Studies Are Pedagogical Ideals Embraced or Imposed? The Case of Reading Instruction in the Republic of Guinea by Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt and Ntal-I'Mbirwa Alimasi Linking Research to Educational Policy and Practice: What Kind of Relationships in How (De)Centralized a Context? by Donald K. Adams, Mark B. Ginsburg, Thomas Clayton, Martha E. Mantilla, Judy Sylvester, and Yidan Wang Policy Research as Ethnographic Refusal: The Case of Women's Literacy in Nepal by Margaret Sutton Local Educators Appropriating and Forming Educational Policy Multicultural Curriculum and Academic Performance: African American Women Leaders Negotiating Urban School Accountability Policies by Khaula Murtadha-Watts Teachers' Perceptions of Their Participation in Policy Choices: The Bottom-up Approach of the Nueva Escuela Unitaria in Guatemala by Martha E. Mantilla When Politics Becomes Pedagogy: Oppositional Discourse as Policy in Mexican Teachers' Struggles for Union Democracy by Susan Street Beyond Educational Policy: Bilingual Teachers and the Social Construction of Teaching "Science" for Understanding by Pamela Anne Quiroz Health Education Policies and Poor Women in Brazil: Identifying Myths That Undermine Empowerment by Isabela Cabral Félix de Sousa Community-Educator Negotiations of Policy Meanings and Practice The Impact of Life Histories on Local Policy: New Immigrant Education in the Rural Midwest by Sandra L. Cade "That School Gotta Recognize Our Policy!": The Appropriation of Educational Policy in an Australian Aboriginal Community by R.G. Schwab "We Are Mountain": Appalachian Educators' Responses to the Challenge of Systemic Reform by Maureen Porter Myth Making and Moral Order in a Debate on Mathematics Education Policy by Lisa Rosen Index
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Rowman & Littlefield The Reading Glitch: How the Culture Wars Have
Book SynopsisReading disability and illiteracy are among the most pressing educational issues facing the United States today. At least 40 percent of America's fourth-graders are unable to read at grade level and a similar proportion of adults read at the lowest two levels of prose literacy. Here, the authors present an unflinching examination of the science and politics of reading disability in this country. The Reading Glitch sheds light on the philosophical, pedagogical, and cultural causes of reading failure and reveals the scientific findings that point to promising solutions. Includes: _Trade ReviewThis book tells the engaging story of why it makes no sense to continue with the age-old conflict between phonics and meaning when considering reading instruction for students-particularly those students most in need. Both authors have children with dyslexia, and their first-hand knowledge of children as victims lost amongst professional debate is evident in this book. Parents of children with dyslexia, as well as professionals, will find this book packed with useful information. -- Sharon Vaughn, H.E., professor, University of Texas, and director, Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language ArtsA very reasonable, well-written overview of the reading debate—the 'reading glitch'—that unnecessarily dissipates resources and energy from the primary purpose of teachers and schools: to best teach all children. [The] anecdotes and interviews are on the mark, the context in which [the authors] frame current and historical issues in the ongoing debate are both interesting and informative, and the conclusions are, in my view, also on the mark. I could recommend [the] approach to the concerned and educated parent, and I believe that school psychologists and others dealing with children having significant reading difficulties would find practical approaches, based on sound theory, in dealing with these difficulties. -- Alex Thomas, chair, Educational Psychology Department, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); past president, National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)Written language is a gift bestowed on us by our cultural heritage. This book is a compelling account of the difficulties families face in their attempts to invoke this life-supporting skill in their children. Through personal stories, we become privy to the tough situations that exist in families across all social strata, as well as the frustrating realities of education, research and politics. Through this book, we come to realize that we need to do much better if we are to achieve positive outcomes for these children. -- Guinevere Eden, director, Center for the Study of Learning, and associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical CenWritten by two parents of dyslexic children, this text argues for restoring phonics, which can be particularly helpful for children with learning disabilities. * Reference and Research Book News *Lee Sherman and Betsy Ramsey have combined significant literary and journalistic talents, scientific expertise, and the sensitivity of dedicated advocates to provide us with a tour through the hearts and minds of the casualties of the reading wars. Their analysis of what went wrong, what went right, and where we are going is cogent, authoritative, and, believe it or not, a page-turning literary experience you will not soon forget! -- Emerson Dickman, Esq., president, International Dyslexia AssociationTable of ContentsChapter 1 Reading Disability: The Biological and Instructional Roots Chapter 2 The Reading Wars: Four Hundred Years of Stalemate Chapter 3 Collateral Damage: How Failed Reading Policies Hurt Kids Chapter 4 Bringing Reason to Reading: What Modern Science Reveals Chapter 5 Before Kids Fail: The Three Tiers of Prevention Chapter 6 It's Never Too Late: Rescuing Struggling Readers at Any Age
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Rowman & Littlefield Principal to Principal: Conversations in Servant
Book SynopsisPrincipal to Principal: Conversations in Servant Leadership and School Transformation takes the reader into the real world of school leadership, as a retiring elementary principal and his successor engage in a 12-month mentoring partnership. Packed with emotion and the complexities of the twenty-first century school, the story weaves in and out of the day-by-day transformation that can take place when past paradigms and traditions are challenged, and students are put first. The unleashed potential of the servant leadership model, and the critical importance of core values, vision, and strategic change are addressed with passion and intensity as the two colleagues discover together how fast a school can really change_if the human resources are all focused on the same goal: creating a great school that meets the variety of needs of every child it serves_no exceptions.Trade ReviewRocky Wallace offers us a common sense, easy-to-understand approach to leading today's schools. Wallace draws on his commitment to core values in making decisions that positively influence student achievement. He brings all stakeholders together in making schools a great place for learning. -- Kathy Rice, principal, Ponderosa Elementary, Catlettsburg, KentuckyAll principals who care about meaningful school improvement and their legacy must read this book. Dr. Wallace captures our attention and conscious in a story of servant leadership. Full of questions and good intentions, a new principal finds the mentoring advice of the school's retiring principal priceless—as both come to better understand the impact and legacy of a principal on the school and community. -- Hobart Harmon, education consultant, author, and evaluatorThe insights and practical advice in [this book] are valuable tools for all school principals. Dr. Wallace's experience and personal leadership style are reflected in this outstanding dialogue between a new energetic principal and a caring values based veteran. I enjoyed each encounter and found the exchanges between the colleagues enlightening, worthwhile and authentic. -- Dan Branham, former dean, College of Education, Morehead State University (VA)... compelling, interesting, and filled with practical advice for all school leaders regardless of their level of experience. There are so many instances when various ISSLC Standards came to my mind. It would be a great experience for practicum students to read the manuscript and code it based on the ISSLC Standards. -- David Barnett, assistant professor, Morehead State UniversityPrincipal to Principal is so good! I really think this should be required reading for every administrator! What a great resource! I've read it cover to cover and I plan on keeping it as one of those special things I can go back to. I really got a lot from this book and it really is on point with a lot of my views and values. -- Brett Burns, teacher of educational technology, Owsley County High School, Booneville, KentuckyDr. Wallace's approach to servant leadership in the education field results in an easy to read, yet profound treatise on leading the right way. Wanting to lead and needing to lead are essential but inadequate without a clear set of instructions and principles about how to lead and Dr. Wallace provides this. This should be fundamental reading for every person who aspires to education administration. -- Bruce E. Winston, dean of Regent University School of Global Leadership & EntrepreneurshipTable of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Self Leadership Chapter 3 Structure and Process Chapter 4 Vision Chapter 5 Lessons Learned Chapter 6 Reality Chapter 7 New Teacher Blues Chapter 8 What Lies Beneath Chapter 9 Teaching and Learning Chapter 10 Growth Plans Chapter 11 The Intramural League Chapter 12 Core Values Chapter 13 One Child Chapter 14 Halfway Chapter 15 Culture! Chapter 16 Grace, With Accountability Chapter 17 When the Fire Goes Out Chapter 18 What's Not Working? Fix It! Chapter 19 Courage Under Fire Chapter 20 Overhaul Chapter 21 Graduation Chapter 22 Saying Goodbye Chapter 23 Closing Thoughts
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Monthly Review Press,U.S. Educational Justice: Teaching and Organizing
Book SynopsisThat education should instill and nurture democracy is an American truism. Yet organizations such as the Business Roundtable, together with conservative philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Walmart s owners, the Waltons, have been turning public schools into corporate mills. Their top-down programs, such as Common Core State Standards, track, judge, and homogenize the minds of millions of American students from kindergarten through high school. But corporate funders would not be able to implement this educational control without the de facto partnership of government at all levels, channeling public moneys into privatization initiatives, school closings, and high-stakes testing that discourages independent thinking. Educational Justice offers hope that there s still time to take on corporatized schools and achieve democratic justice in the classroom. Forcefully written by educator and journalist Howard Ryan, with contributing authors, the book opens with four chapters that discuss theories on teacher unionism, social justice pedagogy, and corporate school reform. These chapters are balanced with four case-study chapters documenting exemplary teaching and school-site organizing practices in the field. Reports from various educational fronts include innovative union strategies against charter school expansion, as well as teaching visions drawn from the vibrant whole language movement. Bold, informative, clearly reasoned, this book is an education in itself a democratic one at that."Trade ReviewHoward Ryan's book is a celebration of the growing ranks of educators, parents, and community organizations successful resistance to school closures, moribund unionism, high stakes testing, and undemocratic control of our public schools. Ryan s portrait lifts up how regular people can reassert democracy through broad-based coalitions and rank-and-file activism. -Jackson Potter, Staff Coordinator, Chicago Teachers Union"
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