Educational strategies and policy Books
Temple University Press,U.S. School Zone
Book SynopsisSchools should be safebut they are not always safe for everybody. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer studied crime among students located across diverse middle- and high-school settings to investigate why some students engage in delinquencybut others do notand why some students are more prone to victimization. School Zone focuses on the three key interactional elementscontext, victims, and offendersto understand and explain the impact of common crimes such as theft, weapon carrying, drug possession and the verbal, physical, and sexual harassment of classmates.The authors also consider how individual students and schools respond to crime and threats. They analyze the variables that schools can control in planning and practice that explain why some schools have higher crime rates. School Zone uses empirical studies to provide a comprehensive understanding of the patterns and causes of variation in individual- and aggregate-level school-based offending and victiTrade Review“[The authors] meticulously examine the correlations between offending and victimization behaviors among students and their relationships to the characteristics of a given school environment. This intentionally curated and evidence-based text echoes the significance of the current issue of school violence, which unfortunately has become a reality of the education system. This book will serve readers across all sectors as a valuable contribution to the effort to change the education landscape for future generations…. Summing Up: Recommended.”—Choice"[School Zone] is a display of tremendous effort, collaboration, and author expertise centered around school-based crime and victimization. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham C. Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer provide a comprehensive review of criminological theories as well as patterns and causes that help to explain school-based offending and victimization."—Contemporary Sociology
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Engaging Place Engaging Practices
Book SynopsisHow public history can be a catalyst for stronger relationships between universities and their communitiesTrade Review“Through a collection of compelling scholarship, Bachin and Howard have shown the importance of universities for correcting discrimination and its legacies. Consider this book more than a compendium of inventive campus-community partnerships; it’s an indispensable guide for the future of urban justice.”—N.D.B. Connolly, Herbert Baxter Adams Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, and author of A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida“Robin Bachin and Amy Howard have compiled a powerful case for publicly engaged scholarship not only as a vitally important modus operandi for urban historians but also for universities writ large. The composite picture they have pieced together from public history case studies drawn from cities across the nation compellingly illustrates how the ‘lens of the past’ provides a foundation for reciprocal engagement between universities and their communities. Engaging Place, Engaging Practices vividly demonstrates the value of urban universities collaborating with local partners to heal historical wounds, co-create knowledge of who we are today, and put our universities and communities jointly on a path to racial equity and justice.”—Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University–Newark, and coeditor of Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society"A real strength of this collection is the range of university–community partnerships highlighted.... Engaging Place, Engaging Practices is an excellent addition to the literature on public history, public humanities, and university–community partnerships. The range of projects included in the book make it an appealing read for anyone already doing university–community partnership work and for those who want to join in it.... [T]he volume is convincing in its call for historians and the broader university to truly partner with surrounding communities in order to collectively analyze and engage in pressing social, economic, and environmental problems." —Teachers College Record"In nearly all the chapters, the authors demonstrate that sustained collaboration and committed university leadership are essential to ensure that the potential and power of urban universities can be leveraged to promote positive change.... [C]hapters demonstrate how instructors and individual courses can make a difference in the lives of students and residents. As such, the collection provides examples at a variety of scales—from the block, neighborhood, city, and regional school-of '...colleges and universities [striving] to matter'. In doing so, the editors make the case that the engaged university can and should do more to shape 'inclusive, equitable, and sustainable' communities—and that universities need to assume a heightened leadership role in a post-COVID-19 world."—Economic Development Quarterly
£73.10
Temple University Press,U.S. Public Schools Private Governance
Book SynopsisTwo months after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana took control of nearly all the public schools in New Orleans. Today, all of the city's public schools are charter schools. Although many analyses mark the beginning of education reform in New Orleans with Katrina, in Public Schools, Private Governance, J. Celeste Layargues that the storm merely accelerated the timeline for reforms that had inched along incrementally over the previous decade. Both before and after Katrina, white reformers purposely excluded Black educators, community members, and parents. Public Schools, Private Governance traces the slow, deliberate dismantling of New Orleans' public schools, and the processes that have maintained the reforms made in Katrina's immediate aftermath, showing how Black parents and residents were left without a voice and the officials charged with school governance, most of whom are white, with little accountability. Lay cogently explains how political minorities disrupted systems to create chTrade Review“Public Schools, Private Governance is a vital study of education and inequality in America. It is also a very good read. Celeste Lay explores the remarkable overhaul of public education in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, using this controversial episode to generate political insights that travel far beyond the case itself. The book offers a highly original, empirically grounded account of profound changes in policy and governance, clarifying why they happened and how, going forward, they transformed local politics. Lay has produced one of the best studies I have read in the past decade on the local interplay of policy and politics. The analysis of how race and class inequalities establish conditions for policy change and shape responses to policy change is outstanding.”—Joe Soss, Cowles Professor for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota“In Public Schools, Private Governance, Lay provides a new and compelling explanation of the dramatic changes to the school system in post-Katrina New Orleans, arguing that the architecture for these reforms was in place long before Katrina and intentionally excluded— and continues to exclude—Black voices in decision making. Drawing on a rich set of data, including surveys, documents, and focus groups, Lay presents a necessary counternarrative to dominant views about the ‘success’ of these education reforms, which have increased students’ performance on test scores, but, as she argues, threaten the democratic control of public schools. This book will be of great interest to political scientists and education scholars interested in the politics of race, privatization, and education in the United States.”—Huriya Jabbar, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin
£77.35
Temple University Press,U.S. Public Schools Private Governance
Book SynopsisTwo months after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana took control of nearly all the public schools in New Orleans. Today, all of the city's public schools are charter schools. Although many analyses mark the beginning of education reform in New Orleans with Katrina, in Public Schools, Private Governance, J. Celeste Layargues that the storm merely accelerated the timeline for reforms that had inched along incrementally over the previous decade. Both before and after Katrina, white reformers purposely excluded Black educators, community members, and parents. Public Schools, Private Governance traces the slow, deliberate dismantling of New Orleans' public schools, and the processes that have maintained the reforms made in Katrina's immediate aftermath, showing how Black parents and residents were left without a voice and the officials charged with school governance, most of whom are white, with little accountability. Lay cogently explains how political minorities disrupted systems to create chTrade Review“Public Schools, Private Governance is a vital study of education and inequality in America. It is also a very good read. Celeste Lay explores the remarkable overhaul of public education in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, using this controversial episode to generate political insights that travel far beyond the case itself. The book offers a highly original, empirically grounded account of profound changes in policy and governance, clarifying why they happened and how, going forward, they transformed local politics. Lay has produced one of the best studies I have read in the past decade on the local interplay of policy and politics. The analysis of how race and class inequalities establish conditions for policy change and shape responses to policy change is outstanding.”—Joe Soss, Cowles Professor for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota“In Public Schools, Private Governance, Lay provides a new and compelling explanation of the dramatic changes to the school system in post-Katrina New Orleans, arguing that the architecture for these reforms was in place long before Katrina and intentionally excluded— and continues to exclude—Black voices in decision making. Drawing on a rich set of data, including surveys, documents, and focus groups, Lay presents a necessary counternarrative to dominant views about the ‘success’ of these education reforms, which have increased students’ performance on test scores, but, as she argues, threaten the democratic control of public schools. This book will be of great interest to political scientists and education scholars interested in the politics of race, privatization, and education in the United States.”—Huriya Jabbar, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable
Book SynopsisWhen done properly, community engagement in academia can have value for all stakeholders. Authentic experiences are more useful for students; faculty can add new knowledge to the field and their own toolbelts; and communities feel their investment has generated a useful deliverable or even a long-term partnership. Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships provides a wealth of valuable resources and activities to help impart ideas of identity, privilege, oppression, bias, and power dynamics to best support students and community in these relationships. Believing that authenticity only comes about in an atmosphere of mutual respect and self-awareness, the authors argue for cultural and intellectual humility. Each chapter looks at topics and issues through different lenses, complete with underlying theories, and relates those discussions to concrete classroom activities, facilitation strategies, and scholarly frames. In addition, the authors include contributio
£77.35
Temple University Press,U.S. Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable
Book SynopsisWhen done properly, community engagement in academia can have value for all stakeholders. Authentic experiences are more useful for students; faculty can add new knowledge to the field and their own toolbelts; and communities feel their investment has generated a useful deliverable or even a long-term partnership. Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships provides a wealth of valuable resources and activities to help impart ideas of identity, privilege, oppression, bias, and power dynamics to best support students and community in these relationships. Believing that authenticity only comes about in an atmosphere of mutual respect and self-awareness, the authors argue for cultural and intellectual humility. Each chapter looks at topics and issues through different lenses, complete with underlying theories, and relates those discussions to concrete classroom activities, facilitation strategies, and scholarly frames. In addition, the authors include contributio
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. The Fantasy Economy
Book SynopsisWage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate interests and education reformers emphasized education as the exclusive mechanism providing the citizenry with economic opportunity. However, as this critical book reveals, that is a misleading articulation of the economy and education system rooted in the economic self-interests of corporations and the wealthy. The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policies, such as accountabilTrade Review“A milestone recasting of a longstanding debate—education reform—that has for too long perpetuated false narratives about working classes and elite reproduction. The Fantasy Economy reclaims the emancipatory power of education. It is not to be missed.”—Clara E. Mattei, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School, and author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism“Deep-pocketed interests tell us that our economy suffers from educational gaps, not imbalances of power. The rest of us should read Neil Kraus’s revelatory book and call this ubiquitous idea what it is: a fantasy that makes Americans more unequal and insecure.”—Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream
£77.35
University of Toronto Press Supporting Refugee Children
Book SynopsisSupporting Refugee Children offers practical advice for teachers, social workers, and counsellors, as well as suggestions for policy makers.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword, Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire (Retired) Prologue: Sokut's Story Part One: Theory and Research * Children and Armed Conflict * Pre-Migration, Trans-Migration, and Post-Migration * Educational Issues and Challenges * Psychosocial and Environmental Challenges * Systems, Structures, and Programs that Assist with Adjustment * Interaction of Ecological Systems to Influence Development Part Two: Praxis * Lessons Focused on Self-Expression and Personal Awareness * Lessons To Help Work Through Difficult Issues * Lessons on Accomplishments, Resilience, and Support Systems * Culminating Lessons, Looking Forward, and Promoting Peace * Recommendations for Policy and Practice Annotated Bibliography References Index
£29.70
University of Toronto Press School Rules
Book SynopsisRebecca Raby reflects on how regulations are made, applied, and negotiated in educational settings in the accessibly written School Rules.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: "No hats!" and other conventional rules Chapter Three: Big rules and big consequences Chapter Four: The rules and their underlying beliefs Chapter Five: Consistency and context Chapter Six: The contexts of class, ethnicity and racism Chapter Seven: Regulating sexualized and gendered bodies Chapter Eight: Acceptance and challenge Chapter Nine: Students having a say Chapter Ten: Conclusion and practical implications Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Focus group participants Appendix C: Staff participants
£28.80
University of Toronto Press University Leadership and Public Policy in the
Book SynopsisDrawing on more than a decade of service as president of one of Canada's major research universities, Peter MacKinnon offers an insider's perspective on the challenges involved in bringing students, faculty, and governments together in the pursuit of excellence.Trade Review'Peter MacKinnon provides thoughtful discussions of problems facing Canadian universities and proposes solutions which (though at times controversial) merit careful attention.' -- Michael Hayden Canadian Journal of History, vol 50:03:2015 'Everyone with a stake in the readiness of Canadian universities for a global talent race should engage in this book... Highly recommended.' -- B.F.R.Edwards Choice Magazine vol 52:11:2015 'This book is insightful and valuable... it will be an important secondary source when the next draft of history is written.' -- George Fallis Historical Studies in Education Spring 2016Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast: On Positioning and Differentiation 2. What's the Plan?: On the Pursuit of Goals 3. White Coats Make an Office Call: On Tuition and Financial Assistance for Students 4. Yes Minister: On Government Engagement, Academic Freedom, and Collective Advocacy 5. Grateful Dogs: On Philanthropy, Commercialization, and Partnerships 6. Let's Make a Deal: On Governance, Collegial Management, and Collective Bargaining 7. A Canadian Dilemma: Strong Science, Weak Innovation 8. Leadership with an Asterisk: On the Precarious Presidency Afterword: On the Global Talent Race
£22.49
University of Toronto Press Adaptive Education
Book SynopsisAdaptive Education explains how schools and universities can incorporate research processes into their activities, institutionalize a policy of inquiry and experimentation, and make teaching an evidence-based profession.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Foundations of an Evidence-based Institution 3. The Search for a Blueprint 4. Designing an Inquiring Institution 5. Learning to Teach 6. The Role of the Epistemic Division 7. Conclusion
£33.30
University of Toronto Press British Universities
Book SynopsisSince the last war there have been enormous increases in the numbers of universities and of students. Yet it tends to be assumed that the concepts which were valid for the dozen or so universities and the tens of thousands of students of the 1900's are still valid for the fifty universities and the hundreds of thousands of students of today.Sir Sydney Caine was Director of the London School of Economics from 1957-67. Before that he had been for four years Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya and had served for twenty-five years in the Civil Service – in the Colonial Office, in the Colonial Service as Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, and in the Treasury. He is thus equipped to give a balanced assessment of the state of British universities today when their almost complete financial dependence on the state makes the relationship between the universities and the Government one of the central topics in any such discussion.The book examines a number of int
£29.70
University of Toronto Press Teachers of the Foothills Province
Book SynopsisIn 1967 the Alberta Teachers' Association published, in honour of Canada's Centennial, a history of the public school system in Alberta entitled Schools of the Foothills Province. This informative book published for the Association by University of Toronto Press is now followed by a companion volume written by the same author, which tells the story of the Association itself, and its long and sturdy efforts to improve the position of teachers and the quality of education in the province. After providing the background to the formation of the ATA (which officially began on July 24, 1918) the author goes on to describe the growth of the organization from its beginnings as a spare-time activity for teachers to a strong influential union. From its earliest years it was affiliated with the labour movements of the Twenties, and fought with increasing strength for the rights of Alberta teachers. Throughout this study, the ATA's concern is evident not only for the economic aspect
£31.50
University of Toronto Press Teacher Education in a Transnational World
Book SynopsisTeacher Education in a Transnational Worlddiscusses the historical, sociological, and philosophical issues associated with teacher education in a global context.Trade Review'Each chapter contributes valuable insights into the complexities of educating in a globalizing and transnational world. The recurring themes in history, sociology, and philosophy across the chapters provide stimulating ideas that inform and intrigue.' -- Lynn Lemisko Historical Studies in Education Spring 2016Table of ContentsIntroduction. Emerging Critical Issues in Teacher Education within the Context of a Globalizing and Transnational World (Dr. Rosa Bruno-Jofre and Dr. James Scott Johnston) FOCAL POINT I: Socio-Political, Cultural and Intellectual Spaces in which Teacher Education is Located: A Historical, Sociological, and Philosophical Approach Chapter 1. Globalization, Higher Education, and Teacher Education: A Sociological Approach (Dr. Roger Dale) Chapter 2. Theorizing Globalization: Rival Philosophical Schools of Thought (Dr. James Scott Johnston) Chapter 3. To Serve and yet be Free: Historical Configurations and the Insertions of Faculties of Education in Ontario (Dr. Rosa Bruno Jofre and Josh Cole) Chapter 4. Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism, and Ecology (Dr. Nel Noddings) FOCAL POINT II: Paradigmatic Changes in Teacher Education Chapter 5. From the Sacred Nation to the Unified Globe: Changing Leitmotifs in Teacher Training in the Western World, 1870-2010 (Dr. Anne Rohstock and Dr. Daniel Trohler) Chapter 6. Transnationalization of Teacher Education: A New Paradigm for Ontario? (Dr. LeRoy Whitehead) Chapter 7. Paradigmatic Changes in Teacher Education: The Perils and Pitfalls of the "Reflective Practitioner" (Dr. Tom Russell) Chapter 8. Ubiquitous Learning and the Future of Teaching (Dr. Nick Burbules) FOCAL POINT III: Aboriginal Teacher Education in the Globalizing Context Chapter 9. Autochthonous Ed: Deep, Indigenous, Environmental Learning (Dr. Chris Beeman) Chapter 10. Exploring Teacher Preparation Programs and Policies in Chilean Universities and their Commitment to Intercultural Insertion (Dr. Maria Eugenia Merino-Dickinson) Chapter 11. Indigenous Spaces in Contemporary Learning Institutions: Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks in Approaching Maori Education (Dr. Te Tuhi Robust) FOCAL POINT IV: The European Setting: Erasmus, Bologna, and the European Higher Education Area Chapter 12. The European Program Erasmus on Mobility and its Impact on the European Dimension of Higher Education (Dr. Sylviane Toporkoff) Chapter 13. Harmonizing the Disparate? Bologna's Implementation in Secondary Teachers' Education in Germany and Spain: A Contrasting View to Neo-Institutional Theory (Dr. Carlos Martinez Valle) Chapter 14. Bologna Process and Teacher Education Reforms in Eastern Europe: Exploring the Changing Policy Terrain in Ukraine (Dr. Ben Kutsyuruba) Chapter 15. Transnationalization of Higher Education Teaching and Learning at European Universities: Rethinking the Way to Wisdom (Dr. Gonzalo Jover and Dr. Jose Luis Gonzalez Geraldo) Chapter 16. Guilded Youth: The Returns of Practical Education (Dr. Andrew Robinson) FOCAL POINT V: Transnationalization and State Policies Chapter 17. Teacher Education Policies in Chile: From Invitation to Prescription (Dr. Cristian Cox, Lorena Meckes, and Martin Bascope) Chapter 18. Internationalization in Canadian Higher Education: The Ontario Experience (Ken Snowdon) Conclusion. Reflection on Knowledge for Contemporary Understandings and Future Directions of Teacher Education in a Transnational World: Concluding Comments, Theoretical and Methodological Considerations (Dr. Yvonne Hebert) Bibliography Contributors
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cyberbullying in the Global Playground
Book SynopsisCyberbullying in the Global Playground provides the first global, in-depth analysis of the emerging phenomenon of cyberbullying. Offers the first thorough comparative account of recent research into the emerging globalphenomenon of cyberbullying Provides an international perspective on the prevalence and nature of cyberbullying Presents recent authoritative research within a critical perspective, drawing out theoretical and practical implications for policy and practice May be used to help design intervention, evaluation, and policy strategies for effective efforts to combat the international phenomenon of cyberbullying Trade Review"The book is full of valuable information. There are few books on cyberbullying based on large cohorts of students that can be used as a guide to design intervention and policy strategies to combat the international phenomenon of cyberbullying; this is therefore a welcome addition." (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 1 September 2013)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii About the Contributors ix Preface xii Part I Introduction 1 1 Research Into Cyberbullying: Context 3 Qing Li, Peter K. Smith, and Donna Cross Part II European Studies Within a DAPHNE Project 13 2 Comparative Aspects of Cyberbullying in Italy, England, and Spain: Findings From a DAPHNE Project 15 Maria Luisa Genta, Peter K. Smith, Rosario Ortega, Antonella Brighi, Annalisa Guarini, Fran Thompson, Neil Tippett, Joaquín Mora-Merchán, and Juan Calmaestra 3 Self-Esteem and Loneliness in Relation to Cyberbullying in Three European Countries 32 Antonella Brighi, Giannino Melotti, Annalisa Guarini, Maria Luisa Genta, Rosario Ortega, Joaquín Mora-Merchán, Peter K. Smith, and Fran Thompson 4 Cyberbullying in Finland 57 Christina Salmivalli and Virpi Pöyhönen Part III Studies in Commonwealth Countries 73 5 Cyberbullying in Australia: Is School Context Related to Cyberbullying Behavior? 75 Donna Cross, Therese Shaw, Melanie Epstein, Helen Monks, Julian Dooley, and Lydia Hearn 6 Predicting Student Behaviors: Cyberbullies, Cybervictims, and Bystanders 99 Qing Li and Tak Fung Part IV Studies in the USA 115 7 An Examination of the History, Prevalence, Characteristics, and Reporting of Cyberbullying in the United States 117 Brett Holfeld and Mark Grabe 8 Cyberbullying in the United States 143 Sheri Bauman Part V Studies in the Pacific Rim 181 9 Cyberbullying in Japan: Cases, Government Reports, Adolescent Relational Aggression, and Parental Monitoring Roles 183 Ikuko Aoyama, Shoka Utsumi, and Motohiro Hasegawa 10 Cyberbullying in South Korea 202 Neil Tippett and Keumjoo Kwak Part VI The Psychological Context of Cyberbullying 221 11 Virtual but not Less Real: A Study of Cyberbullying and Its Relations to Moral Disengagement and Empathy 223 Ana Almeida, Isabel Correia, Sylvie Marinho, and D’Jamila Garcia 12 Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying: Unique, Additive, and Synergistic Effects on Psychological Health Symptoms 245 Ersilia Menesini, Pamela Calussi, and Annalaura Nocentini 13 Motives for Bullying Others in Cyberspace: A Study on Bullies and Bully-Victims in Austria 263 Petra Gradinger, Dagmar Strohmeier, and Christiane Spiel Part VII Research and Intervention in Cyberbullying 285 14 Understanding and Preventing Cyberbullying: Where Have We Been and Where Should We Be Going? 287 Donna Cross, Qing Li, Peter K. Smith, and Helen Monks Index 306
£82.76
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cyberbullying
Book SynopsisPsychologists explore the reality of cyberbullies Millions of children are affected by bullies each year. Advances in social media, email, instant messaging, and cell phones, however, have moved bullying from a schoolyard fear to a constant threat. The second edition of Cyberbullying offers the most current information on this constantly-evolving issue and outlines the unique concerns and challenges it raises for children, parents, and educators. Authored by psychologists who are internationally recognized as experts in this field, the text uses the latest research in this area to provide an updated, reliable text ideal for parents and educators concerned about the cyberbullying phenomenon.Trade Review“This book's extensive review of current academic research on the social dynamics underlying cyberbullying is particularly beneficial in revealing such complexities as the gender and ethnic patterns of online bullying, the types of students most likely to be involved in this activity, and the ways that fellow students can discourage, or encourage, bullying.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)Table of ContentsForeword viJohn Halligan Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Children’s Experiences with Traditional Forms of Bullying 18 3 What is Cyberbullying? 56 4 Current Research on Cyberbullying 89 5 What Parents Can Do 118 6 What Educators Can Do 155 7 Laws and Policies 187 8 Conclusion 223 References 233 Author Index 262 Subject Index 271
£58.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cyberbullying
Book SynopsisPsychologists explore the reality of cyberbullies Millions of children are affected by bullies each year. Advances in social media, email, instant messaging, and cell phones, however, have moved bullying from a schoolyard fear to a constant threat. The second edition of Cyberbullying offers the most current information on this constantly-evolving issue and outlines the unique concerns and challenges it raises for children, parents, and educators. Authored by psychologists who are internationally recognized as experts in this field, the text uses the latest research in this area to provide an updated, reliable text ideal for parents and educators concerned about the cyberbullying phenomenon.Trade Review“This book's extensive review of current academic research on the social dynamics underlying cyberbullying is particularly beneficial in revealing such complexities as the gender and ethnic patterns of online bullying, the types of students most likely to be involved in this activity, and the ways that fellow students can discourage, or encourage, bullying.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)Table of ContentsForeword viJohn Halligan Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Children’s Experiences with Traditional Forms of Bullying 18 3 What Is Cyberbullying? 56 4 Current Research on Cyberbullying 89 5 What Parents Can Do 118 6 What Educators Can Do 155 7 Laws and Policies 187 8 Conclusion 223 References 233 Author Index 262 Subject Index 271
£19.90
Bristol University Press Geographies of Alternative Education
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comparative analysis of alternative education in the UK, focusing on learning spaces that cater for children and young people. It constitutes one of the first book-length explorations of alternative learning spaces outside mainstream education.Trade Review“Scholars, educators, and policy-makers will find this to be a valuable resource given that it is a hopeful theoretical and political project around education and learning.” Yi'En Cheng , Children's Geographies (2013)"Organised thematically, the book conveys a feeling of careful distillation....a complex path that carefully lays out a rhizomatic integration of the social and spatial...the book has a broad range, useful as a way of scoping the field" Mel McCree, University of Plymouth, Ecological artist, Educator and Writer"...The book’s appeal is its recognition of diverse economic and autonomous practices, non-representational geographies, and the politics of life-itself, which, combined, dismantle any sense of a simple binary between `alternative’ and `mainstream’ education." Youth & Policy"This exceptional text redefines the agenda in geographies of education by making a fascinating case for the analysis of alternative educational settings and lucidly demonstrating how this contributes to wider conceptual debates in geography and elsewhere." Sarah Holloway, Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough University “Scholars, educators, and policy-makers will find this to be a valuable resource given that it is a hopeful theoretical and political project around education and learning.” Yi'En Cheng, Children's Geographies (2013)"Kraftl uses his meticulously undertaken research to offer the reader far more than a straightforward study of the characteristics of alternative education. As such, I recommend the book highly." Geographical Research"Geographies of Alternative Education is an indispensable resource for anyone who cares about the future of education. By carefully and imaginatively exploring the complex intersections between `alternative’ and `mainstream’ education, Peter Kraftl brings to light a diverse range of ways of doing and thinking about education." Dr Ben Anderson, Durham UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Conceptual frameworks: towards geographies of alternative education; Alternative learning spaces in the UK: background to the case studies used in this book; Connection/disconnection: positioning alternative learning spaces; Mess/order: materials, timings, feelings; Movement/embodiment: learning habits (I); Inter/personal relations: scale, love and learning habits (II); Towards the ‘good life’: alternative visions of learning, love and life-itelf; Conclusion: Geographies of alternative education and the value of autonomous learning.
£77.39
Bristol University Press Geographies of Alternative Education
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comparative analysis of alternative education in the UK, focusing on learning spaces that cater for children and young people. It constitutes one of the first book-length explorations of alternative learning spaces outside mainstream education.Trade Review“Scholars, educators, and policy-makers will find this to be a valuable resource given that it is a hopeful theoretical and political project around education and learning.” Yi'En Cheng , Children's Geographies (2013)"Organised thematically, the book conveys a feeling of careful distillation....a complex path that carefully lays out a rhizomatic integration of the social and spatial...the book has a broad range, useful as a way of scoping the field" Mel McCree, University of Plymouth, Ecological artist, Educator and Writer"...The book’s appeal is its recognition of diverse economic and autonomous practices, non-representational geographies, and the politics of life-itself, which, combined, dismantle any sense of a simple binary between `alternative’ and `mainstream’ education." Youth & Policy"This exceptional text redefines the agenda in geographies of education by making a fascinating case for the analysis of alternative educational settings and lucidly demonstrating how this contributes to wider conceptual debates in geography and elsewhere." Sarah Holloway, Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough University “Scholars, educators, and policy-makers will find this to be a valuable resource given that it is a hopeful theoretical and political project around education and learning.” Yi'En Cheng, Children's Geographies (2013)"Kraftl uses his meticulously undertaken research to offer the reader far more than a straightforward study of the characteristics of alternative education. As such, I recommend the book highly." Geographical Research"Geographies of Alternative Education is an indispensable resource for anyone who cares about the future of education. By carefully and imaginatively exploring the complex intersections between `alternative’ and `mainstream’ education, Peter Kraftl brings to light a diverse range of ways of doing and thinking about education." Dr Ben Anderson, Durham UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Conceptual frameworks: towards geographies of alternative education; Alternative learning spaces in the UK: background to the case studies used in this book; Connection/disconnection: positioning alternative learning spaces; Mess/order: materials, timings, feelings; Movement/embodiment: learning habits (I); Inter/personal relations: scale, love and learning habits (II); Towards the ‘good life’: alternative visions of learning, love and life-itelf; Conclusion: Geographies of alternative education and the value of autonomous learning.
£27.54
Bristol University Press Education without Schools
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on elective home education (EHE) in England and considers how the dominance of schooling has affected our ability to conceive of education as a diverse activity. It highlights the lack of governmental interest in alternative education and also considers the human rights issues, state involvement in education and parental choice.Trade Review"This important and thought-provoking book makes a sustained case for an alternative to the `educationalist paradigm’...Above all, this is a hopeful book and one I would thoroughly recommend to anyone who understands (or could be persuaded to understand) education as, `a plurality of possibilities’." Other Education"Thoughtful and interesting to read...Lees has gone further than most other writers on home education in her efforts to theorize the movement such that it becomes a coherent and viable option for 21st century families.” International Centre for Home Education Research"This study is a valuable and welcome contribution in an area of education which has so far received little attention from researchers in the UK." Family Education Trust Bulletin“Home schooling is under-researched and often misunderstood. Helen Lees' excellent Education without schools goes a long way to remedying this. It combines insightful empirical work with rigorous conceptual analysis. It makes a major contribution to defining the field.” Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London.Table of ContentsSetting the scene; Against educationism; Why is elective home education important?; The theory of the gateless gate of home education; Moments of discovery; Against discovery of education without schools; School exit and home education; Understanding discovery differences; Concluding remarks.
£77.39
Bristol University Press Education Disadvantage and Place
Book SynopsisChallenging current thinking, this important book is the first to focus on the role of area-based initiatives to tackle the link between education, disadvantage and place. Aimed at all those actively seeking to tackle disadvantage, including policymakers, practitioners, academics and students.Trade Review"Written in a style which will find favour with practitioners seeking a clear link between evidence and policy, and postgraduate students and academics researching in the fields of community, local government, education, and disadvantage." LSE Review of Books blog"A path-breaking book that provides strategies and lessons learned for professionals and concerned citizens world wide." Hal A. Lawson PhD, University at Albany, SUNY"An illuminating and original contribution that presents ways of intervening successfully to improve the opportunities and lives of the disadvantaged" Michael Bradford, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsIntroduction; Why place matters in education; Local education systems as products of place: a case study; Learning from the past; Learning from the present; A rationale for a new generation of area-based initiatives; Developing understandings of place as a basis for intervention; Evaluation and monitoring; Governance and accountability; Children and places in hard times: some concluding thoughts.
£26.09
Bristol University Press Education under Siege
Book SynopsisEducation under siege considers the English education system as it is and as it might be. It identifies the current system's strengths and weaknesses and proposes radical changes to ensure fair education for all.Trade Review"A valuable addition to the debate around education" The Bookseller"Wise and useful...a highly enlightening primer" Tristram Hunt, The Guardian“Peter Mortimore has analysed the English education system from 'Buildings' to 'Bildung,' from 'Desirable outcomes' to 'Democracy' and from 'quality' to 'equality'. He has compared English with Nordic education and thereby been able to identify new weaknesses and strengths and thoughtful and innovative ways forward.” Lejf Moos, Aarhus University, Copenhagen. President of European Educational Research Association (EERA)“An expert voice to be trusted - and enjoyed. If you really want to understand what education is for and how we could create a high quality system, I urge you to read this book.” Melissa Benn, journalist and author of 'School Wars'"Anyone can read and understand it and come away with a much clearer idea of how our school system works, how it got that way and what needs to be done to rescue it" Francis Beckett, New Statesman"Anyone can read and understand it and come away with a much clearer idea of how our school system works, how it got that way and what needs to be done to rescue it" Francis Beckett, New Statesman"An important book which I hope will be widely read by parents, students, teachers, and all those who care about the education of our children. (It would be good if a few politicians read it, too)", Derek Gillard, Education in England"The book makes a credible attempt at explaining why there is a better alternative" Cole Armstrong, LSE Review of Books"Stimulating and thoroughly engaging" Sheila Dore, Journal of the Socialist Education Association"This is the book I wish i had been told to read at the start of my career in Education." Jon Rainford's blogTable of ContentsWhat is education? Desirable outcomes Intellectual ability Learning Teaching Schools Quality control Strengths Ambiguities Weaknesses How good is the system? A better system? Steps towards a better system What next?
£14.11
Bristol University Press Corporate Elites and the Reform of Public
Book SynopsisLeading scholars combine theory and case studies to reveal how elite corporations are increasingly influencing how public education provision and services are delivered across the world.Trade Review"Written by intellectual leaders in the sociology of education, this book reclaims the concept of the public in our educational system. A must read for our confusing and risky times." Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor of Education and UNESCO UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship EducationTable of ContentsForeword ~ Professor Romuald Normand, University of Strasborg; Introduction: Scoping corporate elites and public education ~ Helen M Gunter, Michael W Apple and David Hall; Part 1: Corporatised governance: system perspectives; Corporate elites and the student identity market ~ Patricia Burch, Andrew L. LaFave and Jahni M.A. Smith; The corporate false promise of 'techno-utopia': the case of Amplify! ~ Kenneth J. Saltman; Fighting for the local: Americans for Prosperity and the struggle for school boards ~ Eleni Schirmer and Michael W. Apple; Axis of advantage: elites in higher education ~ Tanya Fitzgerald; Corporate elites and higher education reform: the corporatisation of academic life in Indonesia ~ Nurdiana Gaus and David Hall; Becoming a 'better' elite: the proliferation and discourses of educational travel programmes for elite youth ~ Kristin Sinclair and Katy Swalwell Double standards: everyday corporate strategies at an elite school in Argentina ~ Howard Prosser; (Re)producing elites: meritocracy, the state and the politics of the curriculum in Singapore ~ Leonel Lim; Part 2: Corporatised governance: provision perspectives; Fast-track leadership development programmes: the new micro-philanthropy of future elites ~ James R. Duggan; Corporate consultancy practices in education services in England ~ Helen M. Gunter; The business of governorship: corporate elitism in public education ~ Andrew Wilkins; The courtier’s empire: a case study of providers and provision ~ Steven J. Courtney; Political and corporate elites and localised educational policy-making: the case of Kingswood Academy ~ Ruth McGinity; The usual suspects? Free schools in England and the influence of corporate elites ~ Rob Higham; When students 'speak back': challenging elite approaches to teaching, learning and education policy ~ John Smyth; Conclusion: The challenge of corporate elites and public education ~ Helen M Gunter, Michael W Apple and David Hall.
£81.89
Bristol University Press Gender Based Violence in University Communities
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first in-depth overview of research and practice in GBV in universities. It sets out the international context of ideologies, politics and institutional structures that underlie responses to GBV in elsewhere in Europe, in the US, and in Australia, and consider the implications of implementing related policy and practice.Trade Review“This book certainly fills a gap, is very topical and brings together thinking and practice in an under researched yet increasingly debated area.” Jane Ellis, Anglia Ruskin UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: some reflections in these promising and challenging times ~ Sundari Anitha and Ruth Lewis; SECTION I – The problem; A continuum of acceptability: understanding young people’s views on gender based violence ~ Vanita Sundaram; ‘Lad culture’ and sexual violence against students ~ Alison Phipps; SECTION 2 - Histories and politics of educational interventions against gender based violence in international contexts; Sexual violence on US college campuses: history and challenges ~ Renate Klein; Grounds for concern: an Australian perspective on responses to sexual assault and harassment in university settings ~ Andrea Durbach and Rosemary Grey; Preventing gender based violence in UK universities: the policy context ~ Anni Donaldson, Melanie McCarry, Aimee McCullough; SECTION 3 - Challenges and interventions in the UK; Student feminist activism to challenge gender based violence ~ Ruth Lewis and Susan Marine; Using the law to challenge gender based violence in university communities ~ Louise Whitfield; The Intervention Initiative: theoretical underpinnings, development and implementation ~ Rachel A. Fenton and Helen L. Mott; Understanding student responses to gender based violence on campus: negotiation, reinscription and resistance~ Ana Jordan, Sundari Anitha, Jill Jameson and Zowie Davy; Tackling gender based violence in university communities: a practitioner perspective ~ Ellie Hutchinson; Conclusion: setting the agenda for challenging gender based violence in universities ~ Ruth Lewis and Sundari Anitha.
£29.44
Bristol University Press The Politics of Public Education
Book SynopsisThis book critically examines the key issues facing the public with implications for education policy makers, professionals and researchers, confronting current issues about social justice and segregation. She uses Arendtian ideas to help the reader to think politically' about education and how public services education can be reimagined.Trade Review“A substantive contribution... recommended to colleagues and post-graduate students.” Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin-MadisonTable of ContentsThinking politically: challenging public education Action: professionals learning to labour Plurality: the idea and reality of choice Natality: the opportunity to do new things Promising: school diversity and competition Responsibility and judging: producing and using numbers Forgiving: the end of public education Thinking politically again: the conditions for public education
£75.99
Policy Press Education Policy
Book SynopsisSupported by 20 years of extensive, international research, this approachable text brings invaluable insights into the underlying problems within education policy, and proposes practical solutions for a brighter future.Trade Review"A rather remarkable book by a rather remarkable academic. I know that students, education practitioners and researchers will make good use of this book; I sincerely hope that it falls into the hands of politicians and policy-makers where it may interrupt some of the policy-problems it identifies." Educational Research and Evaluation"...An important and accessible synthesis of evidence relating to an array of policy areas across the UK and international settings... Every chapter outlines practical, achievable approaches to improving education and the final conclusion discusses ways that researchers and policymakers could work together more effectively. This belief that things can and should improve is an important message for all of us interested in education and policy research." Journal of Education Policy"'Extends a growing body of critical evidence to inform policy and practice in education, with particular regard to inequalities and social justice. The book provides an expert voice and will appeal to policy makers, school leaders, teachers, students and higher education professionals as well as any individuals interested in the future of education." Feyisa Demie, Durham University"Gorard has a habit of making his readers confront the unsettling facts of education policy in a way only a researcher of his calibre and insight can. Policy-makers, take note." Stuart Kime, Evidence-based Education"Ambitious and eruditely written, this book is a myth-busting tour de force bringing together 20 years of evidence to tackle the most pressing issues in education policy and research." Andrew Wilkins, University of East LondonTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION; Introduction: the themes of the book; The nature of the evidence assembled; Differential outcomes at school and beyond; POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS; The clustering of access to schools; Differential attainment at school; Differential school `effects’; School improvement; Learning beyond institutions; The wider outcomes of schools as societies; Widening participation to higher education; The supply of professionals; Widening participation to other opportunities; CONCLUSIONS; Where now for equity and effectiveness policy?.
£25.64
Bristol University Press The Politics of Scale in Policy
Book SynopsisDrawing on empirical data from the field of education governance, the book traces how scales are crafted and mobilised in policymaking practices, demonstrating that scalecraft' is key to understanding the production of hegemony.Trade Review"Conceptually rich and empirically tempered, this book combines insights spanning different academic disciplines to offer up a new and exciting vantage point through which to theorise the messy relationship between space, place and policy making. The proposed vantage point – ‘scalecraft’ – is an essential toolkit to thinking through the dilemmas and problematics shaping policy translation and implementation both nationally and globally.” Andrew Wilkins, University of East London"Weaving together novel insights from critical geography, political discourse theory and interpretive policy analysis, Natalie Papanastasiou advances an innovative conceptualisation and reading of scalecraft, one that challenges policy analysts to take space seriously." Steven Griggs, De Montfort University"This original contribution demonstrates an empirically grounded approach to what some critical social scientists have been calling for: a move beyond one-dimensionalism to consider the multiple ways sociospatial relations are constituted and organised..." Local Government StudiesTable of ContentsForeword by John Clarke (Open University); Policy, scale and the importance of space; Problematising scale in the study of policy; Exposing scale hegemonies; Knowledge, policy and scale; Hegemonies of statecraft and scale; Spatial entrepreneurs and scalecraft; The practice of scalecraft.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Keywords in Education Policy Research
Book SynopsisDesigned as a reference, learning and teaching tool to assist students, educators and researchers, this book describes the history, contribution and application of over 90 keywords in the field of education policy research.Table of ContentsIntroduction Keywords A Activism Actor-Network Theory Advocacy Affect Alignment Anthropology Archaeology Artefact Assemblage Attraction Automation B Borrowing Bricolage Broker C Community Consultant Context Convergence Criticality Critical discourse analysis Critical race theory Cultural political economy Cycle D Decoupling Deliberative policy analysis Deliverology Dialogue Diffusion Digital education Digital policy sociology Discourse analysis Dispositif Divergence Drift E Elite Embodiment Enactment Entrepreneur Environmental and sustainability policy analysis Epistemology Event Experimentation Expertise F Fast policy Feminist policy analysis Framing G Genealogy Governance Governmentality H Historiography I Implementation Indigenous policy analysis Infrastructure Institutional theory Instrument Intermediary Interpretive policy analysis L Leadership M Mediation Mediatisation Micro-credential Mobility Multiple- streams analysis N Narrative policy analysis Neoliberalism Numbers O Ontology P Partnership Performativity Policy ethnography Policy field analysis Policy learning Policy network analysis Policy scholarship Policy science Policy sociology Policy trajectory analysis Policy work Privatisation Problematisation Q Queer policy analysis R Rationality Regime Regulation Resistance Rhetorical analysis S Scaler policy analysis Silence Social network analysis Spatial policy analysis T Temporal policy analysis Think tank Topology Transfer Translation U Unbundling V Visual methods W World culture theory
£77.39
Bristol University Press Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further
Book SynopsisBased on the Transforming Lives research project, this book explores the transformative power of further education. Outlining a critical approach to educational research and practice, the book draws on the testimonies of students and teachers to construct a model of transformative teaching and learning.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Transforming Lives research project and the further education policy context 2. Researching further education and putting a critical embodied research methodology into practice 3. Using digital technologies in social justice research 4. Stories of transformative teaching and learning 5. Transformative teaching and learning and social justice 6. Transformative teaching and learning and education leadership 7. So what is transformative teaching and learning? Extending our theoretical and embodied understandings 8. What needs to be done
£76.50
Bristol University Press Schooling in a Democracy
Book SynopsisCOVID-19 has widened inequalities in schools and left the future uncertain. Richard Riddell argues that the increasingly narrow focus of education governance has made new thinking impossible and has degraded public life. Nevertheless, he highlights new possibilities for democratic behaviour and the opening up of schooling to all it serves.Table of Contents1. The emptiness of English public policy 2. Where it all begins: the tasks for Education and others 3. Governance change in England 4. Middle tier functioning, standards, places and school ecosystems 5. But society won’t wait: the communities around the school and the role of local government 6. More muddle: English Education’s unstable assemblage 7. Wider parallels: limitations at the top 8. The construction of central governments that find it all too difficult 9. Re-democratising and re-politicising 10. Conclusion: Beginning to return English schooling to the public service
£76.50
Bristol University Press Retreat or Resolution
Book SynopsisPeter Scott examines the development of mass higher education and calls for robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more democratic accountability.Table of Contents1. A ‘General Crisis’? 2. ‘Post-War’ to Post-Millennium 3. The Development of Mass Higher Education 4. Themes and Transformations 5. Higher Education Today 6. A Further Gaze 7. The UK in the 21st Century 8. COVID-19 Emergency and Market Experiment 9. What is to be done?
£18.99
Bristol University Press A Political Sociology of Education Policy
Book SynopsisThis book aims to restore the role of political analysis in education policy by presenting a new political sociology for framing, conducting and presenting research. In doing so, it will be the first in the field to connect political thinking from Arendt with sociological thinking from Bourdieu.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Education reform claimocracy Part 1: A political sociology of education policy 2. Modernising education 3. Governing by knowledge production 4. Policy mortality Part 2: A political sociology of education policy in action 5. Vantage points 6. Viewpoints 7. Regimes of practice 8. Exchange relationships 9. Critical education policy studies 10. Conclusion: Intellectual activism
£77.39
Bristol University Press The Pursuit of Possibility
Book SynopsisNigel Thrift explores recent changes in the British research university that threaten to erode the quality of these higher education institutions. He considers what a research university has now become by examining the quandaries that have arisen from a succession of misplaced strategies and false expectations.Table of Contents1: Is that a ‘university’? I’m not sure Part I: The research university 2: So what is a ‘university’? Part 1: Architecture and academics 3: So what is a ‘university’? Part 2: Students, parents and other constituencies Part II: The contemporary British university system 4: A new Robbins? Recent changes in British universities 5: The hardy perennials 6: The Australianisation of British higher education 7: On vice- chancelloring – a footnote Part III: The research university of the future 8: So what is a research university? 9: Redesigning the research university
£76.50
BUP - Policy Press Skills Policy in Britain and the Future of Work
£80.75
BUP - Policy Press A Care Manifesto for the Early Years The Need fo r an Ethic of Care in Childcare Policy and Practic e
£76.50
John Wiley & Sons How Shanghai Does It Insights and Lessons from
Book Synopsis
£26.96
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ World Development Report 2018 Learning to
Book Synopsis
£30.56
John Wiley & Sons Quality Early Learning Nurturing Childrens
Book SynopsisSynthesizes the latest relevant knowledge from multiple disciplines on how young children learn and what skills are most crucial for school-readiness.
£36.86
University of Texas Press The Starting Line
Book SynopsisA deeply researched work that sheds light on growing income inequality in Texas and how early education programs, particularly among low-income Latina/o populations, result in varying degrees of success and failure.Trade Review[The Starting Line] offers bilingual educators and low-income Latina/o families a voice in the conversation regarding the educational needs of Latina/o children. Through the research presented here, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and key community stakeholders may be able to identify specific levers for change to enhance family support and early childhood education programs for Latina/o children in Texas, as well as for the growing population of Latina/o children throughout the US. This reviewer highly recommends this book to a wide audience. * CHOICE *Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: National Issues through a Local Lens Chapter 1. The Importance of Connections in Early Childhood Education Chapter 2. Connecting Classrooms to Classrooms Chapter 3. Connecting Families, Schools, and Communities Chapter 4. Connecting Academic and Socioemotional Goals Chapter 5. Connecting Needs and Challenges Conclusion: The Big Picture Notes Works Cited Index
£31.50
Duke University Press Progressive Dystopia
Book SynopsisSavannah Shange traces the afterlives of slavery as lived in a progressive high school set in post-gentrification San Francisco, showing how despite the school's sincere antiracism activism, it unintentionally perpetuated antiblackness through various practices.Trade Review"By locating the everyday mechanisms of the neoliberal state in a progressive school in San Francisco, Savannah Shange brings the lived experiences of social actors often only talked about as 'Black and Brown bodies' into discussions of the afterlife of slavery. And in so doing, she reveals the fissures in Afropessimism and critical anthropology. Progressive Dystopia is scholarship at its finest and an essential contribution." -- Aimee Meredith Cox, author of * Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship *“Who's afraid of dystopia? Not Savannah Shange, whose provocative and audacious book exposes ‘progressive’ multiracial social justice initiatives for what they are: a golden noose. ‘Winning,’ she argues, does not disrupt state logics of captivity, containment, accumulation, and antiblackness. And fighting for utopias yet to be without attending to the dystopian present that is for the folks trapped in this ongoing settler-colonial catastrophe will not make us free. Instead, Shange applies an abolitionist frame to reveal how Black and Brown kids who defy their saviors, disrupt liberal teleologies, and map new territory make the road toward freedom by walking, talking, dancing, fighting, and thinking. Unsettling, persuasive, and beautiful, Progressive Dystopia is one of those rare books that will make you rethink everything.” -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of * Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination *“At the center of Savannah Shange's powerful analysis in progressive dystopia: abolition, anthropology, and race in the new San Francisco are the multiple and seemingly conflicting forces brought to bear on the Black girls and boys who attend the Robeson Justice Academy in the contested space that makes up Frisco. Shange theorizes a set of ‘common sense’ ‘progressive’ logics that reproduce the carceral—what she names progressive dystopia and carceral progressivism—and then the willful defiance that characterizes the refusals and political demands of the Black girl students, in particular, who refuse to bear and internalize what Hartman names as ‘burdened individualism.’ This is a profoundly important book.” -- Christina Sharpe, author of * In the Wake: On Blackness and Being *"Progressive Dystopia is a discerning and devoted read for scholars interested in progressive politics, studies of statecraft, and abolitionist approaches to combating anti-Blackness. Shange’s work is a powerful project with serious ramifications for scholars across many fields of study." -- Julio Alicea * Antipode *"[Progressive Dystopia] is radically different from other school ethnographies. ... Shange operates in a different discursive universe. ... [It] is one of the most ambitious ethnographies I have read: it creates new territory for what to do with and through ethnography. It is a decolonizing act." -- Annegret Staiger * Anthropological Quarterly *“In her pathbreaking first book, Savannah Shange calls for an abolitionist anthropology that begins at the end of the world, with what Black folks teach us about how to survive the apocalypse…. This text will benefit a variety of readers. Undergraduates can learn from thorough readings of the Black anthropological canon and germinal Black studies scholarship. Graduate students will benefit from the model of abolitionist anthropology as ethic and methodology and ethnographic research that is at once agile, grounded, and accountable. It will also be of use to educators, activists, and anyone working within, against, and beyond the state in the service of Black lives.” -- Amelia Simone Herbert * Transforming Anthropology *"Progressive Dystopia casts an honest light on the realities of progressive educational initiatives based around social and racial justice. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about the complexities and limitations of anti-racist efforts in the age of neoliberalism, and especially anyone with an interest in anti-racist or social-justice education.… This book would also be valuable to anyone interested in qualitative research, and particularly as an example of participant observation in an educational setting." -- Amy Ernestes * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. #OurLivesMatter: Mapping an Abolitionist Anthropology 1 2. "A Long History of Seeing": Historicizing the Progressive Dystopia 22 3. "Why Can't We Learn African?": Academic Pathways, Coalition Pedagogy, and the Demands of Abolition 44 4. The Kids in the Hall: Space and Governance in Frisco's Plantation Futures 66 5. Ordinary Departures: Flesh, Bodies, and Border Management at Robeson 92 6. Black Skin, Brown Masks: Carceral Progressivism and the Co-optation of Xicanx Nationalism 123 7. My Afterlife Got Afterlives 151 Appendix 161 Notes 169 References 183 Index 201
£72.25
Duke University Press Feltness
Book SynopsisStephanie Springgay considers socially engaged art as a practice of research-creation that germinates a radical pedagogy she calls feltnessa set of intimate practices of creating art based on touch, affect, relationality, love, and responsibility.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Feltness: On How to Practice Intimacy 1 1. Bitter Chocolate Is for Adults! Matters of Taste in Elementary Students’ Socially Engaged Art 31 2. Imponderable Curricula: Living in the Future Now 55 3. Fluxus and the Event Score: The Ordinary Potential of Radical Pedagogy as Art 81 4. Anarchiving as Research-Creation: Instant Class Kit 111 5. Conditions of Feltness 135 6. Making a Public 153 7. Pedagogical Impulses 171 Notes 179 References 183 Index 195
£70.55
Duke University Press The Autocratic Academy
Book SynopsisTimothy V. Kaufman-Osborn outlines the history of American higher education's formal organization as an incorporated autocracy that is tied to capitalism, arguing that the academy must reconstitute itself in accordance with the principles of democratic republicanism in which members choose who govern and can hold them accountable.Trade Review"The book is extraordinarily important at precisely this moment when we need to think seriously about how dangerous our institutions’ bylaws are and how devastating it is that we never found a way to give shared governance doctrinal heft or to enshrine faculty control over curricula into law. The path to Commonwealth University—the name Kaufman-Osborn gives to his imaginary member-incorporated institution of higher education—is murky, but we can and should start to renegotiate our governance rules." -- Jennifer Ruth * Academe *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii A Prologue in the Form of a Puzzle 1 I. Nibbling at the Crust of Convention 1. Imperious Regents and Disposable Custodians 11 2. The Neoliberal Corporation Debunked 30 3. Corporate Types 47 II. Contesting the Constitution of College in Early America 4. William & Mary Dispossessed 63 5. “The College of Tyrannus” 82 6. The Marshall Plan 105 III. A Bet Gone Bad 7. Psychasthenia Universitatis (or The Malady of the Academy) 135 8. “Shared Governance” as Placebo 163 IV. When Autocrats Meet Their Makers 9. Outsourcing Self-Governance 197 10. “Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall . . .” 231 Epilogue: Reenvisioning the Corporate Academy 255 Notes 273 Bibliography 307 Index 327
£73.95
Duke University Press The Autocratic Academy
Book SynopsisTimothy V. Kaufman-Osborn outlines the history of American higher education's formal organization as an incorporated autocracy that is tied to capitalism, arguing that the academy must reconstitute itself in accordance with the principles of democratic republicanism in which members choose who govern and can hold them accountable.Trade Review"The book is extraordinarily important at precisely this moment when we need to think seriously about how dangerous our institutions’ bylaws are and how devastating it is that we never found a way to give shared governance doctrinal heft or to enshrine faculty control over curricula into law. The path to Commonwealth University—the name Kaufman-Osborn gives to his imaginary member-incorporated institution of higher education—is murky, but we can and should start to renegotiate our governance rules." -- Jennifer Ruth * Academe *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii A Prologue in the Form of a Puzzle 1 I. Nibbling at the Crust of Convention 1. Imperious Regents and Disposable Custodians 11 2. The Neoliberal Corporation Debunked 30 3. Corporate Types 47 II. Contesting the Constitution of College in Early America 4. William & Mary Dispossessed 63 5. “The College of Tyrannus” 82 6. The Marshall Plan 105 III. A Bet Gone Bad 7. Psychasthenia Universitatis (or The Malady of the Academy) 135 8. “Shared Governance” as Placebo 163 IV. When Autocrats Meet Their Makers 9. Outsourcing Self-Governance 197 10. “Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall . . .” 231 Epilogue: Reenvisioning the Corporate Academy 255 Notes 273 Bibliography 307 Index 327
£20.69
New York University Press The Public Professor
Book SynopsisThe work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research and knowledge to change the world. The book gives practical strategies for scholars to become more engaged with the public on a variety of fronts: online, in print, at council hearings, even with national legislation. Lee Badgett, a veteran policy analyst and public intellectual with over 25 years of experience connecting cutting edge research with policymakers and the public, offers clear and practical advice to scholars looking to engage with the world outside of academia. She shows scholars how to see the big picture, master communicating with new audiences, and build strategic professional networks. Learn how to find and develop relationships with the people who can taTrade Review"In addressing three main themes of seeing the bigger picture, networking effectively and communicating outside the academy, Badgett draws widely on the experiences of other engaged academics, providing a clear philosophical basis for her arguments and offering a wealth of worthwhile and practical suggestions." * Times Higher Education *"This relatively short book shows one way in which academics can justify our privileged position and enhance the quality of research and teaching in the process.The Public Professor should be required reading." * Times Higher Education *"From one of the foremost publicly engaged scholars in the country, this brilliant and groundbreaking primer for academics interested in applying their expertise in the policy realm is also a deeply useful manual for all policy advocates. Combining astute power analysis of how policy is made with strategic communications advice, stories of real-life experience with an accessible and clear style, Lee Badgett has created an essential training tool for every academic, graduate student, law student and advocate interested in informing public policy debates." -- Urvashi Vaid,author of Irresistible Revolution"Professor Badgett has a quarter century of experience successfully conveying results of scholarly research to policy makers and the public. She has written an important book which provides valuable advice for anyone who wants to improve their ability to use their research and knowledge to create compelling public messages." -- David Boies,co-author of Redeeming the Dream: Proposition 8 and the Struggle for Marriage Equality"Researchers who want to reach beyond the academy rightly worry about how to maintain scholarly integrity while streamlining their message and accommodating the time constraints of journalists or policy makers. M.V. Lee Badgett gives concrete examples and advice that can help you do both. Whether you want to advocate for a specific policy or simply get your research findings out to a wider audience, this book is a great way to get started." -- Stephanie Coontz,author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap"Social change movements need scholars to contribute their ideas and research, and this book will show them how to do it. With great examples and understandable steps, Badgetts book provides the & how-toit gives academics the tools to present their research in meaningful and relevant ways." -- Chad Griffin,President, The Human Rights Campaign"The Public Professorhas much to offer by exploring what is possible for those who want to change the world." * Nature *"Badgett provides cogent advice and time-tested guidelines for scholars interested in expanding their research results beyond academia...an accessible and thought-provoking primer." * Library Journal *
£66.60
New York University Press On the Basis of Race
Book SynopsisHow universities can navigate affirmative action bans to protect diversity in student admissionsDiversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court considers the future of affirmative action, or race-conscious admissions practices, at American colleges and universities. In On the Basis of Race, Lauren S. Foley sheds light on our current crisis, exploring the past, present, and future of this contentious policy. From Brown v. Board of Education in the mid-twentieth century to the current Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Foley explores how organizations have resisted and complied with public policies regarding race. She examines how admissions officers, who have played an important role in the long fight to protect racial diversity in higher education, work around the law to maintain diversity after affirmative action is banned. Foley takes us behind the curtain of student admissions, shedding light on how multiple unTrade ReviewA prescient new book... On the Basis of Race offers a blueprint for institutions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June decision striking down the use of race-conscious admissions. * Inside Higher Ed *From non-discrimination mandates after Brown to bans on affirmative action half a century later, Lauren S. Foley compellingly shows how colleges and universities have worked to both adhere to—and evade—the law governing admissions in higher education. This strikingly original book captures the shift from segregation to civil rights, and from civil rights to ‘diversity,’ using key examples to develop a new theory of legal conflict in the United States. -- Charles R. Epp, author of The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative PerspectiveOn the Basis of Race examines how and why progressives and conservatives have fought to expand or limit opportunities for people of color in higher education. Foley shows us how both sides have employed a strategy of ‘resistant compliance’ to achieve their ends, cleverly finding ways to comply with the letter of the law while also taking intentional steps to defy the spirit of the law. -- Jesse H. Rhodes, author of Ballot Blocked: The Political Erosion of the Voting Rights Act
£20.89
New York University Press This Is Our School
Book SynopsisHow local educational justice movements wrestle with neoliberal school reformParents, educators, and activists are passionately fighting to improve public schools around the country. In This Is Our School! Hava Rachel Gordon takes us inside these fascinating school reform movements, exploring their origins, aims, and victories as they work to build a better future for our education system. Focusing on a school district in Denver, Colorado, Gordon takes a look at different coalitions within the school reform movement, as well as the surprising competition that arises between them. Drawing on over eighty interviews and ethnographic research, she explores how these groups vie for power, as well as the role that race, class, and gentrification play in shaping their successes and failures, strategies and structures. Gordon shows us what happens when people mobilizefrom the ground up and advocate for educational change. This Is Our School! gives us an inside look at the diverse voices withTrade ReviewIn this important new book, Hava Rachel Gordon shows how grassroots movements have organized to resist efforts by neoliberal reformers to take control of local public schools. Using Denver as a focal point for her analysis, Gordon shows us that not only is resistance occurring, but in some cases, community groups are winning important victories against formidable opponents in their efforts to retain control over public schools. Well documented and written in a clear and compelling style, This is Our School! will serve as a guide to those who seek to retain public schools as the foundation of democracy. -- Pedro A. Noguera, author of The Trouble With Black Boys: ...And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public EducationHava Rachel Gordon has provided us with a significant advance in our understanding of the contradictions, limits, and possibilities of activist movements in educational reform. It is consistently insightful and grounded in the real politics of communities on the ground. I strongly recommend it. -- Michael W. Apple, author of Can Education Change Society?This Is Our School! offers a powerful, in-depth exploration of educational justice movements as they negotiate neoliberal education policy and disinvestment in urban communities. Hava Rachel Gordon’s careful analysis of alliances between youth activists and community groups in Denver offers new insights into the dynamics of racial politics, coalition-building, and the potential for community inclusion. This book is an important and timely contribution. -- Nancy Naples, author of Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on PovertyIn the wake of protests against school mask mandates and a supposed critical-race-theory takeover of the curriculum, Hava Rachel Gordon’s new book provides a fresh examination of neoliberal school reforms and the impact of the coalitions opposing them. * Mobilization *
£66.60
New York University Press The Public Professor
Book SynopsisThe work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research and knowledge to change the world. The book gives practical strategies for scholars to become more engaged with the public on a variety of fronts: online, in print, at council hearings, even with national legislation. Lee Badgett, a veteran policy analyst and public intellectual with over 25 years of experience connecting cutting edge research with policymakers and the public, offers clear and practical advice to scholars looking to engage with the world outside of academia. She shows scholars how to see the big picture, master communicating with new audiences, and build strategic professional networks. Learn how to find and develop relationships with the people who can taTrade Review"In addressing three main themes of seeing the bigger picture, networking effectively and communicating outside the academy, Badgett draws widely on the experiences of other engaged academics, providing a clear philosophical basis for her arguments and offering a wealth of worthwhile and practical suggestions." * Times Higher Education *"This relatively short book shows one way in which academics can justify our privileged position and enhance the quality of research and teaching in the process.The Public Professor should be required reading." * Times Higher Education *"From one of the foremost publicly engaged scholars in the country, this brilliant and groundbreaking primer for academics interested in applying their expertise in the policy realm is also a deeply useful manual for all policy advocates. Combining astute power analysis of how policy is made with strategic communications advice, stories of real-life experience with an accessible and clear style, Lee Badgett has created an essential training tool for every academic, graduate student, law student and advocate interested in informing public policy debates." -- Urvashi Vaid,author of Irresistible Revolution"Professor Badgett has a quarter century of experience successfully conveying results of scholarly research to policy makers and the public. She has written an important book which provides valuable advice for anyone who wants to improve their ability to use their research and knowledge to create compelling public messages." -- David Boies,co-author of Redeeming the Dream: Proposition 8 and the Struggle for Marriage Equality"Researchers who want to reach beyond the academy rightly worry about how to maintain scholarly integrity while streamlining their message and accommodating the time constraints of journalists or policy makers. M.V. Lee Badgett gives concrete examples and advice that can help you do both. Whether you want to advocate for a specific policy or simply get your research findings out to a wider audience, this book is a great way to get started." -- Stephanie Coontz,author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap"Social change movements need scholars to contribute their ideas and research, and this book will show them how to do it. With great examples and understandable steps, Badgetts book provides the & how-toit gives academics the tools to present their research in meaningful and relevant ways." -- Chad Griffin,President, The Human Rights Campaign"The Public Professorhas much to offer by exploring what is possible for those who want to change the world." * Nature *"Badgett provides cogent advice and time-tested guidelines for scholars interested in expanding their research results beyond academia...an accessible and thought-provoking primer." * Library Journal *
£20.89
University of Toronto Press Constructing Policy Change
Book SynopsisIn Constructing Policy Change, Linda A. White examines the expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies and programs in liberal welfare states, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Part I: Assessing the Scope of Policy Change in Liberal Welfare States 1. Constructing Policy Change in Early Childhood Education and Care: Scientific Avenues and Cultural Impediments in Liberal Welfare States 2. The Idea of Childhood and the Idea of Motherhood in Liberal Welfare State 3. Explaining the Shift in Norms Surrounding Early Childhood, Motherhood, and the State in the 21st Century Part II: The Sources of Policy Change 4. The Role of Science and the Development of an ECEC Knowledge Regime 5. Transnationalization and Internationalization of ECEC Ideas Part III: From Ideas to Policy Change 6. Constructing Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Shifts in the USA 7. Constructing Early Childhood Education and Care Policy Shifts in in Canada Part IV 8. Conclusion List of References
£45.90
