{"product_id":"education-is-translation-9780812221282","title":"Education Is Translation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough an unusual weaving not only of disciplinary but also of personal and academic, poetic, and analytical perspectives, Alison Cook-Sather argues that education can be understood as a process of translation through which every learner is both the translator and the subject of her own translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book provides an intriguing and reflective analysis of its subject at a time when many individuals seem to have confused learning of the most narrow, technical, and superficial sort with true education.\" * Margaret Smith Crocco, Teachers College, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003e\"The depth and resonance with which the author explores the metaphor of translation and the freshness of insights about learning and teaching which the metaphor opens to the reader are truly impressive. I would literally stop in the course of my reading, with a sense of awe, pondering the diverse implications of the metaphor-which is exactly what the author invites the reader to do.\" * Frederick Erickson, University of California at Los Angeles *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is enriching and inspiring . . . It is with the utmost enthusiasm that I read and appreciate the enlightening connections \u003ci\u003eEducation Is Translation\u003c\/i\u003e presents to translation scholars and educators alike.\" * Lillian DePaula, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil *\u003cbr\u003e\"Different readers will gain different insights from this complex and thought-provoking book.\" * Samantha Caughlan, \u003ci\u003eTeachers College Record\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written. It really is one of the most exciting education books I've read in a while.\" * Katherine Schultz, University of Pennsylvania *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Only Connect\u003cbr\u003e 1. Living Translation\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Metaphor for Change in Learning and Teaching\u003cbr\u003e 3. Translating Compositions and Selves\u003cbr\u003e 4. Translating Within and Against Institutional Structures\u003cbr\u003e 5. Translating Between Student and Teacher\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"Desiring the Exhilarations of Changes\"\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: A Sampling of Educational Metaphors\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405698408791,"sku":"9780812221282","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812221282.jpg?v=1730493319","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/education-is-translation-9780812221282","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}