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Changing the narrative

This book emphasizes the need for leaders with the knowledge, skills, and values to promote justice. It highlights the importance of integrating social justice into leadership education to prepare advocates for positive change, and offers theoretical, practical, and policy recommendations for edu...

Conceptualizing truth

Society has shifted away from viewing truth as an objective virtue, with post-truth becoming prominent. This book explores various conceptions of truth and their educational implications, examining truth's role in teaching, curriculum, and classroom priorities.

Creative strategies

Critical ethnography, language, race/ism and education

This book provides a contemporary overview of work in critical ethnography that focuses on language and race/ism in education, as well as cutting edge examples of recent critical ethnographic studies addressing these issues. The chapters draw on a range of critical theoretical perspectives and ad...

Critical perspectives on further education and training

This book is essential reading for educators, student teachers, policymakers, and anyone with an interest in critical viewpoints on adult, community, and further education. It offers a variety of outlooks that include educator identity, critical pedagogy, assessing learning, community education, ...

Crowd-sourced syllabus

Curating the contributions of Twitter users via hashtags, crowd-sourced syllabi respond to evolving crises and critical questions in real time, resulting in living materials for educators and students. This book showcases how these syllabi are filling a gap in educational efficacy by providing ac...

Does god belong in public schools?

Controversial Supreme Court decisions have barred organized school prayer, but neither the Court nor public policy exclude religion from schools altogether. In this book, one of America's leading constitutional scholars asks what role religion ought to play in public schools. Kent Greenawalt expl...

Education

This book calls for a new global approach to education to enrich and enhance the lives of children everywhere. Contributors emphasize the centrality of education to social and environmental justice, as well as the philosophical foundations of education. The book features a foreword by Pope Francis.

Focused portfolios

Newly updated with current best practices in observation and assessment using portfolios.

Globalization and education

This book explores how globalization influences education, highlighting marginalized topics and contexts. It examines local and global intersections in education, featuring issues in countries like Saudi Arabia, Guyana, and Brazil. It aims to expand thinking on education's complexities in a globa...

Grad school life

With fresh insights, concrete suggestions and exercises, and helpful lists of resources, this book gives grad students a new roadmap for not only surviving but thriving—both in school and in the real world.

Higher expectations

How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of societyIn recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and incr...

How to think like shakespeare

A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Think like Shakespeare is a brilliantly fun exploration of the craft of thought—one that demonstrates what we’ve lost in education today, and how we might...

Humanizing higher education through innovative approaches for teaching and learning

Innovative pedagogy is the only solution that can bridge both scarcity and quality in education. This edited collection showcases how innovative approaches to teaching and learning have become the need of the hour in higher education. How might new technologies and a fresh take on curriculum des...

International perspectives on policies, practices & pedagogies for promoting social responsibility in higher education

Understanding that the inculcation of social responsibility within education can lead to social and economic benefits for students and society at large, the authors in this edited collection present case studies of policies and practices used across the globe to give readers an insight into how s...

Learning gain in higher education

Responding to the larger amount of students that are bearing an increasing proportion of the costs of their participation in higher education, this volume pays attention to the issue of what higher education does for its students. What do students gain from engaging in higher education, and how m...

Learning stories and teacher inquiry groups: re-imagining teaching and assessment in early childhood education

Enhance your professional development and partner with children and families to improve learning experiences in a range of early childhood settings and programs. Learn how to integrate the Learning Stories approach and teacher inquiry groups to promote authentic assessment to inform instructi...

Leaving academia

An indispensable guide for grad students and academics who want to find fulfilling careers outside higher educationAn estimated ninety-three percent of graduate students in the humanities and social sciences won’t get a tenure-track job, yet many still assume that a tenured professorship is the o...

Lessons for creating a culture of character and peace in your classroom

This playbook helps PK-12 teachers, counselors, and coaches use character and peace education lessons to enrich their curriculum. It covers themes like Character Development, Peace Awareness, Self-discipline, Respect, and Conflict Resolution, offering flexible lesson plans designed for reflection...

Make early learning standards come alive

Updated curriculum planning guide reflecting the continuing evolution of early learning standards for preschool children across the country

Neoliberalism and inclusive education

Charter schools continue to grow in influence, as does the push for inclusive education for students with disabilities. What is the value and impact of these schools, especially on the marginalized populations they often serve? This book answers these questions by focusing on the topics of neoli...

Not for profit

A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectualsIn this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education.Historically, the humanities have been centr...

Overcoming teacher burnout in early childhood

Personal stories from the field illustrate practical tips to refuel and improve morale in early childhood.

Planning for play, observation, and learning in preschool and kindergarten

Plan developmentally appropriate, play-based curriculum for early childhood classrooms.

Queer multicultural social justice education

This book shares the author's journey in developing queer multicultural social justice curriculum through performance. It covers histories of multicultural education, queer perspectives, and autoethnography, and presents nine explorations of identity awareness.

Real talk

This book provides a foundation for understanding and engaging in difficult dialogues, emphasizing their power to inspire transformative change. It covers the impact of power, belonging, motivation, and defensiveness on dialogues, and includes case studies and practical skills for engaging in aut...

Reflecting children's lives

Consider new possibilities in documentation, observing, and activities when planning child-centered curriculum with this updated handbook.

Reflecting in communities of practice

The latest resource from esteemed early childhood authors Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, and introducing Wendy Cividanes and Debbie Lebo.

Rescuing socrates

A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgroundsWhat is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature...

Schoolhouses, courthouses, and statehouses

Improving public schools through performance-based fundingSpurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the United States now spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. Yet American students still achieve less than their foreign counter...

Scripting the moves

An inside look at a "no-excuses" charter school that reveals this educational model’s strengths and weaknesses, and how its approach shapes studentsSilent, single-file lines. Detention for putting a head on a desk. Rules for how to dress, how to applaud, how to complete homework. Walk into some o...

Social and emotional learning in out-of-school time

This volume offers a clear framing of social and emotional learning (SEL) in out-of-school time (OST) contexts, defining SEL, clarifying language and frameworks, sharing trends and developments, connecting research to practice, and providing recommendations for researchers, practitioners, and pol...

Super courses

From the bestselling author of What the Best College Teachers Do, the story of a new breed of amazingly innovative courses that inspire students and improve learningDecades of research have produced profound insights into how student learning and motivation can be unleashed—and it’s not through t...

Sustainable development, education and learning

Victoria Thoresen considers the goals and challenges iterated in the SDG.

Task-based language teaching

Why are so many teachers around the world moving toward adopting task-based language teaching? This teacher-friendly guide to understanding and implementing task-based language teaching (TBLT) provides a brief and clear introduction to the key elements of TBLT and highlights practical guidelines...

Teaching and learning practices for academic freedom

Although academic freedom in teaching and learning methods is crucial to a nation’s growth, the concept comes with numerous misnomers and is subjected to much academic debate and doubt. This volume maps out how truth and intellectual integrity remain the fundamental principle on which the foundat...

The college handbook

An invaluable guide for every step of the college experience, from deciding if and where to go to maximizing academic, social, personal, and professional opportunitiesThe College Handbook shows how college is a journey rather than simply a destination, guiding undergraduates and their families th...

The entrepreneurial scholar

An invaluable guide for scholars stifled by the traditional academic routeIn the increasingly competitive world of academia, simply mastering your discipline is no longer enough to guarantee career success or personal fulfillment. The Entrepreneurial Scholar challenges scholars at all stages—from...

The great civilized conversation

The world-renowned scholar suggests a new approach to education that can sustain humanistic learning in a globalized culture.

The great disconnect in early childhood education

Examines the disconnect between public policy and classroom practice—and what educators need to change in order to teach children well.

Workforce profiles in early childhood education and care

This book offers a systematic insight into the development of early childhood professionals in Europe.