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Higher education and sdg15
A focused collection situating Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as catalysts for systemic sustainability change, chapters explore how HEIs can advance delivery of SDG15 by tackling environmental degradation and deforestation and support land restoration and biodiversity conservation through t...
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Just universities
Third Place, Catholic Media Association: Catholic Social Teaching Gerald J. Beyer’s Just Universities discusses ways that U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education have embodied or failed to embody Catholic social teaching in their campus policies and practices. Beyer argues that the corpora...
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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.
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Professional-scientific education
This volume intends to reflect and to enhance the discourse on the relation and integration of professional and scientific education. In a series of contributions by well-known educational scientists from Germany and other countries, the theoretical, conceptual and practical design questions for ...
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A primer in biological data analysis and visualization using r
Drawing on Gregg Hartvigsen’s extensive experience teaching biostatistics and modeling biological systems, this text is an engaging, practical, and lab-oriented introduction to R for students in the life sciences.
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A survival guide to the misinformation age
A step-by-step strategy for protecting ourselves against the phony claims, trendy pseudoscience, and sloppy thinking that permeate our world.
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Teaching while black
Chronicles the experiences of a black female teaching in public schools in the South Bronx in the era of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core. Addressing “high stakes” that go beyond tests, Teaching While Black examines how and what one must teach poor students of color.
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Can college level the playing field?
Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injusticeWe often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one’s background or upbringing. In this eye-opening book, two of today’s leading economists argue that higher educa...
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Knowledge worlds
<i>Knowledge Worlds</i> reconceives the university as a media complex through which knowledge is made, conveyed, and withheld. Reinhold Martin argues that the material infrastructures of the modern university reveal the ways in which knowledge is created and reproduced in different ki...
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A light in dark times
Judith Friedlander reconstructs the history of the New School in the context of ongoing debates over academic freedom, intellectual dissidents, and democratic education. She tells a dramatic story of academic, political, and financial struggle through brief sketches of New School administrators, ...
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The synthetic university
A bold, collaborative vision for combatting the ever-rising cost of collegeUS colleges and universities have long been the envy of the world. Institutional autonomy has fostered creativity among faculty, students, and staff. But this autonomy means that colleges tend to create their own solutions...
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Teorías sobre la infancia, segunda edición: una introducción a dewey, montessori, erikson, piaget y vygotsky
Este recurso exitoso provee introducciones claras y directas a las teorías fundamentales de John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget y Lev Vygotsky.
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When young children need help
This book presents a successful approach for helping children, using observation and reflection to create a comprehensive action plan.
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Responding to learner diversity and learning difficulties
This book explores how educational communities respond to student diversity and learning difficulties in the Caribbean and beyond. It examines strategies for inclusive education, addressing barriers for all learners. Topics include disabilities, challenging curriculum, citizenship, co-teaching, a...
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Critical intersections in contemporary curriculum & pedagogy
This volume explores curriculum and pedagogy in P-12 schools, teacher education, and communities. It includes diverse perspectives from educators, scholars, and activists, addressing power, privilege, identity, culture, and social justice. The chapters aim to inspire innovative, democratic, and c...
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Outcomes of high-quality clinical practice in teacher education
This book explores clinically based teacher education programs, emphasizing the integration of theory, research, and practice. It examines innovative clinical models and their outcomes, organized into sections on new roles, practices, coursework/fieldwork configurations, and program configurations.
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Roots and wings
More than one hundred activities for a successful anti-bias and multicultural program.
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The collegiate athlete at risk
This book addresses the challenges of student athletes, especially those at academic risk or with disabilities. It critiques existing literature for lacking actionable interventions and offers strategies for academic support staff, coaches, educators, and more. Essential intercollegiate athletic ...
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Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers
The chapters in the book present in-depth examination of novice teachers’ experiences in Houston area schools during their first-through-third year of teaching. Their professional challenges and the unique conditions in which they must navigate their developing and sometimes fragile teacher ident...
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Advancing women in academic stem fields through dual career policies and practices
This book explores the underrepresentation of women, particlarly Latinas and other women of colour, in STEM academia. Through essays and case studies, it highlights how dual career policies can improve equity, recruitment, and retention, offering best practices for inclusion.
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Recruiting, retaining, and engaging african-american males at selective public research universities
This book explores the challenges of recruiting, retaining, and engaging African-American males at selective public research universities. It examines traditions and elitist assumptions, and discusses research, policies, and practices affecting African-American males in pre-collegiate preparation...
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Hacking education in a digital age
This collection explores philosophical conceptions of "hacking education" to address 21st-century educational, societal, and technological demands. It encourages educators to rethink teaching and learning, fostering ingenuity and mitigating harmful hacking. Ideal for scholars and practitioners co...
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Open-ended art for young children
Common challenges and practical solutions for practicing open-ended art in early childhood classrooms.
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Emergent curriculum in early childhood settings
Develop a curriculum inspired by children’s emerging interests to create an environment where children learn through play, inquiry, and exploration
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Lisa murphy on play
Learn why school readiness is child’s play through research and stories for supporting development with fun activities.
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Behavioral challenges in early childhood settings
12 common behavioral challenges and 36 new strategies on how to respond
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Navigating the volatility of higher education
This book offers 3 anthropological perspectives to analyze changes in higher education: mindset, political and policy perspectives, and instruction and learning. It addresses research, health care, athletics, and more, providing policy implications and a vision for future research. It's useful fo...
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The rise of the human digital brain
Rapid advances in technology are changing how we learn and think. Today's youth process information differently, creating confusion in traditional educational settings. This book discusses the history of education, technology's impact, and the need for new models to support 21st-century learners.
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Creative block play
Open a whole world of possibilities for learning through block exploration with ideas and strategies for teachers.
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More than a mentoring program
This book by reveals how a youth mentoring program challenged institutional racism and eliminated achievement disparities in a renowned school system. It offers personal lessons, guidance, and practical advice for creating successful mentoring programs, emphasizing the importance of mentoring in ...
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Designs for living and learning, second edition
The best-selling source of inspiration for early childhood professionals designing learning environments; updated with all new photographs and fresh content
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Inquiry-based early learning environments
An in-depth look at children's inquiry and effects of environment in early childhood settings.
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How students think when doing algebra
This book bridges research and practice to help teachers understand students' algebraic thinking. It covers five domains tied to CCSS topics and aims to accelerate early career teachers' experience with student misconceptions and struggles. The book is a valuable resource for both new and veteran...
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Nature preschools and forest kindergartens
Everything you need to get started and succeed in a nature preschool or forest kindergarten.
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Five elements of collective leadership for early childhood professionals
Collective leadership is based on shared decision-making, transparency, and involving the people affected by change
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Pushout
The “powerful” (Michelle Alexander) exploration of the harsh and harmful experiences confronting Black girls in schools, and how we can instead orient schools toward their flourishingOn the day fifteen-year-old Diamond from the Bay Area stopped going to school, she was expelled for lashing out at...
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Preparing middle level educators for 21st century schools
This volume reviews current research on middle level educator preparation, focusing on enduring beliefs and evolving practices. It examines how changing times shape teacher education, organized into three sections: enduring beliefs, changing times, and evolving practices. It aims to guide teacher...
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Effective teaching
This peer-reviewed volume features essays by university professors on effective teaching practices in higher education. It examines program demographics, vision, preparation, process, and outcomes, focusing on best practices in teacher education and evaluation.
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Combat zone
This book exposes a hidden war against public schools, part of a broader social movement targeting government, science, women, immigrants, the poor, and unions. It details strategies to undermine public education, such as privatization, political interference, and excessive testing.
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Leaps of faith
This book highlights the experiences of working-class students and scholars in higher education, focusing on their struggles, transitions, and successes. It aims to enhance dialogue and understanding of this population, offering reflections and discussing implications for their learning, developm...
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International perspectives on leading low-performing schools
This book explores the importance of school leadership quality and its effectiveness, particularly in low-performing schools. It highlights the limitations of current research, mainly focused on Western contexts, and emphasizes the need for global perspectives.
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Educating a working society
Educating a Working Society explores the history of career and technical education (CTE) in the 20th century, examining efforts to link schooling and work. It covers topics like vocational program controversies, racism in philanthropic giving, and trends in college and career readiness.
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Research-based instructional practices of effective principals
This book addresses the gap in literature on evidence-based instructional strategies for school leaders. It offers research, examples, action plans, and frameworks for principals and educators. Useful for principal-preparation programs, school district leaders, and educational associations.
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Bridging the relationship gap
A resource for working with children growing up without caring adults at home.
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Big theories revisited
This book explores how sociocultural factors influence school motivation and engagement. Leading scholars revisit major theories—such as self-determination theory, achievement goal theory, and self-efficacy theory—offering fresh insights into the key factors and processes that drive student learn...
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Professionalizing early childhood education as a field of practice
A guide to starting the conversation to professionalize early childhood education as a field of practice.
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Adult intentions, student perceptions
This book explores restorative justice (RJ) in schools, examining its dual role in fostering engagement or enforcing control. Through case studies, it questions assumptions about RJ's impact on discipline, learning, and student empowerment. Aimed at RJ advocates and critics, it highlights how edu...
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Dribble drabble
A collection of 145 high-quality, classroom-tested, hands-on, process-oriented art activities for learning and fun.
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Promising practices for engaging families in stem learning
This monograph explores how families, schools, and communities can promote student success in STEM by building equitable pathways for family engagement. It includes theoretical research, success stories, best practices, and policy recommendations, highlighting STEM as a powerful mechanism to conn...
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Steam concepts for infants and toddlers
Illustrated vignettes narrate stories of infant and toddler STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) concept explorations and bring out new possibilities for caregivers and educators to uncover within their own environments.
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