Contemporary daoism, organic relationality, and curriculum of integrative creativity

This book critiques the assumption that Western creativity is cutting edge, and explores how it may have contributed to crises in education, society, and ecology. In its exploration of classroom dynamics, gender implications, and nonviolence curriculum, it advocates for Daoist creativity, which e...

R.a.c.e. mentoring and p-12 educators

This book explores the often-overlooked role of P-12 educators as scholars, extending R.A.C.E. knowledge in educational leadership, social justice, and diversity. It covers mentoring, culturally responsive leadership, practitioner scholarship, and advocacy, aiming to transform policy and practice...

Science in resistance

Scientists around the world rise up for climate and ecological justice In April 2022, hundreds of scientists rose in civil disobedience, breaking the law in more than twenty-eight countries. Risking arrest, they glued their hands to roads, blocked government and corporate buildings, and chained t...

The conflicts of 2020

In 2020, higher education faced conflicts like a global pandemic, racial protests, and economic struggles, all compounded by an election year. This book compiles perspectives from students in a 2020 graduate course on diversity and social justice, sharing experiences on identity, allyship, activi...

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.

Conflict management and leadership development using mediation

Conflict management is key in leadership development. Mediation enhances leadership and organizational growth in higher education. With frequent conflicts, this workbook offers strategies to help college personnel manage conflicts, improve communication, and address issues effectively.

Queer & trans advocacy in the community college

LGBTQ+ advocacy in U.S. higher education remains crucial, with ongoing marginalization. Community colleges are now emphasizing support for LGBTQ+ students. This book offers research and guidance for establishing effective LGBTQ+ services on campuses.

Deconstruction in a nutshell

This volume, now with a substantial new Introduction, represents one of the most lucid, compact and reliable introductions to Derrida and deconstruction available in any language.Responding to questions put to him at a roundtable held at Villanova University in 1994, Jacques Derrida leads the rea...

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.

English linguistic imperialism from below

The book shows how English has been newly constituted as a dominant language in post-market reform India. Political economic transitions experienced as radical social mobility fuelled intense non-elite desire for English schooling. Rather than English schooling leading to social mobility, new exp...

Quarterly review of distance education vol 25 issue 1

The Quarterly Review of Distance Education publishes refereed articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials on distance education theories, research, and practices. It covers methodologies for generalizable results, guiding public and private sector practices.

Composing storylines of possibilities

This book shares the experiences of migrant families in local schools. Each chapter starts with a family vignette and ends with implications for educators. It calls for school transformation, urging engagement with migrant families and embracing a risk and resilience model to achieve success.

Quarterly review of distance education vol 24 issue 4

The Quarterly Review of Distance Education publishes refereed articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials on distance education theories, research, and practices. It covers methodologies for generalizable results, guiding public and private sector practices.

Beyond single stories

This book challenges dominant narratives in social studies, advocating for diverse perspectives on social and ecological injustices. Covering topics from African representation in Chinese textbooks to Indigenous knowledge in climate action, it equips educators with practical and theoretical tools...

Mandy hoffen and a conspiracy to resurrect life and social justice in science curriculum with henrietta lacks

This book explores alternative pedagogies in science education through the fictional persona Mandy Hoffen. It uses imaginary dialogues and settings to discuss the stories of Henrietta Lacks, science, society, and social justice. It is aimed at graduate students, scholars, and educators.

Beyond provincialism

This book advances the global vision of Education 2030 by promoting inclusive, equitable learning. It provides a platform for diverse scholars and practitioners to explore how to turn this vision into reality. With interdisciplinary approaches and varied formats, the series fosters innovative dis...

‘saving’ education

Many assume a connection between historical black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and religion. 'Saving’ Education seeks to address this by exploring the impact of theological concerns and the changes resulting from the Reconstruction and Jim/Jane Crow on the ethos of these institutions and the...

Managing the partners in strategic alliances

This book is part of the Research in Strategic Alliances series, offering new scholarship on strategic alliances.It covers interdisciplinary frameworks, practical problems, and emerging inquiries. The book includes empirical studies and insights on partner management, selection, control, interpar...

The anatomy of neoliberalism and education

This book analyzes neoliberalism and education from a Marxist perspective, exploring its political, cultural, and financial tools. It examines how neoliberalism became common sense, its imperialist impact, and its role in education. The book reinterprets neoliberal educational reforms within the ...

One size fits none

Crawford and Plavin-Masterman argue that only by breaking open obstacles to broad-based entrepreneurship, both within and outside of existing organizations, can we break free from fossil fuel dependency and mitigate the spread of grievance culture and deepening global inequality.

Literacy in teacher preparation and practice

This book explores the evolving meaning of literacy, emphasizing its role in negotiating meaning. It highlights the importance of multiple literacies, cultural diversity, and disciplinary literacy. The book features research-based works on literacy across disciplines and teacher preparation for d...

Concept-based language instruction and genre-based second language writing pedagogy

This book presents an interdisciplinary, flexible and comprehensive framework for teaching second language (L2) and multilingual writing that integrates Concept-Based Language Instruction and Genre-Based Writing Pedagogy. The authors show how L2 writing instructors can empower student writers to ...

Storying the immobilities of gender violence in the uk and mexico

This book is a unique image-based bilingual (English and Spanish) book of textual and visual narratives of gender-based violence (GBV) in the UK and Mexico, framed with a critical commentary that sets these stories in the context of GBV in both countries.

Lift every voice

Radford University, founded in 1910, excels in teacher education. This volume highlights the voices of undergraduate students, using critical storytelling to show how classroom practices impacted them academically, socially, and emotionally. It's valuable for preservice and classroom teachers edu...

Social justice in language education

This book brings together authors from diverse geographical and professional contexts united by a common goal: to discuss social justice in language teacher education and language classrooms. The chapters take the reader on a journey from conceptual dilemmas, through specific critical issues, to ...

The amte handbook of mathematics teacher education

This AMTE volume explores the future of mathematics teacher education, reflecting on research and best practices. It highlights teacher preparation across various contexts and grade levels while connecting to AMTE Standards. Featuring insights from 95 contributors, it addresses current challenges...

Feminism and protest camps

This groundbreaking collection interrogates protest camps as sites of gendered politics and feminist activism. Drawing on case studies that range from Cold War women-only peace camps to more recent mixed-gender examples from around the world, diverse contributors reflect on the recurrence of gend...

The idea of civilization and the making of the global order

The idea of civilization recurs frequently in reflections on international politics. However, International Relations academic writings on civilization have failed to acknowledge the major 20th-century analysis that examined the processes through which Europeans came to regard themselves as uniqu...

Teaching languages to students with specific learning differences

This book is intended to help language teachers to work effectively and successfully with students who have Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs). It enables teachers to gain a thorough understanding of the nature of SpLDs and how these affect both general learning processes and the mechanisms of...

Oxygen

The remarkable scientific story of how Earth became an oxygenated planetThe air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it come to be this way? Donald Canfiel...

Don't fix women

Achieving gender balance at work isn't about 'fixing' the women, it's about changing the system. Here's how.

Language teacher identity and wellbeing

This book explores how language teacher identity influences and is influenced by wellbeing. It develops our understanding of this interaction through a combination of Indigenous, psychological, critical and postmodern frameworks and the personal perspectives of teachers and researchers.

The future of dark tourism

This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It outlines key features of difficult heritage and future cultural trauma and highlights the role of technology, immersive visitor experiences and the than...

Unsex me here

“A fairy tale, in the classic, sparkling, and powerful ways." —Michelle TeaIf Aurora Mattia is a switchboard operator, then Unsex Me Here is her call log. Please hold. There’s someone on the other line. A spider, a sibyl, an angel, a mermaid, a goddess, or an ex-girlfriend.Unsex Me Here is a pray...

Mobile hollywood

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Contemporary film and television production is extraordinarily mobile. Filming large-scale studio productions in Atlanta, Budape...

Carmilla

“To this hour the image of Carmilla returns to my memory with ambiguous alternations—sometimes the playful, languid, beautiful girl; sometimes the writhing fiend I saw in the ruined church. Sometimes, I start from a reverie, certain I heard the light step of Carmilla at the drawing-room door.” I...

The engineering executive's primer

Ice core concepts

ICE Core Concepts: Low Carbon Cements and Concrete for Construction is an accessible introduction to cement and concrete, focusing on recent developments and trends in low-carbon concrete materials and technologies used in construction

Laughter in ancient rome

"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."—The Telegraph "Rich and provocative."—Times Literary Supplement "An engaging exploration."—The New Yorker"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another cracking book, one of her best."—The Independent What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival...

Frankenstein

Unleash the Monster Within with Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinStep into the world of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a novel that has sparked debates, challenged beliefs, and captivated readers for centuries. Part of the Contested Classics series, this special edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is ...

Being human

Being Human presents the concept of an ideas-informed society, in which new thinking and innovation drive decision-making and citizens are encouraged to engage in and actively participate in this process.

International drug control law

This book critically examines the international drug control regime’s legal framework, implementation challenges, and emerging tensions. It explores the system’s shortcomings and the ongoing debates around its modernization, outlining potential reform pathways to address expanding drug markets, p...

Photovoice reimagined

Over the past decades, ‘photovoice’ has emerged as a participatory and creative research method in which participants capture and discuss their reality through photographs. This indispensable ‘how-to’ book with exercises and visual aids takes novice and veteran researchers through the practicali...

Gun present

Gun Present takes us inside the everyday operations of the law at a courthouse in the Deep South. Illuminating the challenges accompanying the prosecution of criminal cases involving guns, the three coauthors—an anthropologist, a geographer, and a district attorney—present a deeply human portrait...

Fidic quick reference guide

The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Silver Book provides commentary on the FIDIC Silver Book: FIDIC Conditions of Contract For EPC/Turnkey Projects.The book is a valuable tool for practitioners who are either preparing or using the contract form.