For success in school and life, students need more than proficiency in academic subjects and good scores on tests; those goals should form the floor, not the ceiling, of their education.
Black graduate deans at historically white institutions have long navigated the complexities of higher education leadership while advocating for diversity, equity, and student success.
Offering aspiring leaders a chance to learn from the experience of deans, vice presidents, and presidents who have served at different types of institutions around the country, Leadership Talks: Candid Conversations with Academic Leaders, presents a half dozen extended interviews with current and former administrators that cover their paths to leadership, how they navigate evolving challenges in higher education, and how they have learned from failure.
Humane Composition Pedagogy (HCP) provides a pedagogical framework for reconciling the current disconnect between neoliberal higher education policies (sometimes called the “business model” of higher education) and the demand for kinder and more human-centered instruction.
This edited volume explores diverse translanguaging practices in multilingual science classrooms in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Luxembourg, South Africa, Sweden and the United States.
The current practice of having children begin school within a twelve-month cohort is unfair but can be ameliorated by incorporating a dual-entry system.
Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion: Using Global and Multicultural Children's Literature in Grades K-5, Second Edition shows educators how to assist students in cultivating and appreciating diversity and inclusion in K-5 classrooms.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) presents itself in many different ways, and teachers must be able to identify individual and shared characteristics to provide proper support.
This book provides an in-depth, multi-faceted look into capacity building for service-learning, using the case of the higher education landscape in Hong Kong.
The SAGE Handbook of Gifted & Talented Education provides a comprehensive and international overview of key challenges and issues in the field of gifted education, making this an invaluable volume for individuals in the fields of education, public and private school administration, psychology and beyond.
This volume explores theories and practices of decolonizing education, drawing on international perspectives from scholars across the globe to engage new knowledges and build solidarities across different spaces.
This book offers a critical discussion on the necessity for 'difficult conversations' to take place in education, drawing on studies from across the UK.
Our children have the energy, capacity, and passion to create and nurture a global culture in which inclusion, acceptance, respect, and participation are the core values that underpin a human being's every interaction.
Designed to prepare future educators for practice, this text challenges students and offers practical classroom-based strategies for their teaching careers.
Inclusive Lesson Plans Throughout the Yearhas over 150 lesson plans for teachers who have children with special needs in their early childhood classrooms.
This revolutionary book explores theoretical and practical issues of listening to children, families, and professionals who advocate for and work with young children to promote social justice and improve their lives, and to ensure no one is left behind.
El libro que teneis en las manos, Educar en tiempos dificiles, es un conjunto de conversaciones en torno a la maquina de cafe de la escuela, en las pausas que tenemos los docentes en nuestra jornada.
Este libro te ayudará a conocer el cerebro para profundizar en el maravilloso mundo de la neurodiversidad, un concepto que alude a los múltiples tipos de cerebros y mentes que existen.
In diesem Heft mit dem Schwerpunktthema "Inklusion" ist unschwer zu erkennen, woran die Umsetzung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention in den Ländern derBundesrepublik zu scheitern droht.
As the inclusive classroom becomes the placement of choice for many students with disabilities, the implementation of a student's individualized education plan (IEP) is no longer the sole responsibility of a special education teacher.
Students and educators today face obstacles to student achievement, well-being, and success that are above and beyond traditional instructional and assessment concerns.
Students and educators today face obstacles to student achievement, well-being, and success that are above and beyond traditional instructional and assessment concerns.
As the inclusive classroom becomes the placement of choice for many students with disabilities, the implementation of a student's individualized education plan (IEP) is no longer the sole responsibility of a special education teacher.
Award-winning educator Walter Kaweski offers secondary teachers practical strategies and heartfelt insights based on his extensive experience as an autism specialist, inclusion coordinator, and father of a son with Asperger syndrome.
