Moral and social purpose of education

For the vast majority of Native American students in federal Indian boarding schools at the turn of the twentieth century, the experience was nothing short of tragic.

This book discusses and compares how social movements in Brazil, Chile, Greece and England are beacons of alternative politics.

This edited volume explores the specific ability of the school setting to promote intercultural education as an approach to address contemporary, societal issues of justice and social inclusion.

This book explores the radical reform experienced by universities worldwide, as reformers, inspired by extreme economic thinking, seek to transform the university into part of a global academic industry.

Recognizing the essential heteronomy of postmodern philosophy of religion, Merold Westphal argues against the assumption that human reason is universal, neutral, and devoid of presupposition.

Although much has been written about leaders and leadership, we unfortunately know little about the women who fill this particular role.

This volume outlines powerful theoretical and methodological approaches for expanding the possibilities of educational research.

The cornerstone of this book is the innovative concept of profiguration, a term coined by Fidel Molina-Luque to encapsulate the essential agreement and recognition required between generations in contemporary society.

Las directrices europeas y a nivel mundial establecen la necesidad de introducir el "espíritu empresarial" o "emprendimiento/emprendedurismo" como un objetivo explícito en los planes de estudios y reconocer formalmente las actividades de formación en ese espíritu empresarial.

This comprehensive, research-based resource illuminates the challenges and benefits of integrating community-based transformational learning (CBTL) experiences of teachers, students, and the community in early childhood settings.

There continues to be much concern about the retention and persistent of men in college, particularly Black, Latinx, and Native American men.

This book focuses on the role and content of the principle of the welfare interests of the child, considers the extent to which the principle has changed following its varied elevation by the introduction of paramountcy and reviews the distinction between welfare interests and rights.

The research in this volume draws on aspects of complexity theory and its integral link to systems performance to propose a new method for combatting the longstanding opportunity gap and related underperformance of so many underserved students in the American educational system.

Los desafíos de la agenda educativa contemporánea, los retos de la transformación de la escuela para responder al hoy y a lo por venir requieren un equipo de educadores superador del directivo o del funcionario solitario.

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The last half century has seen a dramatic expansion in access to primary, secondary, and higher education in many nations around the world.

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Among the pressing concerns of Americans in the first century of nationhood were day-to-day survival, political harmony, exploration of the continent, foreign policy, and--fixed deeply in the collective consciousness--hell and eternal damnation.

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The last half century has seen a dramatic expansion in access to primary, secondary, and higher education in many nations around the world.

Discrimination in an Unequal World explores the relationship between discrimination and inequality by comparing and examining what effect globalization has had on discrimination.

Winner of the 2013 Eleanor Maccoby Award from APA Division 7Women's schooling is strongly related to child survival and other outcomes beneficial to children throughout the developing world, but the reasons behind these statistical connections have been unclear.

This book concerns the urgency of thinking and acting in response to climate change through art and education.

The Value of the Humanities provides a critical account of the principal arguments used to defend the value of the Humanities.

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities.

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities.

This book brings together a unique collection of chapters to facilitate a broad discussion on food education that will stimulate readers to think about key policies, recent research, curriculum positions and how to engage with key stakeholders about the future of food.

This book brings together a unique collection of chapters to facilitate a broad discussion on food education that will stimulate readers to think about key policies, recent research, curriculum positions and how to engage with key stakeholders about the future of food.

Sesame Street has taught generations of Americans their letters and numbers, and also how to better understand and get along with people of different races, faiths, ethnicities, and temperaments.

Sesame Street has taught generations of Americans their letters and numbers, and also how to better understand and get along with people of different races, faiths, ethnicities, and temperaments.

Moral Development and Reality explores the nature of moral development, human behavior, and social interconnections.

Moral Development and Reality explores the nature of moral development, human behavior, and social interconnections.

Public school systems are central to a flourishing democracy, where children learn how to solve problems together, build shared identities, and come to value justice and liberty for all.

Public school systems are central to a flourishing democracy, where children learn how to solve problems together, build shared identities, and come to value justice and liberty for all.

Although the language of vocation was born in a religious context, the contributors in this volume demonstrate that it has now taken root within the broad framework of higher education and has become intertwined with a wide range of concerns.

Although the language of vocation was born in a religious context, the contributors in this volume demonstrate that it has now taken root within the broad framework of higher education and has become intertwined with a wide range of concerns.

Using a new model focused on four core capacities-intellectual complexity, social location, empathetic accountability, and motivated action--Teaching Civic Engagement explores the significance of religious studies in fostering a vibrant, just, and democratic civic order.

Using a new model focused on four core capacities-intellectual complexity, social location, empathetic accountability, and motivated action--Teaching Civic Engagement explores the significance of religious studies in fostering a vibrant, just, and democratic civic order.

In the 1970s, Basil Bernstein's work on children's sociolinguistic codes and his formulation of the contexts in which they are transmitted were the most influential in the field.

Academic abilities play a critical role not only in school settings but also in practical work situations and other problem-solving contexts that involve important intellectual task demands.

An inside look at a "e;no-excuses"e; charter school that reveals this educational model's strengths and weaknesses, and how its approach shapes studentsSilent, single-file lines.

How you can enrich your life by becoming a more skillful and engaged reader of literatureWe are what we read, according to Robert DiYanni.

Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities.

Learn to live the message of the Good Samaritan and make a global impact, using the resources already at your disposal.

Education and Political Subjectivities in Neoliberal Times and Places investigates the conditions and possibilities for political subjectivities to emerge in international educational contexts, where neoliberal norms are repeated, performed and transformed.

Exploring the issues of class through in-depth studies of housing, sport, art, music and politics in Britain, Class and Everyday Life persuasively demonstrates the pervasive influence of class on everyday life and the need to centre a radical understanding of class within emancipatory political movements.

Bourdieu's sociology has traditionally been confined to the limits of its French national context.

Bourdieu's sociology has traditionally been confined to the limits of its French national context.

This edited book makes an epistemic claim that disability studies' approaches to curriculum are doing more than merely critiquing how privileged knowledge excludes disability from curriculum theory and praxis.

This timely book explores the transitional experiences of undergraduates in minority groups studying at university and how arts methods and practices can play an important role in facilitating these transitions.