A presence for decades in individuals' everyday life practices and identity formation, the Walt Disney Company has more recently also become an influential element within the "e;big"e; curriculum of public and private spaces outside of yet in proximity to formal educational institutions.
'The Forgotten Third' is a provocative collection of essays which poses the fundamental question: 'Do a third of school students have to fail so that two-thirds can pass?
This brilliant book, focused on the education of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, offers a radical critique of traditional approaches to school improvement.
AChoiceOutstanding Academic Title of the YearA proactive, inclusive plan for the cross-disciplinary teaching of climate change from preschool to high school.
Drawing on Scripture, church history, and his own story, Shane Claiborne explores how a passion for social justice issues surrounding life and death--such as war, gun ownership, the death penalty, racial injustice, abortion, poverty, and the environment--intersects with our faith as we advocate for life in its totality.
Die Welt ist in transformativer Bewegung: Es geht um den Klimawandel, die globalen Migrationsbewegungen, die Friedensfrage sowie die wachsende Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich.
Bildung fur nachhaltige Entwicklung soll die Menschen zu zukunftsfahigem Denken und Handeln befahigen - angesichts von Herausforderungen wie Klimawandel, Umweltzerstorung, Verlust der biologischen Vielfalt, Armut und Ungleichheit.
This Handbook provides a comprehensive look at the educational scope of life and values that characterize 21st-century Asia, as well as those values shared across cultures.
El autor, José Antonio Marina, acaba de cumplir ochenta años y ha decidido regalarse este libro, que es un resumen de sus investigaciones y de sus experiencias, y un nuevo intento de colaborar a mejorar el porvenir de nuestros alumnos, hijos, nietos y, a través de ellos, de nuestros bisnietos.
El Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú IDEHPUCP y la Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya presentan un nueva coedición, enfocada en explorar las determinaciones fundamentales de la construcción de la ciudadanía: la ética de la participación política, la deliberación pública, la cultura de los derechos humanos, la inclusión social y el diálogo intercultural.
Este libro invita a la reflexión filosófica sobre el sentido de la tarea docente, entendida como una búsqueda y una apuesta al servicio de la trasmisión.
The companion series to renowned theologian Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics masterworkHerman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century.
This book critically examines the international, geopolitical, policy, institutional, and curricular challenges facing Canadian offshore school programs.
Vor dem Hintergrund der Schulqualitätsdebatte in Deutschland unterstreicht die Autorin die Notwendigkeit der Berücksichtigung pädagogisch-ethischer Aspekte im professionellen Umgang mit SchülerInnen.
Das Buch versammelt in Beiträgen namhafter Fachleute erstmals eindrucksvoll authentische Informationen aus allen Kontinenten über Praxis und Weltbild der Mensch-Natur-Beziehung, über deren mythologische und weltanschauliche Weltverständnisse und die Kraft und Weisheit tradierter Erfahrungen unter der Fragestellung einer kritischen Fruchtbarmachung für unsere Bildungspraxis im Sinne nachhaltiger Entwicklung.
Now in its second edition, this Handbook offers a comprehensive review of rigorous, innovative, and critical scholarship profiling the scope and terrain of academic inquiry on Latinos and education.
This book offers an examination of the related topics of school prayer and character education in the United States, advocating for their return to public schools.
COVID-19: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations provides critical insights into the impact of the pandemic on the relationship between cultures and institutions.
COVID-19: Cultural Change and Institutional Adaptations provides critical insights into the impact of the pandemic on the relationship between cultures and institutions.
As one of the first scholarly books to focus on colorism in education, this volume considers how connections between race and color may influence school-based experiences.
This timely volume critically assesses the state of education in Palestine, re-framing the discourse on Israel-Palestine through the lens of education and arguing for a paradigm shift in the way education in the region is studied, managed and experienced.
This is the story of a spiritual journey, a theological quest to find better biblical answers (ones that work in real life) to the challenging questions that plague many of us surrounding gender and sexual identity.
How do young people construct their identities in the complexity of their own country, belonging to the European Union, and being part of global society?
The issue of undocumented immigration cannot be described as either a problem or a possibility in the current political climate--it simply is a reality, and how individual Christians and churches respond to it relies heavily on their theological understanding of what it means to be an immigrant and what it means to be privileged.
Research impact is increasingly expected within academia, but does the pressure to 'do impact' risk an unhealthy focus on what can be counted rather than what counts?
Research impact is increasingly expected within academia, but does the pressure to 'do impact' risk an unhealthy focus on what can be counted rather than what counts?
Originally published in 1975, the essays in this book explore a particular level at which the concept of equality must be applied if educational equality is to be realised.
