Education

Middle Grades Research: Exemplary Studies Linking Theory to Practice is the first and only book to present what is perhaps the most thoroughly scrutinized group of studies focusing on middle grades education issues ever assembled.

In Dreams Deferred, a follow-up to Of Borders and Dreams (1996), Chris Carger takes us further into the life of Alejandro Juarez, Jr.

COVID-19 has had massive social, political, and economic consequences, not least in education.

As divisions grow across political, economic, and social lines, it often feels as though the only belief shared by many is that "e;the other side is too far gone.

International Education Inquiries is a book series dedicated to realizing the global vision of Education 2030a.

COVID-19 has had massive social, political, and economic consequences, not least in education.

The continued presence and growth of religion within the global community, resists the notion that religion is to be usurped by the secular or disenfranchised through secularism.

International Education Inquiries is a book series dedicated to realizing the global vision of Education 2030a.

Paulo Freire wrote that "e;sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student.

This volume investigates the evolution of the geometry curriculum in the United States over the past 150 years.

Addressing Social Issues in the Classroom and Beyond: The Pedagogical Efforts of Pioneers in the Field is comprised of essays that delineate the genesis and evolution of the thought and work of pioneers in the field of social issues and education.

Scope of the Book: Personal~Passionate~Participatory Inquiry into Social Justice in Education, the first book in the series, features 14 programs of social justice oriented research on life in schools, families, and communities.

Qualitative Research Methods in Education and Educational Technology was written for students and scholars interested in exploring the many qualitative methods developed over the last 50 years in the social sciences.

Historians and teacher educators nationwide are now engaged in discussions about the importance of history teacher preparation.

This book is a product of a dissertation project that was completed in December 2006.

Currently, peace education remains marginalized in our education system, however, a united front can be formed and powerful paradigms can empower educators to play a critical role in peace building through scholarship, practice and activism.

The hybridity and dynamism of today's interconnected, interdependent and culturally diverse world poses challenges and opportunities for learning and communication.

This proposal is for a book about pedagogical leadership that draws upon an extensive literature base as well as empirical research by the author in order to examine forms of leadership and management that promote and instill education for learning and social justice.

Over the past two decades, the theoretical interests of mathematics educators have changed substantially-as any brief look at the titles and abstracts of articles shows.

The field of educational technology is one that requires a high level of problem solving critical thinking, and interpersonal skills to solve problems that are often complex and multi-dimensional.

As educators in the United States and Europe develop national history standards for K-12 students, the question of what to do with national history canons is a subject of growing concern.

The purpose of the book series is to present reviews of current research in specific areas of early childhood education.

(sponsored by the Educational Statisticians, SIG)The use of multilevel analyses to examine effects of groups or contexts on individual outcomes has burgeoned over the past few decades.

Fresh insights and discussions from the latest research into the impact of AI on higher education AI is transforming every commercial industry it touches.

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This book serves as a platform for educators and researchers to unite educational technology and social justice.

The purpose of this book is to provide a forum for an interdisciplinary scholarly dialogue with regard to preparing teachers for early childhood special education.

This book is based upon research conducted both before and after a visit to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia in March, 2003.

This book addresses how to assess and instruct students while also honoring their cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries: A Critical Annotated Bibliography, is comprised of critical essays accompanied by annotated bibliographies on a host of programs, models, strategies and concerns vis-a-vis teaching and learning about social issues facing society.

This concise monograph addresses the expanding field of family involvement to out of school time (OST).

In response to No Child Let Behind, states have developed mathematics curriculum frameworks that outline their intended curriculum for grades K-8.

This volume brings together the latest research and scholarship on Latinos in the United States.

Over the last decade, the field of distance education (and e-learning) has substantially strengthened and assumed a more international scope.

Optimizing Talent is the must have book for every leader and manager looking to sustain the ultimate workforce.

originally published by University of Missouri (May 2004)Prairie Power is a superb collection of oral histories from the 1960s focused on former student radicals at the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, and Southern Illinois University.

In a most timely volume addressing many of the connections among current fiscal and employment crises to adult education, Learning for Economic Self-Sufficiency highlights the problems and challenges that low-literate adults encounter in various environments.

There is an increasing proliferation of service-learning courses in colleges and universities in the U.

The late Margaret J.

January 2009 marked the 25th anniversary of one of the most famous three minutes of television history.

Parents feel that a fast-paced lifestyle requires constant hurry to complete the next task and causes them to lose control over how time is spent.

Our goal in writing this book was to validate teachers for strong efforts in their life's work.

Career Development in the Schools describes a dynamic process that continues to evolve in its rationale and practice.

Functional literacy, cultural literacy, and progressive literacy are just a few of the many terms one can invoke when attempting to define literacy.

Drawing on critical race theory, this book critically examines race through a mosaic lens pointing out various issues directly connected to it, such as racial identity politics, racism, multiracialism, interracial relationships, and the hegemony of whiteness.

In Esperanza School: A Grassroots Community School in Honduras, Eloisa Rodriguez takes us into the daily lived experiences of members of a community school, Esperanza School, situated in a rural area in Honduras.

With increasing diversity and widening disparities in the United States and globally there are significant challenges and opportunities throughout the educational landscape.

This third book in International Research on School Leadership, focuses on the changing nature of instructional leadership in the 21st century.

Why with hundreds and hundreds of books on leadership to choose from, why another one?

This book, Blurring the Lines, has immediate appeal to policy-makers, and analysis in public and private sectors, as well as legal scholars and practitioners.