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Democracy and Education Democracy and Education John Dewey Publisher description: John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that learning was active and schooling unnecessarily long and restrictive. His idea was that children came to school to do things and live in a … OL111359W
Public education, America's civil religion Public education, America's civil religion Carl L. Bankston In this volume, the authors argue that public education is a central part of American civil religion and, thus, gives us an unquestioning faith in the capacity of education to solve all of our social… OL13759935W
Learning/work Learning/work Linda Cooper "We are living through a daunting yet fascinating period in which the global economy increasingly challenges the accepted dichotomies between home-life and work-life, between employment and unemploym… OL15442466W
Hip-hop culture in college students' lives Hip-hop culture in college students' lives Emery Petchauer "From Ciphers to Classrooms explores how diverse groups of young adults embody hip-hop culture and actively connect it to their lives on college campuses. Instead of looking at hip-hop solely as cont… OL15947347W
Queer girls in class Queer girls in class Lori Horvitz Queer Girls in Class: . is a compilation of personal essays by lesbian teachers and students who speak about sexual identity and its influence on the teaching and learning process. The mission of thi… OL15999133W
Creating a sense of presence in online teaching Creating a sense of presence in online teaching Rosemary M. Lehman "How can faculty create a strong E presence for their online classes? This volume highlights the need for creating a presence in the online environment. The authors explore the emotional, psychologic… OL16095169W
Educating for diversity and social justice Educating for diversity and social justice Amanda Keddie "Educating for Diversity and Social Justice foregrounds the personal stories of educators who are engaging the space of schooling as a site of possibility for realizing the goals of social justice. I… OL16142410W
Culture, Education, and Community Culture, Education, and Community Jennifer Lavia "Lavia and Mahlomaholo re-examine how postcolonial theories might contribute to understandings about education in Culture, Education, and Community. They provide a critical space in which to interrog… OL16239679W
Schooling, childhood, and bureaucracy Schooling, childhood, and bureaucracy Tony Waters "This book is about how modern American childhood is shaped by the bureaucratic tools including mass testing, child psychology, and the status hiearchies. This happens in a world where there is an em… OL16617907W
Reconsidering Canadian curriculum studies Reconsidering Canadian curriculum studies Nicholas Ng-A-Fook,Jennifer Rottmann "Reconsidering Canadian Curriculum Studies is a thought-provoking book, where curriculum scholars at different stages in their academic careers experiment with innovating theoretical and methodologic… OL16645740W
Excellent Sheep Excellent Sheep William Deresiewicz This book is a groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation's top schools should be -- but aren't -- providing: "The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless … OL17364755W
The way schools work The way schools work Kathleen Bennett DeMarrais,Kathleen Bennett de Marrais,Margaret LeCompte xiv, 301 p. ; 23 cm OL1888711W
For White folks who teach in the hood ... and the rest of y'all too For White folks who teach in the hood ... and the rest of y'all too Christopher Emdin "Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education. Drawing on his own experience o… OL19663716W
Education in America Education in America Kimberly Goyette 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) OL21146032W
Parallels and Responses to Curricular Innovation Parallels and Responses to Curricular Innovation Brad Petitfils 142 pages ; 24 cm OL21276013W
E-learning as a socio-cultural system E-learning as a socio-cultural system Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė "This book provides readers with a critical examination of the theories, models, and best practices in online education from a social perspective, evaluating blended, distance, and mobile learning sy… OL23185972W
Misreading Masculinity Misreading Masculinity Thomas Newkirk "In this book Tom Newkirk takes an up-close and personal look at elementary boys and their relationship to sports, movies, video games, and other venues of popular culture. Unlike the alarmists, he s… OL2722806W
Overschooled but undereducated Overschooled but undereducated John Abbott By misunderstanding teenagers' instinctive need to do things for themselves, isn't society in danger of creating a system of schooling that so goes against the natural grain of the adolescent brain, … OL3558568W
Beyond the national curriculum Beyond the national curriculum David Coulby The National Curriculum is due for review. This is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians and their entourages are looking for quick fixes from abroad to … OL3985596W
Wheels in the head Wheels in the head Joel H. Spring Wheels in the Head analyzes the ideas of traditional and nontraditional philosophers from Plato to Paulo Freire regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. Each s… OL83729W
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