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Introducing Dialogic Pedagogy

Provocations for the Early Years

by E. White ...

Introducing Dialogic Pedagogy presents some of the ideas of Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin concerning dialogism in a way that will engage and inspire those studying early childhood education. By translating the growing body of dialogic scholarship into a practical application of teaching and learning with very young children, this book provides readers with alternative ways of examining, ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

Introducing Dialogic Pedagogy presents some of the ideas of Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin concerning dialogism in a way that will engage and inspire those studying early childhood education. By translating the growing body of dialogic scholarship into a practical application of teaching and learning with very young children, this book provides readers with alternative ways of examining,
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The Death of Progressive Education

How Teachers Lost Control of the Classroom

by Roy Lowe ...

The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved away from being one in which teachers decided both the content of the school curriculum and how it would be taught towards the present situation in which a host of external influences dictate the nature of the educational experience.The book identifies ... Read more

$100.30 CAD

The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved away from being one in which teachers decided both the content of the school curriculum and how it would be taught towards the present situation in which a host of external influences dictate the nature of the educational experience.The book identifies
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Super Courses

The Future of Teaching and Learning

by Ken Bain ...

Series series Skills for Scholars
From the bestselling author of What the Best College Teachers Do, the story of a new breed of amazingly innovative courses that inspire students and improve learningDecades of research have produced profound insights into how student learning and motivation can be unleashed—and it’s not through technology or even the best of lectures. In Super Courses, education expert and bestselling author Ken ... Read more

$27.49 CAD

From the bestselling author of What the Best College Teachers Do, the story of a new breed of amazingly innovative courses that inspire students and improve learningDecades of research have produced profound insights into how student learning and motivation can be unleashed—and it’s not through technology or even the best of lectures. In Super Courses, education expert and bestselling author Ken
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Responsibility and Responsibilisation in Education

Edited by Christine Halse, Catherine Hartung, Jan Wright ...

Concerns with the nature of and relationship between responsibility and responsibilisation pervade contemporary social, political and moral life. This book turns the analytical lens on the ways in which responsibility and responsibilisation operate in diverse educational settings and relationships, and social, policy and geographical contexts in the USA, Europe, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

Concerns with the nature of and relationship between responsibility and responsibilisation pervade contemporary social, political and moral life. This book turns the analytical lens on the ways in which responsibility and responsibilisation operate in diverse educational settings and relationships, and social, policy and geographical contexts in the USA, Europe, the UK, New Zealand and Australia.
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Influences and Inspirations in Curriculum Studies Research and Teaching

Reflections on the Origins and Legacy of Contemporary Scholarship

Edited by Carmen Shields, Adam Garry Podolski, John J. Guiney Yallop ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This volume highlights lived experiences, personal inspirations and motivations, which have generated scholarship, and influenced the research and teaching of scholars in the field of curriculum studies.Offering contributions from new, established and experienced scholars, chapters foreground the ways in which the authors have been influenced by the mentorship and work of others, by personal ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

This volume highlights lived experiences, personal inspirations and motivations, which have generated scholarship, and influenced the research and teaching of scholars in the field of curriculum studies.Offering contributions from new, established and experienced scholars, chapters foreground the ways in which the authors have been influenced by the mentorship and work of others, by personal
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Coordinating Mathematics Across the Primary School

by Tony Brown ...

Series series Subject Leaders' Handbooks
Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately. There are special volumes dedicated to dealing with OFSTED, creating whole school policy and the demands of co ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately. There are special volumes dedicated to dealing with OFSTED, creating whole school policy and the demands of co
... Read more
Language, Image and Power in Luso-Hispanic Cultural Studies

Theory and Practice

Edited by Susan Larson ...

Series series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
This volume explores the history, evolution, and future of Luso-Hispanic Cultural Studies as a discipline, a pedagogical tool, and a set of working practices by bringing together a diverse group of renowned specialists to examine how the field has grown out of and radically reconsidered some of the basic premises of British Cultural Studies since the 1950s to address the many cultures of the ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

This volume explores the history, evolution, and future of Luso-Hispanic Cultural Studies as a discipline, a pedagogical tool, and a set of working practices by bringing together a diverse group of renowned specialists to examine how the field has grown out of and radically reconsidered some of the basic premises of British Cultural Studies since the 1950s to address the many cultures of the
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A Cultural History of Reforming Math for All

The Paradox of Making In/equality

by Jennifer Diaz ...

Series series Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education
While many accept that math is a universal, culturally indifferent subject in school, this book demonstrates that this is anything but true. Building off of a historically conscious understanding of school reform, Diaz makes the case that the language of mathematics, and the symbols through which it is communicated, is not merely about the alleged cultural indifference of mathematical thinking; ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

While many accept that math is a universal, culturally indifferent subject in school, this book demonstrates that this is anything but true. Building off of a historically conscious understanding of school reform, Diaz makes the case that the language of mathematics, and the symbols through which it is communicated, is not merely about the alleged cultural indifference of mathematical thinking;
... Read more
The Impacts of Neoliberalism on US Community Colleges

Reclaiming Faculty Voice in Academic Governance

by Greg Sethares ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism
Focusing on community colleges as a unique structure within American higher education, this text investigates the specific ways in which these institutions have been impacted by a global increase in neoliberal education policies.Analyzing the effects neoliberalism has had on community colleges, the text charters discourse relating the erosion of faculty voice in academic governance, and decision ... Read more

$42.59 CAD

Focusing on community colleges as a unique structure within American higher education, this text investigates the specific ways in which these institutions have been impacted by a global increase in neoliberal education policies.Analyzing the effects neoliberalism has had on community colleges, the text charters discourse relating the erosion of faculty voice in academic governance, and decision
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Currere from Apartheid to Inclusion

Building Culturally Responsive Pedagogies in Post-Apartheid South Africa

by Shani Steyn ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This volume demonstrates the instrumental use of Currere as a methodology to bring about Deracialisation through transformational learning by a white educator in Post-Apartheid South Africa.Offering an honest and vulnerable recognition of privilege and exclusivity, it disrupts deep-seated racial bias and assumptions, unveils racial blind spots, and confronts the discourse that South African "white ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

This volume demonstrates the instrumental use of Currere as a methodology to bring about Deracialisation through transformational learning by a white educator in Post-Apartheid South Africa.Offering an honest and vulnerable recognition of privilege and exclusivity, it disrupts deep-seated racial bias and assumptions, unveils racial blind spots, and confronts the discourse that South African "white
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Inside and Out

Universities and Education for Sustainable Development

by Robert Forrant, Linda Silka ...

Series series Work, Health and Environment Series
Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad activities, maintain its academic integrity, and have a transformative impact off campus? And, who ought to participate in the conversations that frame and guide both the internal restructuring process and the off-campus interactions? The perspective of this book, ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad activities, maintain its academic integrity, and have a transformative impact off campus? And, who ought to participate in the conversations that frame and guide both the internal restructuring process and the off-campus interactions? The perspective of this book,
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Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education

Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation

Edited by Darryl W. Stephens, Kate Ott ...

Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
This volume combines insights from secular sexuality education, trauma studies, and embodiment to explore effective strategies for teaching sexuality and religion in colleges, universities, and seminaries.Contributors to this volume address a variety of sexuality-related issues including reproductive rights, military prostitution, gender, fidelity, queerness, sexual trauma, and veiling from the ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

This volume combines insights from secular sexuality education, trauma studies, and embodiment to explore effective strategies for teaching sexuality and religion in colleges, universities, and seminaries.Contributors to this volume address a variety of sexuality-related issues including reproductive rights, military prostitution, gender, fidelity, queerness, sexual trauma, and veiling from the
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Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms

Edited by Barbara Comber, Anne Simpson ...

Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms brings together accounts of educators who have sought to make a difference in the lives of their students through literacy education--from university classrooms in the United States, England, and South Africa, to policy and curriculum development in Singapore and Australia. Each chapter represents the results of extended research on classroom practice ... Read more

$96.18 CAD

Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms brings together accounts of educators who have sought to make a difference in the lives of their students through literacy education--from university classrooms in the United States, England, and South Africa, to policy and curriculum development in Singapore and Australia. Each chapter represents the results of extended research on classroom practice
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The Social Context of Learning in India

Achievement Gaps and Factors of Poor Learning

Edited by Manoj Kumar Tiwary, Sanjay Kumar, Arvind Kumar Mishra ...

Why are children from disadvantaged and minority communities overrepresented among academic underachievers, poor learners, and school dropouts? This volume engages with this question and examines classroom learning as a process that involves a multitude of actors situated in specific social, cultural, and historical contexts.The volume covers an interdisciplinary spectrum of educational processes, ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

Why are children from disadvantaged and minority communities overrepresented among academic underachievers, poor learners, and school dropouts? This volume engages with this question and examines classroom learning as a process that involves a multitude of actors situated in specific social, cultural, and historical contexts.The volume covers an interdisciplinary spectrum of educational processes,
... Read more
Sociology and School Knowledge

Curriculum Theory, Research and Politics

by Geoff Whitty ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
The rise of a radical ‘new’ sociology of education during the early 1970s focused attention on the nature of school knowledge. Although this new approach was set to revolutionize the subject, within a few years, many people considered these developments an eccentric interlude, with little relevance to curriculum theory or practice.First published in 1985, this book offers a more positive view of ... Read more

$75.57 CAD

The rise of a radical ‘new’ sociology of education during the early 1970s focused attention on the nature of school knowledge. Although this new approach was set to revolutionize the subject, within a few years, many people considered these developments an eccentric interlude, with little relevance to curriculum theory or practice.First published in 1985, this book offers a more positive view of
... Read more
Pensées Confisquées, Comment l’Information vous Empêche de Réfléchir

Développement personnel et spiritualité

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Series series Développement personnel et spiritualité
Et si votre esprit ne vous appartenait plus ?À l'ère des algorithmes, du scroll infini et des notifications compulsives, notre capacité à penser par nous-mêmes s'effrite. L'information n'éclaire plus : elle submerge, oriente, conditionne.Ce livre dévoile avec clarté et rigueur comment la société numérique, les systèmes éducatifs, les médias, et les plateformes sociales conspirent (souvent ... Read more

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Et si votre esprit ne vous appartenait plus ?À l'ère des algorithmes, du scroll infini et des notifications compulsives, notre capacité à penser par nous-mêmes s'effrite. L'information n'éclaire plus : elle submerge, oriente, conditionne.Ce livre dévoile avec clarté et rigueur comment la société numérique, les systèmes éducatifs, les médias, et les plateformes sociales conspirent (souvent
... Read more
Technology Education in New Zealand

A Guide for Teachers

by Wendy Fox-Turnbull, Elizabeth Reinsfield, Alistair Michael Forret ...

This book aims to develop understanding of technology education in New Zealand. It is New Zealand’s story of technology education in the 21st century and will assist teachers and teacher educators in developing technology education programmes. It explores the philosophy of and rationale for technology education and the relevant theory underpinning technology education. The background to recent ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

This book aims to develop understanding of technology education in New Zealand. It is New Zealand’s story of technology education in the 21st century and will assist teachers and teacher educators in developing technology education programmes. It explores the philosophy of and rationale for technology education and the relevant theory underpinning technology education. The background to recent
... Read more
Hopeful Minds Teen Hopeguide

by Kathryn Goetzke ...

Hope is measurable, and teachable. Tested and approved by teens, the 'Hopeful Minds® Teen Hpeguide is a 12-module workbook that introduces the Five Keys to Shine Hope™: Stress Skills, Happiness Habits, Inspired Actions, Nourishing Networks, and Eliminating Challenges. This comprehensive approach empowers teens to navigate challenges, embrace positivity, and empower resilience.The workbook employs ... Read more

$27.19 CAD

Hope is measurable, and teachable. Tested and approved by teens, the 'Hopeful Minds® Teen Hpeguide is a 12-module workbook that introduces the Five Keys to Shine Hope™: Stress Skills, Happiness Habits, Inspired Actions, Nourishing Networks, and Eliminating Challenges. This comprehensive approach empowers teens to navigate challenges, embrace positivity, and empower resilience.The workbook employs
... Read more
Problem-Based Learning in Clinical Education

The Next Generation

Edited by Susan Bridges, Colman McGrath, Tara L. Whitehill ...

Series series Education (R0)
Developed in the context of health sciences education in the late 1960s, problem-based learning (PBL) is now widely deployed as an education methodology. Its problem-solving, collaborative, student-centred ethos is seen as a more appropriate system of pedagogy than earlier ‘chalk-and-talk’ modes. Focusing on its use in clinical education, this collection of recent scholarship on PBL examines the ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Developed in the context of health sciences education in the late 1960s, problem-based learning (PBL) is now widely deployed as an education methodology. Its problem-solving, collaborative, student-centred ethos is seen as a more appropriate system of pedagogy than earlier ‘chalk-and-talk’ modes. Focusing on its use in clinical education, this collection of recent scholarship on PBL examines the
... Read more
Inspiring Primary Learners

Insights and Inspiration Across the Curriculum

Edited by Roger McDonald, Poppy Gibson ...

Inspiring Primary Learners offers trainee and qualified teachers high-quality case studies of outstanding practice in contemporary classrooms across the country. Expert authors unravel and reveal the theory and evidence that underpins lessons, helping you make connections with your own practice and understand what ‘excellent’ looks like, within each context, and how it is achieved.Illustrated ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

Inspiring Primary Learners offers trainee and qualified teachers high-quality case studies of outstanding practice in contemporary classrooms across the country. Expert authors unravel and reveal the theory and evidence that underpins lessons, helping you make connections with your own practice and understand what ‘excellent’ looks like, within each context, and how it is achieved.Illustrated
... Read more
Asia in the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal Arts Education

A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal Arts Education

by Van Jay Symons, Suzanne Wilson Barnett ...

The contributors place the development of Asian studies programs in small colleges in historical context, make a compelling case for the inclusion of Asian studies in the liberal arts curriculum, and consider the challenges faced in developing and sustaining Asian studies programs and ways of meeting such challenges now and in the future. ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

The contributors place the development of Asian studies programs in small colleges in historical context, make a compelling case for the inclusion of Asian studies in the liberal arts curriculum, and consider the challenges faced in developing and sustaining Asian studies programs and ways of meeting such challenges now and in the future.
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Media Education and the Liberal Arts

A Blueprint for the New Professionalism

by Robert O. Blanchard, William G. Christ ...

Series series Routledge Communication Series
This book provides academic reformers with a blueprint for tackling the upheaval facing media education. It calls for a new professionalism that rejects the status quo, reflects the mission and diversity of individual programs, and demands a redefinition of both traditional media studies and the liberal arts. ... Read more

$72.82 CAD

This book provides academic reformers with a blueprint for tackling the upheaval facing media education. It calls for a new professionalism that rejects the status quo, reflects the mission and diversity of individual programs, and demands a redefinition of both traditional media studies and the liberal arts.
... Read more
Implementing the Whole Curriculum for Pupils with Learning Difficulties

Edited by Richard Rose, Ann Fergusson, Caroline Coles, Richard Byers, David Banes ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1994, Implementing the Whole Curriculum for Pupils with Learning Difficulties explores practical ways of addressing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties. It draws upon the experience of classroom teachers in developing their practice within and beyond the National Curriculum. It provides examples of ways in which pupil’s personal and social development may be ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

First published in 1994, Implementing the Whole Curriculum for Pupils with Learning Difficulties explores practical ways of addressing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties. It draws upon the experience of classroom teachers in developing their practice within and beyond the National Curriculum. It provides examples of ways in which pupil’s personal and social development may be
... Read more
Developing a Curriculum

A Practical Guide

by Audrey Nicholls, S. Howard Nicholls ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1972. This is a practical and comprehensive guide to planning and developing a curriculum which will give both professional and prospective teachers a clearer insight into this vital part of the teacher's role. The study of objectives, selection and organisation of content and methods, evaluation, the total situation, various settings for curriculum development and the ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Originally published in 1972. This is a practical and comprehensive guide to planning and developing a curriculum which will give both professional and prospective teachers a clearer insight into this vital part of the teacher's role. The study of objectives, selection and organisation of content and methods, evaluation, the total situation, various settings for curriculum development and the
... Read more

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