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  • Emile

    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...
    First published in 1762, "Emile" (AKA "On Education") is a treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the nature of education as well as the nature of man.Rousseau considered this book to be the best and most important of anything he had written. "Emile" was banned in Paris and Geneva, and publicly burned in the year of its release. This was due to a particular section of the book called, “Profession of ... Read more

    0,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Critical Pedagogy

    by Henry A. Giroux ...
    Alongside Paulo Freire, Henry A. Giroux is widely considered to be the founding father of critical pedagogy. This classic work represents his best writing on critical pedagogy spanning the past 40 years. The 2nd edition includes four new chapters covering the rise of fascist culture in America and across the globe and the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Trump and post-truth.This ... Read more

    22,99 €

  • The Coddling of the American Mind

    How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

    by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff ...
    'Excellent, their advice is sound... liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times BestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wi... ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • The Changing World of Outdoor Learning in Europe

    Edited by Peter Becker, Chris Loynes, Barbara Humberstone, Jochem Schirp ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    The Changing World of Outdoor Learning in Europe sets out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the economical and political changes that have occurred in European outdoor culture in the preceding two decades, from a diverse range of perspectives including institutional, theoretical, national and educational views. The book looks at how outdoor education has been transformed into an increasingly ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Sex Roles and the School

    by Sara Delamont ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this volume the author examines in a rigorous but highly accessible way, new research findings and new strategies for change, continuing to argue that both sexes lose out from sexist schooling. ... Read more

    64,53 €

  • Critical Youth Research in Education

    Methodologies of Praxis and Care

    Edited by Teresa L. McCarty, Arshad Imtiaz Ali ...
    Critical studies of youth play an increasingly important role in educational research. This volume adds to that ongoing conversation by addressing the methodological lessons learned from key scholars in the field. With a focus on “the doing” of critical youth studies in ways that center praxis and relational care in work with youth and their communities, the volume showcases scholars discussing ... Read more

    60,87 €

  • Religious Literacy, Law and History

    Perspectives on European Pluralist Societies

    Edited by Alberto Melloni, Francesca Cadeddu ...
    Series series ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
    The book profiles some of the macro and micro factors that have impact on European religious literacy. It seeks to understand religious illiteracy and its effects on the social and political milieu through the framing of the historical, institutional, religious, social, juridical and educational conditions within which it arises. Divided into four parts, in the first one, One literacy, more ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Life in the Classroom and Playground

    The Accounts of Primary School Children

    by Bronwyn Davies ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
    This study, first published in 1982, approaches children from an ethogenic viewpoint. It records their own accounts of their social world and sees them as members of a distinct culture with its own perspective, code of behaviour and strategies for making sense of their lives. The author suggests that teachers who can take the pupil’s perspective into account will work together more successfully ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • Decolonisation, Anti-Racism, and Legal Pedagogy

    Strategies, Successes, and Challenges

    Edited by Foluke I Adebisi, Suhraiya Jivraj, Ntina Tzouvala ...
    Series series Legal Pedagogy
    This book offers an international breadth of historical and theoretical insights into recent efforts to "decolonise" legal education across the world.With a specific focus on post- and decolonial thought and anti-racist methods in pedagogy, this edited collection provides an accessible illustration of pedagogical innovation in teaching and learning law. Chapters cover civil and common law legal ... Read more

    48,70 €

  • Queerness as Being in Higher Education

    Narrating the Insider/Outsider Paradox as LGBTQ+ Scholars and Practitioners

    Edited by Antonio Duran, Ryan A. Miller, T.J. Jourian, Jesus Cisneros ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    Drawing on autotheoretical methods, this insightful volume explores how LGBTQ+ scholars, practitioners, and scholar-practitioners exist within and negotiate an insider/outsider paradox within higher education, highlighting issues of affect, legibility, and embodiment.The first of a two-volume series, this book foregrounds the experiences of LGBTQ+ higher education scholars and practitioners in the ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Tips and Tidbits for Parents and Teachers

    Celebrating 50 Years in the Classroom and Sharing What I Have Learned

    by Pat Kozyra ...
    After fifty years of teaching, Pat Kozyra has now acted upon the many requests and encouraging suggestions from family, friends, and colleagues that she write a book about her many years in the teaching profession.This seasoned professional has so many Tips and Tidbits to offer, so much to tell, and so much to share. Pat has had an exemplary career and has taught in many areas including: primary ... Read more

    8,91 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Place-Based Writing in Action

    Opportunities for Authentic Writing in the World Beyond the Classroom

    Edited by Rob Montgomery, Amanda Montgomery ...
    This text presents a variety of ways for students to meet traditional instructional goals in writing while also learning how writing can help them become stewards of the natural world and advocates for their own communities. Built on a foundation of emerging research and theory and grounded in the lived reality of teachers, this book explores the material and virtual worlds as places that can be ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • (Re)writing the Future

    Creating Chinese International Students at Home

    by Xiaoyuan Li, Kun Dai ...
    Series series Bourdieu and Education of Asia Pacific
    Since the implementation of the Open Door Policy, studying abroad, or Chinese Liuxue, has undergone significant transitions. This book reveals how Chinese students prepare for Western universities through international schooling. It explores their motivations and strategies within China’s evolving educational landscape.Using surveys, interviews, field observations, and policy analysis, the authors ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Matching Your Message to the Audience

    A Practical Guide to Structuring Language for New Administrators

    by Robert A. Pauker, Mike Hibbard ...
    Matching Your Message to the Audience provides school administrators with principles and practical steps for creating messages that encourage a positive response. The reader learns strategies for matching the structure, language, and tone of the written or spoken message to each reader or listener to encourage teachers, parents and others to be open during the conversation with the administrator. ... Read more

    32,53 €

  • Das Anthropozän lernen und lehren

    Edited by Carmen Sippl, Erwin Rauscher, Martin Scheuch ...
    Series Book 9 - Pädagogik für Niederösterreich
    Die Wechselwirkung von Mensch und Natur hat durch die erkennbaren Folgen von Klimawandel und Artensterben eine Aktualität gewonnen, die für hoch-/schulische Bildung von zentraler Bedeutung ist. Wie kann das Anthropozän in Schulen gelernt, an ihnen gelehrt werden? Als geologischer Fachbegriff für das aktuelle Erdzeitalter, in dem der Mensch durch seine massiven Eingriffe nachhaltige Spuren im ... Read more

    39,99 €

  • Educating Marginalized Communities in East and Southeast Asia

    State, civil society and NGO partnerships

    Edited by Khun Eng Kuah, Jason Eng Thye Tan ...
    Despite the enshrinement by the United Nations in 1948 of education as a universal human right, and despite the ideals espoused in the Education for All declaration in Dakar in 1990, it is patently clear that these ideals remain far from realized for a substantial portion of humankind. Especially at risk are vulnerable segments of society such as women, migrants, refugees, rural populations, ... Read more

    58,44 €

  • World Yearbook of Education 2015

    Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage

    Edited by Agnès van Zanten, Stephen J. Ball, Brigitte Darchy-Koechlin ...
    Series series World Yearbook of Education
    This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education Series focuses on educational elites and inequality, focusing particularly on the ways in which established and emergent groups located at the top of the social hierarchy and power structure reproduce, establish or redefine their position.The volume is organized around three main issues:analyzing the way in which parents, students and graduates ... Read more

    70,61 €

  • Historical and Contemporary Foundations of Social Studies Education

    Unpacking Implications for Civic Education and Contemporary Life

    by James E. Schul ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education
    This book explores the rich history and depth of the educational field of social studies in the United States and examines its capacity to moderate modern-day anti-democratic forces through a commitment to civic education.Drawing out key significant historical moments within the development of social studies education, it provides a compelling historical narrative of the ideas that shaped the ... Read more

    24,34 €

  • Precise Poverty Alleviation and Intergenerational Mobility in China

    by Chunjin Chen ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    The widening of income and wealth inequality has become one of the most important obstacles on the road to China’s common prosperity. In the context of inequality reduction and anti-poverty strategy in China, this book investigates the complex relationship between education and intergenerational mobility in terms of occupation and income.Based on large-scale social survey data, cutting-edge ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • Structural Challenges and the Future of Honors Education

    Edited by Katherine O'Flaherty, Robert Grover ...
    Series series Honors Education in Transition
    Structural Challenges and the Future of Honors Education is the third volume in an edited series examining the proliferation of honors programs and colleges in American higher education. While honors education has become ubiquitous in American higher education, this transformation has happened without systematic attempts to align what honors means across institutions, and absent a universally ... Read more

    25,32 €

  • Understanding Second Language Users as Gamers

    Language as Victory

    Edited by Raúl Alberto Mora ...
    Series series Expanding Literacies in Education
    Featuring #TeamLaV from the Literacies in Second Languages Project.This volume documents how gamers use second languages in games and gaming communities, and how gaming interacts with literacy and language learning.Grounded in an innovative longitudinal research study involving gamers not only as participants but as active researchers, this book offers insights into the new interactions that arise ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • What's the Point of School?

    Rediscovering the Heart of Education

    by Guy Claxton ...
    Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schoolsWith their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today’s schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, Claxton proves that education’s key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners ... Read more

    9,16 €

  • A Prática pedagógica do professor de didática

    by Ilma Passos Alencastro Veiga ...
    Durante anos a autora trabalhou com a pesquisa educacional, ouvindo professores e alunos, comparando seus discursos e observando nas salas de aula a relação entre esses dois grupos. O resultado desse trabalho é apresentado aqui, onde a didática é questionada como prática do dia a dia, como disciplina ultrapassada, como didática crítica e, principalmente, onde se mostra como atuam os profissionais ... Read more

    8,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moral Learning

    Integrating the Personal, Professional and Political

    Edited by Monica Taylor ...
    As moral educators we are more used to teaching others and researching their learning and moral development than reflecting on and writing formally about our own moral learning. We are not just professionals with an interest and supposedly some expertise in morality and education, we also have gendered and culturally differentiated personal and professional lives, in which there are moral issues, ... Read more

    49,91 €