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The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893-1958

by Herbert M. Kliebard ...

Published in 1987, the first edition of The Struggle for**the American Curriculum was a classic in curriculum studies and in the history of education. This new third edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and includes two new chapters on the renewed attacks on the subject curriculum in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the way individual school subjects evolved over time and were affected by ... Read more

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Published in 1987, the first edition of The Struggle for**the American Curriculum was a classic in curriculum studies and in the history of education. This new third edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and includes two new chapters on the renewed attacks on the subject curriculum in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the way individual school subjects evolved over time and were affected by
... Read more
Designing Groupwork

Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom

by Elizabeth G. Cohen, Rachel A. Lotan ...

As teachers today work in ever more challenging contexts, groupwork remains a particularly effective pedagogical strategy. Based on years of research and teaching experience, the new edition of this popular book features significant updates on the successful use of cooperative learning to build equitable classrooms. Designing Groupwork, Third Edition incorporates current research findings with new ... Read more

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As teachers today work in ever more challenging contexts, groupwork remains a particularly effective pedagogical strategy. Based on years of research and teaching experience, the new edition of this popular book features significant updates on the successful use of cooperative learning to build equitable classrooms. Designing Groupwork, Third Edition incorporates current research findings with new
... Read more
Culturally Responsive Teaching

Theory, Research, and Practice

by Geneva Gay ...

Series series Multicultural Education Series
Multiple-award-winner Geneva Gay has updated her foundational text for culturally responsive teaching to keep it relevant for today’s diverse students. This perennial favorite is the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and education courses.Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, ... Read more

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Multiple-award-winner Geneva Gay has updated her foundational text for culturally responsive teaching to keep it relevant for today’s diverse students. This perennial favorite is the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and education courses.Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning,
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The New Henry Giroux Reader

The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Time of Tyranny

by Henry A. Giroux ...

The New Henry Giroux Reader presents Henry Giroux’s evolving body of work. The book articulates a crucial shift in his analyses after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack, when his writing took on more expansive articulations of power, politics, and pedagogy that addressed education and culture in forms that could no longer be contained via isolated reviews of media, schooling, or pedagogical ... Read more

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The New Henry Giroux Reader presents Henry Giroux’s evolving body of work. The book articulates a crucial shift in his analyses after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack, when his writing took on more expansive articulations of power, politics, and pedagogy that addressed education and culture in forms that could no longer be contained via isolated reviews of media, schooling, or pedagogical
... Read more
1620

A Critical Response to the 1619 Project

by Peter W. Wood ...

When and where was America founded? Was it in Virginia in 1619, when a pirate ship landed a group of captive Africans at Jamestown? So asserted the New York Times in August 2019 when it announced its 1619 Project. The Times set out to transform history by tracing American institutions, culture, and prosperity to that pirate ship and the exploitation of African Americans that followed. A ... Read more

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When and where was America founded? Was it in Virginia in 1619, when a pirate ship landed a group of captive Africans at Jamestown? So asserted the New York Times in August 2019 when it announced its 1619 Project. The Times set out to transform history by tracing American institutions, culture, and prosperity to that pirate ship and the exploitation of African Americans that followed. A
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Pragmatism, Post-modernism, and Complexity Theory

The "Fascinating Imaginative Realm" of William E. Doll, Jr.

Edited by Donna Trueit ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
The first collection of the key works of the major curriculum studies scholar William E. Doll, Jr., this volume provides an overview of his scholarship over his fifty-year career and documents the theoretical and practical contribution he has made to the field . The book is organized in five thematic sections: Personal Reflections; Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process And Transformation; ... Read more

$76.99 USD

The first collection of the key works of the major curriculum studies scholar William E. Doll, Jr., this volume provides an overview of his scholarship over his fifty-year career and documents the theoretical and practical contribution he has made to the field . The book is organized in five thematic sections: Personal Reflections; Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process And Transformation;
... Read more
Learning First, Technology Second

The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons

by Liz Kolb ...

Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from ... Read more

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Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from
... Read more
Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 3

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the third-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

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Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the third-grade level through visualization, play,
... Read more
Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting

Learn How to Take Notes Simply and Effectively

by Kristine Setting Clark ...

Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying ... Read more

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Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying
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Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Second Edition

by Louise Derman-Sparks, Julie Olsen Edwards ...

Becoming a skilled anti-bias teacher is a journey. With this volume’s practical guidance, you’ll grow in your ability to identify, confront, and eliminate barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity. Most important, you’ll find tips for helping staff and children learn to respect each other, themselves, and all people. Over the last three ... Read more

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Becoming a skilled anti-bias teacher is a journey. With this volume’s practical guidance, you’ll grow in your ability to identify, confront, and eliminate barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity. Most important, you’ll find tips for helping staff and children learn to respect each other, themselves, and all people. Over the last three
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Limitless Mind

Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers

by Jo Boaler ...

“Boaler is one of those rare and remarkable educators who not only know the secret of great teaching but also know how to give that gift to others.” — CAROL DWECK, author of Mindset“Jo Boaler is one of the most creative and innovative educators today. Limitless Mind marries cutting-edge brain science with her experience in the classroom, not only proving that each of us has limitless potential but ... Read more

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“Boaler is one of those rare and remarkable educators who not only know the secret of great teaching but also know how to give that gift to others.” — CAROL DWECK, author of Mindset“Jo Boaler is one of the most creative and innovative educators today. Limitless Mind marries cutting-edge brain science with her experience in the classroom, not only proving that each of us has limitless potential but
... Read more
The Theoretical Minimum

What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics

by Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky ...

Series series The Theoretical Minimum
**A master physicist and a self-taught scientist present the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physicsA New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year“Beautifully clear explanations of famously ‘difficult’ things.” ―Wall Street Journal**If you ever regretted not taking physics in college – or simply want to know how to ... Read more

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**A master physicist and a self-taught scientist present the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physicsA New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year“Beautifully clear explanations of famously ‘difficult’ things.” ―Wall Street Journal**If you ever regretted not taking physics in college – or simply want to know how to
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The Knowledge Gap

The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it

by Natalie Wexler ...

**“Essential reading for teachers, education administrators, and policymakers alike.” —STARRED Library JournalThe untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis**It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality ... Read more

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**“Essential reading for teachers, education administrators, and policymakers alike.” —STARRED Library JournalThe untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis**It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality
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Diseño y desarrollo curricular

by Miguel Ángel Zabalza ...

Series Book 45 - Educación Hoy Estudios
Este libro, que está cuidadosamente pensado para los docentes, entiende la figura del profesor y su tarea como un compromiso tanto con lo educativo como con la técnica didáctica. La idea de un desarrollo curricular centrado en la escuela, ha sido el leitmotiv de la obra. El profesor no puede ya trabajar solo, desconectado de sus colegas. Aunque suponga esfuerzo organizativo, ideológico (y hasta ... Read more

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Este libro, que está cuidadosamente pensado para los docentes, entiende la figura del profesor y su tarea como un compromiso tanto con lo educativo como con la técnica didáctica. La idea de un desarrollo curricular centrado en la escuela, ha sido el leitmotiv de la obra. El profesor no puede ya trabajar solo, desconectado de sus colegas. Aunque suponga esfuerzo organizativo, ideológico (y hasta
... Read more
Teaching When the World Is on Fire

Edited by Lisa Delpit ...

A timely collection of advice and strategies for creating a just classroom from educators across the country, handpicked by MacArthur “genius” and bestselling author Lisa Delpit"A favorite education book of the year." —Greater Good magazineIs it okay to discuss politics in class? What are constructive ways to help young people process the daily news coverage of sexual assault? How can educators ... Read more

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A timely collection of advice and strategies for creating a just classroom from educators across the country, handpicked by MacArthur “genius” and bestselling author Lisa Delpit"A favorite education book of the year." —Greater Good magazineIs it okay to discuss politics in class? What are constructive ways to help young people process the daily news coverage of sexual assault? How can educators
... Read more
The Death and Life of the Great American School System

How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

by Diane Ravitch ...

An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education expertsIn this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum - examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch ... Read more

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An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education expertsIn this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum - examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch
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UDL in the Cloud!

How to Design and Deliver Online Education Using Universal Design for Learning

by Katie Novak ...

Series series UDL Now!
UDL in the Cloud helps educators design and deliver more accessible, engaging, and effective online learning experiences.Drawing on years of experience in K-12 and postsecondary settings, authors Katie Novak and Tom Thibodeau offer a highly practical approach to developing e-courses, virtual snow days, flipped classes, and blended learning experiences that meet the needs of diverse learners ... Read more

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UDL in the Cloud helps educators design and deliver more accessible, engaging, and effective online learning experiences.Drawing on years of experience in K-12 and postsecondary settings, authors Katie Novak and Tom Thibodeau offer a highly practical approach to developing e-courses, virtual snow days, flipped classes, and blended learning experiences that meet the needs of diverse learners
... Read more
Ninety Writing Prompts

Helps from a Homeschool Mom of 12, #4

by Catherine McGrew Jaime ...

Series Book 4 - Helps from a Homeschool Mom of 12
Sometimes the hardest part of writing is just beginning. Catherine makes that part a little easier for writers of all ages and experience.Here she gives you ninety starting points - little prompts to get the creative juices going and the pencil moving. That gives you enough to do at least a bit of writing every day for three months, or every school day for one semester. (If you're using the ... Read more

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Sometimes the hardest part of writing is just beginning. Catherine makes that part a little easier for writers of all ages and experience.Here she gives you ninety starting points - little prompts to get the creative juices going and the pencil moving. That gives you enough to do at least a bit of writing every day for three months, or every school day for one semester. (If you're using the
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Paideia Proposal

by Mortimer J. Adler ...

The Paideia Proposal is a system of liberal education intended for all children. It was a response to what Adler characterized as the United States' antidemocratic or undemocratic educational system, a holdover from the 19th century, when the understanding of basic human rights fell short of 20th century expectations.The Paidea Proposal was based upon the following assumptions: 1) All children are ... Read more

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The Paideia Proposal is a system of liberal education intended for all children. It was a response to what Adler characterized as the United States' antidemocratic or undemocratic educational system, a holdover from the 19th century, when the understanding of basic human rights fell short of 20th century expectations.The Paidea Proposal was based upon the following assumptions: 1) All children are
... Read more
The Trial of the Century

by Gregg Jarrett ...

A “masterful” (The American Spectator) history of the iconic attorney Clarence Darrow and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Russia Hoax and Witch Hunt.Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that brought the attention of the entire country to the small town ... Read more

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A “masterful” (The American Spectator) history of the iconic attorney Clarence Darrow and the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Russia Hoax and Witch Hunt.Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that brought the attention of the entire country to the small town
... Read more
Powerful Interactions

How to Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning, Second Edition

by Amy Laura Dombro, Judy Jablon, Charlotte Stetson ...

In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits to everyone—teachers and children—are enormous when even some of those everyday interactions become intentional and purposeful Powerful Interactions!In step one of a Powerful Interaction, Be Present, you pause to tune in to how you are feeling and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right” ... Read more

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In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits to everyone—teachers and children—are enormous when even some of those everyday interactions become intentional and purposeful Powerful Interactions!In step one of a Powerful Interaction, Be Present, you pause to tune in to how you are feeling and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right”
... Read more
Modern Languages Across the Curriculum

Edited by Michael Grenfell ...

This book sets out the agenda for the future of modern language teaching in schools. It aims to look beyond the dominant methods of second language teaching to a new approach emphasising the integration of language learning within the wider curriculum. Through research and case studies from the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Finland, the book shows how teachers and policy makers ... Read more

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This book sets out the agenda for the future of modern language teaching in schools. It aims to look beyond the dominant methods of second language teaching to a new approach emphasising the integration of language learning within the wider curriculum. Through research and case studies from the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Finland, the book shows how teachers and policy makers
... Read more
Home Education

by Charlotte Mason ...

Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention, ... Read more

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Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention,
... Read more
Tools for Teaching

by Barbara Gross Davis ...

This is the long-awaited update on the bestselling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than sixty-one chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior ... Read more

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This is the long-awaited update on the bestselling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than sixty-one chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior
... Read more

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