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Making Schools Work
Negotiating Educational Meaning and Transforming the Margins
Av Carolyn R. Hodges, Olga Welch m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
226 kr
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When talking about marginality and «otherness», one must always ask, marginal to what? Other to whom? Complex issues of identity construction have been the focus of research on students who, whether based on race, gender, class, or ability, define themselves or are defined as being on the margins …
Mind Fields
Adolescent Consciousness in a Culture of Distraction
Av Thomas J. Cottle, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
419 kr
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In Mind Fields, Thomas J. Cottle argues that the period known as adolescence is essentially a social construct influenced greatly by popular culture. To understand young people, therefore, is to recognize how the very consciousness of adolescents is shaped by a culture, dominated by the …
Voices from the Margins
The Stories of Vocational High School Students
Av Jane P. Nagle, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
592 kr
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Voices from the Margins is an examination of the school experiences of twenty working-class students in vocational high schools. Recognizing the complexity and the significance of these school participants’ experiences enriches our understanding of the hierarchical distribution of power structures …
Teachers in the Middle
Reclaiming the Wasteland of the Adolescent Years of Schooling
Av John Smyth, Peter McInerney m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
410 kr
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There is a profound and deepening crisis afflicting secondary schools in most parts of the world – but at its essence it is a crisis of a very different kind from the one portrayed by the media, the business community, politicians, and policy makers. Just what constitutes the crisis is highly …
Future of American Higher Education
How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate
E-bok, 2023
609 kr
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"This impressive anthology presents the reader with an introduction to a gallery of public intellectuals through the critical eyes of a wide array of contributing writers from various academic fields. Both the latter and the public intellectuals themselves are responding to the state of American …
Future of American Higher Education
How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate
E-bok, 2023
623 kr
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"This impressive anthology presents the reader with an introduction to a gallery of public intellectuals through the critical eyes of a wide array of contributing writers from various academic fields. Both the latter and the public intellectuals themselves are responding to the state of American …
Adolescent Education
A Reader
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Linda Irwin-DeVitis
Inbunden, 2010
1565 kr
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Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation’s …
Re-engaging Disconnected Youth
Transformative Learning through Restorative and Social Justice Education
Av Amy Vatne Bintliff, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
515 kr
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As many young adults continue to disengage with learning each day, teachers and administrators struggle to find programming that re-engages secondary students with their schooling and communities. This book profiles one program that succeeds in doing so, and should serve as a model for others. In a …
Teaching History to Adolescents
A Quest for Relevance
Av John A. Beineke, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1662 kr
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This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2012.Teaching History to Adolescents: A Quest for Relevance is an exploration of research, ideas, trends, and practices for educators who teach American history to adolescents from the middle grades …
Character and Moral Education
A Reader
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Tianlong Yu
Inbunden, 2011
1276 kr
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This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2012.Against a formidable national discourse that emphasizes academic standardization, accountability, and high-stakes testing in educational policy, Character and Moral Education: A Reader seeks to …
Contemporary Colleges and Universities
A Reader
Häftad, 2013
623 kr
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Today’s colleges and universities face countless uncharted challenges and possibilities. They are often prized as national treasures, yet, in tough economic times, they are becoming a major focus of contestation and controversy. This richly comprehensive survey takes a frank look at both polarities …
Contemporary Colleges and Universities
A Reader
Inbunden, 2013
2448 kr
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Today’s colleges and universities face countless uncharted challenges and possibilities. They are often prized as national treasures, yet, in tough economic times, they are becoming a major focus of contestation and controversy. This richly comprehensive survey takes a frank look at both polarities …
College Curriculum
A Reader
Inbunden, 2013
2448 kr
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Mark Van Doren, the noted literary scholar, once remarked, «The college is meaningless without a curriculum, but it is more so when it has one that is meaningless.» Many current critics of undergraduate curricula in America assent to the crucial need for programmatic renewal in our colleges and …
Success Academy
How Native American Students Prepare for College (and How Colleges Can Prepare for Them)
Av Mary Jo Benton Lee, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
359 kr
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Picture two very different schools: one, a federal Indian boarding school emphasizing vocational training, where few graduates attend college. The other – its neighbor – an overwhelmingly white, land-grant university.These two schools had little to no contact, until an innovative initiative turned …
School Reform Critics
The Struggle for Democratic Schooling
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Kenneth Teitelbaum
Inbunden, 2013
1483 kr
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Much of school reform during the past decade has been influenced by neoliberal and neoconservative economic and social policies and Rightist politics. Although the authors of School Reform Critics do not abandon their own ideas about the need for progressive changes in K–12 schooling, they critique …
Today’s College Students
A Reader
Av Pietro A. Sasso, Joseph L. DeVitis
Häftad, 2014
623 kr
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America’s undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity. Today’s College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad spectrum. The editors and …
Popular Educational Classics
A Reader
Häftad, 2016
639 kr
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The last half century has created deep tensions in how we analyze educational and social change. Educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens have had to cope with competing belief systems in evaluating and acting upon school policies and practices. This illuminating book untangles many of the …
Popular Educational Classics
A Reader
Inbunden, 2016
2295 kr
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The last half century has created deep tensions in how we analyze educational and social change. Educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens have had to cope with competing belief systems in evaluating and acting upon school policies and practices. This illuminating book untangles many of the …
Higher Education and Society
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso
Häftad, 2015
439 kr
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Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and …
Higher Education and Society
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso
Inbunden, 2015
1725 kr
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Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and …
Dreams and Deception
Sports Lure, Racism, and Young Black Males' Struggles in Sports and Education
Av Isabel Ann Dwornik, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
637 kr
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This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand the importance of education alongside athletic pursuits. In the world today, many young black males view athletic participation as the way to secure a successful future. Yet for the …
Dreams and Deception
Sports Lure, Racism, and Young Black Males' Struggles in Sports and Education
Av Isabel Ann Dwornik, Joseph L. DeVitis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1131 kr
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This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand the importance of education alongside athletic pursuits. In the world today, many young black males view athletic participation as the way to secure a successful future. Yet for the …
Colleges at the Crossroads
Taking Sides on Contested Issues
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso
Häftad, 2018
738 kr
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Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America’s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today’s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, …
Colleges at the Crossroads
Taking Sides on Contested Issues
Av Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso
Inbunden, 2018
1241 kr
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Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America’s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today’s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, …
Making College Better
Views from the Top
Häftad, 2018
625 kr
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Today’s colleges and universities are facing mounting criticism from both internal and external interest groups and constituencies. While strident calls for reform accelerate, resources for higher education have weakened. Thus, demands to improve college education abound amidst hard times. This …
Making College Better
Views from the Top
Inbunden, 2018
1075 kr
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Today’s colleges and universities are facing mounting criticism from both internal and external interest groups and constituencies. While strident calls for reform accelerate, resources for higher education have weakened. Thus, demands to improve college education abound amidst hard times. This …
Living on the Edge
Rethinking Poverty, Class and Schooling, Second Edition
Av John Smyth, Terry Wrigley m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
625 kr
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Living on the Edge: Rethinking Poverty, Class and Schooling, Second Edition confronts one of the most enduring and controversial issues in education—the nexus between poverty and underachievement. This topic stubbornly remains a key contemporary battleground in the struggle to raise standards. …
Future of American Higher Education
How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate
Inbunden, 2022
2449 kr
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"This impressive anthology presents the reader with an introduction to a gallery of public intellectuals through the critical eyes of a wide array of contributing writers from various academic fields. Both the latter and the public intellectuals themselves are responding to the state of American …
Future of American Higher Education
How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate
Häftad, 2022
532 kr
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"This impressive anthology presents the reader with an introduction to a gallery of public intellectuals through the critical eyes of a wide array of contributing writers from various academic fields. Both the latter and the public intellectuals themselves are responding to the state of American …
Post-Truth's Assault on America's Schools and Colleges
E-bok, 2026
743 kr
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Post-Truth's Assault on America's Schools and Colleges presents a wide-ranging analysis of the psychological, historical, philosophical, and socio-political perspectives on how the post-truth age has become a serious peril to American life and polity in general, and to our schools and colleges in …
