Counterpoints Primers – serie
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29 produkter
Self-Study of Teaching Practices Primer
Av Anastasia P. Samaras, Anne R. Freese
Häftad, 2006
234 kr
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Self-Study of Teaching Practices is an excellent introduction to the field of self-study research and practice. This student- and teacher-friendly primer provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the self-study literature, complete with guidelines and examples of cutting-edge self-study …
Standards Primer
Av Raymond A. Horn, Jr., Shirley R. Steinberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
187 kr
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The lives of America’s students, educators, and parents are being significantly touched by the current standards and accountability reform. The Standards Primer explores the historical development of this reform, and compares two different views of educational standards and accountability – …
Studying Urban Youth Culture Primer
Häftad, 2007
229 kr
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This book provides a concise introduction to the practical and theoretical complexities of studying urban youth culture today. Looking across disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and education, Dimitriadis explores the ways urban youth have been framed – in often limiting and problematic …
Foucault and Education Primer
Häftad, 2005
234 kr
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This book explores the works of Michel Foucault and their relevance for educational theory and practice. Gail McNicol Jardine investigates Foucault’s early examinations of the transformation of systems of knowledge as societies change, his in-depth, critical analyses of Knowledge-Power, and his …
Critical Constructivism Primer
Häftad, 2005
241 kr
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The Critical Constructivism Primer introduces education students to the study of knowledge; how it is inscribed by particular values and produced in problematic ways; whose interests it serves; and how it shapes the identities of those who consume it. Critical constructivism is an epistemological …
Mentorship Primer
Häftad, 2004
234 kr
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As accountability expectations for schools, universities, and businesses rapidly take root in Westernized countries, the widespread importance of mentoring is indisputable. Current trends have escalated the role and practice of mentorship, aligning it with human performance, institutional reform, …
Bakhtin Primer
Häftad, 2007
234 kr
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The Bakhtin Primer offers a truly new and innovative approach to leading and reforming schools. It delves into some of Bakhtin’s most salient concepts – chronotope, polyphony and heteroglossia, dialogue and dialogism, and carnival – and presents them as the basis for a comprehensive reform agenda – …
Action Research Primer
Häftad, 2008
234 kr
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Despite the fact that publishers and policy-makers have had increasing influence over classrooms, it is the teacher who must make decisions on a minute-by-minute basis about what will help specific students learn. Similarly, local administrators must make key decisions at the school and district …
Standardized Testing Primer
Häftad, 2007
234 kr
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The Standardized Testing Primer provides non-specialists with a thorough overview of this controversial and complicated topic. It eschews the statistical details of scaling, scoring, and measurement that are widely available in textbooks and at testing organization Web sites, and instead describes …
American Public Education Law Primer
Primer
Av David C. Bloomfield, Shirley R. Steinberg m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
555 kr
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This readable introduction to American public education law is designed to assist practicing educators, college and graduate students, parents, and the public in acting on everyday legal issues such as student expression, church/state separation, student and teacher discipline, curriculum, …
Critical Pedagogy Primer
Second Edition
Häftad, 2008
284 kr
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The second edition of the Critical Pedagogy Primer not only introduces the topic but also provides a vision for the future of the critical pedagogy. Kincheloe’s notion of an «evolving criticality» makes sure that critical pedagogy will continue to be a vibrant and creative force that makes a …
Aesthetics Primer
Av Boyd White
Häftad, 2009
241 kr
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The Aesthetics Primer is intended for anyone interested in the topic of aesthetics and how it can influence directions in education. The text is suitable for university courses that address aesthetics specifically, but also art education, values education, philosophy of education, and qualitative …
Social Theory in Education Primer
Primer
Häftad, 2008
234 kr
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The Social Theory in Education Primer shows how classical sociology sets the frame for theory and research in education. Three major paradigms are explained in their historical context, and are used as a key to making sense of contemporary work that understands education from a sociological point …
Charter School Primer
Häftad, 2011
216 kr
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The Charter School Primer presents an overview of public charter schools in the United States. The book discusses what charter schools are; the history of public charter school choice in the United States; the role of teachers, parents, boards, and unions in the charter school movement; and gives …
Vygotsky on Education Primer
Av Robert Lake
Häftad, 2012
252 kr
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The Vygotsky on Education Primer serves as an introduction to the life and work of the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Even though he died almost eighty years ago, his life’s work remains both relevant and significant to the field of education today. This book examines Vygotsky’s emphasis on the …
Arts-Based Research Primer
Häftad, 2013
234 kr
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The Arts-Based Research Primer explores the arts-based research paradigm and its potential to intersect with and augment traditional social science and educational research methods. The arts-based research (ABR) paradigm may be broadly understood as a flexible architecture of practice-based …
Peace and Pedagogy Primer
Av Molly Quinn
Häftad, 2014
268 kr
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What makes for peace as lived? What images of peace issue from examination of daily experience? What can be gleaned from reflection upon the topic for the meanings and makings of peace in our world? Considering that to work for peace, we must begin with ourselves and with our children, Molly Quinn …
Civic Youth Work Primer
Häftad, 2013
268 kr
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Apparent political apathy among youth in the United States has led to a moral panic about the future of democracy. Many researchers question the facts, while others seek to engage and mobilize young people around public issues they care about in order to master the citizen role and to bring social …
American Public Education Law Primer
Häftad, 2016
382 kr
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This clear, readable introductory text for undergraduate and graduate Education Law courses or modules offers a practical guide to everyday problems such as student expression, discipline, religion, curriculum, social media, privacy, charter schools, discrimination, special education, and more. …
Transformative Leadership Primer
Häftad, 2016
370 kr
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Transformative Leadership: A Primer both delivers a complete and engaging overview of transformative leadership and also clearly distinguishes it from other popular approaches to leadership. Hence, this will be the text of choice for many graduate courses in educational leadership. Carolyn M. …
Uncovering Black Heroes
Lesser-Known Stories of Liberty and Civil Rights
Av David Boers, Shirley R. Steinberg
Häftad, 2017
403 kr
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Uncovering Black Heroes: Lesser-Known Stories of Liberty and Civil Rights is a series of stories regarding real people who are not so well known in the mainstream of American freedom and civil rights discussions. These people have made a difference by the events of their lives and by the deliberate …
Enacting Self-Study
Learning and Leading Through Love
Av Derek Markides, Shirley R. Steinberg
Häftad, 2022
416 kr
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Engaging in a bricolage of critical personal history self-study allowed one school administrator to better understand his roles, responsibilities, and formation of identity within the context of a school system while envisioning the divergent possibilities of a yet-to-be-known future through the …
Double Dutching in My Own Skin
A Soulful Narrative on Colorism
Av LaWanda M. Simpkins, Shirley R. Steinberg
Häftad, 2024
402 kr
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Restrictively more than most, the collective image of Black women’s identities are created by others. The glamorized life of Black women with light skin and the presumed likeness to whiteness has caused division within the Black community for years. Most often written and spoken of is the …
John Dewey Primer
Av Douglas J. Simpson, Shirley R. Steinberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
192 kr
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This book lucidly and brilliantly demonstrates John Dewey’s ongoing significance as an educational critic. After providing a fresh and provocative personal and intellectual biography of Dewey, this primer focuses on the relevance of his views of reflective thinking for both educational practice and …
Feminist Theories and Education Primer
Av Leila E. Villaverde, Shirley R. Steinberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
187 kr
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This book, which introduces the underscoring plural perspectives in feminist theories, covers a chronology of over five centuries (from the 1600s to 2000s) in feminist work and theorizing, while introducing contemporary discourses that challenge monolithic representations of feminism. It engages …
Piaget and Education Primer
Av David W. Jardine, Shirley R. Steinberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
192 kr
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Piaget & Education provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the work of Jean Piaget. This valuable classroom work roots Piaget’s work in its historical context, and then provides dozens of classroom-based examples of how that work helps teachers understand the lives of children. It is …
Authentic Assessment Primer
Häftad, 2006
234 kr
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The Authentic Assessment Primer introduces education students to the phenomenon known as authentic assessment. As such, it is the perfect antidote to high stakes testing, since it relies on performance and shows what a student «can do.» In an authentic approach, teachers see assessment as a means …
No Child Left Behind Primer
Av Frederick M. Hess, Michael J. Petrilli
Häftad, 2007
234 kr
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No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is the single most influential piece of federal education legislation in American history, and Hess and Petrilli provide a concise yet comprehensive look at this important and controversial act. Signed into law in 2002, NCLB seeks to ensure that all American students are …
Pedagogy Primer
Av Philip M. Anderson, Shirley R. Steinberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
187 kr
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The Pedagogy Primer raises questions and provides explanations that are central to the study and practice of teaching. Most educational research and policy, and even teaching practice, fails to recognize the complexities of pedagogy. This primer unearths the various histories, structures, and …
