Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis – serie
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Edmund W. Gordon
Producing Knowledge, Pursuing Understanding
Inbunden, 2001
1778 kr
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The initial volume in this new series focuses on the work of Edmund W. Gordon, the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Yale University. Gordon had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology, education and social policy and the implications of his work for the …
Teachers Unions and Education Policy
Retrenchment or Reform?
Av Wayne Urban, Paul Wolman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1285 kr
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The American public has increasingly heard that teacher unions and quality education are contradictory terms and that unions are responsible for the failure of public schools. Many critics of the unions would cheerfully channel public funds to largely nonunion private and parochial schools as free …
African American Education
Race, Community, Inequality and Achievement - A Tribute to Edgar G. Epps
Av Walter R. Allen, Margaret Beale Spencer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1394 kr
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This volume considers African-American education in the 21st century through the lens of the Chicago School Tradition, at the University of Chicago. The Chicago School Tradition, among other emphases, stressed the optimistic view that all children who do not have serious physical or emotional …
Suffer the Little Children
National and International Dimensions of Child Poverty and Public Policy
Av Carol Camp Yeakey, Judith Brooks-Buck m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2298 kr
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This volume examines the burden of poverty that children and young adults disproportionately share throughout the world. Contributions from international researchers examine some of the profound precursor issues that serve to inhibit the chances of children and young adults to education and social …
Higher Education in a Global Society
Achieving Diversity, Equity and Excellence
Av Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1339 kr
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The "problem of the 21st century" is rapidly expanding diversity alongside stubbornly persistent status and power inequities by race, ethnicity, gender, class, language, citizenship and region. Extensive technological, economic, political and social changes, along with immigration, combine to …
Living on the Boundaries
Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts
Inbunden, 2012
1706 kr
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Living on the Boundaries: Urban Marginality in National and International Contexts examines the complex, often controversial issues impacting those who live on the margins of society in our densely populated cities. It describes and analyzes the living conditions of marginalized persons in cities …
As the World Turns
Implications of Global Shifts in Higher Education for Theory, Research and Practice
Av Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1658 kr
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"As the World Turns" examines two of the major problems confronting higher education in this modern world: access to higher education remains a persistent problem for disadvantaged students around the world; universities that are highly segregated by race, culture, language, nationality, or …
Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations
Implications for Research, Policy and Praxis
Inbunden, 2012
1276 kr
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"Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations: Implications for Research, Policy and Praxis", focuses on a topic of national concern. Both disparities in health status and in health care reflect the continuing power of race, social class, and gender as forces that define the social …
Power of Resistance
Culture, Ideology and Social Reproduction in Global Contexts
Av Rowhea M. Elmesky, Carol Camp Yeakey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1583 kr
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Recent history has documented a phenomenal surge in global unrest. From Missouri to the Middle East, the world has watched waves of momentum build, peak, and dip around events such as the shooting of Michael Brown and the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak. There have been waves of mass protests of …
Obama Administration and Educational Reform
Inbunden, 2014
1658 kr
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Arguably, since the day he was elected, President Barack Obama met great anticipation from scores of Americans regarding the forward course our nation desired economically, socially, and educationally. The promise of progress and social mobility that millions of U.S. families hope to attain can be …
Mitigating Inequality
Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification
Av Robert T. Teranishi, Walter R. Allen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1475 kr
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Now more than ever, the issue of access to higher education for all is a matter of global importance. As colleges and universities worldwide increasingly extend their academic programs abroad, develop internationally mixed research teams and create international curricular initiatives, it is …
Global Perspectives on Educational Testing
Examining Fairness, High-Stakes and Policy Reform
Inbunden, 2017
1139 kr
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This book provides a refined definition of standardized educational test fairness that can be utilized in multiple contexts to better understand the experiences and perspectives of diverse groups of test takers. Globally, there has been a significant influx in the use of and dependence on …
Black Colleges Across the Diaspora
Global Perspectives on Race and Stratification in Postsecondary Education
Av M. Christopher Brown II, T. Elon Dancy II
Inbunden, 2017
1139 kr
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This book examines colleges and universities across the diaspora with majority African, African-American, and other Black designated student enrolments. Research confirms that these campuses possess a flourishing landscape with racial, economic, and gender diversity while sharing a Black identity …
Power, Voice and the Public Good
Schooling and Education in Global Societies
Av Rodney Hopson, Carol Camp-Yeakey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1248 kr
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Three themes underpin the tripartite structure of "Power, Voice, and the Public Good", including attention to the definitional and theoretical underpinnings of globalization; the ubiquitous nature and topical display of globalization; and, the possibilities of understanding, redefining and …
