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  • Called to Jackson, Mississippi: the Last Bastion of Segregation

    A Historical Documentary

    by James E. McLean, Brandon Sparkman ...
    Jackson, Mississippi, was the last place Dr. Brandon Sparkman would have chosen to work back in 1970. But an anonymous, threatening letter lured him there. In this memoir and historical documentary, Sparkman narrates what it was like to try to ensure a quality education for all students in Jackson and to save the schools from complete chaos and destruction during the height of desegregation.Called ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Parkin

    Canada's Most Famous Forgotten Man

    by William Christian ...
    George Parkin was born the thirteenth child of an immigrant New Brunswick farmer and died a knight of the realm and perhaps the most famous Canadian in the world.Charismatic, charming, eloquent and dedicated, Parkin devoted his immense energy to two causes. As an orator and journalist, he worked to strengthen the bonds between the English-speaking peoples; as Principal of Upper Canada College and ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Idea of a University

    by John Henry Cardinal Newman ...
    Series series Notre Dame Series in Great Books
    The Idea of a University illuminates St. John Henry Newman’s timeless and accessible defense of a Catholic liberal education.St. John Henry Newman and his influence on theology, religion, and education continues to benefit us today. The Idea of a University, one of his pinnacle works, collects his lectures about the intertwined strength of the Catholic Church and the liberal university. Within ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Race and the University

    A Memoir

    by George Henderson ...
    In 1967, George Henderson, the son of uneducated Alabama sharecroppers, accepted a full-time professorship at the University of Oklahoma, despite his mentor's warning to avoid the "redneck school in a backward state." Henderson became the university's third African American professor, a hire that seemed to suggest the dissolving of racial divides. However, when real estate agents in the university ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cursed Movies

    by Tabatha Kristy ...
    Did you know that around those associated with the movie worldswear that anyone who was involved in the production of ‘The Exorcist’ will be cursed for life?Did you know that was not the only movie that was curse? ... Read more

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  • Each One Must Shine: The Legacy of Vasily Sukhomlinsky

    by Alan Cockerill ...
    Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918-1970) was one of the most influential Soviet educators of the post-war period. His idealistic vision of human development and his deep love for children led him to develop a holistic system of education that emphasised the moral and aesthetic dimensions of a child's development, as well as the physical, intellectual and vocational. His school in the Ukrainian village of ... Read more

    $7.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Young Children and the Environment

    Early Education for Sustainability

    This second edition of Young Children and the Environment is a practical resource that illustrates the difference that early childhood educators can make by working with children, their families and the wider community to tackle the contemporary issue of sustainable living. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated, with a new section exploring sustainability education in a ... Read more

    $75.49 USD

  • A Professor at the End of Time

    The Work and Future of the Professoriate

    by John Best ...
    A Professor at the End of Time tells one professor’s story in the context of the rapid reconfiguration of higher education going on now, and analyzes what the job included before the supernova of technological innovation, the general influx of less-well-prepared students, and the diminution of state and federal support wrought wholesale changes on the profession. ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Halfway up Parnassus

    A Personal Account of the University of Toronto, 1932-1971

    by Claude Bissell ...
    Series series Heritage
    Halfway up Parnassus is a personal account of the University of Toronto with particular emphasis on the period when Dr. Bissell was its president, from 1958 to 1971. The first half of that period was the flowering of the old, self-confident university, with its established patterns of government, and its untroubled constituents. The second half saw the slow, powerful emergence of a new university, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism

    The Philosophy of Ella Lyman Cabot

    by John J. Kaag ...
    Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism provides an account of the life and writings of Ella Lyman Cabot (1866-1934), a woman who received formal training, but not formal recognition, in the field of classical American philosophy. It highlights the themes of idealism, pragmatism and feminism as they emerged in the course of career as an educational reformer and ethicist that spanned nearly four decades ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Bringing Montessori to America

    S. S. McClure, Maria Montessori, and the Campaign to Publicize Montessori Education

    by Gerald L. Gutek, Patricia A. Gutek ...
    2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title!Tells the little known story of the collaboration and clash between the indomitable educator Maria Montessori and the American publisher S. S. McClure over the launch of Montessori education in the United StatesBorn on the Adriatic, Montessori first entered the world stage in 1906 as the innovator of a revolutionary teaching method that creates an environment ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky

    A Progressive President and the Modernization of a Southern University

    by Eric A. Moyen ...
    Series series Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy, and Social Change
    In 1917, fifty-two years after its founding, the University of Kentucky faced stagnation, financial troubles, and disturbing reports of nepotism, resulting in a leadership crisis. A special committee investigated the institution and issued a report calling for a massive transformation of the university, including the hiring of a new president who could execute the report's suggested initiatives. ... Read more

    $32.79 USD