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  • Democratic Education for Social Studies

    An Issues-Centered Decision Making Curriculum

    by Richard Diem, Jeff Passe ...
    Series series International Social Studies Forum: The Series
    In the first edition of this book published in 1988, Shirley Engle and I offered a broader and more democratic curriculum as an alternative to the persistent back-to-the-basics rhetoric of the ‘70s and ‘80s. This curriculum urged attention to democratic practices and curricula in the school if we wanted to improve the quality of citizen participation and strengthen this democracy. School practices ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Exemplary Elementary Social Studies

    Case Studies in Practice

    Edited by Andrea S. Libresco, Janet Alleman, Sherry L. Field, Jeff Passe ...
    Series series Research in Curriculum and Instruction
    In many elementary classrooms, social studies has taken a back seat to English Language Arts and Mathematics in the wake of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top This volume is not another hand-wringing lament. On the contrary, the elementary educators who have contributed to this volume have a positive set of stories to tell about how social studies can play a central role in the elementary ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • The Status of Social Studies

    Views from the Field

    Edited by Jeff Passe, Paul G. Fitchett ...
    Series series International Social Studies Forum: The Series
    A team of researchers from 35 states across the country developed a survey designed to create a snapshot of social studies teaching and learning in the United States. With over 12,000 responses, it is the largest survey of social studies teachers in over three decades. We asked teachers about their curricular goals, their methods of instruction, their use of technology, and the way they address ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Technology in Retrospect

    Social Studies in the Information Age, 1984-2009

    by Richard Diem, Jeff Passe ...
    Series series International Social Studies Forum: The Series
    January 2009 marked the 25th anniversary of one of the most famous three minutes of television history. It was during half-time of the 1984 Super Bowl that APPLE show cased its new Macintosh Computer in an avant-guard commercial. In the following three weeks sales of the new computer, in both the public and private sectors, took off leading some to note this occasion as the "true" start of the ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

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  • Empowering Education

    Critical Teaching for Social Change

    by Ira Shor ...
    Ira Shor is a pioneer in the field of critical education who for over twenty years has been experimenting with learning methods. His work creatively adapts the ideas of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire for North American classrooms. In Empowering Education Shor offers a comprehensive theory and practice for critical pedagogy.For Shor, empowering education is a student-centered, critical and ... Read more

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  • What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?

    And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies

    by Alfie Kohn ...
    Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Politics in Time

    History, Institutions, and Social Analysis

    by Paul Pierson ...
    This groundbreaking book represents the most systematic examination to date of the often-invoked but rarely examined declaration that "history matters." Most contemporary social scientists unconsciously take a "snapshot" view of the social world. Yet the meaning of social events or processes is frequently distorted when they are ripped from their temporal context. Paul Pierson argues that placing ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • Rediscovering Institutions

    by James G. March, Johan P. Olsen ...
    The authors propose a new theory of political behavior that re-invigorates the role of institutions—from laws and bureaucracy to rituals and symbols—as essential to understanding the modern political and economic systems that guide contemporary life. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Preventing Violence

    by James Gilligan ...
    In this controversial and compassionate book, the distinguished psychiatrist James Gilligan proposes a radically new way of thinking about violence and how to prevent it.Violence is most often addressed in moral and legal terms: "How evil is this action, and how much punishment does it deserve?" Unfortunately, this way of thinking, the basis for our legal and political institutions, does nothing ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Living While Black

    Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma

    by Guilaine Kinouani ...
    A Guardian “Best Book of 2021” SelectionA powerful look at the impacts of anti-Black racism and a practical guide for overcoming racial trauma through radical self-care as a form of resistanceOver the past 15 years, radical psychologist Guilaine Kinouani has focused her research, writing, and workshops on how racism affects both physical and mental health. Living While Black gives voice to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Controversy in the Classroom

    The Democratic Power of Discussion

    by Diana E. Hess ...
    Series series Critical Social Thought
    In a conservative educational climate that is dominated by policies like No Child Left Behind, one of the most serious effects has been for educators to worry about the politics of what they are teaching and how they are teaching it. As a result, many dedicated teachers choose to avoid controversial issues altogether in preference for "safe" knowledge and "safe" teaching practices. Diana Hess ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Multicultural Education

    From Theory to Practice

    by Chinaka S. DomNwachukwu ...
    An Introduction to Multicultural Education provides a balance between the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classroom, presenting multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy. DomNwachukwu's book projects foundational principles and practices that make multicultural education relevant and appealing, while eliminating ideas and practices that produce negative ... Read more

    $64.99 USD