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  • Alchemy of the Soul

    An African-centered Education

    by Joyce Piert ...
    Series Book 74 - Black Studies and Critical Thinking
    It started with a dream, a dream in the night that challenged the dream of the author’s life. That dream, which evolved through her personal experiences, was to start an African-centered school. The dream in the night ignited the journey that led to this book, which was to discover answers to critical questions such as: What is an African-centered education model? How do former students perceive ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    by Charlotte Mason ...
    This is the complete unabridged and authorized edition of the works of turn-of-the-century British educator Charlotte Mason, with a forward by Dr. John Thorley of The Charlotte Mason College. This six-volume set includes over 2400 pages on education, child training and parenting. Recognized as a pioneer in home education and major school reforms, Charlotte Mason's practical methods are as ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements

    by John Hunter ...
    "His ideas will help anyone who has the courage to understand that a real education must go beyond filling in circles on a standardized test form." —Rafe Esquith, New York Times-bestselling author of Teach Like Your Hair's on FireCan playing a game lead to world peace? If it's John Hunter's World Peace Game, it just might. In Hunter's classroom, students take on the roles of presidents, tribal ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Leaving to Learn

    How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates

    by Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski ...
    In this provocative book, authors Washor and Mojkowski observe that beneath the worrisome levels of dropouts from our nations high school lurks a more insidious problem: student disengagement from school and from deep and productive learning. To keep students in school and engaged as productive learners through to graduation, schools must provide experiences in which all students do some of their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Voices of Resistance and Renewal

    Indigenous Leadership in Education

    Edited by Dorothy Aguilera–Black Bear, John W. Tippeconnic III, Ph.D ...
    Western education has often employed the bluntest of instruments in colonizing indigenous peoples, creating generations caught between Western culture and their own. Dedicated to the principle that leadership must come from within the communities to be led, Voices of Resistance and Renewal applies recent research on local, culture-specific learning to the challenges of education and leadership ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Best School in the World

    How students, teachers and parents have created a model that can transform Canada's public schools

    by Molly Hurd ...
    There's a little-known school in Halifax that kids are excited to attend every day, right through until they graduate. It's a place where they absorb "real-world" skills, including critical thinking, and complex literacy, math and second-language abilities, so that they stick. They gather for intense, whole-school discussions on local issues, create art using geometric calculations, and dig into ... Read more

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  • Technology-Rich Teaching

    Classrooms in the 21st Century

    by Gary L. Ackerman ...
    Information and computer technology arrived in classrooms more than three decades ago. Despite the efforts of educators and technologists, much teaching and learning has remained unchanged since it arrived. This is in contrast to the widespread adoption of computer technology in many other endeavors. Changing education to reflect the dominant role of technology in society requires understanding ... Read more

    $71.29 USD

  • Socializing the Classroom

    Social Networks and Online Learning

    by Susan B. Barnes ...
    Socializing the Classroom: Social Networks and Online Learning, by Susan B. Barnes, examines how social media can be used in education through two research grants and real-world applications. Barnes analyzes social media including Facebook, Courseware, and Second Life, while providing a theoretical foundation for examining social software. A new generation of students is surrounded by digital ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Supporting Communication Disorders

    A Handbook for Teachers and Teaching Assistants

    by Gill Thompson ...
    This practical handbook provides SENCOs, class teachers and teaching assistants with a step-by-step guide to the identification of speech and language disorders, a basic knowledge of the underlying causes and guidance for developing strategies for support and intervention in the classroom.It gives a foundation for assessment and differentiation, which will help the teacher or teaching assistant to ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • We're In This Together

    Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education

    by Mark K. Claypool, John M. McLaughlin ...
    We’re In This Together: Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation’s most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by states as well as the cultural attitudes toward the private sector to address these core functions of ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • A Different Kind of Teacher

    A practical guide to understanding and resolving difficulties within the school

    by Tony Humphreys ...
    Recognising many of the difficulties facing teachers today, bestselling author and clinical psychologist Dr Tony Humphreys provides innovative and practical ways to bring about a more positive climate within staffrooms and classrooms. A key theme in A Different Kind of Teacher is that of self-esteem. The self-esteem of both the teachers and the students is a major determining factor of the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critical Education and Sociomaterial Practice

    Narration, Place, and the Social

    by Marcia McKenzie, Andrew Bieler ...
    Series Book 6 - [Re]thinking Environmental Education
    Critical Education and Sociomaterial Practice presents a situated approach to learning that suggests the need for more explicit attention to sociomaterial practice in critical education. Specifically, it explores social, place and narrative dimensions of practical experience as they unfold in schools, in place-based learning, and teacher education contexts. Such an orientation to practice both ... Read more

    $43.99 USD