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  • Reimagining American Education to Serve All Our Children

    Why Should We Educate in a Democracy?

    by Deborah Greenblatt, Nicholas M. Michelli ...
    Reimagining American Education to Serve All Our Children: Why Should We Educate in a Democracy? examines and reevaluates the history and purpose of public education in the United States, in order to provide students of current and future generations with a robust and fulfilling learning experience. The authors approach knowledge from a critical perspective, with the intention of broadening the ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice

    by David Keiser Lee ...
    Examines just how the important goals of educating for democracy can be achieved from the perspective of those working in teacher education and in P-12 schools. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Teacher Education Policy in the United States

    Issues and Tensions in an Era of Evolving Expectations

    Edited by Penelope M. Earley, David G. Imig, Nicholas M. Michelli ...
    What constitutes a high quality teacher education program and what standards teacher candidates should meet before receiving their teaching credential? This volume advances deep understanding of the nature and sources of policy affecting the preparation of teachers in the U.S. and the conflicts or interconnections of these policies with the broader field of education policy.Contributions from ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Education for Social Justice

    The Meaning of Justice and Current Research

    by Nicholas M. Michelli, Tina J. Jacobowitz, Stacey Campo, Diana Jahnsen ...
    Education for Social Justice is a statement of the role of education in promoting social justice. Drawing on research, this book explains what social justice is, presents the argument that democracy requires a commitment to social justice, and shows what action steps need to be taken to ensure social justice is achieved within education and society more broadly.The text presents research and ... Read more

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  • Child Welfare

    Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice

    Edited by Kathleen Kufeldt, Brad McKenzie ...
    Children who receive child welfare services are a vulnerable group, and their numbers are growing. All who care about them need to be fully informed about current outcomes, indicators of success and failure, and best practices. This second edition of Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice has a special focus on Canadian child welfare and contains entirely new material on these ... Read more

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  • The Profession of Social Work

    Guided by History, Led by Evidence

    by Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers ...
    An expert introduction to the foundations of the social work profession—from its historical roots to its evolution in an era of evidence-based practiceThe Profession of Social Work provides a broad overview of the history, scope, values, ethics, and organizational framework of the social work profession. Exploring professional ethics and human rights, evidence-based practice and practice-guided ... Read more

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  • Promoting K-12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment

    Edited by Laura S. Hamilton, Samuel H. Rikoon, David Kidd ...
    Series series NCME APPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT
    Promoting K-12 Civic Learning and Engagement Through Assessment is a comprehensive guide to the assessment of civic learning in primary and secondary education contexts. Today’s schools have a responsibility to teach learners how to critically evaluate information, understand the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and engage with people whose perspectives and experiences differ from their ... Read more

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  • Sociology of Education

    An A-to-Z Guide

    Edited by James Ainsworth ...
    The sociology of education is a rich interdisciplinary field that studies schools as their own social world as well as their place within the larger society. The field draws contributions from education, sociology, human development, family studies, economics, politics and public policy. Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide introduces students to the social constructions of our educational ... Read more

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  • Higher Admissions

    The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing

    by Marvin Krislov, Prudence Carter, Nicholas Lemann, Patricia Gándara ...
    Series series Our Compelling Interests
    How to make American higher education fairerIn the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the world’s first mass higher education system—and served to promote the idea that the United States was becoming a “meritocracy” in which ... Read more

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  • The Silent Sex

    Gender, Deliberation, and Institutions

    by Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg ...
    Do women participate in and influence meetings equally with men? Does gender shape how a meeting is run and whose voices are heard? The Silent Sex shows how the gender composition and rules of a deliberative body dramatically affect who speaks, how the group interacts, the kinds of issues the group takes up, whose voices prevail, and what the group ultimately decides. It argues that efforts to ... Read more

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  • Rural Social Work Practice

    Edited by Nancy Lohmann, Roger Lohmann ...
    Featuring contributions from practitioners, researchers, and academics, this volume synthesizes and analyzes current trends in rural social work practice and considers the most effective ways to serve rural communities. Contributors consider the history and development of rural social work from its beginnings to the present day, addressing the value of the Internet and other new information ... Read more

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