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  • Teachers and Mentors

    Profiles of Distinguished Twentieth-Century Professors of Education

    by Craig Kridel, Robert V. Bullough, Jr., Paul Shaker ...
    Series series Source Books on Education
    The unique relationship between mentors and students informs the art of teaching and enhances the intellectual vitality of higher education and quality of teacher and student life. This collection of original essays presents autobiographical vignettes of important professors of our time. These essays reflect the appreciation of the authors-now successful academics-for their teachers/mentors, whose ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Education for Democracy

    Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind

    by Paul Shaker, Elizabeth E. Heilman ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    Reclaiming Education for Democracy subjects the prophets and doctrines of educational neoliberalism to scrutiny in order to provide a rationale and vision for public education beyond the limits of No Child Left Behind. The authors combine a history of recent education policy with an in- depth analysis of the origins of such policy and its impact on professional educators. The public face of these ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • 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

    $35.99 USD

  • Social Work and Social Justice

    Concepts, Challenges, and Strategies

    by Michael Reisch, Charles D. Garvin ...
    Social Work and Social Justice transcends discussions of abstract social justice concepts and goals by focusing on how these concepts can be used as guides for socially just practice at the interpersonal, organizational, community, and societal levels. In addition to emphasizing the importance of social justice work through compelling examples, case studies, and exercises, this book vividly ... Read more

    $63.69 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

  • 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

    $62.99 USD

  • Confronting Injustice and Oppression

    Concepts and Strategies for Social Workers

    by David Gil ...
    Series series Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series
    More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives social workers the knowledge and confidence they need to change unjust realities. Clarifying the meaning, sources, and dynamics of injustice, exploitation, and oppression and certifying the place of the social worker in combating these conditions, Gil promotes social-change strategies rooted in the nonviolent philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • What Is Curriculum Theory?

    by William F. Pinar ...
    Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
    This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in the present moment in the places we inhabit.Not only the implementation of objectives to be assessed by standardized tests, curriculum is ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Hearing the Other Side

    Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy

    by Diana C. Mutz ...
    'Religion and politics', as the old saying goes, 'should never be discussed in mixed company.'And yet fostering discussions that cross lines of political difference has long been a central concern of political theorists. More recently, it has also become a cause célèbre for pundits and civic-minded citizens wanting to improve the health of American democracy. But only recently have scholars begun ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Schooled Society

    The Educational Transformation of Global Culture

    by David P Baker ...
    "Path-breaking . . . offers a rich, encompassing, global perspective on education . . . articulates an educationally-grounded vision of contemporary society." —David John Frank, University of California, IrvineOnly 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dictionary of Sociology

    by Tony Lawson, Joan Garrod ...
    With full coverage of areas such as social stratification, crime and deviance, culture and identity, mass media, power and politics, and religion, the Dictionary of Sociology is designed to give the reader a sound introduction to the debates and issues in which sociologists engage. Cross references abound, while illustrations and tables further aid understanding and the A-Z format makes the book ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Cooperation and Social Justice

    by Joseph Heath ...
    In six new essays, philosopher and award-winning author Joseph Heath explores the connection between principles of justice and the institutional arrangements required to achieve them. Topics include the significance of status inequality, the question of open borders and immigration, the stigmatization of self-control failure, and debates over racial inequality in the United States. Ultimately, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD