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“stephen vassallo”

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  • Neoliberal Selfhood

    by Stephen Vassallo ...
    Psychological constructs - such as emotion regulation, creativity, grit, growth mindset, lifelong learning, and whole child - are appealing as pedagogical aspirations and outcomes. Researchers, policy-makers, and educators are likely to endorse and accept these constructs as ways to make sense of students and inform pedagogical decision-making. Few critically interrogate these constructs, as they ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Critical Educational Psychology

    by Stephen Vassallo ...
    Introducing students and scholars to the emerging field of critical educational psychology.The field of critical studies recognizes that all knowledge is deeply embedded in ideological, cultural, political, and historical contexts. Although this approach is commonly applied in other subfields of psychology, educational psychology—which is the study of human learning, thinking, and behavior in ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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    A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation

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    How much of our identity or 'self' is truly representative of our own wants, needs, and goals in life and how much does it reflect the desires and priorities of someone else? Are we following our own destiny or are we unconsciously repeating the lives of our parents, living according to their values, ideals, and beliefs? In this thought-provoking book, noted clinical psychologist Robert Firestone ... Read more

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  • Educational Leadership for the 21St Century

    Building a Capacity for Change

    by Peter J. Zsebik ...
    Public education, once considered a dogmatic institution in the 20th century, now finds itself challenged at almost every level in todays sociopolitical environment. New realities, as evidenced by the political complexities of the global village, widespread technological advances that undermine established educational practices, and ever mounting pressures on the curriculum to appease corporate ... Read more

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  • Narrative Therapy

    Making Meaning, Making Lives

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    "This volume is especially useful in demonstrating the effects of placing social discourses at the center of therapy. It gores many sacred cows of the larger modernist therapeutic community, but in doing so it offers new ideas for mental health professionals attempting to help their clients with common and serious life problems." —PSYCRITIQUES"This compilation is an insightful read for ... Read more

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  • Reflective Teaching

    An Introduction

    by Kenneth M. Zeichner, Daniel P. Liston ...
    Series series Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling Series
    This popular text provides a clear, succinct explanation of how reflection is integral to teachers’ understandings of themselves, their practice, and their context, and elaborates how various conceptions of reflective teaching differ from one another. The emphasis on the importance of both self and context is embedded within distinct and varied educational traditions (conservative, progressive, ... Read more

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  • Self-Control

    Individual Differences and What They Mean for Personal Responsibility and Public Policy

    by W. L. Tiemeijer ...
    Good self-control is a crucial factor in the distribution of life outcomes, ranging from success at school and work, to good mental and physical health, and to satisfying romantic relationships. While in the last decades psychologists have learned much about this all-important trait, both social theory and politics have not caught up. Many academics and policymakers still seem to believe that ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Transformative Learning

    Theory, Research, and Practice

    by Edward W. Taylor, Patricia Cranton ...
    The Handbook of Transformative LearningThe leading resource for the field, this handbook provides a comprehensive and critical review of more than three decades of theory development, research, and practice in transformative learning. The starting place for understanding and fostering transformative learning, as well as diving deeper, the volume distinguishes transformative learning from other ... Read more

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  • Norms in the Wild

    How to Diagnose, Measure, and Change Social Norms

    by Cristina Bicchieri ...
    The philosopher Cristina Bicchieri here develops her theory of social norms, most recently explained in her 2006 volume The Grammar of Society. Bicchieri challenges many of the fundamental assumptions of the social sciences. She argues that when it comes to human behavior, social scientists place too much stress on rational deliberation. In fact, many choices occur without much deliberation at all ... Read more

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  • The Learning Self

    Understanding the Potential for Transformation

    by Mark Tennant ...
    The Learning SelfThis new book from the award-winning author of Psychology and Adult Learning puts the spotlight on the kind of learning that brings about significant personal change. Tennant explores the techniques, processes, and practices educators can use to promote learning that leads to change and examines assumptions about self and identity, how we are formed, and our capacity for change ... Read more

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  • Framed by Gender

    How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World

    by Cecilia L. Ridgeway ...
    In an advanced society like the U.S., where an array of processes work against gender inequality, how does this inequality persist? Integrating research from sociology, social cognition and psychology, and organizational behavior, Framed by Gender identifies the general processes through which gender as a principle of inequality rewrites itself into new forms of social and economic organization. ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Theories of Learning

    Learning Theorists … In Their Own Words

    Edited by Knud Illeris ...
    This tenth anniversary edition of Knud Illeris’s classic 2008 text is an updated and definitive collection of today’s most influential learning theorists, now containing additional chapters from John Hattie and Gregory Donoghue, Sharan Merriam, Gert Biesta and Carolyn Jackson. This book brings together world-renowned experts, who each present their understanding of what learning is and how human ... Read more

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