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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “trish davis”
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  • Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools

    A Critical Demography Perspective

    by Lori Latrice Martin, Alice T. Crowe, Trish Davis, Latrisha Y. Dean, Kimberly R. James, Derrick Lathan, Ashley Maryland, Veta E. Parker, Michael J. Seaberry, Danielle Thomas0, Chau Vu1, Geoffrey L. Wood2, Shufang Yang3, Julia M.F. Schwartz4, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner5, Hayward Derrick Horton7 ...
    Series series Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century
    The roles of race and racism in explaining current controversies related to public schools in America is both understudied and misunderstood. Part of the problem is the absence of a critical paradigm that facilitates the development and application of ideas, theories, and methods that do not fit within the confines of mainstream scholarship. Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Teaching History with Big Ideas

    Cases of Ambitious Teachers

    by Andrew Beiter, Mary Beth Bruce, Julie Doyle, Sarah Foels, S G. Grant, Joseph Karb, Megan Sampson, Trish Davis, Michael Meyer ...
    In the case studies that make up the bulk of this book, middle and high school history teachers describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities they encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas. Framing a teaching unit around a question such as 'Why don't we know anything about Africa?' offers both teacher and students opportunities to explore ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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    The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

    by Jonathan Kozol ...
    The author of Savage Inequalities, a New York Times best-seller, and Rachel and Her Children, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, tells the stories of a handful of children who have--through the love and support of their families and dedicated community leaders--not yet lost their battle with the perils of life in America's most hopeless, helpless, and dangerous neighborhoods. ... Read more

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  • The School and Society and The Child and the Curriculum

    by John Dewey ...
    This edition brings Dewey's educational theory into sharp focus, framing his two classic works by frank assessments, past and present, of the practical applications of Dewey's ideas. In addition to a substantial introduction in which Philip W. Jackson explains why more of Dewey's ideas haven't been put into practice, this edition restores a "lost" chapter, dropped from the book by Dewey in 1915. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Other People's Children

    Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

    by Lisa Delpit ...
    The classic, groundbreaking analysis of the role of race in the classroom and a guide for teaching across difference, from the MacArthur award–winning educator"Phenomenal. . . . [This book] overcomes fear and speaks of truths, truths that otherwise have no voice." — San Francisco Review of BooksIn this groundbreaking, radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur award–winning author Lisa ... Read more

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  • The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893-1958

    by Herbert M. Kliebard ...
    Published in 1987, the first edition of The Struggle for**the American Curriculum was a classic in curriculum studies and in the history of education. This new third edition is thoroughly revised and updated, and includes two new chapters on the renewed attacks on the subject curriculum in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the way individual school subjects evolved over time and were affected by ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind

    Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement

    by Eric Jensen ...
    In this galvanizing follow-up to the best-selling Teaching with Poverty in Mind, renowned educator and learning expert Eric Jensen digs deeper into engagement as the key factor in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.Drawing from research, experience, and real school success stories, Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind reveals* Smart, purposeful engagement strategies that ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Becoming a History Teacher

    Sustaining Practices in Historical Thinking and Knowing

    Edited by Ruth Sandwell, Amy von Heyking ...
    A revolution in history education is propelling historical thinking and knowing to the forefront of history and social studies education in North America and beyond. Teachers, teacher education programs, schools, and ministries of education across Canada are all among those embracing the idea that knowing history means knowing how to think historically.Becoming a History Teacher is a collection of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Relentless Pursuit

    by Donna Foote ...
    When Locke High School opened its doors in 1967, the residents of Watts celebrated it as a sign of the changes promised by Los Angeles. But four decades later, first-year Teach for America recruits Rachelle, Phillip, Hrag, and Taylor are greeted by a school that looks more like a prison, with bars, padlocks, and chains all over.With little training and experience, these four will be asked to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Learning and Teaching in the Early Years

    by Jane Page, Collette Tayler ...
    Learning and Teaching in the Early Years provides a comprehensive, contemporary and practical introduction to early childhood teaching in Australia. A strong focus on the links between theory, policy and practice firmly aligns this text with the Early Years Learning Framework. Written for students of early childhood programs, this book covers learning and development, as well as professional ... Read more

    $79.59 USD

  • Big-City School Reforms

    Lessons from New York, Toronto, and London

    by Michael Fullan, Alan Boyle ...
    Big cities have struggled to improve public school systems. This book shows why—and offers a framework for achieving future success. Fullan and Boyle, internationally renowned thinkers on school change, demonstrate that while the educational challenges of big cities may be overwhelming, they are not insurmountable. They draw on ten years’ of research to identify six essential “push” and “pull” ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Educated Subject and the German Concept of Bildung

    A Comparative Cultural History

    by Rebekka Horlacher ...
    Series series Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education
    German education plays a huge role in the development of education sciences and modern universities internationally. It is influenced by the educational concept of Bildung, which defines Germany ‘s theoretical and curricular ventures. This concept is famously untranslatable into other languages and is often misinterpreted as education, instruction, training, upbringing and other terms which don’t ... Read more

    $63.99 USD