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Direct linkHayn, Judith A., Ed.; Kaplan, Jeffrey S., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012
"Teaching Young Adult Literature Today" introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads--smart, insightful, and engaging books…
Descriptors: Reading Lists, Adolescent Literature, Language Arts, Young Adults
Tate, William F., IV, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012
"Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility" focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Neighborhoods, Suburban Schools, Educational Research
Ball, Arnetha, Ed.; Tyson, Cynthia A., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Studying Diversity in Teacher Education" is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. First, the volume examines historically persistent, yet unresolved issues in teacher education and presents research that is currently being done to address these issues. Second, it centers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Student Diversity, Cultural Pluralism
Rosselli, Hilda, Ed.; Girod, Mark, Ed.; Brodsky, Meredith, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning. Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method of quantifying the complex set of tasks that comprise…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Work Sample Tests
Harward, Donald W., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, "Transforming Undergraduate Education" provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Case Studies, Educational Change, General Education
Ivery, Curtis, Ed.; Bassett, Joshua, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In "America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics", Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Civil Rights, Democracy, Correctional Institutions
Hoffman, Allan M., Ed.; Spangehl, Stephen D., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Colleges
Russo, Charles J., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist among the different countries,…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Student Rights, Legal Responsibility
Coburn, Cynthia E., Ed.; Stein, Mary Kay, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010
That there is a divide between research and practice is a common lament across policy-oriented disciplines, and education is no exception. Rhetoric abounds about the role research plays (or does not play) in the improvement of schools and classrooms, and policy makers push solutions that are rooted in assumptions about the way that research…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Curriculum Design, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Arnove, Robert F., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
This book brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Change, Outcomes of Education
Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed.; Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
In these vivid, thought-provoking essays, leading scholars draw from their own life experiences to explore the ways in which socio-economic class has shaped their lives and educational practices. Some experienced the sting of poverty as students, while others tell stories of a privileged upbringing and moments of epiphany when they recognized the…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Outcomes of Education, Educational Practices, Educational Objectives
Greenough, William T., Ed.; McConnaughay, Philip J., Ed.; Kesan, Jay P., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
Since the end of the Cold War, federal funding for research at American universities has sharply decreased, leaving administrators searching for a new benefactor. At the same time, changes in federal policy permitting universities to patent, license, and profit from their discoveries combined with the emergence of new fields that thinned the lines…
Descriptors: Industry, Private Financial Support, Academic Freedom, College Faculty
Shelton-Colangelo, Sharon, Ed.; Mancuso, Carolina, Ed.; Duvall, Mimi, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives, Field Studies, Educational Practices
Abdi, Ali A., Ed.; Puplampu, Korbla P., Ed.; Dei, George J. Sefa, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
Containing both theoretical discussions of globalization and specific case analyses of individual African countries, this collection of essays examines the intersections of African education and globalization with multiple analytical and geographical emphases and intentions. The 11 essays critically analyze the issues from historical, cultural,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Cultural Influences
Gordon, Edmund W., Ed.; Bridglall, Beatrice L., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
According to Gordon and Bridglall, the ability to learn is more of a developed human capacity than a fixed aptitude with which one is born. They argue that the emergence of academic ability is associated with exposure to specialized cultures that privilege the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that schools reward. Children who are born to and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Nature Nurture Controversy
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