wyszukanych pozycji: 38
Readin' + Writin' for the Hard-Hat Crowd: Curriculum Policy at an Urban University
ISBN: 9780820455082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Readin + Writin for the Hard-Hat Crowd explores the history of an urban public university from its conception in 1964 to the dawn of the twenty-first century. The reader views this place in time through the lens of the evolving nature of -freshman English-, an introductory curriculum that began as four semesters of Great Books. The author, herself among those once labeled -the hard-hat crowd-, received an undergraduate education similar to that experienced by her contemporaries at elite private colleges. Yet, while this school, once considered a poor man s Harvard, was founded with a...
Readin + Writin for the Hard-Hat Crowd explores the history of an urban public university from its conception in 1964 to the dawn of the twenty...
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186,97 zł |
Wartime Schools: How World War II Changed American Education
ISBN: 9780820463551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The politically conservative educators of World War II dramatically and rapidly altered policies, programs, schedules, learning materials, classroom activities, and the content of academic courses. They motivated students to salvage materials, sell war stamps, grow crops, learn about wartime issues, and take pride in patriotism. They prepared millions of people for the armed services and the defense industries. These accomplishments were possible because the educators were supported by an unprecedented alliance that included teachers, school administrators, industrialists, military personnel,...
The politically conservative educators of World War II dramatically and rapidly altered policies, programs, schedules, learning materials, classroom a...
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220,48 zł |
Go to the Sources: Lucy Maynard Salmon and the Teaching of History
ISBN: 9780820455044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Lucy Maynard Salmon was a pioneer educator with a progressive spirit. Having earned a bachelor s and master s degree from the University of Michigan in 1876 and 1883, Salmon continued her studies under Bryn Mawr professor and future U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson. Thereafter, Salmon began her forty-year Vassar College career and earned a reputation as a nationally prominent historian, suffrage advocate, author, and teacher. She helped found the American Association of University Women, the American Association of University Professors, and the Middle States Council for the Social Studies. She...
Lucy Maynard Salmon was a pioneer educator with a progressive spirit. Having earned a bachelor s and master s degree from the University of Michigan i...
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153,22 zł |
Inexcusable Omissions: Clarence Karier and the Critical Tradition in History of Education Scholarship
ISBN: 9780820448794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Inexcusable Omissions explores the work of Clarence Karier and his impact on critical scholarship in the history of U.S. education. Twenty authors contribute essays that examine Karier's influence on the study of a wide range of issues central to the field, articulate the theoretical approaches that have guided Karier s inquiry, and engage the reader in biographical reflection. The essays converge on the complexities of new liberal social and educational theory and the impact that these ideas have had on the development of the American public school system. This is the landscape of the...
Inexcusable Omissions explores the work of Clarence Karier and his impact on critical scholarship in the history of U.S. education. Twenty auth...
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186,97 zł |
Learning from Children; The Life and Legacy of Caroline Pratt
ISBN: 9780820467511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This is the first published biography of Caroline Pratt, an innovative progressive educator who founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1914. It provides a feminist analysis of Pratt s life and work that adds a new dimension to our appreciation of her contributions to progressive education. Learning from Children also shows how an analysis of Pratt s work can inform our understanding of current critical issues in educational policy and practice. Caroline Pratt s story will enliven courses on history of education, foundations of early childhood education,...
This is the first published biography of Caroline Pratt, an innovative progressive educator who founded the City and Country School in Greenwich Villa...
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153,22 zł |
The Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education: Angelo Patri and Urban Education
ISBN: 9780820471426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education is a biography of the well-known progressive educator during the first half of the twentieth century. A follower of John Dewey, Patri was the principal of two large community-oriented progressive schools in the Bronx from 1907 to 1944. As the first Italian-American school administrator in the United States, he helped immigrant families to maintain their language and heritage while preparing for success in American society. Patri s syndicated column of advice for parents was carried in hundreds of newspapers, had millions of...
The Promise of Progressivism: Angelo Patri and Urban Education is a biography of the well-known progressive educator during the first half of t...
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207,19 zł |
Desegregating Teachers: Contesting the Meaning of Equality of Educational Opportunity in the South Post Brown
ISBN: 9781433112379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Desegregating Teachers: Contesting the Meaning of Equality of Educational Opportunity in the South post Brown explores the battle to desegregate public school teachers in the South. It also considers the implications of linking racially balanced school faculties to equal educational opportunities for African American students. This book demonstrates that the legal struggle to desegregate teachers and other school personnel is critical to understanding the politics of school desegregation in the South and perhaps elsewhere. Its premise is that the status of educators far from being at...
Desegregating Teachers: Contesting the Meaning of Equality of Educational Opportunity in the South post Brown explores the battle to desegregat...
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220,48 zł |
Henry Chauncey: An American Life
ISBN: 9781433108891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905 2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This first full-length educational biography examines Chauncey s education at Groton School, Ohio State University, and Harvard College, his position as a teacher at William Penn Charter School, and his role as founding president of the Educational Testing Service. Documenting a career extending from the Great Depression through the end of the Cold War, this book provides an interpretative history of educational measurement through the careers of...
A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905 2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This fir...
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267,55 zł |
Voices from Cape Town Classrooms: Oral Histories of Teachers Who Fought Apartheid
ISBN: 9780820467689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This book captures the oral histories of twenty South African teachers who connected pedagogy and politics to fight against the apartheid regime. Teaching in so-called Coloured schools, these -teachers with the fighting spirit- stressed nonracialism and democracy in their work with students. Though their lives were deeply affected by apartheid, it never stole their hearts, minds, or souls. Their work helped lead to the election of Nelson Mandela as the first democratic leader of South Africa in 1994."
This book captures the oral histories of twenty South African teachers who connected pedagogy and politics to fight against the apartheid regime. Teac...
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186,97 zł |
«A Visible Company of Professionals»: African Americans and the National Education Association During the Civil Rights Movement
ISBN: 9780820488486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the National Education Association (NEA). This book explores the relationship between the NEA, the nation s largest teacher organization, and the predominately black American Teachers Association, and illustrates how African American educators helped to redefine the NEA s core ideology to include the support of policies, practice, and politics that promoted educational equity for children and educators who have been historically marginalized. Examining...
African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the Nation...
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207,19 zł |
Social Education in the Twentieth Century: Curriculum and Context for Citizenship
ISBN: 9780820462479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Since the birth of the republic, the aim of social education has been to prepare citizens for participation in democracy. In the twentieth century, theories about what constitutes good citizenship and who gets full citizenship in the civic polity changed dramatically. In this book, contributors with backgrounds in history of education, educational foundations, educational leadership, and social studies education consider how social education inside and outside school has responded to the needs of a society in which the nature and prerogatives of citizenship continue to be contentious...
Since the birth of the republic, the aim of social education has been to prepare citizens for participation in democracy. In the twentieth century, th...
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186,97 zł |
Clio at the Table: Using History to Inform and Improve Education Policy
ISBN: 9781433104091 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Carl Kaestle, one of the most eminent education historians in the United States, the book includes chapters that address some of the major concerns of U.S. education today, all of which are particular foci of Kaestle s work: urban education, equity, the role of the federal government, and national standards. On each topic, the book presents summaries of new research and explores the uses of history to help further the connections between...
Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Ca...
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485,73 zł |
Sociology of Education: A Critical Reader
ISBN: 9781138843004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This comprehensive and bestselling reader examines the most pressing topics in sociology and education while exposing students to examples of sociological research in schools. Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, noted sociologist Alan R. Sadovnik with Ryan W. Coughlan have chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling and society. The third edition provides students with nine new readings from some of the best theorists and researchers in education including Sean F. Reardon, Ann Owens, Prudence L.... This comprehensive and bestselling reader examines the most pressing topics in sociology and education while exposing students to examples of socio... |
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349,48 zł |
The Progressive Legacy: Chicago's Francis W. Parker School (1901-2001)
ISBN: 9780820433967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Beginning in 1901, this history traces the pioneering progressive origins of the Francis W. Parker School of Chicago to its neoprogressive vision for the twenty-first century. It is the story of the school s evolution from the founding years (1901-1930), through the Eight-Year Study and the postwar innovations (1930-1965), to the progressive challenge (1965-1995). The story closes as the school is being reconceptualized and the building reconstructed. This book explains the interrelationship of three of Chicago s education progressives John Dewey, the philosopher; Colonel Francis W. Parker,...
Beginning in 1901, this history traces the pioneering progressive origins of the Francis W. Parker School of Chicago to its neoprogressive vision for ...
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153,22 zł |
Twentieth-Century Textbook Wars: A History of Advocacy and Opposition
ISBN: 9780820452289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. When critics initially attacked textbook publishers for selfishly pursuing profits and employing flawed models of pedagogy, zealous advocates were able to rebut these philosophical arguments. Additional disputes erupted about the ways textbooks depicted nationalism, religion, race, and gender. Armed with precise examples of offensive textbook features, confrontational opponents could not be easily dismissed. Although publishers who wished to align themselves with national sentiments were willing to make changes, they were cautious because the criticism was heterogeneous and shifting. To...
When critics initially attacked textbook publishers for selfishly pursuing profits and employing flawed models of pedagogy, zealous advocates were abl...
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186,97 zł |
«A Visible Company of Professionals»: African Americans and the National Education Association During the Civil Rights Movement
ISBN: 9781433100253 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the National Education Association (NEA). This book explores the relationship between the NEA, the nation s largest teacher organization, and the predominately black American Teachers Association, and illustrates how African American educators helped to redefine the NEA s core ideology to include the support of policies, practice, and politics that promoted educational equity for children and educators who have been historically marginalized. Examining...
African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the Nation...
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542,00 zł |
Building a People's University in South Africa: Race, Compensatory Education, and the Limits of Democratic Reform
ISBN: 9780820449548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Building a People s University in South Africa chronicles the transformation of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from a so-called bush college, originally designated under apartheid for the education of Coloured (mixed-race) students, to South Africa s first non-racial, open admissions tertiary institution. Viewing UWC as a microcosm of the national-liberation struggle, this book focuses on the limits of democratic reform in South Africa by examining the political, racial, and ideological dynamics and tensions accompanying the demand for access to tertiary education during the...
Building a People s University in South Africa chronicles the transformation of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) from a so-called bush ...
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186,97 zł |
Henry Chauncey: An American Life
ISBN: 9781433108907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905 2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This first full-length educational biography examines Chauncey s education at Groton School, Ohio State University, and Harvard College, his position as a teacher at William Penn Charter School, and his role as founding president of the Educational Testing Service. Documenting a career extending from the Great Depression through the end of the Cold War, this book provides an interpretative history of educational measurement through the careers of...
A leader in twentieth-century education, Henry Chauncey (1905 2002) introduced large-scale assessment into the lives of individual Americans. This fir...
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1010,33 zł |
Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel
ISBN: 9780820474588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Isaac Leon Kandel (1881-1965) was a major figure in educational philosophy and comparative education in the twentieth century. As a professor of education at Columbia University s Teachers College, Kandel almost single-handedly developed the field of comparative education, and was an early critic of Progressive educational philosophy. As the definitive biography of one of the twentieth century s most brilliant writers on education, this book presents Kandel as a democratic traditionalist who tirelessly advocated the ideal of liberal education for all. This book tells the story of Kandel s...
Isaac Leon Kandel (1881-1965) was a major figure in educational philosophy and comparative education in the twentieth century. As a professor of educa...
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207,19 zł |
Progressive Pioneer: Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American Secondary Education
ISBN: 9780820481166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Alexander James Inglis s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experimentalist and advocate of the comprehensive high school has received insufficient attention from educational and curriculum historians. Inglis s career manifests important characteristics of the progressive era in American history. As an attempt to generate organizing principles upon which to construct a new, responsive social institution, his book, Principles of Secondary Education, stands as a quintessential manifestation of progressive...
Alexander James Inglis s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experiment...
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186,97 zł |