wyszukanych pozycji: 461
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Special Women, Special Leaders: Special Educators and the Challenge of Leadership
ISBN: 9780820472645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Special Women, Special Leaders explores the challenge associated with leadership roles as perceived and practiced by women leaders who have spent their careers and lives involved in special education issues. Each contributor offers a unique perspective on balancing a successful professional life with the demands often made on women in their personal lives. These chapters offer an opportunity to begin critical conversations on the journey women take to become leaders. The uniqueness of this book is its link to the traits and behaviors closely associated with special education and its...
Special Women, Special Leaders explores the challenge associated with leadership roles as perceived and practiced by women leaders who have spe...
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181,82 zł |
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Educational Poetics: Inquiry, Freedom, and Innovative Necessity
ISBN: 9780820474465 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Educational research and poetics are often not included in the same conversation. Educational Poetics: Inquiry, Freedom and Innovative Necessity is one of the only texts to explore the possibilities of linking these domains to develop an emergent form of inquiry. Such an inquiry utilizes our human potential to go beyond the seductive force of everyday commonsense to consider and put into place alternative perspectives that are often hidden from view. These alternative perspectives, in turn, help create the ability to free ourselves from mental slavery as we change in inventive ways, a...
Educational research and poetics are often not included in the same conversation. Educational Poetics: Inquiry, Freedom and Innovative Necessity
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148,98 zł |
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Critical Pedagogy in the New Dark Ages; Challenges and Possibilities
ISBN: 9781433114274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This book unmasks the neoliberal ideology that led modern civilization to withdraw from its previous accomplishments into what may be called the new Dark Ages. The international group of contributors to this volume aggressively rejects the siege of society by capitalism and the resulting deterioration. These authors engage a critical pedagogy that brings hope as it acknowledges the potential for social justice and a language of possibility in the educational arena. The prestigious authors assembled here range from Stanley Aronowitz to Slavoj i ek and their subjects from -Higher Education...
This book unmasks the neoliberal ideology that led modern civilization to withdraw from its previous accomplishments into what may be called the new D...
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221,12 zł |
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Sista Talk: The Personal and the Pedagogical
ISBN: 9780820449531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Sista Talk: The Personal and the Pedagogical is an inquiry into the questions of how Black women define their existence in a society which devalues, dehumanizes, and silences their beliefs. Placing herself inside of the research, Rochelle Brock invites the reader on a journey of self-exploration, as she and seven of her Black female students investigate their collective journey toward self-awareness in the attempt to liberate their minds and souls from ideological domination. Throughout, Sista Talk attempts to understand the ways in which this self-exploration informs her...
Sista Talk: The Personal and the Pedagogical is an inquiry into the questions of how Black women define their existence in a society which deva...
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201,46 zł |
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Finding Freedom in the Classroom; A Practical Introduction to Critical Theory
ISBN: 9781433108808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Since its introduction in 1998, Finding Freedom in the Classroom has impacted countless educators and preservice teachers by providing provocative questions about taken-for-granted educational routines as well as an alternative, imaginative view of what classrooms might become. This revised edition brings the conversation to the present day with contemporary examples and references to the best current thinking and writing on relevant issues. By defining terms in everyday language and demonstrating their relevance to everyday life in and out of the classroom, the book demystifies such...
Since its introduction in 1998, Finding Freedom in the Classroom has impacted countless educators and preservice teachers by providing provocat...
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129,83 zł |
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Curriculum Studies Guidebooks: Volume 2- Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks
ISBN: 9781433131288 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Curriculum Studies Guidebooks treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The literature reviewed in this volume reflects current issues and discussions taking place in education. This volume is about the intersections among curriculum studies and aesthetics; spirituality; cosmopolitanism; ecology; cultural studies; postcolonialism; poststructuralism; and psychoanalytic theory. These theoretical frameworks will provide students in the field of education with the tools that they need to theorize around the concept of curriculum. This is an interdisciplinary book that will...
Curriculum Studies Guidebooks treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The literature reviewed in this volume reflects curren...
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1034,94 zł |
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Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife
ISBN: 9781433108792 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The unfolding of Paulo Freire s philosophy, uniqueness, and the lens through which he viewed the world, which ultimately brought this gentle spirit of a man onto the world stage, began at a young age in his hometown of Recife, Brazil. Remarkably grounded in the wisdom of humility, yet gifted with a determined strength, deep insight, and perceptive intelligence, Freire not only believed in the human spirit, goodness, and the fostering of a more hopeful world, but was also profoundly committed to challenging individuals and political, educational, and religious structures that perpetuated the...
The unfolding of Paulo Freire s philosophy, uniqueness, and the lens through which he viewed the world, which ultimately brought this gentle spirit of...
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787,46 zł |
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Subjectivity and Truth: Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self
ISBN: 9780820481951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This book focuses on Foucault s later work and his (re)turn to the hermeneutics of the subject, exploring the implications of his thinking for education, pedagogy, and related disciplines. What and who is the subject of education and what are the forms of self-constitution? Chapters investigate Foucault s notion of the culture of self in relation to questions concerning truth (parrhesia or free speech) and subjectivity, especially with reference to the literary genres of confession and biography, and the contemporary political forms of individualization (governmentality)."
This book focuses on Foucault s later work and his (re)turn to the hermeneutics of the subject, exploring the implications of his thinking for educati...
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201,46 zł |
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Constructing Critical Consciousness; Narratives that Unmask Hegemony and Ideas for Creating Greater Equity in Education
ISBN: 9781433113505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness Reader aims to help us rethink -race, - racism, and whiteness as narratives with deep roots in the past that contribute to the current social order, and function to reproduce the social hierarchy in which we live. The reader includes several brilliant iconic essays that address the social construction of whiteness and critical resistance, as well as excellent new critical perspectives. It is a compilation that offers new and intermediate readers in critical whiteness theory a valuable and diverse overview of the subject. It... Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness Reader aims to help us rethink -race, - racism, and whiteness as narratives with... |
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214,40 zł |
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Science Education As/For Sociopolitical Action
ISBN: 9780820456966 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Science Education as/for Sociopolitical Action is about alternative ways of looking at science education. Rather than focusing on the transfer or construction of knowledge, the authors focus on the role of science education as a starting point for engaging students in social action. Sometimes, social action is the starting point and students learn science and about science as they pursue their goals. The authors provide concrete descriptions for curriculum design, or how an alternative curriculum design has worked in practice. This book shows that science education can be radically...
Science Education as/for Sociopolitical Action is about alternative ways of looking at science education. Rather than focusing on the transfer ...
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181,82 zł |
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Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook - Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781433128189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The first edition of Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook won the 2009 Phillip C. Chinn Book Award of the National Association for Multicultural Education. This revised edition is an updated resource guide for educators in secondary and university classrooms who desire to integrate mainstream and independent films into their instructional content about diversity and social justice. The book has transformed difficult dialogues in classrooms around the country by helping educators identify full-length films and shorter film clips to enhance, energize, and motivate student learning.
... The first edition of Reel Diversity: A Teacher's Sourcebook won the 2009 Phillip C. Chinn Book Award of the National Association for Multicultu...
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214,40 zł |
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Playing for Change; Music Festivals as Community Learning and Development
ISBN: 9781433129711 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 163 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Playing for Change performing for money and for social justice introduces a critical pedagogy of arts-based community learning and development (A-CLD), a new discipline wherein artists learn to become educators, social workers, and community economic development agents. Challenging the assumption that acculturation into a ruling ideology of state development is necessary, this book presents a version of CLD that locates development in the production of subjectivities. The author argues that A-CLD is as concerned with the autonomous collective and the individual as it is with...
Playing for Change performing for money and for social justice introduces a critical pedagogy of arts-based community learning and development ...
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826,27 zł |
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Quiet Wisdom: Teachers in the United States and England Talk about Standards, Practice, and Professionalism
ISBN: 9780820470511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The sturm-und-drang quality of educational reforms in the United States and England has prompted educators to ask how curriculum changes will affect teaching and learning. Central government in England and state agencies in the United States increasingly control curriculum development by writing the standards, monitoring teaching, and assessing standards impact on students achievements. But how does increasing government regulation of education impact teachers professionalism and morale? In arguing that teachers need to retain significant control over what and how they teach, Quiet...
The sturm-und-drang quality of educational reforms in the United States and England has prompted educators to ask how curriculum changes will a...
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173,86 zł |
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Doing Democracy: Striving for Political Literacy and Social Justice
ISBN: 9781433103438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. In this provocative collection of essays with a distinctly critical and nuanced approach to how democracy is taught, learned, understood, and lived, authors from four continents share their visions on how democracy needs to be cultivated, critiqued, demonstrated, and manifested throughout the educational experience. The collective concern is how we actually do democracy in education. The essays argue that democracy must be infused in everything that happens at school: curriculum, extra-curricular activities, interaction with parents and communities, and through formal organization and...
In this provocative collection of essays with a distinctly critical and nuanced approach to how democracy is taught, learned, understood, and lived, a...
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556,89 zł |
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Examining Social Theory: Crossing Borders/Reflecting Back
ISBN: 9781433104794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This collection of essays introduces multiple social theories through discussions of ideas across national borders. In each of the nine sections, the first chapter introduces a theory in a context outside of the United States. The second chapter then responds to the first by refocusing the discussion inside the United States. It has long been understood that it is difficult to perceive one s own context as contingent on culture and history, thus, exploring social phenomena in a different context assists in perceiving the dynamics at play. Ultimately, though, social theory should be used to...
This collection of essays introduces multiple social theories through discussions of ideas across national borders. In each of the nine sections, the ...
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201,46 zł |
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Unauthorized Methods: Strategies for Critical Teaching
ISBN: 9780415918428 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work makes accessible and practicable some of the best theoretical innovation in critical pedagogy of the last decade. Issues of knowledge are explored as the authors consider how an integration of popular culture and cultural studies into the lesson plan can enrich and re-invigorate the learning experience. These essays, ranging widely in topic and educational level, are based in theory but are practice-oriented. In translating this theory, the contributors provide educators with techniques which will inform rather than oppress classroom skills.
This work makes accessible and practicable some of the best theoretical innovation in critical pedagogy of the last decade. Issues of knowledge are ex...
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248,25 zł |
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Flaunt It!: Queers Organizing for Public Education and Justice
ISBN: 9781433102653 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking book provides examples of on-the-ground organizing and academic activism, drawing attention to the militarization of public schools, the erasure of queer lives at private institutions with anti-gay -lifestyle- statements, and the failure of professional educational organizations to act for social justice. Flaunt It offers a constructive and timely analysis of the local, felt impact of neoliberal policies on the lives of those most marginal in schools and in communities."
This groundbreaking book provides examples of on-the-ground organizing and academic activism, drawing attention to the militarization of public school...
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181,82 zł |
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The Freirean Legacy: Educating for Social Justice
ISBN: 9780820456713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. In this collection of voices, one hears stories and discussions grounded in the ideas of one of the most influential teachers and thinkers of our time. The Freirean Legacy offers the reader an opportunity to consider the work of Paulo Freire in terms of three significant perspectives. Michael Apple, Joe Kincheloe, and Ana Maria Araujo (Nita) Freire are among those who share insights and understandings resulting from firsthand experiences with Freire. The theoretical insights into his work and ideas are brought forth in pieces by Peter McLaren, Judith J. Slater, and others. Finally,...
In this collection of voices, one hears stories and discussions grounded in the ideas of one of the most influential teachers and thinkers of our time...
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148,98 zł |
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Teacher TV; Sixty Years of Teachers on Television
ISBN: 9780820497150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Teacher TV: Sixty Years of Teachers on Television examines some of the most influential teacher characters presented on television from the earliest sitcoms to contemporary dramas and comedies. Both topical and chronological, the book follows a general course across decades and focuses on dominant themes and representations, linking some of the most popular shows of the era to larger cultural themes. Some of these include:
a view of how gender is socially constructed in popular culture and in society racial tensions throughout the decades educational privileges for elite... Teacher TV: Sixty Years of Teachers on Television examines some of the most influential teacher characters presented on television from the ear...
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163,91 zł |
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Popular Culture Primer: Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781433105883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This revised edition of the Popular Culture Primer is an introductory text that traces the history of popular culture and cultural studies. Besides covering the traditional subjects such as the influence of the Frankfurt School and the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, this book covers the cultural studies of science and technology, the biosciences, drugs, and sports as well as other often-ignored topics such as science fiction, fan cultures, and childhood studies. It looks at the impact these topics have on our understanding of education and popular culture. The Popular...
This revised edition of the Popular Culture Primer is an introductory text that traces the history of popular culture and cultural studies. Bes...
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103,72 zł |