Boys and Schooling in the Early Years

By Paul Connolly

Boys' underachievement in education has now become a global concern, taxing the minds of governments across the Western world. Boys and Schooling in the Early...

Published July 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Public Acts

Disruptive Readings on Making Curriculum Public

Edited by Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Erica Meiners

As this book documents local, specific, and contextualized acts of resistance and offers a detailed analysis of varied forms of public literacies, it functions as...

Published June 29th 2004 by Routledge.

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Poverty and Schooling in the U.S.

Contexts and Consequences

By Sue Books

Poverty is an educational issue because it affects children's physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Especially in current times, taken-for-granted ideas about poverty and poor children...

Published May 25th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test

Standards, Assessment, and Educational Reform

Edited by William A. Firestone, Roberta Y. Schorr, Lora F. Monfils

Testing is one of the most controversial of all state and federal educational policies. The effects of testing are quite ambiguous. The same test may...

Published May 1st 2004 by Routledge.

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Learning to Labor in New Times

Edited by Nadine Dolby, Greg Dimitriadis

Learning to Labor in New Times foregrounds nine essays which re-examine the work of noted sociologist Paul Willis, 25 years after the publication of his...

Published April 12th 2004 by Routledge.

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Teaching History for the Common Good

By Keith C. Barton, Linda S. Levstik

In Teaching History for the Common Good, Barton and Levstik present a clear overview of competing ideas among educators, historians, politicians, and the public about...

Published April 8th 2004 by Routledge.

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Studying Educational and Social Policy

Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods

By Ronald H. Heck

The overall purpose of this text is to introduce beginning researchers to the study of educational and social policy, how it has been examined from...

Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge.

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How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society

Intergovernmental Organizations, NGOs, and the Decline of the Nation-State

By Joel Spring

In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism.

Neo-liberal...

Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge.

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Against Common Sense

Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice

By Kevin Kumashiro

Drawing on his own experience teaching diverse grades and subjects, Kevin Kumashiro examines aspects of teaching and learning toward social justice, and suggests concrete implications...

Published March 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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Rethinking Parent and Child Conflict

By Susan Grieshaber

Published March 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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