Revolutionizing Education

Youth Participatory Action Research in Motion

Edited by Julio Cammarota, Michelle Fine

Many scholars have turned to the groundbreaking critical research methodology, Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR), as a way to address both the political challenges and...

Published January 25th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Way Class Works

Readings on School, Family, and the Economy

Edited by Lois Weis

Since the 1980s, the relationship between social class and education has been overshadowed by scholarship more generally targeting issues of race, gender, and representation. Today,...

Published December 13th 2007 by Routledge.

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Problematizing Identity

Everyday Struggles in Language, Culture, and Education

Edited by Angel M. Lin

This book argues that identity as a term needs to be problematized, not taken for granted – for both the risks and the potential that...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Next Wave Cultures

Feminism, Subcultures, Activism

Edited by Anita Harris

Whereas once young women’s feminist activism could be easily identified, today this resistance seems obscure, transitory, and disorganized. In Next Wave Cultures, established and emerging...

Published November 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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Culturally Contested Literacies

America's "Rainbow Underclass" and Urban Schools

By Guofang Li

Culturally Contested Literacies is a vivid ethnographic account of the everyday cross-cultural living and schooling experiences of six culturally-diverse families in urban America. Documenting the...

Published November 15th 2007 by Routledge.

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Bringing Knowledge Back In

From Social Constructivism to Social Realism in the Sociology of Education

By Michael F.D. Young

'This book tackles some of the most important educational questions of the day... It is rare to find a book on education which is theoretically...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times

(Re) Solving Moral Dilemmas

Edited by Joan Poliner Shapiro, Steven Jay Gross

This text is designed to assist educational leaders in the ethical decision-making process. Theoretically, it is based on Gross’s Turbulence Theory and Shapiro and Stefkovich’s...

Published October 24th 2007 by Routledge.

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Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S.

Undercurrents of Race, Class, and Power in the Struggle for Meaning

By Arlette Ingram Willis

This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education...

Published October 24th 2007 by Routledge.

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Marxism and Educational Theory

Origins and Issues

By Mike Cole

We live in a world where thousands make massive profits out of the labours of others, while those others exist as wage slaves, millions of...

Published October 11th 2007 by Routledge.

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Civic Education for Diverse Citizens in Global Times

Rethinking Theory and Practice

Edited by Beth C. Rubin, James M. Giarelli

This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global...

Published October 11th 2007 by Routledge.

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