This text shows how young students can benefit from an investigative, inquiry-based approach to the study of history, as called for by US national standards. It conveys the results of a teacher-research project using anecdotes and provides guidelines for teaching novices.
This resource offers an alternative framework for middle and secondary English instruction. The authors provide strategies for engaging students in critical inquiry projects about the social worlds they inhabit or about those portrayed in literature and the media.
This collection of essays examines the reputed merits of the interdisciplinary curriculum movement. They explore the complex texture of what... Læs mere
Focusing on the problems of heterosexism and homophobia in schools, this book explores how these forms of oppression impact... Læs mere
An investigation into the lives of adolescent girls in middle school, this text follows a group of girls in and out of the classroom, focusing on what... Læs mere
In this text, readers are taken on a journey into the mind of John Dewey. By analyzing Dewey's attempts to revise the introduction to one of his books, ""Experience and Nature"", it explores Dewey's efforts to explain the relationship between philosophy and human affairs.
Responding to the linguistic and educational diversity of adolescents, the R.E.A.L. (Relevant, Engaging, and... Læs mere
What new ideas and ways of thinking can educational leaders learn from great world leaders who have moved their societies to... Læs mere