Recognizing the responsibility institutions have to prepare teachers for today's diverse classrooms, this work shows readers how to incorporate transformative multicultural education into teacher education curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation.
Here, Frank Smith aims to help the reader understand why some people find the world of mathematics so compelling while others find it so difficult. This... Læs mere
Beginning with revolutionary changes effected in tiny frontier schools in the late 19th century, and going up to early 21st century... Læs mere
In this text a group of student teachers share their candid questions, concerns, dilemmas and lessons learned about how to teach for social justice and social... Læs mere
Why and how have white people joined the fight against white supremacy in the United States? What have they risked and what have they gained? This book presents portraits of four contemporary white American activists who dedicated their lives to the struggle for civil rights.
This is an introduction to Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and German critical theorist Jurgen Habermas. It compares their theories and situates their thinking in relation to other social theories and philosophies of education.
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.
Using case studies of two very different schools, this text aims to demonstrate that when teachers enact reforms in the name of... Læs mere
These essays examine alternatives to prevailing models of character education. Covering both stories in the classroom and controversial... Læs mere
Based on a study by students at the Renaissance School into their communities history of desegregation, this... Læs mere
David T. Hansen examines why the most important factor in the practice of teaching is the ""person"" who occupies the role of teacher. He... Læs mere
In this text, Duckworth and six of her colleagues describe learners (who range in age from five to adulthood) coming to connect with seven different subject... Læs mere