This volume aims to refine ideas contained in the Carnegie Corporation's 1989 report,... Læs mere
This collection of essays identifies the ways in which school restructuring strategies connect to the ongoing pursuit of social justice. The contributors are educators and advocates for youth, who think that changing schools can change the world.
Analyzing both entertainment and news media, this volume grapples with such issues as the ways in which the media frame diversity-related themes, transmit values concerning diversity, contribute to stereotypes, and influence thinking about race, religion or sexual orientation.
This work introduces, through story and essay, a disciplined descriptive process for understanding children's strengths as particular... Læs mere
A teacher describes her three years teaching Haitian children in an inner-city preschool. Using her own classroom... Læs mere
This curriculum reference will enable teachers to apply multiple intelligence theory in the classroom using curriculum material devised by Howard Gardner, David Feldman and their colleagues at Harvard's Project Zero.
This volume explores Down syndrome disability in the cultural context of the school. The author traces the history of... Læs mere
This text offers teachers guidance in helping children develop the mental and physical abilities used in the discovery and creation of meaning... Læs mere
Laurel Tanner examines the practices and policies of Dewey's Laboratory School from its inception to the present day. There are excerpts from teachers'... Læs mere
Essential to continued growth in the field of multicultural education is the documentation of its... Læs mere
Surveys and analyses teacher research, arguing that pedagogical knowledge is generated ""outside-in"", that is, from the university to be applied in schools. Contributors explore the meaning and significance of the teachers' researches and findings.