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Educating Young Giants
What Kids Learn (And Don't Learn) in China and America

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In her groundbreaking book, Educating Young Giants, Nancy Pine reveals how reliance on antiquated teaching methods and ineffectual reform efforts has left...
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Comparative Early Childhood Education Services
International Perspectives
Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood

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This edited international collection re-conceptualizes the place of early childhood education and care services (ECEC) within communities and challenges...
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The Multi-Talented Mr.Erskine
Shaping Mass Culture through Great Books and Fine Music

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At the pinnacle of his multi-faceted career, John Erskine (1879-1951) was one of the best recognized personalities on the American cultural, academic and...
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A Critical Pedagogy of Embodied Education
Learning to Become an Activist
Postcolonial Studies in Education

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A Critical Pedagogy of Embodied Education outlines the pedagogy of activism and the process of learning to become an activist. Based on empirical research...
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Reclaiming School in the Aftermath of Trauma
Advice Based on Experience

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September 11. . . Virginia Tech . . . Columbine . . . Hurricane Katrina . . . Traumatic events with long lasting consequences. Lives are upended, safety is...
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Culture, Education, and Community
Expressions of the Postcolonial Imagination
Postcolonial Studies in Education

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Can education contribute to cultural confidence of peoples and communities who have endured centuries of oppression and marginalisation? If so, what is...
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Theatre for Change
Education, Social Action and Therapy

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Providing an international overview of the latest work and thinking in Drama and Education, and featuring interviews with a worldwide variety of leading...
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The Global University
Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Historical Studies in Education

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The product of an international research project involving scholars from China, Australia, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this...
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World Higher Education Database Network 2012

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World Scouting
Educating for Global Citizenship

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Many works have been written on scouting worldwide, but most of them were centered in a particular country or moment of history. This book explains in a very...

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We're Losing Our Minds
Rethinking American Higher Education

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America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. This is a true educational emergency! Many college graduates cannot think...
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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition
Revised and Updated Edition

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The definitive look at all that can be learned from video games
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The Core
Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education

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In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals and the American presidents were basics that all children were taught...
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A Full Life with Autism
From Learning to Forming Relationships to Achieving Independence

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A guide for helping our children lead meaningful and independent lives as they reach adulthood In the next five years, hundreds of thousands of children...
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American Higher Education, Second Edition
A History

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The roots of controversy surrounding higher education in the US extend deep into the past. This original, incisive history goes far in offering a needed sense...
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Authoring a Ph.D.
How to Plan, Draft, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation
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Authoring a Ph.D. Thesis involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading text, and finishing it speedily and...
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The Black Campus Movement
Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965-1972
Contemporary Black History

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Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded,...
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Cite Them Right
The essential referencing guide
Palgrave Study Guides

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This book is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing available. Tutors rely on the advice to guide their students in the skills...
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The Bully Action Guide
How to Help Your Child and Get Your School to Listen

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Bullying used to be thought of as an unpleasant rite of passage, but now psychologists are realizing that it inflicts real harm. As many as 40 percent of...
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Service-Learning in Theory and Practice
The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education

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This book offers a comprehensive rethinking of the theory and practice of service-learning in higher education. Democratic and community engagement are vital...
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The Future of Your Only Child
How to Guide Your Child to a Happy and Successful Life

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One-child households havedoubled over the last two decades making it one of the fastest growing family units in America. Expert Carl Pickhardt aids families in...
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The Homeschooling Option
How to Decide When It's Right for Your Family

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In this accessible and honest look at homeschooling, Lisa Rivero explores the diverse faces of homeschooled students and the ways in which it can help children...
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New Faculty
A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners

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Successfully launching an academic career in the challenging environment of higher education today is apt to require more explicit preparation than the...
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Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation
Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism
Education, Politics and Public Life

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Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation critically examines the complex intersections of sport, consumer culture, and contemporary U.S. politics. Based on...