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The term McDonaldization was coined by George Ritzer in 1993 and is a valuable tool for providing a theoretical and practical debate concerning novel and defining features of our contemporary world.

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Angene Hopkins Wilson presents case studies which illustrate how internationally experienced persons--including teachers who have travelled and lived abroad, returned Peace Corps volunteer teachers, and immigrant and international students--contribute to the curriculum in their schools.

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The Meaning of Multiraciality explores the agentic ways in which Multiracial college students come to understand the complexity of their racialized identity production, revealing an otherwise invisible student population and broadening critical discourses around education and race.

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This book enables teachers in any country to compare their experiences with those of teachers in several other countries and thereby develop a cross-cultural perspective on their work, as well as to promote a sense of international professional identity.

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The Mexican American Community College Experience addresses the challenge of educating Mexican American students, the largest segment of the growing Latino population, in community colleges.

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The Mexican American Community College Experience addresses the challenge of educating Mexican American students, the largest segment of the growing Latino population, in community colleges.

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Engaging deliberative pedagogy, identity politics, and social justice, The Mindful Classroom offers mindfulness and movement practices to help facilitators guide difficult conversations. Useful in face-to-face and online classes as well as community-engaged environments, this book guides constructive conversations toward positive social change.

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It is a core premise of this book that the thoughts and voices of those excluded are distinct. Just as we came to know more about racism from Dubois, more about the Holocaust from Anne Frank, so can we come to know more about the critical issues facing education from the chapters of this book.

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It is a core premise of this book that the thoughts and voices of those excluded are distinct. Just as we came to know more about racism from Dubois, more about the Holocaust from Anne Frank, so can we come to know more about the critical issues facing education from the chapters of this book.

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Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers, c1933.

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The Misdirection of Education Policy poses critically important questions about the wisdom of American public education policy and reform initiatives. The approach suggested here is designed to offer an arterial that allows students and teachers to do more than simply prepare ...

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The Misdirection of Education Policy poses critically important questions about the wisdom of American public education policy and reform initiatives. The approach suggested here is designed to offer an arterial that allows students and teachers to do more than simply prepare ...

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A definitive look at learning disabilities and teh brain, from two neuropsychologists who specialise in breaking down simplistic labels - i.e. dyslexia - into more specific diagnoses based on behaviour and symptom.

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In this comprehensive study of the Modern School movement, Paul Avrich narrates its history, analyzes its successes and failures, and assesses its place in American life. In doing so, he shows how the radical experimentation in art and communal living as well as in education during this period set the precedent for much of the artistic, social, and

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The multi-age learning community is a program that re-cultures schools for the 21st century. It moves traditional programs to a learning environment that targets the individual needs of learners with a shared leadership model. The goal is to allow students to have the opportunity to become the very best they can be and achieve on high levels.

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The multi-age learning community is a program that re-cultures schools for the 21st century. It moves traditional programs to a learning environment that targets the individual needs of learners with a shared leadership model. The goal is to allow students to have the opportunity to become the very best they can be and achieve on high levels.

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This title combines solid research, humour and real life examples into 21 informative and and entertaining essays about people who experience the world with mulitple languages.

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The second edition of The Music and Literacy Connection expands our understanding of the links between reading and music by examining those skills and learning processes that are directly parallel for music learning and language arts literacy in the pre-K, elementary, and secondary levels.

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What this book seeks to provide are ideas for incorporating ongoing community discussion and dialogue on the budget process. This book additionally provides insight and information unto the budget process that drives all school decisions.

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What this book seeks to provide are ideas for incorporating ongoing community discussion and dialogue on the budget process. This book additionally provides insight and information unto the budget process that drives all school decisions.

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In a similar treatment to their previous books about science and literature, the authors consider over 25 picture books (both new and classic, but all new to this volume) that provide examples in nature (topics include living things, earth and stars, and natural changes) for children to observe, describe, and appreciate.