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The editors of this book employ social, cognitive, linguistic, and political theoretical innovations to develop a new conception of critical thinking.

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Critical Thinking for Better Learning shifts the focus from teaching to learning and from presenting information to creating challenges that teach students how to think in your discipline. The shift derives from three new insights from cognitive science: that we think by analo...

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Critical Thinking for Better Learning shifts the focus from teaching to learning and from presenting information to creating challenges that teach students how to think in your discipline. The shift derives from three new insights from cognitive science: that we think by analo...

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Teaching critical thinking requires sustained, finely tuned teaching and assessment methods. This book lays out a blueprint to do just that. Specifically, it outlines the necessary components of a critical thinking classroom and provides assessment techniques and ample exercises adaptable to any students field, age, or level of education.

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What way forward for the contemporary university Critical University traverses fields in critical theory (Marcuse and Althusser), psychoanalysis (Kristeva and Freud), phenomenology (Husserl), and the philosophy of education (Freire and Hooks) to focus and provoke further discussion of the university in crisis.

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What way forward for the contemporary university Critical University traverses fields in critical theory (Marcuse and Althusser), psychoanalysis (Kristeva and Freud), phenomenology (Husserl), and the philosophy of education (Freire and Hooks) to focus and provoke further discussion of the university in crisis.

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Drawing from a diverse literature that underscores America's growing racial hostility and violence, York defines and explores the claims of cross-cultural training as an aid to increasing personal satisfaction and professional productivity in culturally diverse work environments.

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Crossing Lines analyzes the experiences of more than 25 education research networks spanning Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. The networks described in this book are intended to help researchers identify problems and design research that is relevant to the countries in which they work.

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This book describes five principles to guide teachers in working with families of struggling readers.

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This book describes five principles to guide teachers in working with families of struggling readers.

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Implementation of a college student retention formula and success model that will enable students to meet their academic and personal goals in five easy steps.

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Implementation of a college student retention formula and success model that will enable students to meet their academic and personal goals in five easy steps.

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Discusses the advantages of cross-training, tells how to set up a personalized workout program, and discusses equipment, competition, injury prevention, and nutrition.

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In one lesson, they take a treasure hunt approach, consulting standard library materials such as Current Biography, Dictionary of American History, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and Contemporary Authors, to find answers to a series of reference questions.

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Lead children to literacy and learning along the garden path with books and activities designed to spark interest and imagination.

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Cultivating a Culture of Learning illustrates practice from a variety of teacher education programs. Authors share their first-hand experience of cultivating a culture of learning as teacher educators. The insights and challenges are shared to stimulate conversation and engender future pedagogy and research in contemplative education.

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Cultivating a Culture of Learning illustrates practice from a variety of teacher education programs. Authors share their first-hand experience of cultivating a culture of learning as teacher educators. The insights and challenges are shared to stimulate conversation and engender future pedagogy and research in contemplative education.

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This book offers middle and high school teachers useful suggestions and strategies for cultivating literacy in their classrooms.

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This book offers middle and high school teachers useful suggestions and strategies for cultivating literacy in their classrooms.

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Leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal wha...

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Leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal wha...

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Crook develops theoretical accounts of the possible mechanisms linking family background with socioeconomic success and tests competing hypotheses using a synthetic approach drawing on the strengths of the two distinct traditions of social stratification research.

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Culturally Affirming Literacy Practices for Urban Elementary Students provides practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge in understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing issues associated with critical pe...

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Culturally Affirming Literacy Practices for Urban Elementary Students provides practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge in understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing issues associated with critical pe...