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Schola Ludens Europaeus Papers Offered to Roland Naul
ISBN: PB: 9781782551362, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, October 2018
300 pp., 21x14.7 cm, 100 black&white illus.
This collection of essays celebrates the 70th birthday of Professor Roland Naul. The chapters, written by colleagues and friends, illustrate the development of sport and physical activity research over four decades. The objectives were to give an ove...
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Free Speech on Campus
ISBN: PB: 9780300240016, ISBN: HB: 9780300226560, Yale University Press, October 2018
216 pp., 21x14 cm
Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning envir...
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Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools Eighty-Third Edition, 2018-2019
ISBN: HB: 9780226578781, University of Chicago Press, September 2018
320 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm
This annual volume offers the most complete and current listings of the requirements for certification of a wide range of educational professionals at the elementary and secondary levels".Requirements for Certification" is a valuable resource, making...
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Why Learn History (When It's Already on Your Phone)
ISBN: PB: 9780226357218, University of Chicago Press, September 2018
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones
Let's start with two truths about our era that are so inescapable as to have become cliches: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but...
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Talking Art The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Education
ISBN: PB: 9780226560212, ISBN: HB: 9780226560182, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 32 halftones
In "Talking Art", acclaimed ethnographer Gary Alan Fine gives us an eye-opening look at the contemporary university-based master's-level art program. Through an in-depth analysis of the practice of the critique and other aspects of the curriculum, Fi...
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Case Studies in Deaf Education Inquiry, Application, and Resources
ISBN: HB: 9781944838188, Gallaudet University Press, July 2018
264 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 38 figures, 4 tables
"Case Studies in Deaf Education" provides comprehensive materials that will prepare prospective teachers to work with the diverse spectrum of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) and empower them to better understand these complex and...
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Education in a New Society Renewing the Sociology of Education
ISBN: PB: 9780226517421, ISBN: HB: 9780226517391, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 5 tables
In recent decades, sociology of education has been dominated by quantitative analyses of race, class, and gender gaps in educational achievement. And while there's no question that such work is important, it leaves a lot of other fruitful areas of in...
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£79,00
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Navigating Conflict How Youth Handle Trouble in a High-Poverty School
ISBN: PB: 9780226523736, ISBN: HB: 9780226538761, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 halftones, 5 line drawings, 14 tables
Urban schools are often associated with violence, chaos, and youth aggression. But is this reputation really the whole picture? In "Navigating Conflict", Calvin Morrill and Michael Musheno challenge the violence-centered conventional wisdom of urban...
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Patriotic Education in a Global Age
ISBN: PB: 9780226552392, ISBN: HB: 9780226552255, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Should schools attempt to cultivate patriotism? If so, why? And what conception of patriotism should drive those efforts? Is patriotism essential to preserving national unity, sustaining vigorous commitment to just institutions, or motivating nationa...
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Education and Equality
ISBN: PB: 9780226566344, ISBN: HB: 9780226373102, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing, 3 tables
American education as we know it today – guaranteed by the state to serve every child in the country – is still less than a hundred years old. It's no wonder we haven't agreed yet as to exactly what role education should play in our society. In these...
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