Beyond Equality In The American Classroom

Author : Eric Shyman
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780739177501

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Beyond Equality in the American Classroom by Eric Shyman Pdf

Beyond Equality in the American Classroom: The Case for Inclusive Education addresses the basis of inclusive education for students with exceptionalities from the perspective of social justice and scholarship-activism. Drawing on historical, legislative, and philosophical references, this book builds the case for including individuals with exceptionalities in general education classrooms as a matter of social justice and civil rights. Providing a comprehensive foundation for exploring the concept of inclusive education scholastically, Shyman provides a well-organized and clearly-structured treatise for both the philosophy of inclusive education as well as a means of putting inclusive education into practice in American schools. With pointed critiques of the current trend of standardization and traditionalization in the current educational climate, a new philosophy for addressing inclusive education is put forth. The book is both readable and scholastically legitimate, and can be adapted for personal academic use or as a teaching tool for undergraduate or graduate classes in the areas of education, philosophy and sociology.

Author : William N. Spencer
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781669850656

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The Power of Being Human Beyond Equality and Equity by William N. Spencer Pdf

For far too many people today, their perception and discernment of history begins with the day that they were born. And unfortunately, most of these very same people truly believe that the world, and all life on earth, revolves around them. Each and every one of us need to learn our proper place in life and in the world: To be a leader, a follower, or to just stay well out of the way of both of the others. In America, we are constitutionally granted the rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Read and listen closely; we are not guaranteed any degree of happiness, only the freedom to seek happiness on our own.

Author : Eric Shyman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475827231

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Vicious Circles in Education Reform by Eric Shyman Pdf

Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history, politics, law, sociology, and educational research, all aspects of public schooling are brought to light using a non-partisan analytical approach. Critically examining areas such as institutional racism, sexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, as well as the corporatization and privatization of public schooling, Shyman extracts the fundamental problems that have ever plagued, and continue to plague, successful education reform. Essentially, Shyman demonstrates that little progress in the area of education reform has ever been made. Rather, the same misinformed, repackaged efforts by a disconnected and insularly private political elite have continued to be applied, perpetuating a “vicious circle” of failed and misguided attempts at education reform.

Author : Jan W. Valle,David J. Connor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351618359

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Rethinking Disability by Jan W. Valle,David J. Connor Pdf

Now in its second edition, Rethinking Disability introduces new and experienced teachers to ethical framings of disability and strategies for effectively teaching and including students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Grounded in a disability studies framework, this text’s unique narrative style encourages readers to examine their beliefs about disability and the influence of historical and cultural meanings of disability upon their work as teachers. The second edition offers clear and applicable suggestions for creating dynamic and inclusive classroom cultures, getting to know students, selecting appropriate instructional and assessment strategies, co-teaching, and promoting an inclusive school culture. This second edition is fully revised and updated to include a brief history of disability through the ages, the relevance of current educational policies to inclusion, technology in the inclusive classroom, intersectionality and its influence upon inclusive practices, working with families, and issues of transition from school to the post-school world. Each chapter now also includes a featured "voice from the field" written by persons with disabilities, parents, and teachers.

Author : Eric Shyman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475853216

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Finding the Teacher Self by Eric Shyman Pdf

Finding the Teacher Self offers a foundation to begin and sustain a discussion with preservice and in-service teachers about the role of teacher identities in the classrooms, what their teacher identity is, and how they can continue to develop it. The book is intended to create a backdrop to deepen conversations with and between teachers and administrators on topics that are often avoided or devalued in the contemporary education discourse. Through the delineation of background information from scholarly sources and related discussion prompts and questions, real and constructive conversation can be fostered across the educational landscape including undergraduate and graduate classes, faculty meetings, professional development workshops, or ongoing district-based or school-based reflective teaching projects.

Author : Fatma Mizikaci,Guy Senese
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781498524667

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A Language of Freedom and Teacher’s Authority by Fatma Mizikaci,Guy Senese Pdf

A Language of Freedom and Teacher’s Authority: Case Comparisons from Turkey and the United States explores dimensions of authority that are deeply embedded in the profession of teaching. It examines critical dimensions of the foundations of Turkish and U.S. public education, both of which are under new pressures due to changes in the relationship between public schooling and current reforms in education. The contributors reflect on varied dimensions of authority, of which ideals are shifting under political and economic pressures. In both Turkey and the U.S, public education reflects the early influence of secular equalitarianism, revolutionary democratic developments, and an Enlightenment-based sense of the human right to education. Against this, we see the opposing dialectic where state control and curricular censorship and constriction appear too often.

Author : Laurie Cooper Stoll
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739176436

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Race and Gender in the Classroom by Laurie Cooper Stoll Pdf

Race and Gender in the Classroom explores the paradoxes of education, race, and gender, as Laurie Cooper Stoll follows eighteen teachers carrying out their roles as educators in an era of “post-racial” and “post-gendered” politics. Because there are a number of contentious issues converging simultaneously in these teachers’ everyday lives, this is a book comprised of several interrelated stories. On the one hand, this is a story about teachers who care deeply about their students but are generally oblivious to the ways in which their words and behaviors reinforce dominant narratives about race and gender, constructing for their students a worldview in which race and gender do not matter despite their students’ lived experiences demonstrating otherwise. This is a story about dedicated, overworked teachers who are trying to keep their heads above water while meeting the myriad demands placed upon them in a climate of high-stakes testing. This is a story about the disconnect between those who mandate educational policy like superintendents and school boards and the teachers who are expected to implement those policies often with little or no input and few resources. This is ultimately a story, however, about how the institution of education itself operates in a “post-racial” and “post-gendered” society.

Author : Social Studies School Service
Publisher : Social Studies
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Civics
ISBN : 9781560042662

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American Government and Civics by Social Studies School Service Pdf

Activities for secondary students centered on specific historical and current events.

Author : David Levinson,Peter Cookson,Alan Sadovnik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135570781

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Education and Sociology by David Levinson,Peter Cookson,Alan Sadovnik Pdf

First Published in 2002. This single-volume reference provides readers and researchers with access to details on a wide range of topics and issues in the sociology of education. Entries cover both national and international perspectives and studies, as well as tackling controversial points in education today, including gender inequality, globalization, minorities, meritocracy, and more. This is a key, one-of-a-kind resource for all educational researchers and educators.

Author : Samuel Totten,Jon Pedersen
Publisher : IAP
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607527992

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Addressing Social Issues in the Classroom and Beyond by Samuel Totten,Jon Pedersen Pdf

Addressing Social Issues in the Classroom and Beyond: The Pedagogical Efforts of Pioneers in the Field is comprised of essays that delineate the genesis and evolution of the thought and work of pioneers in the field of social issues and education. The authors (many of whom, themselves, are noted professors of education and who have done significant work in the field of social issues and education) delineate and analyze the efforts (e.g., theoretical work, research, curriculum development, and teaching) of such pioneers within the larger framework of their life-story. As a result, the reader is not only introduced to the significant work of each pioneer but valuable and often fascinating insights into how his/her life experiences informed his/her thinking, beliefs, goals and work. This book constitutes a rich and unusual record of the thinking and accomplishments of those luminaries who worked tirelessly in the belief that a well-educated and well-informed populace was absolutely imperative in a democracy if the latter were to remain healthy and vibrant. Beyond current scholars and students, we believe that this book will be of great interest to a wide spectrum of individuals: teacher educators who perceive the need to avail their students of the rich history, rationales and methods for incorporating the study of social issues across the curriculum; professors who teach history of curriculum courses and/or history of education courses are likely to be drawn to the book, both for the rich stories as well as the bounty of information found in each chapter; those who specialize in autobiographical studies in the field of education are likely to find the book to be remarkably rich and valuable both for their own research as well as in their teaching; secondary level teachers in science, social studies, and English who are interested in incorporating the study of social issues into the courses they teach will glean incredibly rich insights into why and how to go about such an endeavor; and future scholars and students who care deeply about how society impacts education, education impacts society, and how individuals and groups can have a positive impact on society through their collective efforts are bound to find the book both fascinating and instructive.

Author : Judi Moreillon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216066453

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Core Values in School Librarianship by Judi Moreillon Pdf

This title offers pre-service, newly practicing, and seasoned school librarians opportunities for reflection as well as inspiring strategies for enacting four core values of the profession. The school library profession has been in "crisis" for more than a decade. Educational decision-makers have not been made aware of or sold on the core values of school librarianship and its value to students, classroom teachers, administrators, and the entire school community. Budgetary priorities often do not include school librarians, resulting in a lack of funding and the elimination of many positions, which can cause many school librarians to feel vulnerable and afraid. Guideposts are needed to offer today's school librarians a chance to connect or reconnect with their passion for literacy, learning, and serving that led them to the profession. Core Values in School Librarianship: Responding with Commitment and Courage provides preservice, newly practicing, and seasoned school librarians with opportunities for thoughtful reflection alongside inspiring strategies for gathering courage and enacting four core values of the profession. It is an important and visionary book that all school librarians should read as they develop in their role as leaders in their schools.

Author : Lisa Fetman,Linsay DeMartino
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781837535446

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Transformative Democracy in Educational Leadership and Policy by Lisa Fetman,Linsay DeMartino Pdf

Transformative Democracy in Educational Leadership and Policy critiques education policies and practices that failed to deliver on their transformative promises, and explores more rigorous, nuanced transformative approaches within the context of the 2020s and beyond.

Author : Bertram C. Bruce
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475867138

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Beyond the Classroom Walls by Bertram C. Bruce Pdf

The book asks readers to adopt a critical and comprehensive view of education (pre-K to lifelong learning) as existing both within classroom walls, and in the surrounding world, including communities and workplaces. It presents an integrated view of online learning, community schools, communiversities, and learning through work. Our educational systems are organized in ways that make this integration difficult. We have elaborate systems of formal instruction––academies, schools, universities, and training institutes––all to facilitate learning within the walls. At the same time we have ample opportunities for learning in the wild. Unfortunately these systems diverge to the point that they do little to support learning that allows us to draw from both of the realms of knowledge. But it is possible to bring together learning within the walls with that beyond the walls. Moreover it is crucial to make these connections in the world of today. In order to bring together the classroom and daily life we need an educational system that does that as well.The book provides a coherent account of how schooling can and should relate to learning beyond the classroom walls.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015090406664

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Beyond the Classroom by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Pdf

Author : Jaafar Aksikas,Sean Johnson Andrews,Donald Hedrick
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030253936

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Cultural Studies in the Classroom and Beyond by Jaafar Aksikas,Sean Johnson Andrews,Donald Hedrick Pdf

This edited volume seeks to combine and highlight the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching by exploring and reflecting on the ways in which Cultural Studies is taught and practiced at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, in the US and internationally. Contributors create a space where connections among Cultural Studies practitioners across generations and locations are formed. Because the alliances built by Cultural Studies practitioners in the U.S. and the global north are deeply shaped by the global south/Third World perspectives, this book extends an invitation to teachers and practitioners in and outside of the US, including those who may offer a transnational perspective on teaching and practicing Cultural Studies. This volume promises to be a trailblazing collection of first-rate essays by leading and emerging figures in the field of Cultural Studies.