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  • The Ghosts of Autumn

    A Season of Hunting Stories

    by Joel Spring ...
    This is my cathedral. These are my meditations. I was raised Methodist, but this is my religion.”The fields and woods and old orchards here are sacred ground. I feel the presence of my old friends. I am humbled in the face of the beauty of the place and experience the quiet only found in nature. The peace for which we all search envelops me. On my worst days I’ve never failed to find it here.”The ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The American School

    From the Puritans to the Trump Era

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    This comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straightforward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to progressive, in order to spark the reader’s own critical thinking about ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • At Forest's Edge

    Tales of Hunting, Friendship, and The Future

    by Joel Spring ...
    Outdoor literature lends itself well to reminiscence of the past; days gone by, hunts with old friends, and good dogs long gone. Joel Spring explored the past in depth with The Ghosts of Autumn (Skyhorse Publishing, 2016). In his latest work, At Forest’s Edge, Spring turns his thoughts and insights to the future and the future of the sport of hunting. In essays span - ning a season afield, At ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Political Agendas for Education

    From Make America Great Again to Stronger Together

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    Following the epic, contentious 2016 presidential election, Joel Spring’s ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education reflect the major political issues since 2012. Here he examines the 2016 education planks of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green Parties, using their official platforms and other statements, speeches given by each candidate, and media ... Read more

    Was $82.44 CAD Now $74.19 CAD

  • American Education

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system—with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source—Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. In his signature straightforward, concise approach to ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Globalization of Education

    An Introduction

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    Continuing Joel Spring’s reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his signature clear, narrative style, Spring introduces the processes, institutions, and forces by which schooling has been globalized and examines the impact of these ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Season of Obsession

    by Joel Spring ...
    As the author takes the reader through the landscape of the Catskills in upstate New York, a picture of hunting in the finest sense, as it ought to be and as it was when you hunted with your Dad and raced alongside your dogs for downed birds. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Cultural Transformation of A Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995

    A Basket of Apples

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    This book describes the impact of U.S. government civilization and education policies on a Native American family and its tribe from 1763 to 1995. While engaged in a personal quest for his family's roots in Choctaw tribal history, the author discovered a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe. Combining personal narrative with traditional ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society

    Intergovernmental Organizations, NGOs, and the Decline of the Nation-State

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism.Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly erodes under the power of a growing global civil society. Traditional nationalist education attempts ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Economization of Education

    Human Capital, Global Corporations, Skills-Based Schooling

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    In this timely, cogent analysis of trends and powerful forces shaping global educational policy today, Joel Spring focuses on how economization is making economic growth and increased productivity the main goals of schools, and the ways these goals are achieved—including measuring educational policies by their costs and economic benefits, shaping family life to ensure productive workers and high ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Today’s Guide to Educational Policy

    Pandemics, Disasters, Nationalism, Religion, and Global Politics

    by Joel Spring ...
    In his latest book, Joel Spring covers major political, economic and social issues affecting US and global education policy today. Crafted to evoke classroom discussion, this book explores contemporary issues such as the pandemic, institutional racism, religious controversies, nationalism and immigration, increased reliance on online instruction, climate change, economics of education and the deep ... Read more

    Was $65.95 CAD Now $59.08 CAD

  • Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality

    A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States

    by Joel Spring ...
    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    Joel Spring’s history of school policies imposed on dominated groups in the United States examines the concept of deculturalization—the use of schools to strip away family languages and cultures and replace them with those of the dominant group. The focus is on the education of dominated groups forced to become citizens in territories conquered by the United States, including Native Americans, ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD