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  • Unschooling Critical Pedagogy, Unfixing Schools

    by John E. Petrovic ...
    Though conservatives and criticalists perhaps espouse different values and social assumptions as rationale for reforming schools, they both seek to "fix" schools. Unschooling Critical Pedagogy, Unfixing Schools argues that in this move to fix, they both either deny or misread the material dimension of schooling, thereby unnecessarily limiting possibilities for human flourishing within educational ... Read more

    $47.79 CAD

  • A Post-Liberal Approach to Language Policy in Education

    by John E. Petrovic ...
    Series Book 41 - New Perspectives on Language and Education
    This provocative defense of language diversity works through the strengths and weaknesses of liberal political theory to inform language policy. The book presents the argument that policy must occupy the space between 'linguistics of community' and 'linguistics of contact' in a way that balances individual autonomy and group recognition while not reifying 'language'. Drawing on the importance of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Advanced Calculus

    Theory and Practice

    by John Petrovic ...
    Series series Textbooks in Mathematics
    Advanced Calculus: Theory and Practice, Second Edition offers a text for a one- or two-semester course on advanced calculus or analysis.The text improves students’ problem-solving and proof-writing skills, familiarizes them with the historical development of calculus concepts, and helps them understand the connections among different topics.The book explains how various topics in calculus may seem ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Measure and Integral

    Theory and Practice

    by John Srdjan Petrovic ...
    Series series Textbooks in Mathematics
    This accessible introduction to the topic covers the theory of measure and integral, as introduced by Lebesgue and developed in the first half of the 20th century. It leads naturally to Banach spaces of functions and linear operators acting on them.This material in Measure and Integral: Theory and Practice is typically covered in a graduate course and is almost always treated in an abstract way, ... Read more

    $185.50 CAD

  • The Commodification of Language

    Conceptual Concerns and Empirical Manifestations

    Edited by John E. Petrovic, Bedrettin Yazan ...
    Series series Language, Society and Political Economy
    This volume seeks to add to our understanding of how language is constructed in late capitalist societies. Exploring the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the so-called "commodification of language" and its relationship to the notion of linguistic capital, the authors examine recent research that offers implications for language policy and planning.Bringing together an international ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Indigenous Philosophies of Education Around the World

    Edited by John Petrovic, Roxanne M. Mitchell ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
    This volume explores conceptualizations of indigeneity and the ways that indigenous philosophies can and should inform educational policy and practice. Beginning with questions and philosophies of indigeneity itself, the volume then covers the indigenous philosophies and practices of a range of communities—including Sami, Maori, Walpiri, Navajo and Kokama peoples. Chapter authors examine how these ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Citizenship Education around the World

    Local Contexts and Global Possibilities

    Edited by John Petrovic, Aaron Kuntz ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
    Though certainly not a new idea, citizenship education manifests in unique and often unpredictable ways in our contemporary neoliberal era. The question of what it means to be a productive and recognized citizen must now be understood simultaneously along both global and local lines. This edited volume offers an international perspective on citizenship education enacted in specific socio-political ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • International Perspectives on Bilingual Education

    Policy, Practice, and Controversy

    Edited by John E. Petrovic ...
    Series series International Perspectives on Educational Policy, Research and Practice
    This book is a defense of linguistic pluralism and language policies and practices in education that sustain that ideal. Educational meanings and models are influenced by different populations and different social and historical contexts. International comparisons can shed interesting light on the issues. Therefore, the purpose of the book is to provide scholars an international comparative ... Read more

    $59.39 CAD

  • Dreams of Reality

    by Dr. John J. Petrovic ...
    Have you ever wondered if you might be living a dream? How do you know what is real and what is illusion? The popular movie The Matrix explored this theme a few years ago with great effect. Yet this is a serious question requiring serious thought. The book Dreams of Reality, written from a scientific perspective, takes the reader on an intellectual journey through the various aspects and ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

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    From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

    by Michael Shermer ...
    "A wonderfully lucid, accessible, and wide-ranging account of the boundary between justified and unjustified belief." —Sam Harris, New York Times–bestselling author of The Moral Landscape and The End of FaithIn this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's best-known skeptic Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form ... Read more

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  • Justice and the Politics of Difference

    by Iris Marion Young ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. The starting point for her critique is the experience and concerns of the new social movements ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

  • The Intention Experiment

    Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World

    by Lynne McTaggart ...
    Drawing on the findings of leading scientists from around the world, “The Intention Experiment is an extraordinary advance in our understanding of consciousness as a field of all possibilities where intention orchestrates its own fulfillment. If you want to empower yourself and use the laws of intention to manifest your material reality, read this book” (Deepak Chopra).Using cutting-edge research ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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