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  • Passed On

    Public School Children in Failing American Schools

    by Louise Marr ...
    A teacher reveals how current education policy is failing our kids through stories of her own students in the public schools of Philadelphia.Since the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, American schools have emphasized test scores to measure school performance—forcing educators to "teach to the test." Though teachers have fought to get rid of this detrimental trend, many corporate ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Creative Schools

    The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education

    by Lou Aronica, Sir Ken Robinson PhD ...
    A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element.Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization’s history. Now, the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The End of Education

    Redefining the Value of School

    by Neil Postman ...
    In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics. Postman presents useful models with which schools can restore a sense of purpose, tolerance, and a respect for learning. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Wounded by School

    Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture

    by Kirsten Olson ...
    While reformers and policymakers focus on achievement gaps, testing, and accountability, millions of students mentally and emotionally disengage from learning and many gifted teachers leave the field. Ironically, today’s schooling is damaging the single most essential component to education—the joy of learningHow do we recognize the “wounds” caused by outdated schooling policies? How do we heal ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Critical Condition

    Replacing Critical Thinking with Creativity

    by Patrick Finn ...
    Should we stop teaching critical thinking? Meant as a prompt to further discussion, Critical Condition questions the assumption that every student should be turned into a “critical thinker.”The book starts with the pre-Socratics and the impact that Socrates’ death had on his student Plato and traces the increasingly violent use of critical “attack” on a perceived opponent. From the Roman ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • 7 days modern english grammar

    english grammar and composition, #1

    by Aparaj Rudra Paul ...
    Series Book 1 - english grammar and composition
    Welcome to the course of modern English grammar. I am here to inform you that it will be all my pleasure to make you learn English properly. Here I had written an e-book for you. It is not much expensive. If u want to learn something special you have to spend some money anywhere in internet. But at this point I can tell you that I am offering it at a very low price that you will never find in the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theoretical Studies Towards a Sociology of Language

    by Basil Bernstein ...
    The papers in this volume show the origin and development of Bernstein's theoretical studies into the relationships between social class, patterns of language use and the primary socialization of the child.**'Bernstein's hypothesis will require [teachers] to look afresh not only at their pupils' language but at how they teach and how their pupils learn.'**Douglas Barnes, Times Educational ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • A Pedagogy of Faith

    The Theological Vision of Paulo Freire

    by Dr Irwin Leopando ...
    This is the first book-length study in English to investigate Freire's landmark educational theory and practice through the lens of his lifelong Catholicism. A Pedagogy of Faith explores this often-overlooked dimension of one of the most globally prominent and influential educational thinkers of the past fifty years. Leopando illustrates how vibrant currents within twentieth-century Catholic ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Teaching and Learning Literacy

    Reading and Writing Texts for a Purpose

    by David Wray ...
    David Wray offers a range of practical suggestions for enhancing literacy work in primary and secondary schools (KS 1-3). The book is based on the idea that the purpose of literacy teaching is to enable pupils to understand and create meaningful, whole texts. It deliberately takes a cross-curricular view of literacy and will appeal to teachers who specialize in a range of subjects. It also ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions

    by Basil Bernstein ...
    Illustrating the effect of class relationships upon the institutionalizing of elaborate codes in the school, the papers in this volume each develop from the previous one and demonstrate the evolution of the concepts discussed. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • School Integration Matters

    Research-Based Strategies to Advance Equity

    Edited by Erica Frankenberg, Liliana M. Garces, Megan Hopkins ...
    More than 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregated schooling inherently unequal, this timely book sheds light on how and why U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation along racial, socioeconomic, and linguistic lines. It offers policy and programmatic alternatives for advancing equity and describes the implications for students and more broadly for the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Resegregation of Schools

    Education and Race in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Jamel K. Donnor, Adrienne Dixson ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    Access to a quality education remains the primary mechanism for improving one’s life chances in the United States, and for children of color, a “good education” is particularly linked to their individual and collective well-being. Despite the popular perception that America is in a “post-racial” epoch, opportunities to access quality learning environments and human development resources remain ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD