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  • Literacy Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Women

    Sentences and Sponsors

    by Melanie N. Burdick ...
    In Literacy Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Women: Sentences and Sponsors, Melanie N. Burdick uses narrative research to elucidate the literacy experiences of formerly incarcerated women and how literacy has affected their lives, both while incarcerated and while transitioning back into society. Using Deborah Brandt’s theory of literacy sponsorship (1998), Burdick explores both the mass ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • At the Crossroads of Pedagogical Change in Higher Education

    Exploring the Work of Faculty Developers

    by Melanie N. Burdick, Heidi L. Hallman ...
    This book explores pedagogical change and innovation in US colleges and universities, and how faculty are prepared to adapt to such changes.Drawing from interviews with faculty developers at Centers for Teaching and Learning at research and teaching-focused institutions across the United States, this book explores how traditional forms of pedagogy are shifting toward student-centered and student ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • Community Fieldwork in Teacher Education

    Theory and Practice

    by Heidi L Hallman, Melanie Burdick ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Teacher Education
    In teacher education, field work in community-based spaces (including foster homes and programs for homeless youth) is frequently contrasted with "traditional" field experiences in classroom settings, where beginning teachers are immediately introduced to teacher-centered models of instruction. This volume works against such a model, presenting a counter-narrative of new teachers’ understanding of ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

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    Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

    by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert ...
    Comparing math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States, two leading researchers offer a surprising new view of teaching and a bold action plan for improving education inside the American classroom.For years our schools and children have lagged behind international standards in reading, arithmetic, and most other areas of academic achievement. It is no secret that ... Read more

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  • Educational Leadership for the 21St Century

    Building a Capacity for Change

    by Peter J. Zsebik ...
    Public education, once considered a dogmatic institution in the 20th century, now finds itself challenged at almost every level in todays sociopolitical environment. New realities, as evidenced by the political complexities of the global village, widespread technological advances that undermine established educational practices, and ever mounting pressures on the curriculum to appease corporate ... Read more

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  • Culturally Responsive Teaching

    Theory, Research, and Practice

    by Geneva Gay ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    Multiple-award-winner Geneva Gay has updated her foundational text for culturally responsive teaching to keep it relevant for today’s diverse students. This perennial favorite is the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and education courses.Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, ... Read more

    $47.29 CAD

  • Reason & Rigor

    How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research

    by Sharon M. Ravitch, J. Matthew Riggan ...
    Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers, Reason & Rigor presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. The book explores the conceptual framework—defined as both a process and a product—that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges. Focusing on published studies on a ... Read more

    $87.19 CAD

  • Inquiry as Stance

    Practitioner Research for the Next Generation

    by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Susan L. Lytle ...
    Series series Practitioner Inquiry Series
    In this long-awaited sequel to Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge, two leaders in the field of practitioner research offer a radically different view of the relationship of knowledge and practice and of the role of practitioners in educational change. In their new book, the authors put forward the notion of inquiry as stance as a challenge to the current arrangements and outcomes of ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Language Teacher Education for a Global Society

    A Modular Model for Knowing, Analyzing, Recognizing, Doing, and Seeing

    by B. Kumaravadivelu ...
    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    The field of second/foreign language teacher education is calling out for a coherent and comprehensive framework for teacher preparation in these times of accelerating economic, cultural, and educational globalization. Responding to this call, this book introduces a state-of-the-art model for developing prospective and practicing teachers into strategic thinkers, exploratory researchers, and ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Contemporary Theories of Learning

    Learning Theorists … In Their Own Words

    Edited by Knud Illeris ...
    This tenth anniversary edition of Knud Illeris’s classic 2008 text is an updated and definitive collection of today’s most influential learning theorists, now containing additional chapters from John Hattie and Gregory Donoghue, Sharan Merriam, Gert Biesta and Carolyn Jackson. This book brings together world-renowned experts, who each present their understanding of what learning is and how human ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Connecting Policy and Practice

    Challenges for Teaching and Learning in Schools and Universities

    Edited by Michael Kompf, Pam Denicolo ...
    Written by members of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching, the papers in this volume were presented at an international teaching conference on the issues of theory and practice. Using these contributions from experienced researchers, most of whom are practising teachers, this single volume is international in scope and context, demonstrating differences and similarities ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

    Edited by Brett Smith, Andrew C. Sparkes ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of qualitative research in sport and exercise. The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise is the first book to offer an in-depth survey of established and emerging qualitative methods, from conceptual first principles to practice and process.Written and edited by a team of world-leading researchers, and some of the best ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD