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  • Vocalizing Silenced Voices

    White Supremacy, social caste, cultural hegemony, and narratives to overcome trauma and social injustice

    by Virginia Lea, Sapna Thapa, Emily Hines ...
    In this book, we argue that authoritarian forces are working harder than ever to maintain, reinstate, and pass laws and policies that are antithetical to a kind, equitable, and socially just society that meets all of its citizens’ needs. American cultural hegemony—the dissemination process by which people are persuaded through laws and policies, institutional and cultural ideologies, norms, values ... Read more

    $54.09 CAD

  • Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness

    Views from the Past and Present

    Edited by Virginia Lea, Darren E. Lund, Paul R. Carr ...
    Series Book 5 - Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness
    Whiteness is a narrative. It is the privileged dimension of the complex story of "race" that was, and continues to be, seminal in shaping the socio-economic structure and cultural climate of the United States and other Western nations. Without acknowledging this story, it is impossible to understand fully the current political and social contexts in which we live. Critical Multicultural ... Read more

    $66.49 CAD

  • Constructing Critical Consciousness

    Narratives that Unmask Hegemony and Ideas for Creating Greater Equity in Education

    Edited by Virginia Lea ...
    Series Book 414 - Counterpoints
    Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness Reader aims to help us rethink "race," racism, and whiteness as narratives with deep roots in the past that contribute to the current social order, and function to reproduce the social hierarchy in which we live. The reader includes several brilliant iconic essays that address the social construction of whiteness and critical resistance, as well as ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

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    Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults)

    by Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Toni Graves Williamson, Ali Michael ...
    A reimagining of thebest-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world.“I was taught to treat everyone the same.” “I don’t see color.” “My parents voted for Obama.” When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • The Beautiful Tree

    A personal journey into how the world's poorest people are educating themselves

    by James Tooley ...
    Upon its release several years ago, The Beautiful Tree was instantly embraced and praised by individuals and organizations across the globe. James Tooley's extraordinary ability to braid together personal experience, community action, individual courage, and family devotion, brought readers to the very heart of education. This book follows Tooley in his travels from the largest shanty town in ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Random Musings

    Reflections of a Black Intellectual

    by Bernard Grenway ...
    Random Musings: Reflections of a Black Intellectual focuses on the various racial and cultural challenges facing African-Americans in the context of present day educational, political, and historical realities. The text touches on a wide array of issues, including the psychology of race and power, the plight of the modern black intellectual, and the need to enhance the educational standing of ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Academia, Inc.

    How Corporatization Is Transforming Canadian Universities

    by Jamie Brownlee ...
    Canadian universities are being slowly but inexorably corporatized. Casualizing academic labour, remaking students into consumers of education, implementing corporate management models and commercializing academic research all point to the ascendance of business interests and values in Canada’s higher education system.Academia, Inc. examines the tensions that result from the merging of two ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Des ingénieurs pour un monde nouveau

    Histoire des enseignements électrotechniques (Europe, Amériques) – XIXe–XXe siècle

    by Jan Mikeš ...
    Series Book 7 - Histoire de l’énergie/History of Energy
    À partir des années 1880, l’électricité est progressivement devenue une technologie centrale, qui va procurer des biens et assurer des services nouveaux, bouleversant ainsi la production industrielle, l’économie et les pratiques sociales et culturelles. De confidentiel, son usage ne cessera de s’étendre, devenant massif et planétaire, et aujourd’hui indispensable jusqu’aux détails de la vie ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • The Wrong Kind of Different

    Challenging the Meaning of Diversity in American Classrooms

    by Antonia Randolph ...
    How can multiculturalism go wrong? Through extensive interviews conducted in a large Midwestern district, Antonia Randolph explores how teachers perceive students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and the unintended consequences of a kind of “colorblind multiculturalism.” She unearths a hierarchy of acceptance and legitimacy that excludes most poor Black students and favors certain ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • First Freire

    Early Writings in Social Justice Education

    by Carlos Alberto Torres ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    In his new book, Carlos Alberto Torres, an internationally renowned critical theorist of education, explores the early writings of Paulo Freire whose ideas have had a tremendous and long-lasting impact on the world of pedagogy and politics. Torres analyzes Freire’s works, from the 1960s and 1970s, before Freire gained worldwide recognition for his Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Offering an in-depth ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • School Communication that Works

    A Patron-focused Approach to Delivering Your Message

    by Kenneth S. DeSieghardt ...
    The foundation of successful school district/community relationships is communication that focuses on what most interests average residents – no matter what you, as a school district leader, believe they should be interested in. Communicate in their language, at their level of interest, and at their pace, and you and your patrons will soon be headed in the same direction more often than not.Based ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Science Education and Pedagogy in South Africa

    by Oscar Koopman ...
    Series Book 51 - Complicated Conversation
    Science Education and Pedagogy in South Africa is a contemporary contribution that entices science teachers to ‘re-examine’ or ‘rethink’ the pedagogical strategies they use in their teaching. It offers fresh and exciting teaching approaches that explore new ways to tackle the worrisome problems of how to plan, implement, and present excellent and quality learning opportunities. From this ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD