Education - Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

Transform your chaotic classroom environment into a classroom of calm by fostering community, trust, and self-reflection.Calm is a choice. The key to a calm classroom isn't students who are obedient or quiet but students who feel empowered and safe. It starts with you as...

What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"--the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture,...

"Fleming's books are sparklingly sardonic and hilariously angry"--Guardian "An excellent and important book"--Journal of Education, Innovation, and Communication To Professor Peter Fleming, there is a strong link between the neo-liberalization of higher education over the last 20 years and the psychological hell now endured...

Transform your child's education from institutional compliance to intellectual freedom. Former New York State Teacher of the Year John Taylor Gatto reveals how compulsory schooling creates dependent workers instead of independent thinkers, replacing natural curiosity with rule-following conformity. Over 30 years of classroom experience...

"Education is not only in danger but in need of direction--a direction that is bold, inclusive, and relentless in pursuit of justice ... In times like these, books like this guide us toward the world that is possible." --Bettina L. Love, author of Punished...

We live in a world defined by encounters with difference. Migration, demographic transformation, and digital connection have made pluralism the permanent condition of modern life. Yet our schools - the institutions best positioned to prepare young people for this world - have largely retreated...

First published in 1953, this classic Krishnamurti work demonstrates that education which does not result in deep integration of thought, feeling, and outlook is useless. Many contemporary methods of teaching emphasize slavish conformity to mass values and overstress the importance of technique; Education and...

Experience tells us, and studies confirm, that women faculty of color are among the most overworked, unfairly criticized, and least rewarded individuals serving higher education today. They are also the most thwarted when it comes to the basic goals of an academic career: tenure,...

This book helps you navigate tough ethical issues in your work with children and families.Author: Stephanie Feeney,Nancy K. FreemanPublisher: National Association for the Education of YouPublished: 02/28/2018Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9781938113338About the AuthorStephanie Feeney, PhD, is professor emerita...

Your approachable guide to ethical philosophy Ethics For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an easy-to-grasp introduction to the branch of philosophy that deals with living a good life. Learn about the most important concepts and thinkers in the world of ethics, so you can analyze...

In Ethics: The Essential Writings, philosopher Gordon Marino skillfully presents an accessible, provocative anthology of both ancient and modern classics on matters moral. The philosophers represent 2,500 years of thought--from Plato, Kant, and Nietzsche to Alasdair MacIntyre, Susan Wolf, and Peter Singer--and cover a...

A practical guide to the ins and outs of building, maintaining, and restoring positive and productive relationships in schools.Relationships are at the core of education. When teachers are intentional about all of their relationships, they can address burnout, increase their own effectiveness, and improve...

Discover how ordinary moments in the school year can become occasions for making profound connections between faith and pedagogy. In this encouraging and practical book, education expert David I. Smith invites Christian educators on a journey through the school year that will deepen their...

Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position...

Engage your students in authentic, dynamic Bible study!Your students can now explore the Bible as Jews have done for centuries - by pondering, personalizing, and wrestling with the text. Combining faithful but accessible translations with thematic connections between the narratives and student's daily lives,...

President Tom Cronin was regarded as one of the most effective college presidents in the American west. Whitman College, under his leadership, was regularly hailed by THE PRINCETON REVIEW of BEST COLLEGES for extraordinary administrative leadership and high student satisfaction. It also twice earned...

For Black Men Who Need Therapy and Never Got It, by Samuel Wright Jr, is a unique philosophical essay on identity, self-esteem, and healing, born out of pain. Part memoir, the text speaks directly to the generational and social ills that affect black people...

A New York Times Best Seller "Essential reading for all adults who work with black and brown young people...Filled with exceptional intellectual sophistication and necessary wisdom for the future of education."--Imani Perry, National Book Award Winner author of South To America An award-winning educator...

In this groundbreaking classic, a leading psychologist argues that there are many human intelligences. "Brilliant." --New York Review of Books When we call someone "intelligent," we are often referring to traits like their high SAT score, their performance on an IQ test, or their...

From Moment to Meaning: The Art of Scholar-Practitioner Inquiry is grounded in the premise that context-embedded studies can yield important insights into the complexities of educational practice. For Scholar-Practitioners, such inquiries often arise when the routine course of events is disrupted. The resulting disequilibrium...