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41. Readings for Diversity and Social Justice

    3rd Edition

    Edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren Blumenfeld, Carmelita Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, Ximena Zuniga

    For more than a decade, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the trusted, leading anthology to cover the full range of social oppressions from a social justice standpoint. With full sections dedicated to racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and ableism, as well as transgender...

    Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
42. The Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold

    By W.F. Connell

    Series: International Library of Sociology

    Drawing on the great wealth of knowledge and experience of education practitioners and theorists, these volumes explore the very important relationship between education and society. These book became standard texts for actual and intending teachers. Drawing upon comparative material from Israel...

    Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
43. Language, Culture, and Identity among Minority Students in China

    The Case of the Hui

    By Yuxiang Wang

    Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

    This book explores Hui (one of the Muslim minority groups in China) students’ lived experiences in an elementary school in central P. R. China from the perspectives of philosophical foundations of education and the sociology of education, the impact of their experiences on their identity...

    Published February 19th 2013 by Routledge
44. Social Origins of Educational Systems

    By Margaret Archer

    Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

    First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social...

    Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
45. Urban Youth and School Pushout

    Gateways, Get-aways, and the GED

    By Eve Tuck

    Series: Critical Youth Studies

    Recent efforts to reform urban high schools have been marked by the pursuit of ever-increasing accountability policies, most notably through the use of mayoral control and secondary school exit exams. This innovative and provocative volume excavates the unintended consequences of such policies on...

    Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
46. Moving Teacher Education into Urban Schools and Communities

    Prioritizing Community Strengths

    Edited by Jana Noel

    When teacher education is located on a university campus, set apart from urban schools and communities, it is easy to overlook the realities and challenges communities face as they struggle toward social, economic, cultural, and racial justice. This book describes how teacher education can become a...

    Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
47. Contextualising Narrative Inquiry

    Developing methodological approaches for local contexts

    Edited by Sheila Trahar

    Narrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
48. Exploring Education

    An Introduction to the Foundations of Education, 4th Edition

    By Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter Cookson, Jr., Susan Semel

    This much-anticipated fourth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy,...

    Published January 6th 2013 by Routledge
49. Adolescent Development and School Achievement in Urban Communities

    Resilience in the Neighborhood

    Edited by Gary Creasey, Patricia A Jarvis

    This timely volume explores essential themes, issues, and challenges related to adolescents’ lives and learning in underserviced urban areas. Distinguished scholars provide theoretically grounded, multidisciplinary perspectives on contexts and forces that influence adolescent development and...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
50. Education for Civic and Political Participation

    A Critical Approach

    Edited by Reinhold Hedtke, Tatiana Zimenkova

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy. Institutionalized approaches for compulsory schools provide participatory access to all young European citizens. But does this picture depict the possibilities and...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge