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Browse all of the latest news and updates from Routledge Education. We regularly publish helpful information and news within the area of Education to celebrate our publishing program and the individuals that make it possible.
The fourth edition of Dr. William B. Russell III, Dr. Stewart Waters and Dr. Thomas N. Turner's latest textbook, Essentials of Elementary Social Studies, published this past November. Their new upcoming textbook, Essentials of Middle and Secondary Social Studies, will publish this August.
William B. Russell III, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Social Science Education at The University of Central Florida. He teaches social studies education courses and serves as the Social Science Education Ph.D. track coordinator.
Stewart Waters, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Social Science Education in the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Thomas N. Turner, Ed.D. is Professor of Social Science Education in the Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Volume 34, Issue 1, 2013
Marvin Lynn and Adrienne Dixson's Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education was published by Routledge in late March.
This handbook illustrates how education scholars employ Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework to bring attention to issues of race and racism in education.
Dr. Marvin Lynn is an internationally recognized expert on race and education. His research examines the work and lives of African American male teachers as well as the impact of teacher beliefs on African American students. He serves as an editorial board member of several journals, and has published more than two-dozen research articles and book chapters in reputable outlets.
Dr. Adrienne D. Dixson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership and the Interim Director of the Center for Education in Small Urban Communities at College of Education - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Every April, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) celebrates the Week of the Young Child. This year Routledge is excited to join the celebration.
The second edition of Cruz and Thornton’s Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners is being published by Routledge this month.
Dr. Bárbara C. Cruz is Professor of Secondary Education at the University of South Florida. Her teaching and research interests include the preparation of social studies teachers, diversity issues in education, and the teaching of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dr. Stephen J. Thornton is professor and chair of the Department of Secondary Education at the University of South Florida. Since his first days as a classroom teacher he has been intrigued by what happens to “official” curriculum in classrooms.
Dr. David Rock is currently Dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi. He was named the Outstanding Alumni of the Decade 1990 – 1999 from the College of Education at University of Central Florida, College of Education and received the 2012 Professional Achievement Award from The University of Central Florida’s College of Education last year.
The fourth edition of Dr. Rock's Teaching Secondary Mathematics is publishing this month. Solidly grounded in up-to-date research, theory and technology, Teaching Secondary Mathematics is a practical, student-friendly, and popular text for secondary mathematics methods courses. It provides clear and useful approaches for mathematics teachers, and shows how concepts typically found in a secondary mathematics curriculum can be taught in a positive and encouraging way.
The second edition of Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times, by Joan Poliner Shapiro and Steven Jay Gross, is slated to publish next month. Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times is an engaging, case-study based text that will assist leaders in their ethical decision-making processes during a time of turbulence and uncertainty. The book is framed by Gross’s Turbulence Theory and Shapiro and Stefkovich’s Multiple Ethical Paradigms of justice, critique, care, and the profession.
Joan Poliner Shapiro is Professor of Educational Leadership at Temple University’s College of Education, President of Temple University’s Faculty Senate, and Co-Director of the New DEEL (Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership) Community Network.
Steven Jay Gross is Professor of Educational Leadership and Founding Director of the New DEEL (Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership) Community Network at Temple University’s College of Education.
Dr. Manning has experienced student affairs from the perspectives of an administrator and faculty member. Over the past 30 years, she has held a variety of higher education roles. Since 1989, she has served as a professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration program at the University of Vermont.
In the last five years, Dr. Manning has accelerated her interest in international higher education. In 2010, she administered the inaugural voyage of the Student Affairs at Sea program and traveled with that program again in summer 2011. She traveled on three voyages with Semester at Sea. Her travel has brought her to a wide variety of countries in Asia, South America, Europe, and Africa.
Dr. Kathleen Manning's latest Routledge textbook Organizational Theory in Higher Education, part of the Core Concepts in Higher Education series, published this month.
The second edition of Dr. Bruce E. Larson and Dr. Timothy A. Keiper's text Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School published this past September. Their book is an accessible, practical, and engaging methods textbook that introduces pre-service teachers to various instructional strategies and helps them to decide how and when to use these methods in the classroom.
Dr. Larson began his career as a high school teacher, and is currently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Secondary Education at Western Washington University. Over the last 25 years Dr. Keiper has taught high school social studies in a rural low-income area near the Ozarks, worked with educational institutions assisting Deaf and hard of hearing youth, and taught undergraduate and graduate teacher candidates.
Edward St. John, Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Michigan (UM), is concerned with education for a just society, an interest that stems from decades of research on educational policy and practice. At the UM, St. John’s research, service, and writing have focused on the use of state-of-the-art research methods to inform policy and program developments that reduce inequalities in K-20 education. His new textbook Public Policy and Higher Education, part of the Core Concepts in Higher Education series, published this month.
