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Schaum's Outline of Visual Basic
McGraw-Hill Education 2001; US$ 18.95*A comprehensive, easy-to-use introduction to Visual Basic, a programming language that focuses on creating simple applications that operate within the various Microsoft Windows environments *Complete, solved examples illustrate a range of material, from simple points to more complex programming problems Chapter-ending programming problems reinforce... more...
Planning Creative Literacy Lessons
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 35.95This book builds on the guidance given by the Primary Strategy for Literacy. By 'filling in the gaps' that the planning documentation leaves, the book provides teachers with the structures and ideas to plan creatively and effectively for their children whilst following and enhancing the recommendations of the strategy. It includes: clear and practical... more...
Subjectivity, Curriculum, and Society
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95In this book Tero Autio traces not only the key philosophical currents that structure traditional Anglo-American instrumental curriculum theory and Didaktik theories of curriculum which are lesser-known in the U.S., but also the divide between them and, implicitly, the opportunities for traversing this divide. Using careful historical and theoretical... more...
Going to School in South Asia
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 65.00This chronological review of education examines eight South Asian countries, including special day in the life and timeline features, and a description of their current educational systems. more...
Curriculum 21
ASCD 2010; US$ 28.95This book offers an innovative vision of 21st century curriculum and skills and includes contributions by Alan November, Art Costa and Bena Kallick, David Niguidula, and more. more...
Revolutionizing Pedagogy
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00This book brings together a group of leading international scholars to examine the paradoxical roles of schooling in reproducing and legitimizing large-scale structural inequalities along the axes of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and disability. Through critical engagements with contemporary theories of class and cultural critique, the book questions... more...
The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units
ASCD 2011; US$ 26.95Unit creation and planning made easy for Understanding by Design novices and veterans alike! This book introduces version 2.0 of the UbD Template and allows you to download fillable electronic forms to help you more easily incorporate standards, advance your understanding of backward design, and improve student learning. more...
The Tragedy of American School Reform
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Two persistent dilemmas haunt school reform: curriculum politics and classroom constancy. Both undermined the 1960s' new social studies, a dynamic reform movement centered on inquiry, issues, and social activism. Dramatic academic freedom controversies ended reform and led to a conservative restoration. On one side were teachers and curriculum developers;... more...
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
BRILL 2011; US$ 114.95This book is designed to guide and support preservice and veteran teachers, teacher educators, staff developers and administrators in their quest toward the education of all students in such a way to confirm that their lives matter. While there are no easy answers or solutions to solve the problems and challenges faced by teachers and students daily,... more...
Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical and conceptual framework presented creatively places soil... more...









