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  • Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal Americanby Yoon Pak

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95

    Wherever I Go I'll Always Be a Loyal American is the story of how the Seattle public schools responded to the news of its Japanese American (Nisei) students' internment upon the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 14, 1942. Drawing upon previously untapped letters and compositions written by the students... more...

  • Good Morning, Mr Sarraby Chris Sarra

    University of Queensland Press 2013; US$ 12.99

    The remarkable true story of one man?s fight to turn the tide of low expectations, this account follows educator Chris Sarra from his humble beginnings in a large Italian-Aboriginal family to his triumphant achievements, including becoming Queensland's Australian of the Year, the subject of ABC's Australian Story , and one of the most outspoken and... more...

  • Leadership and Religious Schoolsby Michael T Buchanan

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 24.99

    Leadership in religious schools is a complex and often misunderstood subject. Educational leaders must perform the dual task of encouraging religious identities while relating them to wider issues of citizenship. Religious identity needs to be made relevant to the whole school community - parents, staff, students - and leaders need to take care to... more...

  • Education and Human Valuesby Michael Slote

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00

    Two of our greatest educational theorists, John Dewey and Nel Noddings, have been reluctant to admit that some students are simply more talented than others. This was no doubt due to their feeling that such an admission was inconsistent with democratic concern for everyone. But there really is such a thing as superior talent; and the present book... more...

  • Pedagogies to enhance learning for Indigenous studentsby Robyn Jorgensen; Peter Sullivan; Peter Grootenboer

    Springer 2012; US$ 99.99

    ?This book describes research undertaken by leading Australian researcher in Indigenous communities. While the chapters are Australian in their focus, the issues that are discussed are similar to those in other countries where there are indigenous people. In most cases, in Australia and internationally, Indigenous learners are not succeeding in school,... more...

  • Schooling, the Puritan Imperative, and the Molding of An American National Identityby Douglas McKnight

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 100.00

    Present-day America is perceived by many as immersed in a moral crisis, with national identity fractured and uncertainty and anxiety about the future. Public schools in this country are, historically and still today, the major institution charged with preserving and teaching the symbols of national identity and a morality that is the concrete expression... more...

  • Faith in Educationby Graham Haydon; Hanan A. Alexander; Harry Brighouse; Eamonn Callan; Gerald Grace; J. Mark Halstead; Michael Hand; Richard Pring

    Institute of Education Press 2012; US$ 26.95

    This book attempts to get to the heart of debates about religious upbringing and autonomy and the place of faith schools within a liberal society. more...

  • Church, Community and State in Relation to Education (RLE Edu D)by Fred Clarke

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 115.00

    This volume was originally prepared for the World Conference on Church, Community and State held in Oxford in 1937. Its aim was to understand the nature of the vital conflict between the Christian faith and the secular tendencies of the early twentieth century, particularly in relation to education. The book also analyses the responsibilities of the... more...

  • Teaching with Reverenceby A. G. Rud; Jim Garrison

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00

    Reverence is a forgotten virtue in teaching and learning. When taken in a broader spiritual sense, it is often associated with a mute and prim solemnity. The essays gathered here examine reverence as a way to understand some of the spiritual dimensions of classroom teaching. more...

  • Expanded Learning Time and Opportunitiesby Malone

    Wiley 2011; US$ 29.00

    Expanding the learning day is gaining national momentum as an important school-improvement and whole-child development strategy. This issue focuses on school-community partnerships that provide a seamless, longer learning day that best meets the academic (Expanded Learning Time or ELT) and developmental (Expanded Learning Opportunities or ELO) needs... more...