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Teaching Character Education through Literatureby Karen Bohlin
RoutledgeFalmer 2004; US$ 45.95This book offers guidance for teachers looking to include character education within their lessons. It demonstrates how teachers can provide an encounter with literature that enables students to be more responsive to ethical themes and questions. more...
Skin Color and Identity Formationby Edward Fergus
Routledge 2004; US$ 146.00The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin colour moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of seventeen Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. more...
Chicano School Failure and Successby Richard R. Valencia
RoutledgeFalmer 2002; US$ 195.00In the second edition of this respected text, each contributor asks whether the educational status of the USA's Chicano population will grow commensurately with its population. more...
Learning From Experienceby Paula M. L. Moya
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95In Learning from Experience, Paula Moya offers an alternative to some influential philosophical assumptions about identity and experience in contemporary literary theory. Arguing that the texts and lived experiences of subordinated people are rich sources of insight about our society, Moya presents a nuanced universalist justification for identity-based work in ethnic studies. more...
Young Person's Character Education Handbookby Editors at JIST
JIST Publishing 2005; US$ 16.95This essential guide is a fun, relevant way to introduce students to key character traits. The Young Person's Character Education Handbook helps students understand why character is important and how character contributes to success in school, at home, and in life. Each unit describes one positive character trait in an engaging and consistent way for easy reading, teaching, and discussion. Examples and case studies show character in action and help students relate to the material. Suggestions for developing and "experiencing" each character trait are included. more...
Goal: to Double the Rate of Hispanics Earning a Bachelor's Degree (2001)by Georges Vernez; Lee Mizell
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95The level of education Hispanics achieve will largely determine whether their role is commensurate with their demographic importance. Among the recommendations of this report are: to raise public awareness for greater investment; and to increase the capacity of educational establishments. more...
Education in the Moral Domainby Larry P. Nucci
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 32.00This volume applies research and theory to controversial issues such as the relation between morality and religious rules and cultural variation in moral values. It provides teachers with suggestions for how to establish a moral classroom climate, deal with student discipline, and contribute to students' development of the moral self. more...
Classroom Issuesby Mal Leicester
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 300.00A comprehensive treatment of the current concern with values in education. more...
Moral Education And Pluralismby Mal Leicester; Celia Modgil
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 300.00Volume IV looks at the development of moral education, with particular relation to the context of cultural pluralism. There are discussions of philosophical issues of moral relativism as well as the application of theory to good practice. more...
Moral Educationby Colin Alfred Wringe
Springer 2005; US$ 139.00Though divine command is rejected as a source of moral justification, the possible contribution of some religious traditions to moral education is sympathetically considered. This book addresses contemporary issues such as the links between personal morality and citizenship, including world citizenship, family values, and sexual morality. more...