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Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
R&L Education 2011; US$ 18.99Presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability. more...
Sourcebook of Experiential Education
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 58.95Experiential education is a philosophy and methodology for building knowledge, developing skills, and clarifying values by engaging learners in direct experience and focused reflection. To understand experiential education, what should one be reading? This sourcebook introduces philosophers, educators, and other practitioners whose work is relevant... more...
Marx and Education
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 32.95There was only one Karl Marx, but there have been a multitude of Marxisms. This concise, introductory book by internationally renowned scholar Jean Anyon centers on the ideas of Marx that have been used in education studies as a guide to theory, analysis, research, and practice. Marx and Education begins with a brief overview of basic Marxist ideas... more...
The Good School
Henry Holt and Co. 2011; US$ 15.99Award-winning education journalist Peg Tyre mines up-to-the-minute research to equip parents with the tools and knowledge necessary to get their children the best education possible We all know that the quality of education served up to our children in U.S. schools ranges from outstanding to shockingly inadequate. How can parents tell the difference?... more...
Educating from the Heart
R&L Education 2011; US$ 25.99This book offers both theoretical overviews and practical approaches for educators, academics, education students and parents who are interested in transforming schools. It encourages reinvigorating approaches to learning and teaching that can easily be integrated into both public and private K-12 school classrooms, with many ideas also applicable... more...
Global Issues and Comparative Education
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 28.00An important topic book for all Education Studies students and those QTS students with an interest in comparative education. more...
Learning to Mentor-as-Praxis
Springer 2010; US$ 119.99The concept of mentoring has undergone a major shift from guide/guided or instructor/protege arrangements toward more reciprocal, collaborative models. Informed by a robust theoretical framework and real-life examples of successful and ineffective interactions, "Learning to Mentor-as-Praxis" analyzes in compelling detail how belief systems,... more...
Schooling and the Making of Citizens in the Long Nineteenth Century
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 140.00This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling. It asks how modern school systems arose in a variety of different republics and non-republics across four continents during the period from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth... more...
Education and Sustainability
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 140.00This book critically examines the impact of migration, education, development, and the spread of English on global bio-linguistic and cultural diversity. Derived from findings from a comparative eco-linguistic study of intergenerational language, culture, and education change in the Tibetan Diaspora, the book extends its analysis to consider the plight... more...
Thinking about Schools
Westview Press 2011; US$ 58.00Specifically developed for students without an education background, this collection of readings provides accessible, essential articles for professors and students of introductory Foundations of Education courses. more...









