The Challenge to Care in Schools

Nel Noddings

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought
• After a decade of educational reforms, The Challenge to Care in Schools is even more relevant now than when it was first published. In her new Introdu... Lees meer

Beyond Liberal Democracy in Schools

Barbara J Thayer-Bacon

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought
• Bringing together philosophy and ethnographic research, Barbara Thayer-Bacon explains how the individualist legacy of liberal democracy conceived by L... Lees meer

Chartering Urban School Reform

• Paperback | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought
• This set of essays presents the development of a reform movement in a major urban school district. Throughout the book, the contributors - high school... Lees meer

Answering the "Virtuecrats"

Robert J Nash

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought | nr. 21
• This critique of contemporary versions of character education features personal observation, teaching examples, and student commentary. Lees meer

Thinking

Robert Boostrom

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought
• What might a school that wholeheartedly values thinking look like? How can we encourage students to be active learners instead of passive recipients o... Lees meer

Stirring the Chalkdust

Patricia A Wasley

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought
• This book examines Coalition of Essential Schools teachers who are in the midst of revising their practices to improve student performance. No longer ... Lees meer

Community, Diversity, and Conflict Among Schoolteachers

Betty Achinstein

• Paperback | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought
• Using richly textured case studies of two very different schools, Betty Achinstein shows that when teachers enact reforms in the name of community wha... Lees meer

A Natural History of Place in Education

David Hutchison

• Hardcover | Engels | Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought | nr. 24
• This book considers the philosophy of place in education and everyday life, the history of and current trends in school design, the school infrastruct... Lees meer