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Listening to Teach

Edited by Leonard J. Waks
Subjects: Education

First book to offer a survey of pedagogical listening in conventional and alternative methodologies.

In the Face of Inequality

First comparative historical analysis of the organizational growth of black colleges.

A Psychoanalyst in the Classroom

Offers a new view of pedagogical practices to psychoanalysts interested in pedagogy.

The Problem of College Readiness

Examines how states, schools, and postsecondary institutions might best help improve college readiness and completion.

The Lure of Literacy

Examines proposals for freshman composition’s abolition and reform while providing a new model for courses.

Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century

Demonstrates how the success of universities depends on the working conditions of the younger academic generation.

Expanding the Circle

Examines strategies and best practices that effectively integrate LGBTQ areas of teaching and research with student life activities.

Ernest L. Boyer

Edited by Todd C. Ream & John M. Braxton
Subjects: Education

Assesses the challenges plaguing our higher education system through selections of Ernest L. Boyer’s writings

Time to Write, Second Edition

Analyzes interviews with students, teachers, and administrators to develop a new set of literacies essential for student success in the digital age.

Contemplative Learning and Inquiry across Disciplines

A wide-ranging consideration of the emerging field of contemplative education.

Creating a College That Works

Examines the life of education activist Audrey Cohen and her founding of Metropolitan College of New York.

Beyond Banneker

An in-depth look at the lives, experiences, and professional careers of Black mathematicians in the United States.

Faculty Fathers

Explores the challenges faculty fathers face in navigating the demands of work and family.

A Pedagogy of Witnessing

Explores the curating of “difficult knowledge” through the exhibition of lynching photographs in contemporary museums.

The Pursuit of Wisdom and Happiness in Education

Explores the nature and role of wisdom in education.

A Wizard of Their Age

Edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr
Subjects: Literature

A collection of student essays that captures the passionate engagement their generation brings to the Harry Potter phenomenon.

We, the Students and Teachers

Provides practical applications of democratic teaching for classes in history/social studies education, multicultural and social justice education, community service and civic engagement, and education and public policy.

The Social Studies Curriculum

Edited by E. Wayne Ross
Subjects: Education

This fully revised and updated edition includes twelve new chapters on contemporary topics such as ecological democracy, Native studies, inquiry teaching, and Islamophobia.

Striving Together

Chronicles the development of a framework for collective impact in education through the perspectives of its founders and lessons learned from pioneering sites.

Building a Smarter University

Demonstrates how universities can use Big Data to enhance operations and management, improve the education pipeline, and educate the next generation of data scientists.

Inside Ocean Hill–Brownsville

The story of an Ocean Hill–Brownsville teacher who crossed picket lines during the racially charged New York City teachers’ strike of 1968.

The Principal's Office

The first comprehensive history of principals in the United States.

Black Passports

A resource guide that uses African American memoir to address a variety of issues related to mentoring and curriculum development.

The Prosthetic Pedagogy of Art

Uses autobiographical and cultural narratives related to art research and practice to explore, experiment, and improvise multiple correspondences between and among learners’ own lived experiences and understandings, and those of others.

Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness

Using insights from Integral Theory, describes how the improvisational methods of jazz can inform education and other fields.