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  • Teaching Matters

    Stories from Inside City Schools

    by Beverly Falk, Megan Blumenreich ...
    As public schools become increasingly embattled by budget shortfalls, crowded buildings, and ever-more-rigid curricula, the burden of these restrictions has drastically changed the way children are expected to learn. Nowhere is this more obvious or more devastating than classrooms in high-need urban areas. Drawing upon teachers' firsthand experiences in some of today's most demanding schools, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teaching Matters

    Stories from Inside City Schools

    by Beverly Falk, Megan Blumenreich ...
    As public schools become increasingly embattled by budget shortfalls, crowded buildings, and ever-more-rigid curricula, the burden of these restrictions has drastically changed the way children are expected to learn. Nowhere is this more obvious or more devastating than classrooms in high-need urban areas. Drawing upon teachers' firsthand experiences in some of today's most demanding schools, ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Defending Childhood

    Keeping the Promise of Early Education

    by Beverly Falk ...
    “These pages make clear that the way to foster effective teaching is not with curriculum mandates and pacing guides but with professional learning opportunities that prepare expert educators to take advantage of and create teachable moments.” —From the Foreword by Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford UniversityThis book brings together a group of extraordinary educators and scholars who offer important ... Read more

    $36.29 CAD

  • High-Quality Early Learning for a Changing World

    What Educators Need to Know and Do

    by Beverly Falk ...
    Series series Early Childhood Education Series
    This concise and accessible resource provides an overview of the fundamentals of teaching in early childhood settings (pre-K2), with a focus on what high-quality practices look like. It details the features of developmentally appropriate, linguistically responsive, culturally relevant/sustaining teaching and how this approach can prepare our youngest citizens for the challenges of our 21st-century ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Thriving in the Knowledge Age

    New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions

    by John H. Falk, Beverly K. Sheppard ...
    In Thriving in the Knowledge Age, John Falk and Beverly Sheppard argue that museums require a radically new business model to survive the transition into the knowledge age. Only by shifting towards more personalized and community-based learning experiences can museums reverse the declining attendance figures of the twenty-first century. Written to provide clear answers to fundamental questions ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Authentic Assessment in Action

    Studies of Schools and Students at Work

    by Linda Darling-Hammond, Beverly F. Falk, Jacqueline Ancess ...
    Series series the series on school reform
    This book examines, through case studies of elementary and secondary schools, how five schools have developed “authentic,” performance-based assessments of students’ learning, and how this work has interacted with and influenced the teaching and learning experiences students encounter in school. This important and timely book reveals the changing dynamics of classroom life as it moves from more ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

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    by Louise Derman-Sparks, Julie Olsen Edwards ...
    Becoming a skilled anti-bias teacher is a journey. With this volume’s practical guidance, you’ll grow in your ability to identify, confront, and eliminate barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity. Most important, you’ll find tips for helping staff and children learn to respect each other, themselves, and all people. Over the last three ... Read more

    $47.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quick Fix

    Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills

    by Jesse Singal ...
    An investigative journalist exposes the many holes in today's bestselling behavioral science, and argues that the trendy, TED-Talk-friendly psychological interventions that are so in vogue at the moment will never be enough to truly address social injustice and inequality.With their viral TED talks, bestselling books, and counter-intuitive remedies for complicated problems, psychologists and other ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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  • The Sexual Paradox

    Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap

    by Susan Pinker ...
    After four decades of eradicating gender barriers at work and in public life, why do men still dominate business, politics and the most highly paid jobs? Why do high-achieving women opt out of successful careers? Psychologist Susan Pinker explores the illuminating answers to these questions in her groundbreaking first book.In The Sexual Paradox, Susan Pinker takes a hard look at how fundamental ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Social Groups in Action and Interaction

    2nd Edition

    by Charles Stangor ...
    Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm. It summarizes current knowledge and contemporary research, with real-world examples in succinct yet engaging chapters, to help students understand and predict group behavior. Unlike other texts, the book considers a wide range of topics—such as ... Read more

    $136.03 CAD

  • Belonging

    The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides

    by Geoffrey L. Cohen ...
    **Finalist for The Next Big Idea Bookclub • Behavioral Scientist and Greater Good Society Book of the Year Selection"This is perhaps the richest book on belonging you’ll ever read.…The inspiration one draws from every page of this book is an enhanced sense of what is possible. It revives the very thing we need most in these times: hope." —Claude M. Steele, author of Whistling Vivaldi**Discover the ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • I Wish My Teacher Knew

    How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids

    by Kyle Schwartz ...
    One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacherknew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities their students face in order to create an open, safe ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD