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  • In Search of Wonderful Ideas

    Critical Exploration in Teacher Education

    Edited by Mary Kay Delaney, Susan Jean Mayer ...
    Drawing on the work of Eleanor Duckworth, this volume examines Critical Exploration in the Classroom (CEC)—a learning-teaching research practice that positions teachers as researchers of their students’ sense-making and learners as theorizers and investigators. By integrating CEC into their teacher education classrooms, chapter authors have found that they can reliably unsettle their teacher ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Practicing Pragmatism through Progressive Pedagogies

    A Philosophical Lens for Grounding Classroom Teaching and Research

    by Susan Jean Mayer ...
    Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
    This book contributes to the contemporary revival of pragmatism as a practical and ultimately, as Mayer argues, necessary philosophical stance within democratic schools. Given that pragmatism addresses the question of how people can move forward in the absence of transcendent Truth, the author shows how pragmatism also—and not incidentally—provides grounds for pluralistic democratic societies to ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • Earning and Learning

    How Schools Matter

    Edited by Susan E. Mayer, Paul E. Peterson ...
    A Brookings Institution Press and Russell Sage Foundation publicationEducation is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy--yet scholars, educators, policymakers, and parents do not agree about what the money spent on education really buys. In particular, they do not agree on how much education improves children's ability to learn or whether the things children learn in school truly improve ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Changing Political South

    How Minorities and Women are Transforming the Region

    by Charles S. Bullock, III, Jeremy D. Mayer, Susan A. MacManus, Mark J. Rozell ...
    The phenomenal growth of minority populations in the U.S. South is quickly transforming the region's politics. Most political observers see the Democratic Party rising in the region, with increasingly Democratic-leaning women voters joining emergent populations of Asian and Latino voters and African American voters. Some argue that demography is destiny, and yet the analyses presented in The ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • African American Statewide Candidates in the New South

    by Charles S. Bullock, III, Susan A. MacManus, Jeremy D. Mayer, Mark J. Rozell ...
    African American candidates for state and federal office in the United States face unique challenges, given the nation's complicated racial dynamics. To date, there have been only two elected African American governors in the country, the first elected in Virginia in 1989 and the second in Massachusetts in 2006. While Black candidates running statewide have been elected in increasing numbers in ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The South and the Transformation of U.S. Politics

    by Charles S. Bullock, III, Susan A. MacManus, Jeremy D. Mayer, Mark J. Rozell ...
    A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest impact of any region on the transformation of U.S. politics and government. Since 1968, we have seen the demise of the "solid (Democratic) South" and the rise of the Republican-dominated South; the rise of the largely southern white evangelical religious right movement; and demographic changes that have vastly altered the political ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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    Crowned With Purpose

    A Devotional For Women

    by Nakita Mayers ...
    Narrated by Susan Balogh ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 5 min

    Hidden within the heart of every woman who reads these words lies the essence of Sarah, the resilience of Bathsheba, the wisdom of Abigail, or the courage of Esther. As you go through this book, you'll meet these amazing women who faced tough times but never gave up on their purpose.Consider these women not merely as characters in history, but as friends guiding you toward your destiny. Embrace ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • What the Best College Teachers Do

    by Ken Bain ...
    What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators.The short answer is—it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • The Swing Vote

    The Untapped Power of Independents

    by Linda Killian ...
    As our country's politicians engage in bitter partisan battles, focused on protecting their own jobs but not on doing the nation's business, and political pundits shout louder and shriller to improve their ratings, it's no wonder that Americans have little faith in their government. But is America as divided as the politicians and talking heads would have us believe? Do half of Americans stand on ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Teaching Gap

    Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

    by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert ...
    Comparing math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States, two leading researchers offer a surprising new view of teaching and a bold action plan for improving education inside the American classroom.For years our schools and children have lagged behind international standards in reading, arithmetic, and most other areas of academic achievement. It is no secret that ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Ethics of Care and Empathy

    by Michael Slote ...
    Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality. Taking inspiration from British moral sentimentalism and drawing on recent psychological literature on empathy, he shows that the use of that notion ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Minority Rule

    The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It

    by Ari Berman ...
    “Voting rights journalist Ari Berman has been detailing threats to our democracy for years, and his new book Minority Rule is a timely and essential read. He expertly shows how Republicans are trying to rig our political system—and shares how we can fight back.” —Hillary Clinton on XA riveting account of the decades-long effort by reactionary white conservatives to undermine democracy and entrench ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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