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  • Innovations in Educational Ethnography

    Theories, Methods, and Results

    by George Spindler, Lorie Hammond ...
    This volume focuses on and exemplifies how ethnography--a research tool devoted to looking at human interaction as a cultural process rather than individual psychology--can shed light on educational processes framed by the complex, internationalized societies in which we live today. Part I offers theoretical chapters about ethnography and examples of innovative ethnography from particular ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Fifty Years of Anthropology and Education 1950-2000

    A Spindler Anthology

    by George Spindler, Louise Spindler ...
    George and Louise Spindler are widely regarded as significant founders of the field of educational anthropology. This book brings together their best, most seminal work from the last 50 years--a time frame representing the developmental epoch of the field--and binds them together with a master commentary by George Spindler. Previously scattered over a wide range of publications, the articles ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Politics of Survival in Academia

    Narratives of Inequity, Resilience, and Success

    by Maria Chun, Eugenia Cowan, Concha Delgado-Gaitan, Chalsa M. Loo, Peter Nien-chu Kiang, George Spindler, Myriam N. Torres, Yali Zou ...
    Series series Immigration and the Transnational Experience Series
    This volume presents the personal accounts of African American, Asian American, and Latino faculty who use "narratives of struggles" to describe the challenges they faced in order to become bona fide members of the U.S. Academy. These narratives show how survival and success require a sophisticated knowledge of the politics of academia, insider knowledge of the requirements of legitimacy in ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Ethnography and Schools

    Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

    by Phil Francis Carspecken, Douglas Foley, Perry Gilmore, Peter N. Kiang, Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter McLaren, James Joseph Scheurich, David Smith, George D. Spindler, Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Henry T. Trueba, Harry F. Wolcott ...
    Series series Immigration and the Transnational Experience Series
    The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The American Cultural Dialogue And Its Transmission

    by George Spindler, Louise Spindler ...
    Combines data obtained by a values projective technique over a period of more than 30 years. The purpose of the book is to deal with a process in which all Americans, old and new, and of all ethnic groups and minorities, are caught up - the American cultural dialogue. ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

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    White Teachers, Multiracial Schools

    by Gary R. Howard ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    Making a case for the “fierce urgency of now,” this new edition deepens the discussion of race and social justice in education with new and updated material. Aligned with our nation’s ever more diverse student population, it speaks to what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. This essential text is widely used in teacher preparation courses and for ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Youth Resistance Research and Theories of Change

    Edited by Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang ...
    Series series Critical Youth Studies
    Youth resistance has become a pressing global phenomenon, to which many educators and researchers have looked for inspiration and/or with chagrin. Although the topic of much discussion and debate, it remains dramatically under-theorized, particularly in terms of theories of change. Resistance has been a prominent concern of educational research for several decades, yet understandings of youth ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice

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    by Sherwood Thompson ...
    The Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice contains over 300 entries alphabetically arranged for straightforward and convenient use by scholars and general readers alike. This reference is a comprehensive and systematic collection of designated entries that describe, in detail, important diversity and social justice themes. Thompson, assisted by a network of contributors and consultants, ... Read more

    $285.99 USD

  • Off White

    Readings on Power, Privilege, and Resistance

    by Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Linda Powell Pruitt, April Burns ...
    With a fascinating new introduction on the proliferation and development of the field of whiteness studies and updated essays throughout, this much-anticipated second ddition continues to redefine our understanding of race and society. Also inlcludes three maps. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Popular Educational Classics

    A Reader

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    The last half century has created deep tensions in how we analyze educational and social change. Educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens have had to cope with competing belief systems in evaluating and acting upon school policies and practices. This illuminating book untangles many of the roots of those persistent debates that have divided the nation for so long. It offers readers a ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class

    Dimensions of Inequality and Identity

    Edited by Susan J. Ferguson ...
    Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class, Fourth Edition is an anthology of readings that explores the ways these social statuses shape our experiences and impact our life chances in society today. Organized around broad topics (identity, power and privilege, social institutions, etc.), rather than categories of difference (race, gender, class, sexuality), to underscore the idea that social ... Read more

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  • Qualitative Research

    Studying How Things Work

    by Robert E. Stake, PhD ...
    This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to selecting methods, gathering data, interpreting and ... Read more

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