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Solving Social Problems eBook Series

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  • Teaching Justice

    Solving Social Justice Problems through University Education

    by Kristi Holsinger ...
    Series series Solving Social Problems
    Teaching Justice explores the role that teaching and learning in higher education can play in solving problems of social injustice. Examining a range of approaches to education, it considers the challenges that exist in teaching about justice, drawing on extensive empirical data gathered amongst college lecturers and professors, as well as the author's own experience. With an analysis of the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • Women and Educational Leadership

    by Margaret Grogan, Charol Shakeshaft ...
    Series Book 10 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education
    This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women in education lead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing these exemplary leadership practices.Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Educational Leadership at 2050

    Conjectures, Challenges, and Promises

    by Rosemary Papa, Fenwick W. English, Theodore Creighton ...
    This is a practical, bold, no-holds barred look at challenges facing educational leaders and the university programs that prepare them through mid-century. It examines key continuities and discontinuities of current times for school, education, and society. Both practice and preparation occur in contested social space, the implications of which are explored in a post industrial, digital age.The ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Extending Educational Reform

    From One School to Many

    by Amanda Datnow, Lea Hubbard, Hugh Mehan ...
    In an effort to improve student achievement, thousands of US schools have adopted school reform models devised externally by universities and other organizations. Such models have been successful in improving individual schools or groups of schools, but what happens when educational reform attempts to extend from one school to many?Through qualitative data from several studies, this book explores ... Read more

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  • Black, Brown, Bruised

    How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation

    by Ebony Omotola McGee ...
    2022 PROSE Award FinalistDrawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile ... Read more

    $24.39 USD

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  • Participatory Practices in Adult Education

    Edited by Pat Campbell, Barbara Burnaby ...
    Although there has been a great deal of rhetoric about learner empowerment in educational and community development circles, this book is the first to offer detailed examples of successful participatory practices in adult education spanning a wide range of program settings, such as schools, institutions, communities, and the workplace. The editors join with practitioner colleagues in the United ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Organizations

    Structures, Processes and Outcomes

    by Pamela S. Tolbert, Richard H. Hall ...
    Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society. ... Read more

    $160.00 USD

  • Leadership, Equity, and Social Justice in American Higher Education

    A Reader

    Edited by C.P. Gause ...
    Series Book 23 - Higher Ed
    Never before have leadership, equity, and social justice been more important and/or critical to the mission of public universities and institutions of higher education. The twenty-first century has ushered in a period of instantaneous feedback, including live newsfeeds, reviews of goods and services, and online streaming events, as well as experiences. Anyone with a smartphone has access to ... Read more

    $67.09 USD

  • Political Contexts of Educational Leadership

    ISLLC Standard Six

    Edited by Jane Lindle ...
    Series series PSEL/NELP Leadership Preparation
    Co-published with UCEA, this exciting new textbook is the first to tackle the ISLLC Standard #6—the political context of education. This unique volume helps aspiring school leaders understand the dynamics of educational policy in multiple arenas at the local, state, and federal levels. Leaders are responsible for promoting the success of every student by understanding, responding to, and ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Sexual Violence at Canadian Universities

    Activism, Institutional Responses, and Strategies for Change

    Edited by Elizabeth Quinlan, Andrea Quinlan, Curtis Fogel, Gail Taylor ...
    At least one in four women attending college or university will be sexually assaulted by the time they graduate. Beyond this staggering statistic, recent media coverage of “rape chants” at Saint Mary’s University, misogynistic Facebook posts from Dalhousie University’s dental school, and high-profile incidents of sexual violence at other Canadian universities point to a widespread culture of rape ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Sociology of Education

    A Systematic Analysis

    by Jenny Stuber, Jeanne Ballantine, Judson Everitt ...
    The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its overview of education and schooling.Education is changing rapidly, just as the social forces outside of schools are, and to present the material in a meaningful way, the authors of this book provide a unifying ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • How to be a "HIP" College Campus

    Maximizing Learning in Undergraduate Education

    by Satu Rogers, Jeffery W. Galle ...
    Through the voices of dozens of seasoned college faculty and junior and senior students, this book shares insights and practical examples on how a college campus can be “HIP”—utilizing high-impact educational practices widely and effectively. The book’s strength is numerous hands-on examples about HIPs’ implementation in and out of the classroom.HIPs have been proven to improve student learning, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD