An inspiring, beautifully-designed guide for parents of toddlers looking to bring the principles of Montessori education—curiosity, independence, respect—into their daily lives.

From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States. The overarching nonfiction narrative follows author Tiffany Jewell from early elementary school through her time at college, unpacking the history of systemic racism in the American educational system...

Created by teachers for teachers, this is the ultimate guide for unleashing students' potential through creative lessons, empowering messages and innovative teaching. With the tools in this book, you can motivate your students to believe in themselves and achieve anything." -- provided by the publisher.

This is the fourth edition of this book. In the decades since it was first introduced, Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences (MI) theory has transformed how people think about learning. It has helped students with nontraditional learning styles, including many who were previously stigmatized for factors outside their control, to navigate school and life outside it with confidence and success. This expanded fourth editions provides educators at all...

A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of Pushout, with a foreword by award-winning educational abolitionist Bettina Love Wise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling, an underground musical railroad to survival, and an essential form of resistance, healing, and learning. In this "powerful call to action" (Rethinking...

"The anthology special education research and early intervention contains twenty chapters that highlight the special education knowledge area, with an emphasis on its inclusive practices and didactic applications. The chapters in this anthology explain theoretical frameworks, analyze needs and trends, summarize research and describe empirical studies, where a common theme is what supports children's development and learning. A particular focus is...

What do all healthcare educators have in common: what do they believe, know and do? This monograph reports on a national research project known as the Healthcare Educators' Values and Activities Study (HEVAS). The aim of the project was to establish the shared values of, and key activities undertaken by, educators of healthcare professionals.

In einem interdisziplinären Verständnis von personalen und sozialen Bildungs- und Lernprozessen über die Lebensspanne werden in kritisch-konstruktiver Sichtweise formale, non-formale und informelle Wissensbestände und Lernorte in den Blick genommen, die ungleich zugänglich bzw. mit Barrieren versehen sind. Der Band fokussiert auf individuelle, soziale und gesamtgesellschaftliche Entwicklungen, die eine Mitgestaltung im Sinne von Chancengerechtigkeit...

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, leading education experts Beverly Falk and Megan Blumenreich...

Vocational education and training in Germany, especially the Dual System of Vocational Education and Training, is receiving great attention and appreciation in some EU countries, not least against the background of very high youth unemployment. In empirical analyses of the close interlocking of learning and work and in theoretical foundations of educational potential, vocational and business education research provides all actors in the vocational...