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A volume in Landscapes of EducationSeries Editors: William H. Schubert, University of Illinois at Chicago& Ming Fang He, Georgia Southern UniversityThis book embraces the idea of listening to and learning from students. Although many educational theorists have longargued that incorporating children's perspectives about teaching and curriculum has the potential for increasing students'interest and participation in learning, their radical perspectives are still ignored or dismissed in theory and practice.Through featured essays, historical excerpts, and provocative poetry, this collection provides research literature andinquiry ideas that ought to be part of educational debates, policy discussions, and decision makings. Articulated throughthoughtful prose and discerning analysis, youth, teachers, and scholars featured in this collection illuminate the power andpromise of not only listening to and learning from students, but also acting upon the insights of students. This book callsfor the 21st century educational workers--teachers, educators, parents, community workers, administrators, and policymakers--to perceive students as massive reservoirs of knowledge that invigorate possibilities for teaching, learning, andcurriculum in the contested educational landscape.

A volume in Research in Educational Diversity and ExcellenceSeries Editors Hersh C. Waxman and Yolanda N. Padrón, Texas A&M UniversityThis book that explores the mathematics education of Latinos/as in 13 original research studies. Eachchapter represents research that grounds mathematics instruction for Latinos/as in the resources to be foundin culture and language. By inverting the deficit perspective, this volume redresses the shortcomings foundin the previous literature on Latino/a learners. Each study frames language (e.g. bilingualism) not as anobstacle to learning, but as a resource for mathematical reasoning. Other chapters explore the notion ofcultural variation not as a liability but as a tool for educators to build upon in the teaching of mathematics.Specifically, the book reframes culture as a focus on the practices, objects, inscriptions, or people thatconnect mathematical concepts to student thinking and experiences, both in and out of school.The book's four sections divide the research: The first section of the book focuses on mathematic learning in classrooms, specifically exploringbilingual, Latino/a students; the second section explores Latino/a learners in communities, including the role parents can play in advancing learning;the third section includes chapters focused on teacher professional growth; the final section concerns the assessment (and mis-assessment) of Latino/alearners. The research shared in this volume provides ample evidence that mathematics educators who choose to ignore language or culture in theirpedagogy risk shortchanging their Latino/a students.

Provides a unique insight into self-processes from varied theoretical perspectives. The chapters in this volume develop avant-garde theoretical ideas to drive future, cutting-edge, empirical research and together make a valuable contribution to scholarly literature on self-processes.

Provides a unique insight into self-processes from varied theoretical perspectives. The chapters in this volume develop avant-garde theoretical ideas to drive future, cutting-edge, empirical research and together make a valuable contribution to scholarly literature on self-processes.

Focuses on explicating the impact of culture and issues of race and ethnicity on student learning, teacher and leadership efficacy, and educational policy making in the US public school system. The authors agree with Levin (2012), who pointed out that the challenge of dealing effectively with racial and ethnic diversity in education in traditionally homogeneous societies is a global problem.

This new edition of Nicholas Murray Butlers The International Mind marks the 100th anniversary of its publication. Widely read at the time, it has reached the status of classic work. It still has an important message for today's readers: how can we establish an international mind that builds a lasting peace for the world.

Despite levels of student excellence, and efforts made by programmes to counter student departure, attrition rates remain alarmingly high. The purpose of this book is to provide a view into doctoral student work-lives and their efforts to find a balance between often seemingly conflicting responsibilities.

This book originates from a collaborative research initiative to examine how various societies in the Asia-Pacific Region construct moral and civic education, and to what extent these systems achieve the democratic objective of creating socially responsible citizens.

This book originates from a collaborative research initiative to examine how various societies in the Asia-Pacific Region construct moral and civic education, and to what extent these systems achieve the democratic objective of creating socially responsible citizens.