Mayo (multicultural and gender studies and theatre, Texas State U.-San Marcos) and Larke (education, Texas A&M U.-College Station) compile 26 chapters that detail the model of the Multicultural Cu
This reader introduces the Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute, a successful multicultural curriculum transformation paradigm that is a model for colleges and universities a
With germinal texts, new writings, and related art, Sexualities in Education: A Reader illuminates a broad scope of analysis and organization. Composed of a framing essay and nine sections edited by e
Culturally Relevant Teaching centers hip-hop culture as a culturally relevant form of critical pedagogy in urban pre-service teacher education programs. In this important book, Darius D. Prier explore
Viewing hip-hop culture as a form of critical pedagogy, author Prier (educational foundations and leadership, Duquesne University) looks at how educators might 'read' hip-hop culture as a text in urba
Artists have always had a role in imagining a more socially just, inclusive world – many have devoted their lives to realizing this possibility. In a culture ever more embedded in performance and the
Parkes (curriculum studies, U. of New Castle) explores the way that postmodern skepticism in the humanities and the idea that history has come to an end have created challenges and opportunities for t
Author Epstein, who holds a doctorate degree in education, has taught in an urban high school and has served as Education Policy Director at the city level; she now hosts a radio talk show on educatio
Goodson (learning theory, U. of Brighton and U. of Plymouth, UK) and Anstead, a consultant who specializes in leadership, society, and organizational culture, explore the history of the Beal Technical
The Red Light in the Ivory Tower: Contexts and Implications of Entrepreneurial Education critically analyzes the operational behaviors of prestigious and prestige-seeking universities, particularly wi
Bagley (educational sociology, Durham U.) presents a counter-history of undocumented students living in the US, particularly in Arizona. He highlights a narrative of success otherwise not seen in the
This collection of nine essays on educational theory and practice examines current issues in a variety of areas from a postmodern education perspective. Topics discussed include the history and social
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. Drawing from rich data, International Struggles for Critical Democratic Education profiles teacher
Bouchard (women's studies and gender studies, U. of North Carolina-Greensboro) takes a deep look at the status, trends, and goals of academic feminism in a period when some say the movement has been i
As academic feminism has critiqued the often-violent inscriptions of institutionality, it has also produced a narrative of its role in the university fraught with difficulties of its own. The understa
Like a particularly heartfelt letter to the reader, William Pinar's Autobiography, Politics and Sexuality: Essays in Curriculum Theory 1972-1992 asserts the viability of autobiography as a tool of st
Educators report on ten research projects that seek to transform thinking about analytic practice and the construction of research knowledge. They experiment with alternative models of representation
Teaching about Frederick Douglass will stimulate conversation among liberal arts and education professionals as well as inform public school teachers about the life and times of Frederick Douglass. Te
Critical stories, the editors write "are those stories that speak to the constitution of experiences within a sociopolitical context; that acknowledge their development within historically situated co
Writing for graduate students, pre-service teachers, and school practitioners, Evans-Winter (education, Illinois State U.) examines school resilience in the lives of African American female students a
Breault (curriculum studies, West Virginia U.) and Perez (education, Saginaw Valley State U.) offer a critical examination of entrepreneurial models of education, arguing that much of it is driven by
In the context of debates about U.S. immigration, this book gives a voice to undocumented Americans of Mexican origin - specifically, involuntary immigrants born in Mexico but brought to the United St
This collection of essays and poetry by Antonia Darder (education, Loyola Marymount U.) spans twenty years of dissent against racism, sexism, neoliberalism, linguistic and cultural imperialism, standa
This collection of sixteen essays explores topics in and otherwise responds to Paulo Freire's highly influential "critical pedagogy." The essays bring together several big names in critical theory, in
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2012. This book overturns the typical conception of standards, empowering educators by providing concret
This book arises out of the keynote speeches delivered by "dissident intellectuals" Antonia Darder and Ward Churchill--both known for their academic and activist work advocating for the historically m
Four essays by the primary authors (professors of education from the U. of Calgary, Canada), accompanied by invited critical responses, reflect on their experiences with a "Master of Teaching" program
This book has won the Publication Award: Multiauthored or Edited Books from the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (CAFE) This captivating book opens a multi-vocal and layered conversat
Scholars of education, most of them in southern states of the US, explore the possibility of a curriculum based on a region, taking the South as an example. Their topics include revisiting and reconce
Since the United States has gone South in a number of respects, it is crucial to our understandings of ourselves and our current milieu to peer through the mist that covers the intricacies of the cult
Aiming "to invite readers to engage with alternative representations of those institutionalized practices that generate and sustain educational inequities," editors Gabriel (reading education, U. of C
Participatory performances have long been used to invite audiences to embody, voice, and imagine the perspective of different characters, values, and viewpoints. Performances of Research: Critical Iss
Teacher and author Pohl has questions about how we judge special education and why. He knows that everyone should receive an education that matches our abilities, but wonders why so many are still "wa
The fusion of critical pedagogy, holistic (moral) education, and disability studies continues to be uncharted waters and, in some academic venues, a hotly contested topic. A discourse advocating for a
Basing her discussion on observations made from her personal experiences with a physical education class in a public school in the New Zealand city of Auckland that was populated primarily by indigeno
Over the past two decades, numerous textbooks have been published on teacher leadership; however, this is the only volume that provides a definitive overview of the scholarship and writing being done
Noting that "in spite of draconian conservative stances against bilingual education, educators and classroom teachers are still faced with providing for the needs of bilingual/bicultural children on a
An important academic goal is to understand ongoing contestations in knowledge in the search to engage everyday social practice and experiences, as well as the social barriers and approaches to peacef
Discourses and Identities in Contexts of Educational Change presents the work of fourteen scholars concerning the United States and Mexico. The authors explore current and changing educational context
