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Counterpoints eBook Series

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  • Emancipating Education

    Considerations of Deferred Dreams and Visions for Change

    by Shirley R. Steinberg ...
    Series Book 571 - Counterpoints
    At a time when traditional schooling systems perpetuate inequality and suppress student agency, this groundbreaking collection offers bold visions for transforming education from the ground up. Moving beyond surface-level reforms, contributors challenge fundamental assumptions about what schools are and what they could become.From democratic free schools and anarchist learning networks to ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

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  • Letters to Paulo

    by Shirley R. Steinberg ...
    Series Book 567 - Counterpoints
    Letters to Paulo brings together scholars, educators, and activists from around the world who write directly to Paulo Freire. Each letter reflects on Freire’s work and its relevance to contemporary struggles over education, democracy, inequality, and social transformation.Writing across generations and continents, the contributors explore how Freire’s ideas resonate in their lives, work, and ... Read more

    $62.09 CAD

  • de-testing and de-grading schools

    Authentic Alternatives to Accountability and Standardization

    by Shirley R. Steinberg ...
    Series Book 492 - Counterpoints
    A century of education and education reform, along with more than three decades of high-stakes testing and accountability, reveals a disturbing paradox: education has a steadfast commitment to testing and grading. This commitment persists despite ample research, theory, and philosophy revealing the corrosive consequences of both testing and grading in an education system designed to support human ... Read more

    $49.40 CAD

  • The Stigma of Genius

    Einstein, Consciousness and Critical Education, Second Edition

    by Joe L. Kincheloe, Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg, Shirley R. Steinberg, Deborah J. Tippins ...
    Series Book 111 - Counterpoints
    In The Stigma of Genius: Einstein, Consciousness and Critical Education, we muse over ways in which to be, to become and to recognize uniqueness and different paths to genius. Understanding there is no prescribed procedure, we determine multiple actions, means and measures with which we recognize and teach to genius, we look at Einstein’s life and knowledges to connect our pedagogies and students. ... Read more

    $47.33 CAD

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    Insights from Community, Workplace, and Higher Education

    Edited by Jack Mezirow, Edward W. Taylor ...
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  • The Power of Framing

    Creating the Language of Leadership

    by Gail T. Fairhurst ...
    Series Book 290 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Series
    The Power of Framing shows leaders and managers how to tap into the power of language so they can persuade effectively and communicate credibly in today’s business environment.According to professor and management consultant Gail Fairhurst, through framing we define the meaning of “the situation here and now.” Are we in a “crisis”? Is this situation merely a “cause for concern”? Should we be on ... Read more

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  • Educational Leadership at 2050

    Conjectures, Challenges, and Promises

    by Rosemary Papa, Fenwick W. English, Theodore Creighton ...
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    $38.87 CAD

  • Great Minds in Management

    The Process of Theory Development

    Edited by Ken G. Smith, Michael A. Hitt ...
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  • Challenging the Whole Child

    Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership

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    This special e-book collection of articles from Educational Leadership and other ASCD publications examines the kinds of challenges that best prepare students for college, the world of work, and life. The authors examine what excellence and high performance mean in various schools and settings around the world and explore how to make learning richer and more thought-provoking through both rigorous ... Read more

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  • Excellence Through Equity

    Five Principles of Courageous Leadership to Guide Achievement for Every Student

    by Alan M. Blankstein, Pedro Noguera, Lorena Kelly ...
    Excellence Through Equity is an inspiring look at how real-world educators are creating schools where all students are able to thrive. In these schools, educators understand that equity is not about treating all children the same. They are deeply committed to ensuring that each student receives what he or she individually needs to develop their full potential and succeed.To help educators with ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice

    Edited by Nitin Nohria, Rakesh Khurana ...
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