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How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making and how it can help us make better choices. Since Plato, philosophers have described the decisionmaking process as either rational or... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough Publisher Comments What would it take? That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children—not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Experience and Education by John Dewey Publisher Comments Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey'... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith Staff Pick Few teachers get the recognition that Rafe Esquith has received during his extraordinary career, but in this case, it is so richly deserved. In a recent poll, over 60 percent of Americans said our country is headed in the "wrong direction." As I read... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Unearthing Seeds of Fire : the Idea of Highlander (75 Edition) by Frank Adams Publisher Comments Unearthing Seeds of Fire is a thorough historical account of Highlander Folk School and the life of its founder Myles Horton. For any involved in adult education, as well as those interested in education through social movement, this book provides rich... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T Webb Publisher Comments Gifted children have unique social and emotional concerns. Their characteristics, combined with current educational practices, often put them at risk for problems. This best-selling book contains chapters on motivation, discipline, peer relationships... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol Publisher Comments National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Contemporary Issues in Art Education (02 Edition) by Yvonne Gaudelius Publisher Comments An anthology based on contemporary art issues being addressed in the art world, in critical theory, in education and in art education, Contemporary Issues in Art Education provides a complex of conceptual frameworks within three sections—... (read more) List Price $58.90 Your price: $48.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dealing With Difficult Parents by Todd Whitaker Book News Annotation Gives advice to teaches, principles, and other educators working with challenging parents in challenging situations. Shows how to avoid trigger words which make bad situations worse, and how to use words and phrases that develop more positive... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Models of Teaching by Bruce Joyce Publisher Comments The seventh edition of Models of Teaching is written to be the core of the theory/practice aspect of the K-12 teacher education program. It covers the rationale and research on the major models of teaching and applies the models by using scenarios and... (read more) List Price $141.60 Your price: $100.00 Used - Hardcover
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Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children : What Do We Know? (02 Edition) by Maureen Neihart Publisher Comments "An examination of the essential topics teachers, parents, and researchers need to know about the social and emotional development of gifted children. The book includes chapters on peer pressure and social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The English Teacher's Companion, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession by Jim Burke Publisher Comments For a decade and over two editions, the specific, practical, and experience-honed advice of The English Teacher's Companion has supported great teaching and cemented Jim Burke's reputation as a teacher's teacher. Now the third edition brings the book... (read more) List Price $49.38 Your price: $36.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Why School? : Reclaiming Education for All of Us (09 Edition) by Mike Rose Book News Annotation In the tradition of Jonathan Kozol, this little (4.5x7.25") book is driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Why is a commitment to the public... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (Bioneers) by Michael Stone Publisher Comments "The Center for Ecoliteracy is at the forefront of a movement teaching us to find connections in seemingly disjointed problems, perceive patterns instead of pieces, and design communities based on the interrelatedness of all life. This important book... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Art Cannot Be Taught : a Handbook for Art Students (01 Edition) by James Elkins Publisher Comments In this smart survival guide for students and teachers -- the only book of its kind -- James Elkins examines the "curious endeavor to teach the unteachable" that is generally known as college-level art instruction.<P>Elkins traces the development... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price: $18.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods by Donna M Mertens Publisher Comments Focused on discussing what is considered to be good research, this text explains quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods in detail, incorporating the viewpoints of various research paradigms into the descriptions of these methods. Approximately 60... (read more) List Price $82.00 Your price: $50.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Healing Add by Daniel G. Amen Publisher Comments Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a national health crisis that continues to grow—yet it remains one of the most misunderstood and incorrectly treated illnesses today. Now, using breakthrough diagnostic techniques, Dr. Daniel Amen has... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Scholarship Reconsidered : Priorities of the Professoriate (90 Edition) by Ernest L. Boyer Publisher Comments The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Ernest L. Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered offers a new paradigm that recognizes the full range of scholarly activity by college and university faculty and questions the existence of a reward system... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Career Counseling and Development in a Global Economy: Process, Practice, and Theory by Patricia Andersen Publisher Comments This text prepares students for career counseling in the global economy, and supports their learning and understanding through a unique pedagogical model, the Career Diamond, which helps students synthesize and apply career counseling theories. Also... (read more) List Price $145.65 Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn Book News Annotation Kohn, a former teacher and author of several other books on education and human behavior, challenges the fundamental assumptions of most classroom discipline programs, and with them the very idea of classroom management. He contrasts the idea of... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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