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Teaching To Transgress : Education As the Practice of Freedom (94 Edition)
Teaching To Transgress : Education As the Practice of Freedom (94 Edition)
by bell hooks
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After reading Teaching to Transgress I am once again struck by bell hooks's never-ending, unquiet intellectual energy, an energy that makes her radical and loving. -- Paulo Freire In Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent... (read more)

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Teaching With Love and Logic : Taking Control of the Classroom (95 Edition)
Teaching With Love and Logic : Taking Control of the Classroom (95 Edition)
by Jim Fay
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Teachers often find themselves facing a variety of classroom situations never covered in initial training. This valuable resource helps teachers increase skills, enhance professional development and maximize classroom learning time. .Discover why Love... (read more)

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Inner World Immigrant Child
Inner World Immigrant Child
by Cristina Igoa
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This powerful book tells the story of one teacher's odyssey to understand the inner world of immigrant children, and to create a learning environment that is responsive to these students' feelings and their needs. Featuring the voices and artwork of many... (read more)

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Overcoming Dyslexia : New and Complete Science-based Program for Reading Problems At Any Level (03 Edition)
Overcoming Dyslexia : New and Complete Science-based Program for Reading Problems At Any Level (03 Edition)
by Sally Shaywitz
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FOR EVERYONE WHO STRUGGLES TO READ! Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector... (read more)

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Whatever It Takes-with New Afterword (08 Edition)
Whatever It Takes-with New Afterword (08 Edition)
by Paul Tough
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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)

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Grammar Book : an Esl/efl Teacher's Course (2ND 99 Edition)
Grammar Book : an Esl/efl Teacher's Course (2ND 99 Edition)
by Marianne Celce-murcia
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In this highly acclaimed revision, grammatical descriptions and teaching suggestions are organized into sections dealing with Form, Meaning, and Use. The Grammar Book, 2/e helps teachers and future teachers grasp the linguistic system and details of... (read more)

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New Directions : an Integrated Approach To Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking (2ND 05 Edition)
New Directions : an Integrated Approach To Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking (2ND 05 Edition)
by Peter S. Gardner
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New Directions, Second Edition is a thematic reading-writing book aimed at the most advanced ESL learners. The Student's Book prepares students for the rigors of college-level writing by having them read long, challenging, authentic readings as a... (read more)

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City Kids, City Teachers : Reports From the Front Row (08 Edition)
City Kids, City Teachers : Reports From the Front Row (08 Edition)
by William Ayers
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A follow-up to the classic collection on the realities of teaching and learning in urban schools. Of the approximately 50 million public school students in the United States, more than half are in urban schools. A contemporary companion to City Kids... (read more)

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How We Decide
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer
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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)

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Longman Esl Literacy (3RD 07 Edition)
Longman Esl Literacy (3RD 07 Edition)
by Yvonne Wong Nishio
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Updated and easy to use, Longman ESL Literacy, Third Edition, by Yvonne Wong Nishio, offers a basic introduction to English for students who are not ready for a Level 1 course. This new edition helps students acquire communication and literacy... (read more)

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How We Think (97 Edition)
How We Think (97 Edition)
by John Dewey
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The dean of American philosophers shares his views on methods of training students to think well. His considerations include inductive and deductive logic, interpreting facts, concrete and abstract thinking, the roles of activity, language, and... (read more)

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The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
by Parker J Palmer
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"This book is for teachers who have good days and bad --and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only fromsomething one loves. It is for teachers who refuse to hardentheir hearts, because they love learners, learning, and theteaching life... (read more)

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Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education
Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education
by Joan Z Spade
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Offering a wide array of theoretical perspectives and methods, a broad range of resources, and both classic and contemporary studies, this fully updated Fourth Edition uses the open systems approach to provide readers with a framework for understanding... (read more)

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Popular Culture and Philosophy #4: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale
Popular Culture and Philosophy #4: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale
by James B South
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This lively collection of essays links classical philosophy to the hit television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"--a show that explores the evil underlying everyday life, making it ripe for the kind of witty, penetrating philosophical analysis this... (read more)

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Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
by David Ball
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This guide to playreading for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather then contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed his method during his work as Literary Director... (read more)

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Choice Words
Choice Words
by Peter H. Johnston
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In productive classrooms, teachers don't just teach children skills: they build emotionally and relationally healthy learning communities. Teachers create intellectual environments that produce not only technically competent students, but also caring... (read more)

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Understanding Waldorf Education : Teaching From the Inside Out (02 Edition)
Understanding Waldorf Education : Teaching From the Inside Out (02 Edition)
by Jack Petrash
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Written by a teacher with more than 25 years of experience, this book offers a jargon-free view of Waldorf schools with their philosophy of the importance of a three-dimensional education. Through learning experiences that involve all of the senses... (read more)

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Adolescents At School (2ND 08 Edition)
Adolescents At School (2ND 08 Edition)
by Michael Sadowski
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As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, "Who am I?" Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can complicate this question for young people, affecting their schoolwork... (read more)

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Keeping Track : How Schools Structure Inequality (2ND 05 Edition)
Keeping Track : How Schools Structure Inequality (2ND 05 Edition)
by Jeannie Oakes
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Selected by the American School Board Journal as a “Must Read” book when it was first published and named one of 60 “Books of the Century” by the University of South Carolina Museum of Education for its influence on American... (read more)

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Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice (06 Edition)
Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice (06 Edition)
by Charlotte Danielson
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Writing for teachers and for administrators, Danielson, an education consultant, presents three stories of teachers who demonstrate characteristics common to teacher leaders, and gives concrete examples of teacher leadership in policies and programs... (read more)

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