MU Libraries New Books: Special aspects of education

About the new book list

6/19/2013

The RSS feeds for the new books list is updated every Wednesday and contains a list of books added to the Ellis Library collection for the last six weeks. The titles are grouped by call number classification, and are listed by week and alphabetically by title.

Books for the most recent weeks are currently on the New Books Shelves inside the north entrance of Ellis Library. They can be checked out.

Education policy / Ian Abbott, Michael Rathbone, Phil Whitehead. (6/19/2013)

6/19/2013

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- Dr David Kitchener, Reader in Education, University of Bolton

'In charting the history of education policy this book acts as a reminder to all that the education policy of any given era does not exist in a vacuum, but rather that whilst it might promote a particular ideal of education it does so in a context with embedded traditions and beliefs derived from prior generations of policy. I think this book should be compulsory reading, not only for people interested in the history of education policy, but also for policy makers to remind them of this inheritance and of what has gone before'
-Dr Andrew Townsend, University of Nottingham

Call #: LC93.G7 A23 2013

Policy studies for educational leaders : an introduction / Frances C. Fowler. (6/5/2013)

6/5/2013

Call #: LC89 .F69 2013

Coming of political age : American schools and the civic development of immigrant youth / Rebecca Callahan and Chandra L. Muller. (5/22/2013)

5/22/2013

Call #: LC3731 .C294 2013

Teaching and schooling in America : pre- and post-September 11 / Allan C. Ornstein. (5/8/2013)

5/8/2013

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From the Back Cover

Teaching and Schooling: Prior to and Post-September 11 examines 2,500 years of historical, philosophical, and educational thought, forcing the reader to think and rethink the issues of schooling and society. This book is concerned with life and death, peace and war, good and evil, miseducation and education, achievement and aptitude, and equality and inequality. It begins with the ancient Greeks and Romans and ends with a post-September 11 society, including American, Chinese, Indian, and Arabic cultures. At the level of society, specific topics deal with religion, morality, justice, colonialism, global poverty, the horrors of the 20th century-war, death camps, and racial/ethnic hatred-and now the new century with terrorism and cloning. At the educational level, the focus is on race, gender, class, social stratification, school finance, black/white achievement gaps, affirmative action, quotas, reparations, computers, satellite communications, and global education and understanding. The nature of the subject matter is controversial and the prose written in a critical, honest, and passionate style. For anyone interested in education

Call #: LC191.4 .O76 2003