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Education

Education in a New Society Renewing the Sociology of Education

Mehta Jal, Davies Scott

ISBN: PB: 9780226517421, ISBN: HB: 9780226517391, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 5 tables

In recent decades, sociology of education has been dominated by quantitative analyses of race, class, and gender gaps in educational achievement. And while there's no question that such work is important, it leaves a lot of other fruitful areas of in...

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Education

Philosophy

Education and Equality

Allen Danielle

ISBN: PB: 9780226566344, ISBN: HB: 9780226373102, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing, 3 tables

American education as we know it today – guaranteed by the state to serve every child in the country – is still less than a hundred years old. It's no wonder we haven't agreed yet as to exactly what role education should play in our society. In these...

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Education

Educational Goods Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making

Brighouse Harry, Ladd Helen F., Loeb Susanna, Swift Adam

ISBN: PB: 9780226514178, ISBN: HB: 9780226514031, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education – what exactly should those who make decisions be trying to achieve? In "Educational...

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Mathematics

Reference

Everyday Mathematics for Parents What You Need to Know to Help Your Child Succeed

ISBN: PB: 9780226265483, University of Chicago Press, July 2017
176 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 67 halftones, 177 line drawings, 6 tables

The Everyday Mathematics (EM) program was developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) and is now used in more than 185,000 classrooms by almost three million students. Its research-based learning delivers the kinds of re...

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Education

Elements of Teaching Second Edition

Banner James M. Jr., Cannon Harold C., Delbanco Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780300218558, Yale University Press, June 2017
176 pp., 21x14 cm

A newly revised edition of this classic work, exploring the diverse qualities essential for teaching in today's educational environment. According to Banner and Cannon, to be an effective teacher requires much more than technical skill. Great teachi...

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Education

Business & Economics

Education Policy in Developing Countries

Glewwe Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226078717, ISBN: HB: 9780226078687, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 line drawings, 36 tables

Almost any economist will agree that education plays a key role in determining a country's economic growth and standard of living, but what we know about education policy in developing countries is remarkably incomplete and scattered over decades and...

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Sign Language

Education

Evolving Paradigms in Interpreter Education

Winston Elizabeth A., Monikowski Christine

ISBN: HB: 9781563685699, Gallaudet University Press, November 2013
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 tables, 4 figures

This volume brings together a cadre of world-renowned interpreting educators and researchers who conduct a rich exploration of paradigms, both old and new, in interpreter education. They review existing research, explicate past and current practices,...

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Gender Studies

Education

Educating in the Divine Image Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools

Rosenfeld Gorsetman Chaya, Maryles Sztokman Elana

ISBN: PB: 9781611684582, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, October 2013
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Although recent scholarship has examined gender issues in Judaism with regard to texts, rituals, and the rabbinate, there has been no full-length examination of the education of Jewish children in day schools. Drawing on studies in education, social...

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Education

Political Science

Education, Justice, and Democracy

Allen Danielle S., Reich Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226012766, ISBN: HB: 9780226012629, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 6 line illus.

Education is a contested topic, and not just politically. For years scholars have approached it from two different points of view: one empirical, focused on explanations for student and school success and failure, and the other philosophical, focused...

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Education

Experiencing Education: 1896-2012 Second Edition

Harms William

ISBN: PB: 9781467530590, University of Chicago Press, February 2013
181 pp., 25x17.8 cm, throughout illus.

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools were founded in 1896 by John Dewey as a way to apply and test his groundbreaking theories of education. Now, more than a century later, Dewey's approach to education is emulated the world over, and the Lab...

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