Education

Physical Education (Hardcover)

Physical Education (Hardcover)

The Flat World and Education (Paperback)

Today in the United States only 1 in 10 low-income kindergarteners goes on to graduate from college. At a time when education matters more than ever, the U.S. high school graduation rate has dropped from first in the world to the bottom half of rankings for comparable nations. While such sobering facts inform her new book, the author focuses on the successes of effective school systems in the U.S. and abroad in order to develop a clear and coherent set of policies that can be used to create high-quality and equitable schools.Drawing on her broad experience, Darling-Hammond examines the roots of our modern education system and shows how the skills required for our 21st-century global economy cannot be learned in traditional education systems, which have been in place since the early 1900s. She identifies an "opportunity gap" that has evolved as new kinds of learning have become necessary--a gap where low-income students, students of color, and English language learners often do not have the same access as others to qualified teachers, high-quality curriculum, and well-resourced classrooms.After setting the stage on current conditions in the United States, Darling-Hammond offers a coherent approach for effective reform that focuses on creating successful systems, inducting and supporting quality teachers, designing effective schools, establishing strong professional practice, and providing equitable and sufficient resources. The Flat World and Education lays out what the United States needs to do in order to build a system of high-achieving and equitable schools that ensures every child the right to learn.

The Flat World and Education (Paperback)

Today in the United States only 1 in 10 low-income kindergarteners goes on to graduate from college. At a time when education matters more than ever, the U.S. high school graduation rate has dropped from first in the world to the bottom half of rankings for comparable nations. While such sobering facts inform her new book, the author focuses on the successes of effective school systems in the U.S. and abroad in order to develop a clear and coherent set of policies that can be used to create high-quality and equitable schools.Drawing on her broad experience, Darling-Hammond examines the roots of our modern education system and shows how the skills required for our 21st-century global economy cannot be learned in traditional education systems, which have been in place since the early 1900s. She identifies an "opportunity gap" that has evolved as new kinds of learning have become necessary--a gap where low-income students, students of color, and English language learners often do not have the same access as others to qualified teachers, high-quality curriculum, and well-resourced classrooms.After setting the stage on current conditions in the United States, Darling-Hammond offers a coherent approach for effective reform that focuses on creating successful systems, inducting and supporting quality teachers, designing effective schools, establishing strong professional practice, and providing equitable and sufficient resources. The Flat World and Education lays out what the United States needs to do in order to build a system of high-achieving and equitable schools that ensures every child the right to learn.

Physical Education (Hardcover)

Physical Education (Hardcover)

Physical Education (Hardcover)

Education in Hope (Paperback)

This book explores the relationship between critical pedagogies and an ethic of care. The critical pedagogies of John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and scholars/activists in the field of feminist pedagogy are examined and shown to reflect this ethic of care. In clarifying this relationship. Education in Hope uncovers and challenges the dominant ethical models underlying contemporary educational paradigms.

"Tony Monchinski`s new book is wonderfully readable, inspiringly humane, eminently sensible, and educationally practical. He teaches us what `an ethic of care` means and how to use it. He poses the urgent need to install `caring` in a society driven by Wall Street`s money market and by standardized testing in schools. Human beings and human needs have disappeared in the equation that now rules school and society. This is the right book at the right time, a book of knowledge and remedies just in time. It shows us how the theme of `care` unifies and underlies great theories in education. He also proposes practical reforms to make `caring` the strong foundation for teaching and learning. The scope of his critique is breathtaking. while the scale of his solutions is sensible. This is a wise book for troubled times." ---Ira Shor, Professor, City University Graduate Center, New York

"Although most progressive thinkers have always assumed that a good education must be connected to an universal ethical code, no one has yet spelled out how such a connection is to be primordial in the educational process---that is until Tony Monchinski undertook such a task in this book. By first analyzing the pedagogical works of John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and such feminists as Carol Gilligan who first posited the link between education and the ethic of care, Monchinski is able to show how such a link is especially needed today. That link, Monchinski brilliantly insists, is fundamental to all critical theories of pedagogy." ---John Gerassi, Professor of Political Science, Queens College

Education in Hope (Paperback)

This book explores the relationship between critical pedagogies and an ethic of care. The critical pedagogies of John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and scholars/activists in the field of feminist pedagogy are examined and shown to reflect this ethic of care. In clarifying this relationship. Education in Hope uncovers and challenges the dominant ethical models underlying contemporary educational paradigms.

"Tony Monchinski`s new book is wonderfully readable, inspiringly humane, eminently sensible, and educationally practical. He teaches us what `an ethic of care` means and how to use it. He poses the urgent need to install `caring` in a society driven by Wall Street`s money market and by standardized testing in schools. Human beings and human needs have disappeared in the equation that now rules school and society. This is the right book at the right time, a book of knowledge and remedies just in time. It shows us how the theme of `care` unifies and underlies great theories in education. He also proposes practical reforms to make `caring` the strong foundation for teaching and learning. The scope of his critique is breathtaking. while the scale of his solutions is sensible. This is a wise book for troubled times." ---Ira Shor, Professor, City University Graduate Center, New York

"Although most progressive thinkers have always assumed that a good education must be connected to an universal ethical code, no one has yet spelled out how such a connection is to be primordial in the educational process---that is until Tony Monchinski undertook such a task in this book. By first analyzing the pedagogical works of John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and such feminists as Carol Gilligan who first posited the link between education and the ethic of care, Monchinski is able to show how such a link is especially needed today. That link, Monchinski brilliantly insists, is fundamental to all critical theories of pedagogy." ---John Gerassi, Professor of Political Science, Queens College

Schools and Health Education II

The e-book contains contributions from researchers and practitioners in the field of school and college health. It provides new ideas or new knowledge concerning health promotion efforts in the context of schools and colleges.