Product Description: Book by Reid, Loren Dudley

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Knowledge gathered from an author who wants to heal the broken relationships between teachers and their students and to ensure that the insight he provides inspires positive education (view table of contents)

The new edition of this innovative book introduces the ideas and ideals that shake and shape our political world. Covering the gamut of contemporary political ideologies, from the standard categories of liberalism, conservatism, and socialism to emerging ideological alternatives, the fourth edition features expanded discussions of green political ideologies and native people's liberation. For those interested in political theory and ideologies.

One year out of college, James Nehring landed “accidentally” in teaching and soon discovered his love for the profession. But he was surrounded by a school system consumed with order, efficiency, rules, and punishment. He wanted to change the system. So began a quest that became a career. Why Teach? Notes and Questions from a Life in Education is a journey inside American education and a story of self-discovery. Why Teach? is the perfect introductory text for an aspiring teacher, a source of reflection for fellow educators, and a compelling insider critique of the system from pre-school to graduate school. In an age dominated by social science, Why Teach? makes the case for a humanistic approach to schooling.

Product Description: Susan Nye Hutchison (1790-1867) was one of many teachers to venture south across the Mason-Dixon Line in the Second Great Awakening. From 1815 to 1841, she kept journals about her career, family life, and encounters with slavery. Drawing on these journals and hundreds of other documents, Kim Tolley uses Hutchison's life to explore the significance of education in transforming American society in the early national period...read more