Education

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Preface to the English Edition

Preface to the English Edition

Quebec at the Crossroads: The Roots of the 2012 Students’ Spring

From: In Defiance

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Process and Change

Process and Change

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter considers how we form judgments about others. It also points out the importance of allowing processes to take their time to unfold. The chapter concludes with tips and activities to … 9 $0.90 Add
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Professionals and Professionalism

Professionals and Professionalism

Protecting the Status Quo and Academic Disciplines

From: Degrees of Failure

Undergraduate students occupying the lowest rung on the academic hierarchy are seen as non-professionals who need further training to ensure that they follow the judgments and decisions of their … 16 $1.60 Add
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Professors Beware:

Professors Beware:

The Evolving Threat of “Institutional” Academic Freedom

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Constitutional scholar David Rabban examines the increasing prominence of the concept of “institutional academic freedom” in American constitutional law and its implications. He … 30 $3.00 Add
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Professors in Place
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Professors in Place

From: The Elective Mind

The third section considers the role of professors in bringing an elective course and the curiosity, enthusiasm and desire for learning to life. 38 $3.80 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

Against School

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in Manhattan, and in some of the best, and during that time, I became an expert in boredom. 11 $1.10 Add
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Prologue, Forward, Preface

Prologue, Forward, Preface

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Acknowledgements, contributors, a prologue written by Garry Gottfriedson, a foreword by Randy Fred, as well as a preface are provided. ; ; 32 $3.20 Add
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Protecting the Integrity of Academic Work in Corporate Collaborations

Protecting the Integrity of Academic Work in Corporate Collaborations

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

I point out examples of the corporate undermining of scientific inquiry, review studies on the extent to which universities have compromised their academic integrity in corporate collaborations, … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Racialized Discourses
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Racialized Discourses

Writing against an Essentialized Story about Racism as a Practice of Ethics

From: Unravelling Research

In Chapter 5 author Harjeet Kaur Badwall cautions racialized researchers against unquestioned assumptions of insider researcher positions when doing research on racism. She urges us to resist the … 17 $1.70 Add
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Raising Your Racial IQ
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Raising Your Racial IQ

What Whites Don't Know about Living in a Racialized World

From: Let's Talk Race

The purposes of this chapter are to reveal what’s hidden to whites about the experiences of living day to day as a person of color in the US, laying bare the consequences of a society … ; 37 $3.70 Add
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Reading for Love

Reading for Love

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Kathie Goggin recounts the story of Bev. The story discusses his family’s illiteracy, challenges in school, being experienced for jobs but not qualified as he could not past tests, his … 5 $0.50 Add
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Reading Is Magic

Reading Is Magic

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Forward from Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson. 4 $0.40 Add
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Recognizing Differences
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Recognizing Differences

Cultural Misunderstandings and Misinterpretations

From: Let's Talk Race

This chapter highlights the importance of understanding cultural practices, or those patterned behaviors that coalesce around common identities and often have enduring value. ; 33 $3.30 Add
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Rehras
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Rehras

From: My Mother, My Translator

A poem about Punjabi being spoken at the Edmonton airport. 2 $0.20 Add
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Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

From: No Debate

In this chapter, Thompson examines Canadian federal research funding agencies, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the role they can play in protecting or hindering … 15 $1.50 Add