Education
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Breaking the Word BarrierStories of Adults Learning to Read |
In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are … | Angela Ranson; Marilyn Lerch | 128 | 2009 | View |
![]() Campus Confidential100 startling things you don't know about Canadian universities (Second Edition) |
In 2011, the first edition of Campus Confidential sparked a lively debate about what is really going on inside our colleges and universities. The media and readers alike welcomed this readable, … | Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates | 256 | 2013 | View |
![]() Counting Out The ScholarsThe Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education |
Canada’s universities have lost their autonomy. Under the guise of accountability, reformers from government and large corporations have undermined the original purposes of these … | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 274 | 2002 | View |
![]() Degrees of FailureUniversity Education in Decline |
In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show … | Randle W. Nelsen | 152 | 2017 | View |
![]() Freedom To LearnCreating a Classroom Where Every Child Thrives |
Disinterested students and behavioral problems are all too common in schools. Yet results show that behavior charts and other reward-and-punishment systems simply don’t work. Teachers are … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 220 | 2018 | View |
![]() In Defiance |
On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 186 | 2015 | View |
![]() Political CorrectnessThe Munk Debates |
The twenty-second Munk Debate pits acclaimed journalist, professor, and ordained minister Michael Eric Dyson and New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg against renowned actor and writer … | Jordan Peterson; Michael Eric Dyson; Michelle Goldberg; Rudyard Griffiths; Stephen Fry | 147 | 2018 | View |
![]() Somebodies and NobodiesOvercoming the Abuse of Rank |
In the ongoing attempts to overcome racism and sexism in North America today, we are overlooking another kind of discrimination that is no less damaging and equally unjustifiable. It is a form of … | Robert W. Fuller | 208 | 2004 | View |
![]() NEW! The Attack on Nova Scotia’s SchoolsThe story behind 25 years of tumultuous change |
Nova Scotia’s public schools and their students have faced dramatic conflict and drastic change over the past 25 years. While critics charge that schools are failing kids, teachers have … | Grant Frost | 180 | 2020 | View |
![]() Weapons of Mass InstructionA Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling |
John Taylor Gatto’s Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and … | John Taylor Gatto | 241 | 2010 | View |
From ![]() Chapter 1A Disorder without a Name From: Somebodies and Nobodies |
Explores prejudice of society and the barriers created by the various "isms." Posits that -isms are the symptoms of the darker disease of "rankism." | Robert W. Fuller | 11 | 2004 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Foreward, Prefaces and IntroductionFrom: Freedom To Learn |
Not many teachers come to us with a well-formed idea of how students should respond to being in school. The ultimate goal of education is not only developmental and academic accomplishments, but … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 3 | 2018 | $0.30 Add |
From ![]() Foreword |
Defines Performance Indicators as they relate to universities and describes the effect these have had on the nature of universities, concludes that the effect is negative. Outlines arguments that … | Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau | 6 | 2002 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Foreword |
- | Grant Frost | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Campus Confidential |
Explains the reasoning behind writing this book and why this discussion is important to Canadian Society today and how the Universities effect the life’s of Canadians | Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Learning to Leave |
- | Michael Corbett | 34 | 2007 | $3.40 Add |