Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
About the Book Series
This series focuses on studies of public and private institutions, the media, and academic disciplines that contribute to educating--in the broadest sense--students and the general public. The series welcomes volumes with multicultural perspectives, diverse interpretations, and a range of political points of view from conservative to critical. Books accepted for publication in this series will be written for an academic audience and, in some cases, also for use as supplementary readings in graduate and undergraduate courses.
Topics to be addressed in this series include, but are not limited to, sociocultural, political, and historical studies of
Local, state, national, and international educational systems
Elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities
Public institutions of education such as museums, libraries, and foundations
Computer systems and software as instruments of public education
The popular media as forms of public education
Content areas within the academic study of education, such as curriculum and instruction, psychology, and educational technology
Reclaiming Education for Democracy: Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind
1st Edition
By Paul Shaker, Elizabeth E. Heilman
June 13, 2008
Reclaiming Education for Democracy subjects the prophets and doctrines of educational neoliberalism to scrutiny in order to provide a rationale and vision for public education beyond the limits of No Child Left Behind. The authors combine a history of recent education policy with an in- depth ...
Minority Status, Oppositional Culture, & Schooling
1st Edition
Edited
By John U. Ogbu
February 15, 2008
This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu’s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the past decade. The theory and empirical foundation of Ogbu’s scholarship, which some have mistakenly reduced to the "acting white hypothesis," is fully...
Knowledge & Power in the Global Economy: The Effects of School Reform in a Neoliberal/Neoconservative Age
2nd Edition
Edited
By David Gabbard
October 04, 2007
The second edition of Knowledge and Power in the Global Economy examines how neoliberal and neoconservative policies are working in tandem to privatize and commercialize public schools. It looks at how these policies and the agendas behind them have impacted the internal dynamics of school ...
Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Confucianism to Human Rights
3rd Edition
By Joel Spring
September 19, 2007
In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal is to explore how governments use education to control ...
The Intersection of Cultures: Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy
4th Edition
By Joel Spring
September 12, 2007
The Intersection of Cultures: Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy, Fourth Edition offers a unique, problem-solving approach to the complex issues involved in educating culturally and linguistically diverse students. Perfect for any course devoted wholly or in ...
A New Paradigm for Global School Systems: Education for a Long and Happy Life
1st Edition
By Joel Spring
February 22, 2007
This volume—a major new contribution to Joel Spring’s reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education—offers a new paradigm for global school systems. Education for global economic competition is the prevailing goal of most national school systems. Spring...
Invisible Children in the Society and Its Schools
3rd Edition
Edited
By Sue Books
September 11, 2006
The authors in this book use the metaphors of invisibility and visibility to explore the social and school lives of many children and young people in North America whose complexity, strengths, and vulnerabilities are largely unseen in the society and its schools. These “invisible children&...
Pedagogies of Globalization: The Rise of the Educational Security State
1st Edition
By Joel Spring
March 13, 2006
In this ground-breaking book, Joel Spring examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in the integration of education and economic planning in modern economic security states.In the twenty-first century, ...
Universities and Globalization: To Market, To Market
1st Edition
By Ravinder Kaur Sidhu
November 23, 2005
Universities and Globalization: To Market, To Market examines the operations of power and knowledge in international education under conditions of globalization, with a focus on the three biggest exporters of higher education--the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. An ...
Teaching Social Foundations of Education: Contexts, Theories, and Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Dan W. Butin
March 17, 2005
This book, the first comprehensive, critical examination of the theory and pedagogy of the field of social foundations of education and its relevance and role within teacher education:*Articulates central questions in the field--such as "What is social foundations?"; "Is there a social ...
Critical Social Issues in American Education: Democracy and Meaning in a Globalizing World
3rd Edition
Edited
By H. Svi Shapiro, David E. Purpel
July 16, 2004
This text-reader brings together powerful readings that critically situate issues of education in the context of the major cultural, moral, political, economic, ecological, and spiritual crises that confront us as a nation and a global community. It provides a focus and a conceptual framework for ...
Poverty and Schooling in the U.S.: Contexts and Consequences
1st Edition
By Sue Books
May 25, 2004
Poverty is an educational issue because it affects children's physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Especially in current times, taken-for-granted ideas about poverty and poor children must be scrutinized and reconsidered. That is the goal of this book. Poverty and Schooling in the U.S.: ...