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Annual Editions: Education 09/10

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Annual Editions: Education 09/10

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This THIRTY-SIXTH EDITION of ANNUAL EDITIONS: EDUCATION provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an online instructor’s resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

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CliffsNotes Praxis II: Elementary Education (0011, 0012, 0014) (CliffsNotes AP)

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CliffsNotes Praxis II: Elementary Education (0011, 0012, 0014) (CliffsNotes AP)


Ok well I failed the Praxis II: Elementary education content knowledge 0014 3 times. I am taking this for the fourth time this weekend. Yes there were typos in this... but I have to say after reviewing the cliffnotes for this I slowly was remembering stuff from the test in this book. Highly recommend buying it. We will find out in a month if I pass it for the fourth time.

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Author:
  • Judy L. Paris
  • Jocelyn L. Paris
ISBN: 0470259566
Number Of Pages: 264
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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The book covers three individual Elementary Education tests, all under the Praxis II series:

0011: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment test

0012: Content Area Exercises

0014: Content Knowledge

The book includes subject review chapters and a full-length practice test for each subject assessment test.

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Praxis II
Great book. Sorry I bought it since I got one free at the dept of education in DC.

Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life

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While reading Education's End, I was reminded of a story (frequently attributed to Steven Covey) involving a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar set on a table, about a dozen fist-sized rocks, a bucket of gravel, a bucket of sand, and a pitcher of water. The speaker carefully places the rocks, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar is filled to the top and no more rocks will fit inside, he asks, "Is this jar full?" Usually, an audience says yes, but then the speaker successively adds buckets of gravel, sand, and water, each time impressing upon his audience the jar is not full. Finally, he explains the lesson from the demonstration: if you don't put in the big rocks first, you'll never fit them in.

Education's End by Anthony Kronman, former Dean of Yale Law School, is an excellent analysis--I highly recommend it--of a critical issue that affects the framework of American society. A thoughtfully planned and carefully balanced argument about the role of the humanities in education, Education's End exposes the current shortcomings in higher education. For Kronman, the big rocks--the things of value--in education are the questions: What is the meaning of life? How should we spend our time? How can we succeed in the art of living? For much of our history U.S. education included the big rocks; they were part of a college education. Today, this is no longer true.

Kronman reviews what he believes to be an unfortunate path traveled by higher education in the U.S., breaking down the regrettable history into three eras. First, during the antebellum era beginning with the opening of Harvard University, there was a focus on God, a Christian perspective, and an emphasis on "the ancient model of virtue and order." Second, during the era of secular humanism following the Civil War, there was a focus on family and country, and an emphasis on "modern ideas of individuality and creative freedom." And third, during our modern era, there is a focus on political correctness and the research ideal. The research ideal places an emphasis on research that restricts scholarship to a narrow field of specialization, and it requires publishing something new with the understanding that any contribution will be superseded.

Chapter 3 (The Research Ideal) is excellent, but Kronman is really just beginning his critique. In Chapter 4 (Political Correctness), he skillfully, but tactfully, slays the three-headed monster of modern political correctness: diversity, multiculturalism, and constructivism (post modernism). After explaining why the natural and social sciences are better able to survive in the current environment, he peels away the layers of misguided intentions that appear to support political correctness exposing the problems for the humanities. For example, discussing why multiculturalism is unacceptable, he explains how "an internal dialogue" carried on by each succeeding generation of thinkers and authors throughout western history offered a unique teaching opportunity that is unavailable in other cultures. Highlighting the weaknesses with each aspect of political correctness, Dean Kronman argues that the status quo short-changes teachers, denies students, and deprives society of a value previously enjoyed during the era of secular humanism.

Kronman's arguments are frequently understated, but this book is nothing less than an indictment of how the humanities are taught today: we prepare students for careers, but not for life. Also, he does more than just lament this failure today to ask the big questions. He blames the academy for abandoning a trust respected during the era of secular humanism that it carried forward until the 1960s, keeping alive a continuity--through the humanities--of teaching a curriculum that reached back to the classical era. He explains that this tradition of arts and letters continued a legacy that allowed students to see themselves as a participant in the "great conversation." As part of that squandered inheritance, Kronman notes the diminished role of the humanities in education today. In the past, humanity teachers felt qualified and confident enough to guide their students through questions about the meaning of life and about how to spend their lives. Unfortunately today few, if any, humanities professors feel it appropriate to ask or instruct on the big question.


Education\'s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life

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The question of what living is for—of what one should care about and why—is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and universities have expelled this question from their classrooms, judging it unfit for organized study. In this eloquent and carefully considered book, Tony Kronman explores why this has happened and calls for the restoration of life’s most important question to an honored place in higher education.

 

The author contrasts an earlier era in American education, when the question of the meaning of life was at the center of instruction, with our own times, when this question has been largely abandoned by college and university teachers.  In particular, teachers of the humanities, who once felt a special responsibility to guide their students in exploring the question of what living is for, have lost confidence in their authority to do so. And they have lost sight of the question itself in the blinding fog of political correctness that has dominated their disciplines for the past forty years.

 

Yet Kronman sees a readiness for change--a longing among teachers as well as students to engage questions of ultimate meaning. He urges a revival of the humanities’ lost tradition of studying the meaning of life through the careful but critical reading of great works of literary and philosophical imagination. And he offers here the charter document of that revival.

 

 



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Kaleidoscope: Readings in Education

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I've just started to read this book for one of my education classes. I love the insights that it shares with its readers. I am only beginning my career in education but am so fasinated with the many viewpoints and lessons to be learned. I feel it has been a very handy tool in assisting me with my classes. That is why I'd like to purchase this book.

Kaleidoscope: Readings in Education



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Author:
  • Kevin Ryan
  • James M. Cooper
Edition: 11
ISBN: 0618643621
Number Of Pages: 480
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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This comprehensive collection of high-interest readings drawn from a wide range of sources (contemporary, classic, academic, and popular) is designed to correlate with the goals of Introduction to Education and Foundations in Education courses. Accompanying pedagogical features, such as introductions, focus questions, post-reading notes, discussion questions, and a glossary, engage students and guide them in thinking critically about the readings. With 30 percent new readings, the Eleventh Edition provides current viewpoints on such important topics as classroom management, teacher salaries, accountability, standardized tests, sources of student diversity, gender equity, inclusion, multicultural education, and education of gifted and talented students.

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Thank you for the book. It was in great condition. It arrived on time too.


great!
I received the book right away! Thanks for shipping so quickly! In great condition too!


Helped me to secure an A in this one class
This book is very helpful for all the teachers....gives many learning tools needed in the classroom as well as information about teaching.

Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching (5th Edition)

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Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching (5th Edition)


I would definitely recommend buying from seller again. The book was in excellent condition, and the delivery was super fast. Thank you!

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Author: James A. Banks
Edition: 5
ISBN: 0205461034
Number Of Pages: 384
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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This textbook gives students a strong background in the conceptual, theoretical, and philosophical issues in multicultural education.

Cultural Diversity and Education is designed to help pre-service and in-service educators clarify the philosophical and definitional issues related to pluralistic education, derive a clarified philosophical position, design and implement effective teaching strategies that reflect ethnic and cultural diversity, and prepare sound guidelines for multicultural programs and practices. This book describes actions that educators can take to institutionalize educational programs and practices related to ethnic and cultural diversity.

Dr. Banks has been the leading authority in the field of multicultural education for 30 years. This text provides students with a sound understanding of the conceptual, theoretical, historical, and philosophical issues in multicultural education, as well as curriculum and teaching strategies that can be used in the classroom.



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The book was in perfect condition and even with the hurrican I recieved my book in good time.

Physical Education and Health Study Guide: Practice and Review

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I found the guide to be a little more vague than other study guides that I've purchased. The other guides included summarized chapters with the information. I was expecting more of the same from the ETS guide. It is basically an outline with example questions. To find it useful, you will need to purchase additional text or have a background in the subject. In that case, it would be very helful and I would increase the rating.

Physical Education and Health Study Guide: Practice and Review

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Complete with a targeted review of all the material on the selected Praxis exam in addition to a full-length practice test, these test preparation guides are written by the makers of the real tests. Thorough explanations of the answers are provided and helpful test-taking strategies are found throughout the guide. The three categories of assessments covered correspond to the three milestones in teacher development-academic skills assessment, subject assessment, and classroom performance assessment. Reflecting the rigorous and carefully validated nature of the exams, these guides provide beginning teachers the information needed to succeed.

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Introduction to Research in Education

Posted on February 11th, 2009 in Education Textbooks Reviews | 2 Comments »


Again this purchase was made for my husband as I have preciviously stated before. In fact he has two of these books. He is a retired teacher and is in end-renal failure and he works with other dialysis patients while he is at the clinic.

Introduction to Research in Education



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Author:
  • Donald Ary
  • Lucy Cheser Jacobs
  • Asghar Razavieh
  • Christine K. Sorensen
Edition: 8
ISBN: 0495601225
Number Of Pages: 696
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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Become a more competent consumer and producer of research with INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN EDUCATION, 8th Edition! Known for its exceptionally clear writing style and comprehensive coverage, this research methods guide helps you master the basic competencies necessary to understand and evaluate the research of others. The authors familiarize you with common research problems in a step-by-step manner through examples that clarify complex concepts supported by strong end-of-chapter exercises. This book is a must-read for anyone planning to conduct research or interpret the research of others.

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Book review
I bought the book new, the price was good and the book met my expectations.


great!
The book was in great condition and arrived quickly. I was pleased with my order.


Intro to Research in Ed
The book itself is quality. However, I was told it was "Like new" when it was not. The book I received had some highlighting and the pages were barely attached as the binding was separating. I was not overly impressed with it.

Philosophical Documents in Education (3rd Edition)

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Philosophical Documents in Education (3rd Edition)


If you are looking for a resource concerning educational philosophy, you will find what you are looking for in this little book.

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Author:
  • Tony W. Johnson
  • Ronald F. Reed
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0205553842
Number Of Pages: 336
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

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Philosophical Documents in Education, 3/e masterfully argues that students can better understand and practice their profession by reading, contemplating, and discussing the great philosophic tradition in education.  An edited anthology of 18 primary source materials in educational philosophy, this book provides a wide range of both historical and contemporary viewpoints.  Works by philosophers of numerous perspectives–-including Catharine Macaulay, Hannah Arendt, Cornel West, Maxine Greene, Paulo Freire, Kieran Egan, Jane Roland Martin, and Parker J. Palmer–-expose readers to philosophical views from diverse populations and convictions.  With fresh perspectives, a comprehensive and contextualizing introduction, and updated pedagogy including revised timelines and new chapter questions, this revered resource is more vital than ever for today's teachers.

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Quick survey for educators
This is a fine attempt at a survey of philosophical ideas behind Western educational systems. The editors have chosen a few exemplars of philosophers from ancient Greece through modern day constructivist American educational philosophers. Especially praiseworthy is the inclusion of women authors in the third version, although at the expense of such thinkers as Richard Rorty, Vygotsky, and Hegel.

The introductions for each philosopher are succinct, and the questions at the end of each chapter can be used in the classroom for discussion. In this regard, the book is well-suited as an introductory textbook.

Many of the excerpts, however, are exceedingly short and do not present much depth or flavor of each philosopher's thought. For readers with a background in philosophy, this is a sip of water when a glass is desired. Students of education, however, may find it adequate as a quick beginning to the topic. However, I strongly recommend additional readings be included in any serious course on the philosophy of education.

Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods, Fifth Edition

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Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods, Fifth Edition


I use this book as a required text in my qualitative research methods course, but my only fault with it is that it's only available in hardback, and too expensive for students. I wish this text were available in paperback.

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Author:
  • Robert Bogdan
  • Sari Knopp Biklen
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 0205482937
Number Of Pages: 320
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Original Language: English
Published: English

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This concise, applied, and very clearly written introduction to qualitative research methods can be used effectively in a semester, or year-long course. The purpose of this introductory-level text is to provide the reader with a background for understanding the uses of qualitative research in education to examine its theoretical and historical underpinnings, and to provide the “how-to's” of doing qualitative research. This new edition places qualitative research within current debates about research methods and alternative ways of knowing. While the authors approach the subject from a sociological perspective, they also take care to reflect the many changes in conceptualization of qualitative research brought by post-structural and feminist thought.



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Helpful
For the person about to start a major research paper- this outlines the do's and don'ts of research! A great start. Easy to read, clear examples and sound advice.


Research book review
I think this book is great for the qualitative researcher. Very basic and easy to follow.

Foundations of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism

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Baker's "Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism" is the MUST-HAVE definitive guide to bilingualism for anyone who is interested in the topic. The guide is a comprehensive guide to second language acquisition, bilingualism and cognition, language policy, bilingual education research, and anything else you ever wanted to know about bilingual education. This book would also be helpful to anyone who is interested in the study of second language acquisition, as well as the education of English learners. This book is the best book I ever read about bilingual education.

Foundations of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism



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Author: Colin Baker
Edition: 4
ISBN: 185359864X
Number Of Pages: 492
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Original Language: English
Published: English

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The fourth edition of this best-selling book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. Written as an introductory text from a cross-disciplinary perspective, 19 chapters cover individual and societal issues in minority and majority languages.

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Great Book
I really like this book. It was very informative and very easy to understand. The author did a great job using many examples from different bilingual schools in the world.


BCLAD Takers, do take a look!
I will be taking BCLAD for languages other than English Test IV. This book is a good study guide. Do also download the test guide from cset official web site. You shall find answers in this book to the guide. If not, check on the internet for additional info. Good luck to all!


Foundations of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism)
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Good conditions
The book was a new copy, so it arrived in a good state. The shipment was also very fast.