"Leisure Matters: Exploring Leisure in a Changing World" follows in the footsteps of the three previous editions of the book--"Mapping the Past, Charting the Future" (1989), "Leisure Studies: Prospects for the Twenty-First Century" (1999), and "Leisure Matters: The State and Future of Leisure Studies"…

A number of scholars within the social sciences and the humanities have elaborated on the cultural and psychological dimensions of living through social, economic and political crises. Still, developments during the last decade have created an awareness that something fundamental of the human condition is at stake, especially for the young…

Discover a brand-new perspective on how education will help us build the future with "Lifelong Learning -- Education for the Future World." This book provides fresh insights into top-of-the-line strategies and developing trends while delving deep into a variety of future perspectives on lifelong learning and the use of technology within…

This edited volume serves as a guide for creating a more equitable future for our communities through the collaborative efforts of higher education institutions and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's national Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation™ (TRHT) efforts. It highlights the work of the American Association of Colleges and Universities…

"Lobby Activism: Feminism(s) + Art Education is" the scholarly examination of a decade (2008-2018) of feminist activism by 45 contributors. This anthology provides both a history of the annual lobby activism events of the National Art Education Association Women's Caucus (NAEA WC) and of the resulting pathways toward eradicating gender…

Educational leaders confront instances of inequity every day, whether they are aware of it or not. Many find themselves inadequately reacting to such issues due in part to traditional preparation programs that fail to interrogate the existence and impact of systems of oppression. Why is naming and tackling inequity not at the forefront of every…

This book examines what a scholar looks and feels like in contemporary times. It suggests that scholars are more than people employed as academics and discusses how different world ideologies, cultures and systems view their scholars and how they might be considered in the changing and challenging nature of higher education. The book includes…

Posthumanism has seen a surge across the humanities and offers a unique perspective, seeking to illuminate the role that more-than-human actors (e.g., affect, artifacts, objects, flora, fauna, other materials) play in the human experience . This book challenges the field of social studies education to think differently about the precarious status…

"We Hold These Truths: Dismantling Racial Hierarchies, Building Equitable Communities" describes the work of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at colleges and universities across the country to dismantle the tools that perpetuate oppression and entrenched racial hierarchies. By creating positive narratives…

Beyond the commonplace inequalities that many minoritized youth face in the United States, the post-Trump contemporary moment has created rampant racialized material and symbolic violence occurring against Latinx, immigrant and undocumented immigrant, Asian American, and African American populations. "Race Frames in Education" advances…

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the core disciplines, and contemporary concerns, that inform the study of education in Aotearoa. As a collection, the work provides a critical account of education policy trajectories and speculates on their limits and possibilities in the changing social and political landscape of Aotearoa New…

This book contributes to understanding research approaches for studying multilingualism in the context of contemporary superdiversity, in environments that are being dramatically transformed by transnational migration and movement of peoples. It explores language in urban contexts: the city as a site for experimentation and creativity in language…

Effective collaboration around knowledge management and organizational learning is a key contributor to improving the impact of international development work for the world's most vulnerable people. But how can it be proven? With only 10 years from the target date for the Sustainable Development Goals, nine of the world's most influential agencies…

"Learning for a Co-operative World" traces the remarkable growth of co-operative education over the decades and critically evaluates its forms today, the implications for formal and informal learning, and its potential for the future. It considers key elements of co-operative education and learning across the age range and in diverse…

These stories from art educators highlight how art and visual culture can bridge learning with lived experience. Written "by" and "for" art educators from all backgrounds and contexts, this volume offers guidance for expanding students' opportunities to critically examine current events, histories, and cultural assumptions in…