NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Miller, sj, Ed.; Burns, Leslie David, Ed.; Johnson, Tara Star, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
Bullying is a contemporary wildfire of a social problem that continues to burn, scar, and even kill U.S. schoolchildren on a daily basis. Not only do the targets of bullying suffer in their abilities to grow, learn and succeed; so do bystanders, and even the bullies themselves. "Generation BULLIED 2.0" details the nature of bullying as a…
Descriptors: Bullying, At Risk Students, Educational Environment, Stereotypes
Scherff, Lisa, Ed.; Spector, Karen, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
In "Culture, Relevance, and Schooling: Exploring Uncommon Ground," Lisa Scherff, Karen Spector, and the contributing authors conceive of culturally relevant and critically minded pedagogies in terms of opening up new spatial, discursive, and/or embodied learning terrains. Readers will traverse multiple landscapes and look into a variety of spaces…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Social Justice, Elementary School Science, Urban Youth
Weinberger, Jo, Ed.; Pickstone, Caroline, Ed.; Hannon, Peter, Ed. – Open University Press, 2005
The book comes out of a University research project that has worked closely with one local programme over five years from its beginning. Sure Start is a national government initiative that targets families with children aged up to the age of four in areas of social and economic disadvantage, to promote development so children are ready to thrive…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Child Care, Child Welfare, Child Safety