WHAT -- AND HOW -- SHOULD WE BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN?<P>In The Disciplined Mind, Howard Gardner, the brilliant educator who revolutionized our thinking with his theory of multiple intelligences, offers a controversial and far-reaching work on the goals of education. His argument -- aimed at parents, educators, and the general public alike -- is that K-12 education should enhance a deep understanding of three principles: truth, beauty, and ...

Why? Because this essential resource helps them not only face a vast array of challenges, but also to flourish within the vital elements of communication, collaboration, and decision making. Building School Communities helps principals learn to nurture themselves while creating a school that embraces the community. Helpful sidebars and checklists make perfect handouts and/or overheads for professional development seminars. ...

<P>According to Edward Pauly, education reformers have looked everywhere except the classroom, where education really takes place. Drawing on in-depth interviews, this brilliant book shows that, more than anything else, it is the give-and-take between students and teachers that determines what is actually taught and learned. ...

The Death of Character is a broad historical, sociological, and cultural inquiry into the moral life and moral education of young Americans based upon a huge empirical study of the children themselves. The children's thoughts and concerns -- expressed here in their own words -- shed a whole new light on what we can expect from moral education. Targeting new theories of education and the prominence of psychology over moral instruction, Hunter ...

This is the classic work on the Waldorf kindergarten. Heydebrand worked with Rudolf Steiner at the first Waldorf School, and her book contains a wealth of insights about working with preschoolers. ...

One of the most crucial controversies in educational circles today involves the practice of "tracking", or grouping students by ability from the early grades onward. Because the tests that are used to measure "ability" turn out to be a better measure of privilege or deprivation than of innate intelligence, underprivileged children are consistently relegated to the "slow track". Forced into a self-fulfilling and racist prophecy, they must contend ...

Introduces various cultures and people from around the world with native recipes, music, games, and activities. ...

Over 700 child-tested activities from a variety of teaching systems, are included in this overflowing encyclopedia of projects, games, and activities. Language and artistic skills, musical and physical awareness, and science and social studies are some of the subjects addressed. While dancing, singing, cutting, and pasting, the children will be so busy having fun, they won't realize they are learning! ...

'Bilingual Education: A Dialogue With The Bakhtin Circle' is the first book to make a connection between bilingual education and the theories of the Bakhtin Circle. The analysis is focused on language as a social entity from the perspective of Bakhtinian dialogic existence. The author includes a discussion of critical / radical pedagogy connected to Paulo Freire's dialogic pedagogy. Also addressed are the major laws and policies of bilingual ...

Being prepared in China, says one researcher, can mean "the difference between a headache and a productive day". Acclaimed by readers, this friendly and practical volume - now updated with important new information - offers all the details academic and other visitors need to make long-term stays in China productive, comfortable, and fun. Academic opportunities in the PRC have greatly increased in recent years. China Bound provides an overview of ...