The very act of teaching is political, and political movements, particularly the successful ones, are perpetuated, to one degree or another, by both scholars and activists. Indeed, as noted critical educator Michael Apple reminds us, ...
The main paradigm that Kuhn appeared to take most issue with was the positivists, or those scientists who subscribed to the belief that all content in scientific knowledge is explicitly expressible. To Kuhn, this was more than just an ...
Beginning with the claim that the field of educating individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder is hyper focused on behavior analytic methodologies, Eric Shyman proffers a polemic in support of comprehensive educational approaches including ...
Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning.
The book is intended to create a backdrop to deepen conversations with and between teachers and administrators on topics that are often avoided or devalued in the contemporary education discourse.
Drawing on historical, legislative, and philosophical references, this book builds the case for including individuals with exceptionalities in general education classrooms as a matter of social justice and civil rights.
Addresses the basics of inclusive education for students with exceptionalities in general education classrooms from the perspective of social justice, scholarship-activism, and as a matter of civil rights. --From publisher description.
Reclaiming Our Children,Reclaiming our Schools offers both a comprehensive censure of the current corporate interest in privatizing public schooling as well as a framework for attaining meaningful education reform based in democracy and the ...