Making Our World: The Hacker and Maker Movements in Context describes and situates the political, historical, national, and organizational elements of hacking and making. Hackers and makers are often
Making Our World: The Hacker and Maker Movements in Context describes and situates the political, historical, national, and organizational elements of hacking and making. Hackers and makers are often
Monster: Distortion, Abstraction, and Originality in Contemporary American Poetry argues that memorable and resonant poetry often distorts form, image, concept, and notions of truth and metaphor. Disc
The book brings together sociolinguistic, neurolinguistic, and educational perspectives on language acquisition and learning in the classroom and at home. First and second language acquisition studies
This volume contains 18 new and updated essays on alternatives to testing and grading in schools, addressing the historical, theoretical, and philosophical arguments against testing and grading and ex
Editors Bogucki and Deckert present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of academic articles and scholarly essays investigating the developing genre of audiovisual translation and t
Editors Mitchell, Soria, Daniele, and Gipson present students, academics, researchers, general-interest readers, and educational and other professionals with a collection of academic essays and articl
Scholars of education, physical and mental health, and other disciplines explore how and why suffering can be pedagogical in character and how it is often key to authentic and meaningful acts of teach
Researchers in communications and related disciplines from Africa and Malaysia as well as the US and Europe offer both theoretical and empirical perspectives on discourse and identity in modern societ
English Teaching and New Literacies Pedagogy: Interpreting and Authoring Digital Multimedia Narratives is about the fusion of media and narrative, and explores theoretical and practical dimensions of
Sociolinguists explore the interface between language policy mechanisms and practices in educational and additional sites, and examine the ways individuals experience multilingualism and mobility in t
The 17 papers fall into the broad categories of language system and language use, text and context, methods of teaching and research, and language attitudes and sociolinguistics. Specific topics inclu
Reimagining Education Reform and Innovation provides scholars and laymen with an assortment of theoretical and practical perspectives for questioning contemporary practices and forging new methods of
The anthology illuminates often neglected and forgotten and seldom appreciated women critics, directors, and writers in Shakespearean studies and performance. The topics include Shakespeare and the un
Historians and scholars of language and literature assess the characteristics, similarities and differences, trends, and consequences of totalitarian and authoritarian discourses in countries around t
In this collection of recent linguistic research, international contributors present the latest perspectives on sounds and spellings, words and phrases, conjunctions and clauses, dialects and their re
These eight essays wrangle over questions of gender and emotion, and include articles on well-being and psychopathology, the brain, and present and past social interactions. Topics include a psycholog
This collection offers new perspectives on the connections between politics, identity and representation in art and poetry in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain and Europe. Contributions
This work for pre- and in-service educators, administrators, and students in education shows the scope of bullying in schools and offers recommendations on preventing and combating bullying and creati
At first it might appear that everything that can be said about Romeo and Juliet, and then Sause (English and Didactics, U. of Oldenburg, Germany) comes along and reopens concepts of love, death and f
"Religion, Law, and the Present Water Crisis documents current and impending global water shortages and opposes policies of commodification and privatization of water ownership by multinational water
In this text for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in health communication, and practitioners in health promotion, health education, and health marketing, Johnson and Case (com
Globalisms and Power examines the effects neoliberal globalization is having on Spanish and Portuguese educational and curriculum policies and practices. The book dissects the nexus between globalizat
Lands of Desire and Loss develops an interdisciplinary approach connecting the literary and geographical imagination which shape British perception and representation of colonial and postcolonial spac
Rich and Lay (writing studies and composition, Hofstra U.) compile 14 essays aimed at composition theorists, teachers, and administrators on the past and present status of writing studies and their ro
This book documents and analyzes transnational research on youth media production and distribution projects both in and out of school. With comprehensive theoretical analyses, notes, and bibliographie
This multidisciplinary anthology edited by Tillis (African and African American studies, Dartmouth College) examines Blackness and the construction of national and racial identity and ambivalence in t
Creatively and rigorously blending historical research and contemporary data from various disciplines, this book cogently and comprehensively illustrates the problems and opportunities the American na
Education scholars Torres (language, literacy, and culture) and Reyes (early childhood and bilingual education, both New Mexico State U.) argue that the increasing universality and standardization of
Instructors and students in communications, education, and similar fields consider the future of critical theory and cultural theory in the context of changing communication and entertainment technolo
Twenty-six American academics and consultants contribute 14 chapters examining educational administration and leadership within the complex social, political, and community contexts that inform and in
Policy action is driven, shaped and regulated by the ways in which cognitive frames and interests shape and define issues and analyses - and the involvement of particular authorities, experts, problem
Researchers and practitioners in education and related disciplines such as language and psychology explain how they and their colleagues bring a cultural practice perspective to the leaning and develo
For students and teachers of critical pedagogy, and others interested in environmental studies and sustainability education, Kahn (educational foundations and research, U. of North Dakota) presents th
Mullins (crime, delinquency, and corrections; Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale) and Rothe (criminology, Old Dominion U., Virginia) explore the causes, nature, and dynamics of genocides, war crimes, and
Epaphroditus was a Greek teacher and grammarian and slave of rich Romans during the era of Nero. German classicist Braswell and Billerbeck (Greek and Latin languages and literature, U. of Fribourg, Sw
Taylor (curriculum and teaching, Montclair State U.) and her contributors believe whole language teaching is alive and well, and its practitioners are significant political and social activists commit
This theological and exegetical monograph is an invaluable reference work and textbook for all theological seminaries and Christian religious departments of universities worldwide. Pastors and virtual
Scholars of religion and religious education offer practicing and student teachers and researchers in education insights into the spiritual lives of students, and suggest how schools can and should no
As Jacobs (Colgate U.) describes Aristotle's questions about such topics as nature and teleology, perception and cognition, happiness and rational activity, the link between virtue and pleasure, and h
