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Storying Learning in Early Childhood
When Children Lead Participatory Curriculum Design, Implementation, and Assessment©2015 Textbook -
Theological Content of the Christian Religious Studies Curriculum in Nigeria
Pastoral Theology in Secondary Schools©2020 Thesis -
Critical Praxis and Curriculum Guides
The Critical Praxis and Curriculum Guides is a curriculum-based series reflective of theory creating praxis. The series targets not only undergraduate and graduate audiences, but also tenured and experienced teachers of all disciplines. Research suggests that teachers need to have well-designed, thematic-centered curricula and lessons at their disposal. This is accomplished when the school works as a community to meet their own needs. Community in this sense includes working collaboratively with students, parents, and local community organizations to help build the curriculum. Practically, this means that time is devoted to professional development workshops, not exam reviews or test preparation pointers, but real learning. Together with administrators, teachers form professional learning communities (PLCs) to discuss, analyze, and revise curricula and share pedagogical strategies that meet the needs of their particular school demographics. This communal approach was found to be more successful than requiring each individual teacher to create lessons on her/his own. Ideally, we would love it if each teacher could create their own authentic lessons because only s/he truly knows her/his students and we encourage it, because it is possible! However, as educators ourselves, we understand the realities our colleagues in public schools face, especially when teaching in high needs areas. The Critical Praxis and Curriculum Guides provides relief for educators needing assistance in preparing their lessons. When possible, and in the spirit of communal practices, the series welcomes co-authored books by theorists and practitioners or solo-authored books by an expert deeply informed by the field. Because we strongly believe that theory guides our practice, each guide will blend theory and curriculum chapters creating a praxis. All, of course, in a critical pedagogical framework. Ultimately, the guides will serve as resources for teachers to use, expand upon, revise, and re-create.
13 publications
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Science Education as/for Sociopolitical Action
©2002 Textbook -
The Capability Approach and Early Childhood Education Curricula
An Investigation into Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices©2016 Thesis -
Teaching history to face the world today
Socially-conscious approaches, activity proposals and historical thinking competencies©2023 Edited Collection -
Digital Storytelling in Second and Foreign Language Teaching
©2020 Monographs -
Contents, Use, Usability
Dictionaries from the Perspective of a Translator and a Language Teacher©2019 Edited Collection -
Mapping the Pathways of Huayan Buddhist Thought
Its Origins, Unfolding, and Relevance©2022 Monographs -
American Learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language
The Speech Act of Refusal in Egyptian Arabic©2018 Monographs -
Paris in Architecture, Literature, and Art
©2018 Textbook -
Critical Pedagogy, Sexuality Education and Young People
Issues about Democracy and Active Citizenry©2018 Edited Collection -
Education policy: Mapping the landscape and scope
©2016 Edited Collection -
Grammar Growth in Child Second Language German
Investigating DP Development in an Immersion Setting©2015 Thesis -
Professional English in the European Context: The EHEA Challenge
©2010 Conference proceedings -
New Directions in LSP Teaching
©2007 Edited Collection -
Being Novice School Teachers in China
Concerns and Development in Knowledge, Skills, and Ethics©2023 Prompt -
American Public Education Law Primer
©2007 Textbook -
John Dewey Primer
©2006 Textbook -
Humanizing Collectivist Critical Pedagogy
Teaching the Humanities in Community College and Beyond©2024 Textbook -
Building, Maintaining, and Repairing Classroom Relationships
This Room of Earth and Sky©2019 Textbook