ISBN: 9780415266185

Paperback / softback. New. How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor… More...

Paperback / softback. New. How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in Richmond, Virginia-one in the city and the other in the suburbs. Ryan shows how court rulings in the 1970s, limiting the scope of desegregation, laid the groundwork for the sharp disparities between urban and suburban public schools that persist to this day. The Supreme Court, in accord with the wishes of the Nixon administration, allowed the suburbs to lock nonresidents out of their school systems. City schools, whose student bodies were becoming increasingly poor and black, simply received more funding, a measure that has proven largely ineffective, while the independence (and superiority) of suburban schools remained sacrosanct. Weaving together court opinions, social science research, and compelling interviews with students, teachers, and principals, Ryan explains why all the major education reforms since the 1970s-including school finance litigation, school choice, and the No Child Left Behind Act-have failed to bridge the gap between urban and suburban schools and have unintentionally entrenched segregation by race and class. As long as that segregation continues, Ryan forcefully argues, so too will educational inequality. Ryan closes by suggesting innovative ways to promote school integration, which would take advantage of unprecedented demographic shifts and an embrace of diversity among young adults. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written by one of the nation's leading education law scholars, Five Miles Away, A World Apart ties together, like no other book, a half-century's worth of education law and politics into a coherent, if disturbing, whole. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered why our schools are so unequal and whether there is anything to be done about it., 6, New. What is mentoring? What makes a teacher a mentor? From Teaching to Mentoring is an argument for the power, practicality and the basic good of a simple educational idea. The authors advocate a sound, comprehensive and lifelong education, shifting the emphasis of the learning process to the needs of the student. Whilst heeding traditional criteria of educational excellence, they ask for profound educational and political transformations: * Teachers become collaborative inquirers with their students * Students become skilled and lifelong independent learners * Academic institutions become learning communities embracing the full diversity of human curiosity and experience. The book covers discussion on what mentoring is, and why it is now so much in demand. It details the distinctive features of mentoring, including asking questions, students' reflections and responses and collaborative curriculum planning. Drawing upon two decades of extensive research and practice, and using a variety of illuminating case studies, the authors offer a stimulating and thorough examination of mentoring. This combination of theory and practice will be invaluable to anyone involved in the teaching of adults in further and higher education, as well as university administrators, programme directors and developing and training officers., 6<

2003, ISBN: 9780415266185

Routledge, Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-11-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Pädagogische Berufe, Nach Berufszweigen, Berufs- & Fachschulbücher, Schule & Lernen, Ka… More...

Routledge, Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-11-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Pädagogische Berufe, Nach Berufszweigen, Berufs- & Fachschulbücher, Schule & Lernen, Kategorien, Bücher, Politikwissenschaft, Politik & Geschichte, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Routledge, 2003<

2003, ISBN: 9780415266185

Routledge, Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-11-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Pädagogische Berufe, Nach Berufszweigen, Berufs- & Fachschulbücher, Schule & Lernen, Ka… More...

Routledge, Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-11-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.75 kg, Pädagogische Berufe, Nach Berufszweigen, Berufs- & Fachschulbücher, Schule & Lernen, Kategorien, Bücher, Politikwissenschaft, Politik & Geschichte, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Routledge, 2003<