Classroom on the Road

Classroom on the Road

Author: Irina Gendelman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-14

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1793610894

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Classroom on the Road: Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel explores real-world, out-of-the-box examples of faculty-led student travel that challenge the dominant paradigms of conventional tourism. Contributors share teaching methods that can be adapted for a variety of university travel scenarios and encourage students to be responsible and thoughtful members of the global community who seek out valuable experiences in other cultures to go beyond the standard consumption of touristy clichés. Furthermore, this book contributes to existing discourse about travel by going beyond being “just” a tourist to become a person who impacts—and is impacted by—other cultures and the commensurate politics of place. Contributors discuss issues of cultural imperialism, economic disparity, and responsible travel that can help protect unique destinations from the homogenizing effects of global capitalism, encouraging respectful and responsible travel.


Managing Noncompliance and Defiance in the Classroom

Managing Noncompliance and Defiance in the Classroom

Author: Geoff Colvin

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 145227245X

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"Finally, a book derived from research but written with practical examples so teachers can better understand how to develop successful interventions for addressing noncompliance in the classroom." —Heather Peshak George, Assistant Professor University of South Florida "Colvin provides practical advice for addressing student noncompliance in ways that are easy to integrate into your classroom, school, and district." —Rachel Freeman, Associate Research Professor and Director Kansas Institute for Positive Behavior Support, University of Kansas "The book provides practical, easy-to-use, reproducible tools for assessing problem behaviors and developing effective intervention strategies. It is an excellent resource for creating a positive, safe, and productive learning environment." —Sylvia Martinez and Laura Zeff, District Behavior Specialists Los Angeles Unified School District, CA Reduce noncompliant behavior in the classroom with these proven strategies! By developing an in-depth understanding of noncompliant behavior, K–12 educators can help even the most troubled students learn to function cooperatively and respectfully in the classroom. Managing Noncompliance and Defiance in the Classroom offers a systematic approach to understanding and addressing the causes of misbehavior and disruptive conduct. Student behavior expert Geoff Colvin provides a clear process for identifying key factors that contribute to this challenging problem and presents a wealth of field-tested, evidence-based intervention strategies. This comprehensive road map provides readers with: Assessment tools for distinguishing between chronic noncompliance and intermittent misconduct Strategies for preventing escalation and classroom power struggles An easy-to-use chart that matches specific behaviors with proven interventions Guidelines for developing individual intervention plans Forms, checklists, and tables that can be adapted to specific needs Remove barriers to academic achievement by developing students who are cooperative and ready to learn.


Instructional Coaches and Classroom Teachers: Sharing the Road to Success

Instructional Coaches and Classroom Teachers: Sharing the Road to Success

Author: Cheryl Jones

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2008-04-14

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 142589139X

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Coaches and teachers alike will benefit from the research-based, classroom-tested coaching model discussed in this book. This unique look at instructional coaching as a team approach will give both coaches and teachers the tools they need to create a successful partnership and improve classroom instruction. 208pp.


The Road to Rebellion

The Road to Rebellion

Author: Scott G. McNall

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1988-03-08

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780226561264

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Index and bibliography included.


Street Data

Street Data

Author: Shane Safir

Publisher: Corwin

Published: 2021-02-12

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1071812661

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Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doing Education can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on "fixing" and "filling" academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ brilliance, cultural wealth, and intellectual potential. Street data reminds us that what is measurable is not the same as what is valuable and that data can be humanizing, liberatory and healing. By breaking down street data fundamentals: what it is, how to gather it, and how it can complement other forms of data to guide a school or district’s equity journey, Safir and Dugan offer an actionable framework for school transformation. Written for educators and policymakers, this book · Offers fresh ideas and innovative tools to apply immediately · Provides an asset-based model to help educators look for what’s right in our students and communities instead of seeking what’s wrong · Explores a different application of data, from its capacity to help us diagnose root causes of inequity, to its potential to transform learning, and its power to reshape adult culture Now is the time to take an antiracist stance, interrogate our assumptions about knowledge, measurement, and what really matters when it comes to educating young people.


The Class of '65

The Class of '65

Author: Jim Auchmutey

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 2015-03-31

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1610393554

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In the midst of racial strife, one young man showed courage and empathy. It took forty years for the others to join him Being a student at Americus High School was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper's life. Greg came from a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, whose members devoutly and publicly supported racial equality. When he refused to insult and attack his school's first black students in 1964, Greg was mistreated as badly as they were: harassed and bullied and beaten. In the summer after his senior year, as racial strife in Americus -- and the nation -- reached its peak, Greg left Georgia. Forty-one years later, a dozen former classmates wrote letters to Greg, asking his forgiveness and inviting him to return for a class reunion. Their words opened a vein of painful memory and unresolved emotion, and set him on a journey that would prove healing and saddening. The Class of '65 is more than a heartbreaking story from the segregated South. It is also about four of Greg's classmates -- David Morgan, Joseph Logan, Deanie Dudley, and Celia Harvey -- who came to reconsider the attitudes they grew up with. How did they change? Why, half a lifetime later, did reaching out to the most despised boy in school matter to them? This noble book reminds us that while ordinary people may acquiesce to oppression, we all have the capacity to alter our outlook and redeem ourselves.


Right of Way

Right of Way

Author: Angie Schmitt

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2020-08-27

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1642830836

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The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.


The Road to Academic Excellence

The Road to Academic Excellence

Author: Philip G. Altbach

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0821388061

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This book examines the experience of 11 universities in nine countries around the world that have grappled with the challenge of building successful research institutions in difficult circumstances and outlines key lessons of from this experience.