This thesis examines and analyses a number of depictions of Queen Elizabeth I in film and television between 1939 and 1998 and how they reflect gender issues of the 20th century women’s movement. In using representations of Elizabeth I as a case study, I apply both historical an…
This study sought to explore and explain how boys, girls, teachers, and principals "do gender" in Islamic schools in the United States. The goal is to seek plausible explanations of how boys and girls interact formally and informally during the day, how they create differences, …
Was kommt nach dem Menschen? In Donna Haraways Büchern wimmelt es von Cyborgs, Primaten, Hunden und Tauben. Die Grenze zwischen Mensch und Maschine sowie zwischen Mensch und Tier verschwimmt. In ihrem neuen grossen Buch ruft die feministische Theoretikerin das Zeitalter des Chth…
Diversity has been a focus of higher education policy, law, and scholarship for decades, continually expanding to include not only race, ethnicity and gender, but also socioeconomic status, sexual and political orientation, and more. However, existing collections still tend to f…
The "Flynn effect" is a surprising finding, identified by James R. Flynn, that iq test scores have significantly increased from one generation to the next over the past century. Flynn now brings us an exciting new book which aims to make sense of this rise in iq scores and consi…
This collection of 58 articles from the recently-published third edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education focuses on learning, memory, attention, problem solving, concept formation, and language. Learning and cognition is the foundation of cognitive psychology and …
This collection brings together many of the world's leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educatio…
"This book shows how teachers can further their art by considering both pedagogy and andragogy in light of the each other, specifically in the modern classroom, highlighting the future possibilities opened by technology when teachers are not bound by the constraints of tradition…
"This book shows how teachers can further their art by considering both pedagogy and andragogy in light of the each other, specifically in the modern classroom, highlighting the future possibilities opened by technology when teachers are not bound by the constraints of tradition…
This book presents an ethnographic study of the experiences of teenage boys in an Australian high school. It follows a group of thirteen to fifteen year olds over a period of more than two years, and seeks to understand why so many boys say they hate school yet enjoy being with …
Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in this eye-opening, controversial book, "deanlets"--Administrators and st…
