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Doing Democracy
Youth Citizenship Education in "Third Places"
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CA$41.95
ISBN: 9780776641751
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
In Quebec, we observe the existence of an ecosystem of social spaces where, outside formal civic education programs, young people have the opportunity to learn how to participate in democratic life. This book brings together seven case studies documenting these young people’s experiences of citizenship education. The research behind this book is based on an ethnographic approach, and was carried out in collaboration with seven organizations. The result of an original conceptual and methodological approach, this book will be of interest to the world of research, practice, community and youth policy.
Doing Democracy
Youth Citizenship Education in "Third Places"
Price:
CA$71.95
ISBN: 9780776641744
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
In Quebec, we observe the existence of an ecosystem of social spaces where, outside formal civic education programs, young people have the opportunity to learn how to participate in democratic life. This book brings together seven case studies documenting these young people’s experiences of citizenship education. The research behind this book is based on an ethnographic approach, and was carried out in collaboration with seven organizations. The result of an original conceptual and methodological approach, this book will be of interest to the world of research, practice, community and youth policy.
Ecologizing Education
Nature-Centered Teaching for Cultural Change
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CA$49.95
ISBN: 9781501774713
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Ecologizing Education explores how we can reenvision education to meet the demands of an unjust and rapidly changing world. Going beyond "green" schooling programs that aim only to shape behavior, Sean...
Dropping In
What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development
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CA$124.00
ISBN: 9781625347169
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
The die-hard local skateboarders of Franklin Skatepark-a group of working-class, Latino and white young men in the rural Midwest-are typically classified by schools and society as "struggling," "at-risk,"...
Dropping In
What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development
Price:
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781625347152
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
The die-hard local skateboarders of Franklin Skatepark-a group of working-class, Latino and white young men in the rural Midwest-are typically classified by schools and society as "struggling," "at-risk,"...
Representing Blackness
The Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum
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CA$47.95
ISBN: 9789766409197
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: University of the West Indies Press
Dr Donna E. McFarlane Curator and Director of the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum (2003–2017) carefully reconstructs the history of Jamaica’s museums, and the world of new museum studies...
The Object's the Thing
The Writings of Yorke Edwards, a Pioneer of Heritage Interpretation in Canada
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780772678515
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: Royal BC Museum
Almost everyone who has visited a Canadian park or museum has been touched by the legacy of Yorke Edwards—"the father of nature interpretation in Canada"—but few know his name.
Transformative Learning
Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College
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CA$22.99
ISBN: 9780865719521
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Transformative Learning presents a "learn-by-doing" pedagogy informed by ecology and developed over thirty years at Schumacher College that integrates head, heart, and hands into multi-disciplinary education for living in harmony with others and the Earth.
When Kids Rule the School
The Power and Promise of Democratic Education
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CA$19.99
ISBN: 9780865719040
Pub Date: May 2019
Imprint: New Society Publishers
When Kids Rule the School is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of democratic schooling, where kids practice life in a self-governed school society: empowered as voters, bound by laws, challenged by choice, supported by community, and driven by nature.
Awakening Democracy through Public Work
Pedagogies of Empowerment
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780826522184
Pub Date: November 2018
Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
Citizens as co-creators, builders of communities and democracy, not simply voters and volunteers
The Earth Memory Compass
Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century
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CA$94.95
ISBN: 9780700626908
Pub Date: October 2018
Applies the Diné intellectual process of the Four Sacred Directions, Navajo language, ethnohistory, and cultural history to understand the changes in Navajo educational experiences of the last century.
The Earth Memory Compass
Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780700626915
Pub Date: October 2018
Applies the Diné intellectual process of the Four Sacred Directions, Navajo language, ethnohistory, and cultural history to understand the changes in Navajo educational experiences of the last century.
Building Kids' Citizenship Through Community Engagement
Price:
CA$71.45
ISBN: 9781433135187
Pub Date: November 2017
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
Building Kids’ Citizenship Through Community Engagement offers a compelling, empirically-based argument for giving young people opportunities to grow through productive involvement with their local community.
Why Afterschool Matters
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CA$48.95
ISBN: 9780813584935
Pub Date: December 2016
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Offering an in-depth and long-term examination of how extracurricular activities impact the lives of disadvantaged youth, Why Afterschool Matters tracks ten Mexican American students who participated in the same afterschool program. Discovering that participation in the program was life-changing for some students, yet had only a minimal effect on others, sociologist Ingrid A. Nelson investigates the factors behind these very different outcomes. Though it focuses on a single program, this book's findings have major implications for education policy nationwide.
Why Afterschool Matters
Price:
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9780813584942
Pub Date: December 2016
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Offering an in-depth and long-term examination of how extracurricular activities impact the lives of disadvantaged youth, Why Afterschool Matters tracks ten Mexican American students who participated in the same afterschool program. Discovering that participation in the program was life-changing for some students, yet had only a minimal effect on others, sociologist Ingrid A. Nelson investigates the factors behind these very different outcomes. Though it focuses on a single program, this book's findings have major implications for education policy nationwide.
One Child Reading
My Auto-Bibliography
Price:
CA$47.99
ISBN: 9781772121476
Pub Date: June 2016
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
A significant and unique contribution to our understanding of reading, readers, and literacy development.
Doing Democracy
Youth Citizenship Education in "Third Places"
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9780776641751
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Doing Democracy
Youth Citizenship Education in "Third Places"
CA$71.95
ISBN: 9780776641744
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Ecologizing Education
Nature-Centered Teaching for Cultural Change
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9781501774713
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Dropping In
What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development
CA$124.00
ISBN: 9781625347169
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
Dropping In
What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781625347152
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
Representing Blackness
The Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9789766409197
Pub Date: December 2022
Imprint: University of the West Indies Press
The Object's the Thing
The Writings of Yorke Edwards, a Pioneer of Heritage Interpretation in Canada
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780772678515
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: Royal BC Museum
Transformative Learning
Reflections on 30 Years of Head, Heart, and Hands at Schumacher College
CA$22.99
ISBN: 9780865719521
Pub Date: May 2021
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Transformative Learning presents a "learn-by-doing" pedagogy informed by ecology and developed over thirty years at Schumacher College that integrates head, heart, and hands into multi-disciplinary education for living in harmony with others and the Earth.
When Kids Rule the School
The Power and Promise of Democratic Education
CA$19.99
ISBN: 9780865719040
Pub Date: May 2019
Imprint: New Society Publishers
When Kids Rule the School is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of democratic schooling, where kids practice life in a self-governed school society: empowered as voters, bound by laws, challenged by choice, supported by community, and driven by nature.
Awakening Democracy through Public Work
Pedagogies of Empowerment
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780826522184
Pub Date: November 2018
Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
The Earth Memory Compass
Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century
CA$94.95
ISBN: 9780700626908
Pub Date: October 2018
The Earth Memory Compass
Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780700626915
Pub Date: October 2018
Building Kids' Citizenship Through Community Engagement
CA$71.45
ISBN: 9781433135187
Pub Date: November 2017
Imprint: Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers
Building Kids’ Citizenship Through Community Engagement offers a compelling, empirically-based argument for giving young people opportunities to grow through productive involvement with their local community.
Why Afterschool Matters
CA$48.95
ISBN: 9780813584935
Pub Date: December 2016
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Why Afterschool Matters
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9780813584942
Pub Date: December 2016
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
One Child Reading
My Auto-Bibliography
CA$47.99
ISBN: 9781772121476
Pub Date: June 2016
Imprint: University of Alberta Press