The first English translation of Paulo Freire's last book on education. '...[E]nriches and extends the marvelous legacy he has left us...' Noam Chomsky
An analysis of education and educational reform. This book assesses what it means to face the educational challenges of the 21st century, and offers a way for education to develop whole human beings in the context of a sustainable planetary environment.
Written by renowned British and American educational theorists, Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory--a substantially revised edition of the original 1999 work-- examines the infusion of postmodernism and theories of postmodernity into educational theory, policy, and research.
Joey's Story! is an unusual and personal book about public education. It bares the soul of an awarding-winning education leader and details the influences, the mentors and the events of fate that shaped this school administrator's passionate philosophy and modus operandi throughout his very successful career.
Many people believe they can't homeschool because they are lacking some magical quality or skill successful homeschoolers have. The truth is that homeschooling can be done, and done well, by most ordinary people. This book takes you by the hand and shows you how. It breaks the job down into do able chunks and explains each part.
Four short Latin treatises published between 1400 and 1460 define the humanist idea of education and form the heart of a book that has remained for almost seventy years the fundamental study of early Renaissance educational theory and practice.