Book Series

Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

Series Editor: Joel Spring

This series focuses on studies of public and private institutions, the media, and academic disciplines that contribute to educating--in the broadest sense--students and the general public. The series welcomes volumes with multicultural perspectives, diverse interpretations, and a range of political points of view from conservative to critical. Books accepted for publication in this series will be written for an academic audience and, in some cases, also for use as supplementary readings in graduate and undergraduate courses.

Topics to be addressed in this series include, but are not limited to, sociocultural, political, and historical studies of

Local, state, national, and international educational systems

Elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities

Public institutions of education such as museums, libraries, and foundations

Computer systems and software as instruments of public education

The popular media as forms of public education

Content areas within the academic study of education, such as curriculum and instruction, psychology, and educational technology

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Political Agendas for Education

From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First, 2nd Edition

By Joel Spring

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

In Political Agendas for Education: From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First, Third Edition, Joel Spring describes and analyzes the current educational agendas of major political players and organizations. His analyses of the interrelationships between right-wing think tanks and...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
The Great American Education-Industrial Complex

Ideology, Technology, and Profit

By Anthony G. Picciano, Joel Spring

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

The Great American Education-Industrial Complex examines the structure and nature of national networks and enterprises that seek to influence public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives. In the past twenty years, significant changes have taken place in the way various...

Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
Education Networks

Power, Wealth, Cyberspace, and the Digital Mind

By Joel Spring

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry...

Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
Urban High Schools

Foundations and Possibilities

By Annette B. Hemmings

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

This multidisciplinary overview introduces readers to the historical, sociological, anthropological, and political foundations of urban public secondary schooling and to possibilities for reform. Focused on critical and problematic elements, the text provides a comprehensive description and...

Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge
EcoJustice Education

Toward Diverse, Democratic, and Sustainable Communities

By Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, John Lupinacci

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

"Authentic hope is the gift Rebecca Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci offer readers of EcoJustice Education…. We learn what it means to recover the ancient arts and skills of cultivating commons, common sense, and community collaborations in our hard times." Madhu Suri Prakash,...

Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
The Politics of American Education

By Joel Spring

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives. This comprehensive overview documents and explains who influences educational policy and how, bringing...

Published November 18th 2010 by Routledge
Place- and Community-Based Education in Schools

By Gregory A. Smith, David Sobel

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

Place- and community-based education – an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local – addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend...

Published February 1st 2010 by Routledge
Critical Pedagogies of Consumption

Living and Learning in the Shadow of the "Shopocalypse"

Edited by Jennifer A. Sandlin, Peter McLaren

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

"Utopian in theme and implication, this book shows how the practices of critical, interpretive inquiry can help change the world in positive ways…. This is the promise, the hope, and the agenda that is offered."--Norman K. Denzin, From the Foreword "Its focus on learning, education and pedagogy...

Published October 29th 2009 by Routledge
Political Agendas for Education

From Change We Can Believe In to Putting America First, 4th Edition

By Joel Spring

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

Bringing up-to-date Joel Spring’s ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education in the US, the fourth edition of Political Agendas for Education focuses on the Republican and Democratic parties in the 2008 national election and post-2008 election era. In order to...

Published October 14th 2009 by Routledge
Education and Hope in Troubled Times

Visions of Change for Our Children's World

Edited by H. Svi Shapiro

Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

"Progressive educators have always been better at critique than at possibility. This book promises not to ignore critique, but to favor possibility. It is most rare and greatly welcomed." Richard Quantz, Miami University "The editor argues that in a material world, depicted by consumerism,...

Published March 2nd 2009 by Routledge