Teachers & Teacher Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Moving Teacher Education into Urban Schools and Communities

   Prioritizing Community Strengths

   Edited by Jana Noel

   When teacher education is located on a university campus, set apart from urban schools and communities, it is easy to overlook the realities and challenges communities face as they struggle toward social, economic, cultural, and racial justice. This book describes how teacher education can become a...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Large Scale School Reform and Social Capital Building

   Edited by Ian R. Haslam, Myint Swe Khine, Issa M. Saleh

   This book introduces and explores the nature of large scale reform, and offers a fresh insight into the importance of social capital and professional development leadership for teachers and school management. It synthesizes research on the role of the professional development leader and the...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty

   Edited by Geoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer, Bronwyn Cole

   Education and poverty exist in a highly contested relationship even in the developed world. On the one hand, educational outcomes seem solidly attached to socio-economic status, and on the other, education is often cited as a way out of poverty. Success at de-coupling poverty from educational...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Care in Education

   Teaching with Understanding and Compassion

   By Sandra Wilde

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and soul of pedagogy. Wilde draws upon Western and Eastern philosophies that envision an integrated image of care to illuminate the value of...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Heart of Teaching

   Empowering Students in the Performing Arts

   By Stephen Wangh

   The Heart of Teaching is a book about teaching and learning in the performing arts. Its focus is on the inner dynamics of teaching: the processes by which teachers can promote—or undermine—creativity itself. It covers the many issues that teachers, directors and choreographers experience, from...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
6. Teacher Education for Critical Consumption of Mass Media and Popular Culture

   By Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish

   Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

   The study develops a baseline of knowledge to encourage the inclusion of media literacy education in teacher education....

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Inhabiting the Borders

   Foreign Language Faculty in American Colleges and Universities

   By Robin Matross Helms

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession

   Faculty Culture at For-Profit Colleges and Universities

   By Vicente M. Lechuga

   The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Simply Psychology

   3rd Edition

   By Michael W. Eysenck

   Simply Psychology, 3rd Edition, is a reader-friendly and engaging introduction to the key principles of psychology. Organised around the major approaches to the subject, it covers biological, behaviourist, developmental, social, and cognitive psychology, as well as individual differences....

   Published November 27th 2012 by Psychology Press
10. A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School

    Edited by Clare Lee, Sue Johnston-Wilder, Robert Ward-Penny

    Series: Routledge Teaching Guides

    A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice, inspiration and support for mathematics teachers whether in training or newly qualified. Based on the best research and practice available, it offers a wide range of tried and tested approaches that...

    Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge