Social Sciences Education

Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks offers a radical analysis of the psychological effects of colonization on the colonized. Born in 1925 on the island of Martinique - at the time a French colony - Fanon witnessed firsthand the abuses of white colonizers and the system's effects on his country. His revulsion was only confirmed later in life when he worked as a psychiatrist in Algeria, another French colony. Fanon's work played a pivotal role in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and was later taken up by scholars of postcolonialist studies.

This book explores the array of principles and practices that have evolved and make up the rich culture that has permeated the school. The Sudbury school model is unique in creating a community that extends to all students the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities available to every adult American for the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. All we did was turn the clock back - or, better, forward - and finish the job the Founding Fathers began...by including children in the ringing phrases of the Declaration of Independence.

Should you really read to your baby? Can teaching a baby sign language boost IQ? Should you pipe classical music into the nursery? Dr. Jill Stamm translates the latest neuroscience findings into clear explanations and practical suggestions, demonstrating the importance of the simple ways you interact with your child every day. It isn't the right edutainment that nurtures an infant's brain. It is as simple as attention, bonding, and communication, and it's within every parent's ability to provide.

Diesen Monat ist das Spezialthema die deutsche Alltagssprache. In der gesprochenen Sprache benutzen Deutsche oft andere Wörter oder Satzkonstruktionen als in der Schriftsprache. Als Deutschlerner ist es wichtig, die Unterschiede zu kennen. So verstehen Sie die Deutschen besser. Außerdem können Sie, wenn Sie die Besonderheiten der Alltagssprache kennen, eine zu informelle Sprache in offiziellen Situationen vermeiden.

Im Herbst zeigt das Wetter seine verschiedenen Seiten: Mal ist es warm, dann regnet, hagelt oder stürmt es wieder. Über das Wetter sprechen kann man aber immer, denn es ist das ideale Small-Talk-Thema. In diesem Spezial lernen Sie deshalb alle wichtigen Wetter-Wörter!

Diesen Monat geht es in dem Spezialthema rund um den Garten im Frühling: Welche Dinge gibt es im Garten, und welche Arbeiten gibt es dort zu tun? Außerdem sind Sie diesen Monat zu Besuch im Naturpark Westhavelland in Brandenburg, in der dunkelsten Region Deutschlands: Der Naturpark ist der erste deutsche Sternenpark. Die Hörtexte finden Sie in dem Begleitheft. So können Sie mitlesen, wenn Sie möchten.

Das Spezialthema diesen Monat ist die interkulturelle Kommunikation. Jede Kultur ist etwas anders. Deshalb kommt es manchmal zu Missverständnissen, wenn sich verschiedene Kulturen begegnen. Sicher waren Sie auch schon einmal überrascht, weil man in Deutschland etwas ganz anders macht, als Sie es aus Ihrer Kultur kennen.

In diesem Monat geht es über die Mediensprache: In den deutschsprachigen Nachrichten erfährt man täglich Aktuelles über Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz. Als Deutschlerner ist es aber oft schwierig, alles zu verstehen. Journalisten verwenden in der Nachrichtensprache nämlich oft spezielle Formulierungen und Satzkonstruktionen. Die typischen Phänomene werden hier vorgestellt. Außerdem gibt es diesem Monat einen Besuch in Zürich.

Das Spezialthema heißt diesen Monat Sport und Fitness: Wie heißen verschiedene sportliche Aktivitäten auf Deutsch und die Bereiche, die man damit trainiert? Es werden auch einige Adjektive vorgestellt, die den körperlichen Zustand beschreiben. Außerdem geht es diesen Monat auf Besuch in die bekannte Hamburger Sankt Michaeliskirche, auf deren Turm ein Mann mit einem sehr speziellen Beruf zu treffen ist: einen Turmbläser.

Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement education and the after-school learning centers, spelling bees, and math competitions that it has spawned.

From Equity Talk to Equity Walk offers practical guidance on the design and application of campus change strategies for achieving equitable outcomes. Drawing from campus-based research projects, this invaluable resource provides real-world steps that reinforce primary elements for examining equity in student achievement, while challenging educators to specifically focus on racial equity as a critical lens for institutional and systemic change.

Upward mobility through the path of higher education has been an article of faith for generations of working-class, low-income, and immigrant college students. While we know this path usually entails financial sacrifices and hard work, very little attention has been paid to the deep personal compromises such students have to make as they enter worlds vastly different from their own.

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader or listener of God’s Word? How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and translation theories.

No Campus for White Men shines a bright light on the growing obsession with diversity, victimization, and identity politics on today's college campuses, and shows how it is creating an intensely hostile and fearful atmosphere that can only lead, ultimately, to ever greater polarization in American society.

An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, authored by one of the most accomplished journalists of our time.

In the book, Gawande is able to build a narrative through the collection of experiences that leads to the conclusion that as we perceive ourselves as closer to death, our thoughts on mortality transform our goals and values to that of simpler things. Through a collection of insights, statistics and stories, Gawande argues on how we should focus less on prolonging life and more on how we can make it more meaningful. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

"L’homme ne peut devenir homme que par l’éducation. (...) L’éducation doit donc discipliner les hommes. La discipliner, c’est chercher à empêcher que ce qu’il y a d’animal en eux n’étouffe ce qu’il y a d’humain, aussi bien dans l’homme individuel que dans l’homme social. La discipline consiste donc simplement à les dépouiller de leur sauvagerie" E. Kant

Bhabha investigates concepts such as "hybridity," the notion that ideas are made up of all the different cultures with which they have contact, and "mimicry," the way in which a person or group adopts an idea from another culture, to express a postcolonial world, where we are all "in between" cultures. These concepts have been important to postcolonial studies, but have also been taken up in such diverse areas as architecture and literature. Although criticized by some for insisting that the written word was as powerful as armed resistance in the struggle against colonizing forces.

In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive toward science and innovation that has made the US great, Rather brings his experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories, and offers listeners a way forward.

Robin DiAngelo proves that Beyoncé is right in her New York Times best-selling book. Have you ever wondered why the issue of racism has remained a problem for several decades in the United States despite perceived efforts individually and collectively to stop racism? In what ways have our culture taught us racism and white superiority in spite of the belief held by most whites that we're not racists and at the same time making obvious racist comments or actions? It's all about white fragility!