Bøger i Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought serien

Addresses the current emphasis on standardized curriculum and how it discourages teachers from providing content that provokes thought, and discourages students from intellectual engagement.

This volume tackles religion in American schools. It presents and analyzes four different religious perspectives - fundamentalist, prophetic, alternative spiritualists, and post-theist. It is designed as a practial pedagogical tool for teachers who want to deal with religion in the classroom.

This set of essays presents the development of a reform movement in a major urban school district. Throughout the book, the contributors - high school teachers, university lecturers, evaluators and parents - study the creation of small, intimate school communities called ""charters"".