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Political Communication, Culture, and Society (ISSN)
Par Patricia Moy, Rico Neumann. 2024
As an installment of Routledge’s Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Electronic Media Research Series, Political Communication, Culture, and Society focuses on…
the expansive concept of political communication and illuminates the processes, contents, and effects related to myriad forms and vehicles of political communication. Whether involving traditional print or broadcast media, social media platforms, or face-to-face discussions, political communication today has shaped how we perceive others and understand the world around us, including our place in it, and ultimately, how we engage with others as social, cultural, and political beings.Hailing from multiple locations and drawing on a multitude of theories as well as quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the volume’s contributors examine how communication intersects with politics in a broad swath of contexts, ranging from climate change to migration to the notion of political correctness. Collectively they ask and answer questions about how today’s richly textured media ecology shapes our political world and how political messages can fuel – and ameliorate – the issues that deeply cleave societies around the globe.Relevant to scholars and students of journalism, media studies, and communication sciences, this volume will help interested readers better understand today’s increasingly complex sociocultural world through the lens of political communication.The Elusive Quest for Equality: 150 Years of Chicano/Chicana Education (HER Reprint Series)
Par Jose F. Moreno. 1999
The Elusive Quest for Equality documents both the plight and the struggle of Chicano communities over the past 150 years,…
using the guiding themes of segregation, Americanization, and resistance in the history of education for Chicanos/Chicanas. The history of the Chicano community's quest for educational equality is long and rich. Since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo formalized the conquest of half of Mexico's territory into what is now the U.S. Southwest, Chicanos have fought to claim what was promised them in the Treaty—the enjoyment of all the rights of U.S. citizens. In terms of education, they certainly have never had equal access, opportunity, or resources, despite legal victories. In this volume, some of the leading scholars analyze why the quest for equality in education has remained so elusive. They do so by documenting both the plight and the struggle of Chicano communities over the past 150 years, using the guiding themes of the role of language, segregation, Americanization, and resistance in the history of education for Chicanos/Chicanas. "In the cover painting of this book, Manuel Hernandez Trujillo captures...the dualistic nature of the U.S. conquest of Northern Mexico, reflecting both the losses and opportunities represented in his camino de espinas (road of thorns). This tension between cynicism and optimism pervades the essays in this volume...something I see over and over again in discussions that focus on the significance of race in a democratic society. To what extent does the past determine our future, and to what degree do our own expectations of the future influence our interpretations of the past? It seems to me that these two interdependent questions continue to shape both our experience as Chicanos/Chicanas and our understanding of what it means to be Chicano/Chicana in the United States at the end of the twentieth century."Manuel N. Gómez, Vice Chancellor, Student Services, University of California, Irvine, from the ForewordDisrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline (HER Reprint Series)
Par SofÍa Bahena. 2012
A trenchant and wide-ranging look at this alarming national trend, Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline is unsparing in its account of…
the problem while pointing in the direction of meaningful and much-needed reforms.The &“school-to-prison pipeline&” has received much attention in the education world over the past few years. A fast-growing and disturbing development, it describes a range of circumstances whereby &“children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.&” Scholars, educators, parents, students, and organizers across the country have pointed to this shocking trend, insisting that it be identified and understood—and that it be addressed as an urgent matter by the larger community.This new volume from the Harvard Educational Review features essays from scholars, educators, students, and community activists who are working to disrupt, reverse, and redirect the pipeline. Alongside these authors are contributions from the people most affected: youth and adults who have been incarcerated, or whose lives have been shaped by the school-to-prison pipeline. Through stories, essays, and poems, these individuals add to the book&’s comprehensive portrait of how our education and justice systems function—and how they fail to serve the interests of many young people."Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms (HER Reprint Series)
Par Annie Howell and Frank Tuitt. 2003
The contributors to Race and Higher Education guide educators toward an understanding of how changes in the student population call…
for new approaches to classroom instruction, and address the need for new pedagogical practices in increasingly diverse college classrooms.Over the last few decades, U.S. colleges and universities have witnessed increasing diversity in their student bodies. Yet faculty members, operating on the notion that one pedagogy fits all students, continue to employ traditional modes of instruction. This adherence to outdated pedagogies has created potentially harmful learning environments for all students—and particularly for students of color.Race and Higher Education addresses this persistent problem, guiding educators toward a better understanding of how changes in the student population have resulted in the need for new approaches to classroom instruction. By including voices from inside classrooms along with analyses from scholarly researchers, this volume provides college and university teachers, administrators, students, and scholars with a critical instrument for improving higher education.A Primer in Social and Sociological Theory: Toward a Sociology of Citizenship
Par Kenneth Allan. 2011
A fascinating guide to thinking theoretically about the social worldOrganized around the discourses of modernity, democracy, and citizenship, A Primer…
in Social and Sociological Theory: Toward a Sociology of Citizenship helps readers to develop skills in critical thinking and theory analysis as they explore nine central ideas of thought: modernity, society, self, religion, capitalism, power, gender, race, and globalization. Each chapter concludes with a section that discusses the craft of citizenship as it relates to the chapter content.Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Par Renee R. Ha, James C. Ha. 2012
Designed to engage students and lower their "fear factor", Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences is a concise,…
user-friendly text that prepares students to use statistics in the real world. Providing depth and breadth of statistical tests, the text focuses on choosing the appropriate statistical analysis, and shows how to interpret the output and present the results.Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research
Par Allen F. Repko, William H Newell, Rick Szostak. 2012
Self-contained case studies teach students best practices in interdisciplinary research Interdisciplinary research is a burgeoning field, largely due to its…
ability to tackle complex problems facing humanity that extend beyond a single disciplinary perspective and require interdisciplinary thinking and research for their resolution.Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Research successfully applies the model of the interdisciplinary research process outlined by author Allen F. Repko in Interdisciplinary Research, (SAGE ©2008) to a wide spectrum of challenging research questions. Self-contained case studies, written by leaders in interdisciplinary research, and utilizing best-practice techniques in conducting interdisciplinary research shows students how to apply the interdisciplinary research process to a variety of problems.Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text
Par Linda A. Wood, Rolf O. Kroger. 2000
This book is about doing discourse analysis. Its focus is on method, but the method is embedded in a wider…
theoretical perspective on social life, in the view of language as action, in the recognition that the social world revolves around talk (and writing). What is it that we accomplish by talking? Can we reconceptualize such traditional concepts as attribution and personality in discursive terms or shed light on applied topics, such as sexual abuse and legal adjudication? Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text draws on conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, and particularly, the discursive approach developed in social psychology. The book presents examples of actual discourse analyses, covers procedures of data collection and strategies for data analysis, and addresses issues of reliability and validity or the scientific warrants for discourse-analytic work. This book provides both the practical steps for doing discourse analysis and the theoretical justifications for these steps. It is an essential book for students and researchers undertaking discourse analysis.Visualizing Social Science Research: Maps, Methods, & Meaning
Par Johannes P. Wheeldon, Mauri K. Ahlberg. 2012
This introductory text presents basic principles of social science research through maps, graphs, and diagrams. The authors show how concept…
maps and mind maps can be used in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, using student-friendly examples and classroom-based activities. Integrating theory and practice, chapters show how to use these tools to plan research projects, "see" analysis strategies, and assist in the development and writing of research reports.Cognitive Interviewing: A Tool for Improving Questionnaire Design
Par Gordon B. Willis. 2005
"As both an academic instructor in questionnaire design and a research design methodologist for the federal government, I feel this…
book is very timely, useful for students and practitioners, and unique in its use of real world practical examples that most everyone can relate."—Terry Richardson, General Accounting Office "The combination of theory and practical application will make this a useful book for students as well as professionals who want to learn how to incorporate cognitive interviewing into the questionnaire design process."—Rachel Caspar, RTI International The design and evaluation of questionnaires—and of other written and oral materials—is a challenging endeavor, fraught with potential pitfalls. Cognitive Interviewing: A Tool for Improving Questionnaire Design describes a means of systematically developing survey questions through investigations that intensively probe the thought processes of individuals who are presented with those inquiries. The work provides general guidance about questionnaire design, development, and pre-testing sequence, with an emphasis on the cognitive interview. In particular, the book gives detailed instructions about the use of verbal probing techniques, and how one can elicit additional information from subjects about their thinking and about the manner in which they react to tested questions. These tools help researchers discover how well their questions are working, where they are failing, and determine what they can do to rectify the wide variety of problems that may surface while working with questionnaires. Cognitive Interviewing is ideally suited as a course text for advanced undergraduate and graduate research courses across the social sciences. Professional researchers and faculty in the social sciences, as well as practice fields such as medicine, business, and education, will also find this an invaluable reference for survey research. There is no other book on the market that covers cognitive interviewing as applied to questionnaire design.Accelerating Student and Staff Learning: Purposeful Curriculum Collaboration
Par Kay Psencik. 2009
"This book brings new focus to the rich history of ideas and strategies shown to improve student learning, helping educators…
at all levels see not only the value of using proven strategies, but the importance of integrating those strategies into purposeful improvement efforts."—Thomas R. Guskey, Distinguished Service ProfessorGeorgetown College"This is a book of action. The author calls for leaders in school communities to be bold, courageous, committed, and aggressive in the actions required to achieve desired increases in student learning."—Charles Patterson, Educational ConsultantFormer President, Association for Supervision and Curriculum DevelopmentDramatically raise student achievement by engaging educators in collaborative curriculum design and professional development!Teachers, teacher leaders, principals, and staff developers can build a collaborative culture and improve staff and student performance with this content-focused, step-by-step model that ties curriculum design to teacher growth. Kay Psencik provides a powerful process whereby teachers work together in teams to examine standards, gain a deep understanding of content, create curriculum maps, and design common formative assessments. Professional development leaders can inspire and challenge teachers to:Confront assumptions about learning and professional development Clarify and establish complex standardsEmbed conversations about the curriculum into daily workWith hands-on tools, templates, and resources, readers can help teachers become more skilled in their instruction, create a school-based curriculum that is tied to standards, and accelerate the learning of both students and staff.Leading the Technology-Powered School
Par Marilyn L. Grady. 2011
"A straightforward and easy read about what it takes to become a tech savvy leader in today′s educational setting."—Nathan Flansburg,…
PrincipalValentine Hills Elementary School, Arden Hills, MN"The topic is timely and this book is practical and relevant to K–12 schools across the country. The tables, checklists, rubrics, research-based models, and website recommendations are terrific."—Minjuan Wang, Associate Professor of Educational TechnologySan Diego State UniversityDon′t just ride the technology train – drive itToday′s children would rather text than talk, use apps instead of maps, and carry their phones, computers, cameras, and stereos in their palms. They need an active classroom, interdisciplinary curriculum, and project-based instruction that mirrors their lives outside the classroom. Author Marilyn L. Grady offers a cut-to-the-chase approach for busy principals who want to successfully lead with technology for enhanced student learning. This helpful resource shows school leaders how toDevelop a technology leadership teamImplement professional development Assess technical needs, student learning, and teacher performanceAddress cyber safety effectivelyIncluded are field-tested tools in digestible "bytes" that bridge theory and practice, including a Principal′s Exploration Agenda that outlines how to build capacity by taking just 15 minutes a day to explore recommended websites and blogs. Staying ahead of the technology curve is essential, and this book is written with an understanding that changes in technology are constant. The variety of principal experiences and vignettes will show you how to guide the way as your school′s chief instructional leader.Inclusion Strategies for Secondary Classrooms: Keys for Struggling Learners
Par M. C. Gore. 2010
"This updated text provides a wide range of instructional tools that are cleverly introduced, well-referenced, and clearly presented. The book…
gives preservice teachers an informative and practical introduction as they prepare to work with older students. As an excellent refresher for practicing teachers, it offers new approaches that can be incorporated into everyday inclusive classrooms. This resource will become bookmarked and dog-eared from both initial use and subsequent reference by serious educators."—Jean Lokerson, Faculty Emerita, School of EducationCommonwealth UniversityKeys for unlocking the doors to learning for ALL students!This updated edition of the best-selling book Successful Inclusion Strategies for Secondary and Middle School Teachers identifies "locks" to learning and provides targeted strategies, or "keys," that unlock learning barriers for adolescents with disabilities and other learning challenges. Based on empirical research, this basic guide is packed with field-tested, teacher-friendly approaches that support struggling students at various stages of academic development. Inclusion Strategies for Secondary Classrooms examines input locks (attention, perception, discrimination, and sequencing), processing/retention locks (confusion, organization, reasoning, memory), affective locks (frustration and motivation), and output locks (persistence and production), and explains why the key strategies work. This updated edition also discusses:What current research reveals about the unique teaching environment of secondary school classroomsThe reauthorization of IDEA 2004The impact of NCLB on special educationHow the key strategies can work at all levels of a Response to Intervention programExpanded applications for Universal Design for LearningDiscover solutions that will help every student overcome obstacles to learning and develop the skills for academic success!Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy: Action Steps for Schoolwide Success
Par Judith Irvin, Julie Meltzer, Nancy Dean, Martha Jan Mickler. 2010
"This rich resource walks middle and high school literacy leaders through a comprehensive process for conceptualizing, initiating, and, most important,…
sustaining a schoolwide literacy learning program. The authors clearly know teachers and schools, and their reality-tested tools will prove invaluable in guiding and supporting middle and high school literacy leaders."—Doug BuehlAuthor, Classroom Strategies for Interactive LearningA systemic and sustainable approach for improving adolescent literacy and learning!Taking the Lead on Adolescent Literacy provides educational leaders with a user-friendly and comprehensive planning process for developing a new literacy initiative—or for dramatically enhancing a current plan--that has the power not only to raise student performance levels but also to positively impact graduation rates, employability, and higher education success.Using a five-stage framework that has been field-tested nationwide for more than a decade, the authors provide an array of resources to guide in-depth planning, implementation, and monitoring to ensure sustained results, supported by examples from literacy-rich schools, checklists and assessments, and a glossary of terms. Each stage in the process builds upon a school or district′s existing capacities and focuses on six detailed rubrics that can be implemented at every stage to help ensure long-term success:Student motivation and engagement Literacy across the content areas Literacy interventions Literacy-rich environment, policies, and culture Parent and community involvement District support of school-based effortsHelping educators build the critical skills in students for communicating and making meaning within an increasingly complex world, this book shows how a sustained focus on literacy can serve as a powerful lever for school improvement.Cases of Successful Literacy Teachers
Par Jan Lacina, Cecilia S. Silva. 2011
Highlighting practices used by exemplary literacy teachers in diverse schools across the nationUsing teaching vignettes, cases for exploration, and research…
in the field, this text provides preservice and inservice teachers with effective, research-based literacy strategies they can use to improve their practice to best serve students from diverse backgrounds. The cases—based in urban, rural, and suburban settings—help teachers make connections between classroom challenges and the research literature that can help them to become problem solvers and reflective practitioners. Each chapter follows a consistent format in supporting the link between research and practice, and includes the following key features:Focus Questions: Help readers make associations between the chapter text and their prior knowledge and experiencesReading Research to Know: Relates a vignette to research in the field Inside the Classroom: Provides a detailed vignette of teacher instruction in literacy, followed by questions for discussionSummary of Strategies Used: Helps teachers connect the vignette to classroom practiceCase for Exploration: Presents a classroom scenario, along with questions for discussion100 Questions (SAGE 100 Questions and Answers)
Par Neil J. Salkind. 2012
"How do I create a good research hypothesis?""How do I know when my literature review is finished?""What is the difference…
between a sample and a population?""What is power and why is it important?"In an increasingly data-driven world, it is more important than ever for students as well as professionals to better understand the process of research. This invaluable guide answers the essential questions that students ask about research methods in a concise and accessible way.Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives
Par Dawn O. Braithwaite. 2006
Engaging Theories in Family Communication: Multiple Perspectives covers uncharted territory in its field, as it is the first book on…
the market to deal exclusively with family communication theory. In this volume, editors Dawn O. Braithwaite and Leslie A. Baxter bring together a group of contributors that represent a veritable Who's Who in the family communication field. These scholars examine both classic and cutting-edge theories to guide family communication research in the coming years.Interpreting Standardized Test Scores: Strategies for Data-Driven Instructional Decision Making
Par Craig A. Mertler. 2007
"Craig A. Mertler′s approach would reduce your stress level as his book walks the reader through the various assessments often…
encountered in schools and helps the reader make better use of the information embedded in accountability reports. The book is well-organized and provides clear and thorough descriptions of the myriad terms the reader will encounter with assessments."—Lane B. Mills, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR"This text offers a clear, insightful study of how to interpret, use, and reflect on test data in ways that help to develop better schools, highly qualified teachers, and well prepared students."—Linda Karges-Bone, Charleston Southern UniversityAs standardized testing continues to grow in importance in our society, this text will become a critical part of measurement curriculum and instruction."—Gordon Brooks, Ohio UniversityInterpreting Standardized Test Scores: Strategies for Data-Driven Instructional Decision Making is designed to help K-12 teachers and administrators understand the nature of standardized tests and, in particular, the scores that result from them. This useful manual helps teachers develop the skills necessary to incorporate these test scores into various types of instructional decision making—a process known as "data-driven decision making"—necessitated by the needs of their students.Key FeaturesHelps readers understand, interpret, and use standardized test scores to improve classroom instruction: Several specific examples are given for interpreting test scores and developing a plan to revise instruction based on those results.Offers activities for application and reflection: Follow-up activities and discussion points are provided for experienced and preservice teachers across K-12 grade levels.Presents successful case studies: The author includes interviews with classroom teachers, building administrators, and district-level administrators who have successfully engaged in a process of incorporating test scores into decision making.Intended AudienceThis is an excellent supplementary text for any course that incorporates standardized testing as a topic, including but not limited to courses in Classroom Assessment, Educational Psychology, Content Methods, Reading, Special Education, Curriculum, Literacy, Administration, The Principalship, and The Superintendency.Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality
Par Drew Gitomer. 2009
Offering perspectives focused on the meaningful goal of measuring and assessing teacher quality, Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality…
brings together leading researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, economics and policy who contribute provocative, illuminating, and coherent articles that explore key issues surrounding this vital topic. Features: Provides an in-depth examination of three thematic sections: Measuring Teaching Quality for Professional Entry, Measuring Teaching Quality in Practice, Measuring Teaching Quality in Context Includes section summaries by Drew Gitomer that highlight key issues and common themes that tie the articles togetherCloses with a summary and call to action by Lee Shulman, President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality is must reading for principals, educational administrators, and policymakers concerned with the dynamics of improving teacher quality.The Instructional Leadership Toolbox: A Handbook for Improving Practice
Par Sandra Lee Gupton. 2010
"I applaud Gupton′s focus on the learner. This is the most important tenet for a school administrator′s decision making. Each…
chapter describes a portion of school leadership that the successful principal needs to master."—Sharon Madsen Redfern, PrincipalHighland Park Elementary School, Lewistown, MTUse these powerful leadership tools to build teamwork and improve instruction!Every school leader needs a toolbox of strategies for improving teaching and learning schoolwide. In this second edition of The Instructional Leadership Toolbox, Sandra Lee Gupton examines the role of principals in leading instruction and provides practical ways for leaders to reflect on and improve their practice. Emphasizing a democratic approach that involves stakeholders in instructional leadership, this resource offers a compendium of helpful skills and strategies drawn from current research and theory in school administration. The book provides:Updated standards from NAESP and ISLLCNew research that shows how a principal′s actions can affect student achievementQuestions for reflective practiceQuotes and examples of instructional leadership strategies by practicing principals and veteran educatorsAdditional resources such as Web sites, workbooks, books, and articlesThis valuable guide provides a blueprint that demonstrates how school leaders can focus on student learning, while using specific tools to empower others and build teams for a common goal: increased student achievement.