It is generally taken for granted that human behavior distributes along the lines of a bell-shaped, normal curve. This idea underpins much educational theory, research, and practice. In this title, contributors agree that the hegemony of the normal curve has had a devastating effect on those presumed to live on the boundaries of normal.
This is the first book to define the philosophical and practical parameters of critical animal studies (CAS). With apolitical animal studies and exploitative animal research dominating higher education, this book offers a timely counter-narrative that demands the liberation of all oppressed beings and the environment.
The case studies in this book, many of which have won national or international awards, represent an impressive scope of public relations practice - from public diplomacy to corporate social responsibility to community relations to tourism to fundraising. They include best practices of multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations and governmental agencies around the world.
The chapters reprinted in this volume have been selected to showcase the variety and diversity of topics published in the Mediated Youth series. Grounded in cultural studies, they approach mediated youth through the lenses of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, and technology.
Dolls are the focus of this pioneering anthology establishing Dolls Studies as an interdisciplinary field of scholarly inquiry. This work revises conventional understandings of what constitutes a doll; broadens the age range to include female adolescents, women and others; locates dolls in untraditional contexts; and utilizes new methodological practices and theoretical frameworks.
Aesthetics, Empathy and Education is essential reading for pre-service teachers, graduate students and instructors. The text is divided into four sections addressing issues such as research Methodology, the self as the research subject, education and empathy and classroom practice.
This provocative and groundbreaking book is the first of its kind to propose the concept of Eco-ability: the intersectionality of the ecological world, persons with disabilities, and nonhuman animals. This book calls for a social justice theory and movement that dismantles constructed normalcy, ableism, speciesism, and ecological destruction.
Brings together scholars who explore the evolving meanings of diversity and how these meanings present challenges and considerations for collegiate leadership, and practice. This book offers empirical, scholarly, and personal space to interrogate the seemingly elusive and compelling challenges postsecondary institutions face in managing diversity.
Suitable for contemporary teachers, this title provides practical knowledge for teachers who are struggling to meet the needs of increasingly diverse classrooms.
The fight over the role of religion in public schools is far from finished, and the last and final words have not been written. This collection of original essays reveals and updates the battlefield. Included are essays on school prayer, the evolution/intelligent design debate, public funding of religious groups on university campuses, religious themes in school-taught literature, and more. With diverse tones and points of view, these essays offer quality scholarship while revealing and honoring the heat these themes generate.