Making sense of the world around us is a process involving both semiotic and material mediation—the use of signs and sign systems (preeminently language) and various kinds of tools (technics). As we use them, we experience them subjectively as extensions of our bodily selves and objectively as instruments for accessing the world with ......
Religious toleration is much discussed these days. But where did the Western notion of toleration come from? In this thought-provoking book Gary Remer traces arguments for religious toleration back to the Renaissance, demonstrating how humanist thinkers initiated an intellectual tradition that has persisted even to our present day. Although ......
The call of the nation for public school education in the 21st century is accountability for results! The format of this book addresses the most salient questions administrators, school board members, and community stakeholders need to ask to ensure academic and fiscal accountability. This book will provide definitions, background information and ......
Reviews the foundations of constructionist research, how it is put into practice in multiple disciplines, and where it may be headed in the future. This book examines the analytic frameworks, strategies of inquiry, and methodological choices.
Aimed to aid student writers through practical, logistical, and emotional stages of writing dissertations and theses, this book offers guidance to students through such important steps as: defining topics; selecting faculty advisers; scheduling time to accommodate projects; and, conducting, analyzing, writing, presenting, and publishing research.
The variety of innovative techniques and theoretical perspectives offered in this volume should challenge readers to think about and expand on their understanding of qualitative research and its continually emerging applications.
Asian Americans are proportionally the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. This volume offers a framework for the conceptual and methodological development of Asian American psychology and provides future research directions by experts in the field.
Challenges and Opportunities in Standards-Based Reform
Amid widespread concern that schools are failing to prepare students for workforce participation, higher education, and the economic and technological challenges of the twenty-first century, public school reform efforts across the nation have focused increasingly on standards, performance, and accountability. A particularly critical question ......
