In Democracy at the Crossroads, the editors argue that there have been too few scholarly attempts to provide a comprehensive critique of the assumptions behind citizenship education. In particular, they ask the distinguished contributors to this volume to address difficult but essential questions that are often avoided or intentionally overlooked: ...
Suggests that popular culture is vital to how adolescents make sense of the world and educators should tap into it as a tool for imparting critical thinking skills in students. This work critically examines and interprets concepts of popular culture, allowing readers to re-examine the fundamental aspects of popular culture as a societal force.
This new volume from the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity explores the current engagement of bioethical issues with contemporary post-Christian culture. "BioEngagement" addresses the contribution Christians can and should make in major forums of public debate on today's biomedical technologies.
Despite humble beginnings in East London, Cameron White rapidly rose in the London club scene. After his initial spectacular success as a drug dealer, he ran afoul of notorious London criminals the Doherty brothers and was forced to flee to North America. There he climbed aboard a cocaine-fueled roller coaster that carried him from dealing with ...
Despite humble beginnings in East London, Cameron White rapidly rose in the London club scene. After his initial spectacular success as a drug dealer, he ran afoul of notorious London criminals the Doherty brothers and was forced to flee to North America. There he climbed aboard a cocaine-fueled roller coaster that carried him from dealing with ...
A NUMBER of themes dealing with social efficacy, popular culture, and the struggle in schools are addressed in the book. The book begins with a critical analysis of schooling and education suggesting that current practice is not only demeaning and disempowering, but that it does more harm than good. Subsequent chapters suggest that critical ...
Awareness to Citizenship - Environmental Literacy for the Elementary Child guides environmental educators, teachers, and parents, through the process of helping children to learn about the environment, respect living things, examine issues, make decisions, think critically, and become actively engaged as citizens within a community.
Having taught social studies at several levels, then taught prospective teachers of it, White argues that the traditional approaches to such education, especially at lower grade levels, does not result in children becoming active, informed, and critical citizenry. And if that is not the point of the exercise, he asks, what is? He critiques and ...
"Mr Nasty" charts the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of a wannabe player in the global narcotics business. From humble beginnings on the streets of London's East End, Cameron White rapidly ascended the drug ladder of London's club scene before notorious local criminals forced him to move to the US. There, he soon found himself aboard a cocaine ...
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