Critical Practice in P-12 Education: Transformative Teaching and Learning

By Salika A. Lawrence

With an ever growing diverse population and access to new technologies, it is no revelation that education is undergoing a significant transformation in the twenty-first century. What remains a struggle is equipping students to meet modern expectations while trying to provide a platform for learning that does not perpetuate the same inequalities found in society. Critical Practice in P-12 Education: Transformative Teaching and Learning presents a framework for teaching that empowers students, fosters literacy development, and explains the underlying factors that influence pedagogy. Highlighting practices from around the globe; this book is an essential tool for P-12 educators, pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and researchers across social science disciplines that have an interest in field-based educational research.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466650591
• ISBN13: 9781466650596
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"