College of Education and Human Development
CEHD Faculty Books: 2013-14
February 18, 2015
Twenty books were recently written or edited by faculty members from George Mason University's College of Education and Human Development, which includes the Graduate School of Education and the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism. The books, with publication dates of 2013 or 2014, demonstrate the breadth of expertise and research interests within the college.
Book Descriptions
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50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content LiteracyMiddle and high school teachers can immediately put to use this book's practical information and classroom examples from science, social studies, English, math, the visual and performing arts, and core electives to improve students’ reading, writing, and oral language development. Going above and beyond basic classroom strategies, the instructional routines recommend simple changes to teachers’ everyday procedures that foster student comprehension, such as thinking aloud, using question-answer relationships, and teaching with word walls. Authors: Douglas Fisher, San Diego State University; William G. Brozo, George Mason University; Nancy Frey, San Diego State University; Gay Ivey, University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Applications of Self-Regulated Learning Across Diverse DisciplinesThrough its research-to-practice focus, this book honors the professional contributions of Professor Barry J. Zimmerman as illustrated by the recent self-regulation applications of a highly respected group of national and international scholars. This book will serve as a valuable resource for those interested in empowering and enabling learners to successfully manage and self-direct their lives, education, and careers. Editors: Hefer Bembenutty, CUNY Queens College; Timothy J. Cleary, Rutgers University; Anastasia Kitsantas, George Mason University. |
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Beyond C. L. R. James: Shifting Boundaries of Race and Ethnicity in SportsThis book brings together essays analyzing the interconnections among race, ethnicity, and sport. Published in memory of C. L. R. James, the revolutionary sociologist and writer from Trinidad who penned the famous autobiographical account of cricket titled Beyond a Boundary, this collection of essays, covers everything from Aborigines in sport and cricket and minstrel shows in Australia to Zulu stick fighting and football and racism in northern Ireland. Editors: John Nauright, University of Brighton; Alan G. Cobley, University of the West Indies; David K. Wiggins, George Mason University. |
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The Big Lies of School Reform: Finding Better Solutions for the Future of Public EducationProvides a critical interruption to the ongoing policy conversations taking place around public education in the United States today. By analyzing the discourse employed by politicians, lobbyists, think tanks, and special interest groups, the authors uncover the hidden assumptions that often underlie popular statements about school reform, and demonstrate how misinformation or half-truths have been used to reshape public education in ways that serve the interests of private enterprise. Editors: Paul C. Gorski and Kristien Zenkov, George Mason University. |
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Cases on Educational Technology Planning, Design, and Implementation: A Project Management PerspectiveProvides strategies for addressing the challenges and pitfalls faced when planning, designing, and implementing learning and educational technology projects. The case studies in this publication aim to provide instructors, practitioners in K-12 and higher education, business managers as well as students interested in implementing education technology projects. Authors: Angela D. Benson, University of Alabama; Joi L. Moore, University of Missouri; Shahron Williams van Rooij, George Mason University. |
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Conflict, Reconciliation and Peace Education: Moving Burundi Toward a Sustainable FutureWhen the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States occurred—causing that nation to wage wars of revenge in Afghanistan and Iraq—the people of Burundi were recovering from nearly forty years of violence, genocide and civil wars that had killed nearly one million and produced another million refugees. Here in this small East African nation, one of the four poorest nations on earth, however, was a desire for reconciliation—not revenge—and it still runs deep today. Authors: William Timpson, Colorado State University; Elavie Ndura, George Mason University; Apollinaire Bangayimbaga, University of Ngozi in Burundi, East Africa. |
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Content-Based Second Language Teaching and Learning: An Interactive ApproachHere are practical suggestions and ideas culled from the psycholinguistics and socio-cultural fields of study, offering today’s teachers an engaging perspective on interactive, content-based language teaching and learning. Offering more methodological approaches to teaching English Learners than virtually any other book on the market, it’s the ideal resource for undergraduate, pre-service, and mainstream general educator teachers who are learning how to teach English Learners or world language students in their classrooms. Authors: Marjorie Hall Haley, George Mason University, and Theresa Y. Austin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. |
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Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation Theory and PracticeRacial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity has become of global importance in places where many never would have imagined. Increasing diversity in the U.S., Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and Asia strongly suggests that a homogeneity-based focus is rapidly becoming an historical artifact. Therefore, culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) should no longer be viewed as a luxury or an option in our work as evaluators. Editors: Stafford Hood, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Rodney Hopson, George Mason University; Henry Frierson, University of Florida. |
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Decolonizing "Multicultural" Counseling through Social JusticeThis book examines how multicultural counseling can be decolonized. Each chapter is built around one specific example or illustration of a common practice, program, or paradigm within the “multicultural counseling” milieu that has, or that can, serve injustice. Editors: Rachael D. Goodman and Paul C. Gorski, George Mason University. |
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Exploring the Power of Nonviolence: Peace, Politics, and PracticeThe expert authors brought together in this volume collectively deploy the essential teachings of nonviolence across a spectrum of contemporary issues. From considering the principles of the French Revolution and encouraging peace through natural resource management to exploring multiculturism and in teaching peace in the elementary classroom, this work is broad in scope yet detailed in its approach to the fundamental principles of nonviolence. Authors: Elavie Ndura, George Mason University, and Randall Amster, Prescott College. |
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Fundamentals of Sport ManagementPresents foundational knowledge of sport management and what sport managers do to help readers prepare for advanced study or practice in the field. An excellent reference for students or professionals, the book offers insights into the exciting field, the impact of the sport industry, and the possibilities for employment in sport. Authors: Robert Baker and Craig Esherick, George Mason University. |
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Intersectional Identities and Educational Leadership of Black Women in the USAThis volume examines the educational leadership of Black women in the U.S. as informed by their raced and gendered positionalities, experiences, perspectives, and most importantly, the intersection of these doubly marginalized identities in school and community contexts. While there are bodies of research literature on women in educational leadership, as well as the leadership development, philosophies, and approaches of Black or African American educational leaders, this issue interrogates the ways in which the Black woman’s socially constructed intersectional identity informs her leadership values, approach, and impact.. Editors: Sonya Douglass Horsford, George Mason University, and Linda C. Tillman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Maximizing Effectiveness of Reading Comprehension Instruction in Diverse ClassroomsWith 8 million students in Grades 4–12 struggling to read on grade level, effective comprehension instruction is a top priority for middle and high school teachers. This teacher-friendly supplemental textbook fully prepares current and future educators to help all students "read to learn." Authors: Sheri Berkeley and Ana Taboada Barber, George Mason University. |
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Media Relations in SportWithin recent years the model of sport media communication has changed drastically, and it continues to evolve seemingly daily. The bywords of media communication are interconnectivity, interactivity, and mobility. The fourth edition of this book provides readers information on the current trends and emerging areas in the field of sport communication from technology to social media to how the global outreach of sport has affected the sports media profession. Authors: Brad Schultz, University of Mississippi; Philip H. Caskey, University High School; Craig Esherick, George Mason University. |
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Professional Development Schools and Social Justice: Schools and Universities Partnering to Make a DifferenceThis book extends the national discussion about the Professional Development School (PDS) movement of the past three decades. The volume highlights school/university partnerships’ focus on collaborative activities that endeavor to promote social justice in and across P-12 and university classrooms, educational institutions, and communities. Editors: Kristien Zenkov, George Mason University; Diane Corrigan, Cleveland State University; Ronald S. Beebe, University of Houston-Downtown; Corey R. Sell, George Mason University. |
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Race, Ethnography and EducationLeading thinkers and emerging scholars in the field explicate the complicated nature of race intersections, theories, and meanings in educational ethnography. The ethnographic accounts consider schooling, which is then extended to larger educational settings, bound by unique and peculiar histories and locations. Editors: Rodney K Hopson, George Mason University, and Adrienne D Dixson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
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Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Art EducationThe first edition of this bestseller was featured in The New York Times and The Boston Globe for its groundbreaking research on the positive effects of art education on student learning across the curriculum. Capitalizing on observations and conversations with educators who have used the Studio Thinking Framework in diverse settings, this expanded edition features new material to help advocates explain arts education to policymakers, help art teachers develop and refine their teaching and assessment practices, and assist educators in other disciplines to learn from existing practices in arts education. Authors: Lois Hetland, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Ellen Winner, Boston College and Project Zero; Shirley Veenema, Phillips Academy; Kimberly M. Sheridan, George Mason University. |
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Wedding Planning and Management: Consultancy for Diverse ClientsThis book provides students, consultants, vendors, scholars and engaged couples with a comprehensive introduction to the business of weddings. Looking through an event management lens, this is the only book to thoroughly explore the fundamentals of weddings, including historical and cultural foundations, practice, and the business of wedding planning in one volume. Authors: Maggie Daniels, George Mason University, and Carrie Loveless. |
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Wham! Teaching with Graphic Novels Across the CurriculumGraphic novels are an excellent medium to motivate today's youth to become independent learners and thinkers. This practical guide shows secondary school teachers how to incorporate graphic novels into content area instruction as a tool for meeting the needs of diverse learners and achieving the goals of the Common Core State Standards. Authors: William G. Brozo, George Mason University; Gary Moorman, Appalachian State University; Carla K. Meyer, Appalachian State University. |
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Why Public Schools? Voices from the United States and CanadaWhat is the purpose of schooling? Is it limited to the presumed answer that it is to prepare workers so our nations can sustain economic superiority?' Students, parents, teachers, business people, artists, retirees, First Nations people, military veterans, and religious professionals are not typically invited to answer these questions - despite their stake in educational outcomes. Twenty-four such people, including professional educational policy makers and scholars, offer their thoughts in these essays from the US and Canada. Editors: Jenice L. View, George Mason University; Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University; Penelope M. Earley, George Mason University. |
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George Mason University's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) includes two schools: the Graduate School of Education, one of the most comprehensive education schools in Virginia, and the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism. CEHD offers a full range of courses, certificates, and degree programs on campus, online, and on site to more than 4,000 students each year. CEHD is fully accredited by NCATE, and all licensure programs are approved by the Virginia Department of Education. George Mason University, located just outside of Washington, D.C., is Virginia's largest public research university.
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