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Last Updated: 11-Mar-2016

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Background information

Handbook of social justice in education / edited by William Ayers, Therese Quinn, David Stovall.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .H364 2009

New books

Voices for diversity and social justice : a literary education anthology / edited by Julie Landsman, Rosanna M. Salcedo, and Paul C. Gorski.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC212.2 .V65 2015
Teaching civic engagement / edited by Forrest Clingerman and Reid B. Locklin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC220.5 .T38 2016
Practice-oriented
Chicana/Latina testimonios as pedagogical, methodological, and activist approaches to social justice / edited by Dolores Delgado Bernal, Rebeca Burciaga and Judith Flores Carmona.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213 .C49 2016
Privatisation, education and social justice / edited by Geoffrey Walford.
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.36 .P745 2016
Giving voice to democracy in music education : diversity and social justice / edited by Lisa C. Delorenzo.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » MT1 .G46 2016
Exploring diversity through multimodality, narrative, and dialogue : a framework for teacher reflection / Mary B. McVee and Fenice B. Boyd.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1033.5 .M33 2016
Practice-oriented
At the crossroads of fear and freedom : the fight for social and educational justice / Robert L. Green.
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2016.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2717 . G744 2016
Transforming teacher education for social justice / Eva Zygmunt, Patricia Clark ; with Jon Clausen, Wilfridah Mucherah, & Susan Tancock ; foreword by Peter Murrell.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1715 .Z94 2016
Practice-oriented
Service-learning and social entrepreneurship in higher education : a pedagogy of social change / Sandra L. Enos.
First edition. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC220.5 .E66 2015
Pedagogy for restoration : addressing social and ecological degradation through education / David Krzesni.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » GE70 .K79 2015
Urban educational leadership for social justice : international perspectives / edited by Jeffrey S. Brooks, Melanie C. Brooks.
Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806 .U733 2015
Evaluation and social justice in complex sociopolitical contexts / Barbara Rosenstein, Helena Desivilya Syna, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028 .N4 NO.146
Chinese higher education reform and social justice / edited by Bin Wu, John Morgan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.98 .C6 C55 2016
Bringing human rights education to US classrooms : exemplary models from elementary grades to university / edited by Susan Roberta Katz and Andrea McEvoy Spero.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » JC571 .B693 2015
Active learning : social justice education and participatory action research / Dana E. Wright.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.23 .W75 2015
Becoming activist : critical literacy and youth organizing / Elizabeth Bishop.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC153 .N48 B57 2015
Against common sense : teaching and learning toward social justice / Kevin K. Kumashiro.
Third edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213.2 .K86 2015
Practice-oriented.
University access and success : capabilities, diversity and social justice / Merridy Wilson-Strydom.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2350 .W57 2015
Because of our success : the changing racial and ethnic ancestry of Blacks on affirmative action / Kevin D. Brown.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213.52 .B76 2014
Interrogating critical pedagogy : the voices of educators of color in the movement / edited by Pierre Wilbert Orelus and Rochelle Brock.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC196 .I68 2015
The theory and practice of development education : a pedagogy for global social justice / Douglas Bourn.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC196 .B68 2015
Collaborative imagination : earning activism through literacy education / Paul Feigenbaum.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC151 .F45 2015
Longing for justice : higher education and democracy's agenda / Jennifer S. Simpson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .S54 2014
The activist learner : inquiry, literacy, and service to make learning matter / Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Whitney Douglas, Sara W. Fry ; foreword by Mary Beth Tinker ; afterword by Bruce Novak.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC220.5 .W555 2014
Practice-oriented.
Knowledge and the future school : curriculum and social justice / Michael Young and David Lambert with Carolyn Roberts and Martin Roberts.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1564 .G7 Y68 2014
Leadership for social justice in higher education : the legacy of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program / edited by Terance W. Bigalke and Mary S. Zurbuchen.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2338 .L37 2014
Contemporary issues of equity in education / edited by Susanne Gannon and Wayne Sawyer.
Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC213.3 .A97 C66 2014
Conflict, reconciliation and peace education : moving Burundi toward a sustainable future / by William M. Timpson, Elavie Ndura and Apollinaire Bangayimbaga.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » JZ5584 .B94 T56 2014
Deschooling the imagination : critical thought as social practice / Eric J. Weiner.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC196.5 .U6 W446 2014
The importance of teaching social issues : our pedagogical creeds / edited by Samuel Totten.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC192.2 .I47 2015

Journals

Education, citizenship and social justice [electronic resource].
[Thousand Oaks, CA ; London] : SAGE Publications, 2006-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Education, Citizenship and Social Justice provides a strategic forum for international and multi-disciplinary dialogue for all academic educators and educational policy-makers concerned with the meanings and form of citizenship and social justice as these are realised throughout the time spent in educational institutions."

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related Databases

PAIS international in print.
New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., 1991-
Green Library » Information Center » Z7163 .P3 V.24 PT.2 2015
Indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical articles on contemporary public issues and the making of public policy.
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Websites

Center for Educational Leadership & Social Justice
"The UCEA Center for Educational Leadership and Social Justice is a community of academics and practitioners working to bridge the gap between educational leadership and social justice. Our work involves bringing together stakeholders from schools, the academy and communities to work on the behalf of young people."
Doerr Center for Social Justice Education & Research
"The Emmet J. and Mary Martha Doerr Center for Social Justice Education and Research is an independently funded center within the School of Social Work [Saint Louis University] that promotes long range solutions to social problems through education and research."
Rethinking Schools
"Founded in 1986 by activist teachers, Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. We advocate the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice."