{"product_id":"foundations-of-education-maike-ingrid-philipsen-9781350442009","title":"Foundations of Education: American Schools and the Common Good","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoundations of Education\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the major topics and debates in contemporary American education, including teaching as a profession, school governance, social class, gender, and disabilities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2nd edition includes two new chapters on race and ethnicity, and immigration and language, and each of the other chapters have been thoroughly updated to respond to the latest research and events. The book introduces ways that pre-and in-service teachers can address these topics using a foundations approach, that is, to look at the problems from historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives and bringing together relevant findings from those disciplines to analyze and illuminate educational issues. The book includes exercises, discussion questions, international case studies for comparative purposes, and is supported by a companion website with additional reading suggestions, links to relevant websites, videos, and podcasts. This is a text that responds to current developments, changes, and trends in teacher education and society more broadly, from discussion of climate change, to culturally responsive pedagogy to critical race theory. \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Education\u003c\/i\u003e will prepare a new generation of educators for a globalized and technology-driven society that needs to be aware of its best educational traditions, its current problems and its future possibilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maike Ingrid Philipsen,Hillary Parkhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350442003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350442009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Maike Ingrid Philipsen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148392145151,"sku":"9781350442009","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foundations-of-education-maike-ingrid-philipsen-9781350442009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}