Whiteness in Academia
How do white academics contribute to racial oppression, even in fields designed to resist it? This book uses fictional tropes—from science fiction to detective fiction—in a series of ‘counter stories’ that critique whiteness in academia and explore power.
Interculturality
In an era of accelerating globalization, intercultural issues are crucial. This book creates a platform for dialogue between practitioners and researchers through concrete case studies to promote constructive understanding and combat racism and xenophobia.
The Supervisory Assemblage
A nomadic inquiry into the doctoral process, this book uses Deleuzian and feminist poststructuralist thought to raise questions, not answer them. It reveals academic production as a complex process, offering a powerful statement on learning’s capacity to transform a life.
To remain viable amidst intense change, universities must adapt. This book presents an alternative approach: a whole-of-institution learning and teaching framework connected to strategic goals, based on five principles and a seven-year study.
Multicultural Education
Multicultural education helps all students achieve by providing knowledge about the histories and cultures of diverse groups. This volume presents new research from academics across two continents on theory, classroom practices, and language education.
Despite communicative teaching, many EFL university students in the UAE lack adequate communicative competence and critical thinking skills. This book argues for utilising literature, offering an approach to integrate language, literature, and critical thinking.
From Authority Religion to Spirit Religion
George Burman Foster was a key figure in the “Chicago School.” This volume explores his religious thought through his major writings and diverse shorter works, discovering that Foster was laying the foundation for the emergence of American humanism.
For engineers and students, this volume presents articles by international experts on themes at the interface between engineering and society, including ethics, education, and the future of engineering. Each chapter contrasts distinct perspectives to develop critical thinking.
Dalit Women and Dropout Rates in Collegiate Education
Caste remains a hurdle in Indian education, particularly for Dalit women. This book throws light on the social stigma they face, leading to high dropout rates from college in the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh.
Searching for the American Dream
This groundbreaking guide offers practical advice for planning and leading international study tours, revealing the rewards of taking students beyond the classroom.
This volume discusses the assessment of Second Language Learners with Specific Language Learning Disorders and other disabilities. It explores theoretical models, evaluates accommodation practices, and fills a crucial gap for researchers and professionals.
Lake Garda
D. H. Lawrence’s life was a journey to the sun, a quest that began in Gargnano. This unique book explores his “sun search” through a stimulating combination of literature, music, and painting. A book that any Laurentian cannot possibly miss.
Contested Boundaries
Contested Boundaries uses Toni Morrison’s enigmatic novel, A Mercy, as a locus to discuss her entire canon. Essays explore her re-figuration of core themes—the legacy of slavery, trauma, and love—charting a shift in her work to open up new ways of interrogating her writing.
This book explores international students’ adaptation to academic writing, introducing new concepts of adjustment. It offers a dialogical pedagogic model for mutual adaptation, arguing that adjustment is a shared responsibility between students and academics.
An Insatiable Dialectic
Leading philosophers and cultural critics challenge the view that critique, modernity, and humanism are obsolete. These essays argue that these concepts are crucial in an age where democratic ideals and intercultural understanding are vanishing possibilities.
These eight short stories illustrate how great writers help us see the world in new ways. The book integrates literary, communicative, and critical thinking skills, combining listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Ideal for EFL/ESL students and teachers.
Byron and Latin Culture
This collection of papers details the huge influence of Latin poets on Byron. His borrowings, imitations, and parodies are catalogued in unprecedented detail, revealing how classical writers inspired *Don Juan*. Also explores Byron’s influence on European art.
This book tackles intercultural language teaching and the use of information and communication technology in the EFL classroom. A pioneering study, its results offer materials writers, software designers, and EFL teachers criteria to evaluate CALL software.
Translation and the paratext surrounding it are not innocent. Publishers manipulate a text’s presentation, while writers use prefaces and notes to push their own interpretations. These articles reveal how these elements impact a text’s production and reception.
Managing Institutions
This book explores the strategies minban schools use to navigate China’s fragmented institutional environment. It reveals how different types of schools adopt tactics from isolation to capitalization, showing how they thrive under substantial state control.