Education

Education

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Interviews with scholars of education about their new books.

Agustina Paglayan, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 15, 2024

Raised to Obey

Agustina Paglayan
Hosted by Mark Klobas

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state's desire to control its citizens. Nearly e…

Janusz Korczak, "How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works" (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018)

November 12, 2024

How to Love a Child

Janusz Korczak
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018) is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak's works translated into Engl…

Donna J. Nicol, "Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action" (U Rochester Press, 2024)

November 9, 2024

Black Woman on Board

Donna J. Nicol
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action (University of Rochester Press, 2024)…

Why Not Be Kind?: A Discussion with Catherine J. Denial

November 7, 2024

Why Not Be Kind?

Catherine J. Denial

Today’s book is: A Pedagogy of Kindness (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024), by Dr. Catherine Denial, which explores why academia is not, by and larg…

Celebrating University Press Week with AUPresses President, Anthony Cond

November 6, 2024

Celebrating University Press Week

Anthony Cond
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The Association of University Presses (AUPresses), a global organization of 161 mission-driven publishers, is proud to announce a collection of 123 bo…

Filippo Gianferrari, "Dante's Education: Latin Schoolbooks and Vernacular Poetics" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 6, 2024

Dante's Education

Filippo Gianferrari
Hosted by Jana Byars

In fourteenth-century Italy, literacy became accessible to a significantly larger portion of the lay population (allegedly between 60 and 80 percent i…

Kathleen McGoey and Lindsey Pointer, "Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools for Online Learning: Games and Activities for Restorative Justice Practitioners" (Good Books, 2024)

October 26, 2024

Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools for Online Learning

Kathleen McGoey and Lindsey Pointer
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

Teaching, training, and gathering online has become a global norm since 2020. Restorative practitioners have risen to the challenge to shift restorati…

Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age

October 21, 2024

Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age

Meryl Alper
Hosted by Lee Vinsel

Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Meryl Alper, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, about her recent b…

Keith E. Whittington, "You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms" (Polity Press, 2024)

October 17, 2024

You Can't Teach That!

Keith E. Whittington
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

Who controls what is taught in American universities – professors or politicians? The answer is far from clear but suddenly urgent. Unprecedented effo…

Sarah M. Stitzlein, "Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era: Emphasizing Truth in the Education of Citizens" (Oxford UP, 2024)

October 17, 2024

Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era

Sarah M. Stitzlein
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Democracy is struggling in an age of populism and post-truth. In a world swirling with competing political groups stating conflicting facts, citizens …

Black Woman on Board

October 3, 2024

Black Woman on Board

Donna J. Nicol

Today’s book is: Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action (University of Roche…

Michael S. Roth on the Rise of Student Protests, the Fall of Some College Presidents, and Why Liberal Education Matters

September 28, 2024

Michael S. Roth on the Rise of Student Protests, the Fall of Some College Presidents, and Why Liberal Education Matters

Michael S. Roth
Hosted by Uli Baer

The campus protests over conflict in Israel and Gaza have engulfed universities, and led to the resignation of several university presidents. In this …

Caitlin Gerrity and Scott Lanning, "Conducting Original Research for Your Library" (Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2024)

September 25, 2024

Conducting Original Research for Your Library

Caitlin Gerrity and Scott Lanning
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Conducting Original Research for Your Library (Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, 2024) is a concise manual for professionals in the field, this book hel…

William H. F. Altman, "Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic" (Lexington, 2012)

September 24, 2024

Plato the Teacher

William H. F. Altman
Hosted by Joseph Liss

In Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic (Lexington, 2012), William Altman shines a light on the pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, e…

Wayne A. Wiegand, "In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries" (UP of Mississippi, 2024)

September 23, 2024

In Silence or Indifference

Wayne A. Wiegand
Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Librarians around the country are currently on a battleground, defending their right to purchase and circulate books dealing with issues of race and s…

Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold, "Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field" (Brandeis UP, 2023)

September 15, 2024

Teaching Israel

Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold
Hosted by Drora Arussy

Today I talked to Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold's their book Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field (Brandeis UP, 2023). In this discuss…

Ehaab D. Abdou, "Education, Civics, and Citizenship in Egypt: Towards More Inclusive Curricular Representations and Teaching" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)

September 14, 2024

Education, Civics, and Citizenship in Egypt

Ehaab D. Abdou
Hosted by Shu Wan

Ehaab D. Abdou's book Education, Civics, and Citizenship in Egypt: Towards More Inclusive Curricular Representations and Teaching (Palgrave Macmillan,…

Melissa Osborne, "Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

September 11, 2024

Polished

Melissa Osborne
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Why do people go to college? In Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility (U Chicago Press, 2024), Melissa Osborne, an associate pr…

S4E5 Celebrating Constitution Day Pt. 1: A Conversation with Cass R. Sunstein

September 11, 2024

Celebrating Constitution Day, Part 1

Cass R. Sunstein
Hosted by Laura Laurent

Join us for an in-depth exploration of Professor Cass Sunstein's latest work, Campus Free Speech (Harvard University Press, September 2024). Togethe…

Josh Cowen, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers" (Harvard Education Press, 2024)

September 10, 2024

The Privateers

Josh Cowen
Hosted by Meghan Cochran

School vouchers are often framed as a way to help students and families by providing choice, but evidence shows that vouchers have a negative impact o…