In Italy, the National Evaluation System (SNV), encompassing both internal and external accountability components, is designed not only to hold school actors accountable but also to stimulate innovation and change in pedagogical practices. Nevertheless, existing literature presents inconclusive and contradictory findings regarding the effects and…

Discusses Gramsci's political education model, which explains the role of education in building an alternative, anti-capitalist cultural formation. Considers the definition of hegemony, the form of pedagogy best serving to develop critical consciousness, Gramsci's break with Marxist-Leninist traditions, and the revolutionary role of the common…

Teachers, parents, and older students need to understand the mechanisms that have subverted honest efforts to give working class children in the United States a decent education. This book discusses why this has happened and suggests ways to develop a pedagogy that makes progressive methods, education that empowers, and powerful literacy possible…

This textbook of English Grammar presupposes a certain amount of previous training in the theory and practice of English, and its specific place in the curriculum is to be found in the advanced grammar grades of public schools, though the book is also suited to the wants of high schools and academies. The author would state in a single sentence…