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Education And Power, 2Ed(2nd Edition)
by Michael W. Apple, Apple Et Al
Paperback, 236 Pages, Published 2015 by T&F India
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-91310-2, ISBN: 0-415-91310-1

"In his seminal volume first published in 1982 Michael Apple articulates his theory on educational institutions and the reproduction of unequal power relations and provides a thorough examination of the ways in which race-gender-class dynamics are embedded in, and reflected through, curricular issues. This second edition contains a re-examination of earlier arguments as well as reflections on recent changes in education."

Educating the Right Way(2nd Edition)
Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality
by Michael W. Apple, Michael W.
Paperback, 372 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95272-9, ISBN: 0-415-95272-7

"In this book Apple explores the 'conservative restoration' - the rightward turn of a broad-based coalition that is making successful inroads in determining American and international educational policy. It takes a pragmatic look at what critical educators can do to build alternative coalitions and policies that are more democratic. Apple urges this group to extricate itself from its reliance on the language of possibility in order to em ..."

Official Knowledge(3rd Edition)
Democratic Education in a Conservative Age
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-89217-9, ISBN: 0-415-89217-1

"This third edition of Official Knowledge, a classic text from one of education’s most distinguished scholars, challenges readers to critically examine how certain knowledge comes to be “official,” and whose agendas this knowledge represents. A probing and award-winning study, this new edition builds on the tradition of its predecessors to question the rightist resurgence in education while substantive updates throughout show how such po ..."

Can Education Change Society?(1st Edition)
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-87533-2, ISBN: 0-415-87533-1

" Despite the vast differences between the Right and the Left over the role of education in the production of inequality one common element both sides share is a sense that education can and should do something about society, to either restore what is being lost or radically alter what is there now. The question was perhaps put most succinctly by the radical educator George Counts in 1932 when he asked "Dare the School Build a New Social ..."

Official Knowledge(2nd Edition)
Democratic Education in a Conservative Age
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92614-0, ISBN: 0-415-92614-9

"A powerful examination of the rightist resurgence in education and the challenges it presents to concerned educators, Official Knowledge analyzes the effects of conservative beliefs and strategies on educational policy and practice. Apple looks specifically at the conservative agenda's incursion into education through the curriculum, textbook adoption policies and the efforts of the private and business sectors to centralize its interes ..."

The State and the Politics of Knowledge
by Michael W. Apple, Peter Aasen, Ting-Hong Wong, Misook Kim Cho, Luis Armando Gardin, Anita Oliver, Youl-Kwan Sung, Hannah Tavares
Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2003 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-93513-5, ISBN: 0-415-93513-X

"The State and the Politics of Knowledge extends the insightful arguments Michael Apple provided in Educating the "Right" Way in new and truly international directions. Arguing that schooling is, by definition, political, Apple and his co-authors move beyond a critical analysis to describe numerous ways of interrupting dominance and creating truly democratic and realistic alternatives to the ways markets, standards, testing, and a limite ..."

Teachers and Texts(1st Edition)
A Political Economy of Class and Gender Relations in Education
by Michael W. Apple
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-7102-0774-6, ISBN: 0-7102-0774-3

"First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

Ideology and Curriculum(3rd Edition)
by Michael W. Apple, Md Apple Michael
Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2004 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-94912-5, ISBN: 0-415-94912-2

"To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its publication Michael W Apple has thoroughly updated his influential text and written a new preface The preface both situates the book in its larger context historically and currently and points to the material and events that help solve a number of the questions and issues of the relationship between education and differential power that the book raises The new edition also includes an extended in ..."

The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education(1st Edition)
by Wayne Au, Michael W. Apple, Luis Armando Gandin
Paperback, 516 Pages, Published 2009 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-88927-8, ISBN: 0-415-88927-8

"The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education is the first authoritative reference work to provide an international analysis of the relationship between power, knowledge, education, and schooling. Rather than focusing solely on questions of how we teach efficiently and effectively, contributors to this volume push further to also think critically about education's relationship to economic, political, and cultural power. The ..."

Democratic Schools
by Michael W. Apple, James A. Beane
Paperback, 106 Pages, Published 1995 by Assn For Supervision & Curriculum
ISBN-13: 978-0-87120-241-3, ISBN: 0-87120-241-7

"In "Democratic Schools," you'll see how educators in four communities in the United States have committed themselves to preparing students for the democratic way of life. Editors Michael Apple and James Beane have gathered here narratives written by those intimately involved in each school reform effort. These stories of change attest to the power of people working together to overcome difficulties and achieve common goals in creative w ..."

Ideology and Curriculum(4th Edition)
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-02300-3, ISBN: 0-367-02300-8

"Since 1979, Ideology and Curriculum has been a path breaking statement on the relationship between cultural and economic power in education. The new edition of this now classic text has been updated by celebrated author and activist Michael W. Apple to include a full new chapter on the book’s lasting critical agenda in the context of the contemporary conservative climate. A new substantive preface introduces the fourth edition, reflecti ..."

Cultural Politics and Education(1st Edition)
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1996 by Teachers College Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8077-3503-9, ISBN: 0-8077-3503-5

"Many are convinced that “liberal” solutions have failed and that answers to social problems lie in a return to conservative policies and values. As this conservative offensive grows increasingly powerful in education, public schooling itself has come under attack. Michael Apple offers a powerful analysis of current debates and a compelling indictment of rightist proposals for change. Apple presents the causes and effects of integrating ..."

Ideology and Curriculum(2nd Edition)
by Michael W. Apple
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1990 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-90266-3, ISBN: 0-415-90266-5

"When Ideology and Curriculum was first published in 1979 it was quickly established as a path breaking statement on the relationship between cultural and economic power in education. It has been translated into many languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek, and it has had a profound impact on the debates about education and democracy in many nations. Most recently, it has been named one of the 20 mos ..."

The Curriculum(2nd Edition)
Problems, Politics, and Possibilities (Second Edition) (SUNY series, Frontiers in Education)
by Landon E. Beyer, Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 438 Pages, Published 1998 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3810-7, ISBN: 0-7914-3810-4

"This new edition of the classic text extends the scope of critically-oriented work in curriculum studies.Such was the praise for the first edition of The Curriculum. Now Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple join together with other notable contributors in this new edition to examine a range of issues, ideas, and practices connected to the development, evaluation, and effects of curriculum ideas and practices.With substantially new and r ..."

Official Knowledge
Democratic Education in a Conservative Age
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1993 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-90749-1, ISBN: 0-415-90749-7

Globalizing Education(1st Edition)
Policies, Pedagogies, and Politics (Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education) (v. 280)
by Michael W. Apple, Jane Kenway, Michael Singh, Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg
Paperback, 311 Pages, Published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-7120-4, ISBN: 0-8204-7120-8

Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education
Essays on Class, Ideology and the State
by Michael W. Apple
374 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-85257-9, ISBN: 1-351-85257-4

"For all of them there is agreement that one must avoid simple base/ superstructure models to explain education and engage in action. Thus ... This last point is certainly true of the authors in Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education. All ..."

Educating the Right Way
Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality
by Michael W. Apple
376 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-136-28416-8, ISBN: 1-136-28416-8

"See, for example, the analysis of the gender dynamics surrounding neoliberal policies in Madeleine Arnot, Miriam David, and Gaby Weiner, Closing the Gender Gap (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999). The ways in which neoconservative policies act on and through the politics of sexuality and the body as well are ... Ball, Bowe, and Gewirtz, “Market Forces and Parental Choice,” 24. Menter et al., Work and Identity, 8. Ibid., 57. The work of ..."

CAN EDUCATION CHANGE SOCIETY(1st Edition)
by Michael W. Apple
Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-87532-5, ISBN: 0-415-87532-3

Educating the Right Way(1st Edition)
Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality
by Michael W. Apple
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92462-7, ISBN: 0-415-92462-6

"In this book, Apple explores the "conservative restoration" - the rightward turn of a broad-based coalition that is making successful inroads in determining American and international educational policy. This book takes a pragmatic look at what critical educators can do to build alternative coalitions and policies that are more democratic. Apple urges this group to extricate itself from its reliance on the language of possibility in ord ..."

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