Yoni Furas, "Educating Palestine: Teaching and Learning History Under the Mandate" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Yoni Furas, "Educating Palestine: Teaching and Learning History Under the Mandate" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Through the story of education and the teaching of history in Mandate Palestine, Yoni Furas reframes our understanding o... Read more
7 Aug 2023
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1hr 4mins
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran, "The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy" ((Harvard Education Press, 2023)
Landon Mascareñaz and Doannie Tran propose that, even as events of this decade have exposed stress points in existing to... Read more
6 Aug 2023
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35mins
Jack Cohen and Yosef Lynn, "Nurture Their Nature: The Torah’s Essential Guidance for Parents and Teachers" (Mosaica Press, 2021)
Jack Cohen and Yosef Lynn, "Nurture Their Nature: The Torah’s Essential Guidance for Parents and Teachers" (Mosaica Press, 2021)
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment with Nurture their Nature; The Torah’s Essential Guidance for Pare... Read more
4 Aug 2023
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1hr 4mins
Alelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
Alelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
The vast majority of American college students attend two thousand or so private and public institutions that might be d... Read more
2 Aug 2023
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15mins
Steve Mentz, "An Introduction to the Blue Humanities" (Routledge, 2023)
Steve Mentz, "An Introduction to the Blue Humanities" (Routledge, 2023)
An Introduction to the Blue Humanities (Routledge, 2023) is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage wi... Read more
27 Jul 2023
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47mins
Syed Ali and Margaret M. Chin, "The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become" (NYU Press, 2023)
Syed Ali and Margaret M. Chin, "The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become" (NYU Press, 2023)
For decades, parents across America have asked their kids, “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?” The answer ... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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53mins
Margareta von Oswald and Jonas Tinius, "Awkward Archives: Ethnographic Drafts for a Modular Curriculum" (Archive Books, 2022)
Margareta von Oswald and Jonas Tinius, "Awkward Archives: Ethnographic Drafts for a Modular Curriculum" (Archive Books, 2022)
Awkward Archives: Ethnographic Drafts for a Modular Curriculum (Archive Books, 2022) proposes a manual for academic teac... Read more
18 Jul 2023
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50mins
Juliet Schor, "After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back" (U California Press, 2021)
Juliet Schor, "After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back" (U California Press, 2021)
When the "sharing economy" launched a decade ago, proponents claimed that it would transform the experience of work--giv... Read more
17 Jul 2023
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57mins
Phoebe Ho et al., "Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America" (U California Press, 2022)
Phoebe Ho et al., "Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America" (U California Press, 2022)
How do children and adolescents transition to adulthood in today’s America? How have American society’s entrenching econ... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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1hr 3mins
Yi-Lin Chiang, "Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Yi-Lin Chiang, "Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition" (Princeton UP, 2022)
We understand very little about how elite individuals and families operate in everyday life to maintain their privileged... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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1hr 5mins