In this book, the author emphasizes the power of schools, “which is to disrupt disparities and affirm students’ cultural identities and brilliance.” Part of the discussion is how school leaders can “dismantle harmful practices.”
Category: Books & E-books
Celebrate Banned Books Week!
Celebrate the right to read this Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2024) by checking out the Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2023, many of which are available at USF Libraries. In 2023, the ALA reported the highest number of challenged book …Continue Reading
Featured E-Book: Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
In their recent book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, Jose Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson include discussions about to combat cheating without using unreliable AI detection tools. Other topics include enhancing work with …Continue Reading
USF Tampa Library Pride Display
Every month, the USF Tampa Library talented staff creates a display (see pictures in this post) based on themes for that month. This month, we have a display in honor of Pride Month featuring books, DVDs and other resources available for …Continue Reading
Featured E-book: Great College Teaching: Where It Happens and How to Foster It Everywhere
Great College Teaching: Where It Happens and How to Foster It Everywhere reports on findings from the College Educational Quality (CEQ) study. It’s a broad-scale, cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional observational research of college teaching in the U.S. The work covers public universities, ranked private …Continue Reading
Featured E-book: Teaching Equity Through Children’s Literature in Undergraduate Classrooms
This collection offers strategies for teaching equity and social justice through children’s literature in undergraduate classrooms. This work includes contributions from scholars who belong to underrepresented groups within academia because of race, nationality, ethnicity, gender identity, and disability.
Ebooks for the Classroom
As you look forward to the summer and fall semesters, keep in mind that the USF Libraries’ Ebooks for the Classroom program supports textbook affordability and purchases what we can to defray costs to students. Not all publishers will sell e-textbooks to …Continue Reading
Titles for International Women’s Day, 2024
This year’s campaign theme for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. When we value women’s inclusion, we work toward creating a better world. Read more about what it means to inspire inclusion here. Below is a list of e-books …Continue Reading
Faculty Publication: Dialogic Collaborative Action Research in Science Education
This e-book by Allan Feldman, Jawaher Alsultan, Katie Laux and Molly Nation offers science teacher educators and K-12 science teachers was they can engage in a a dialogic mode of collaborative action research that centers on teacher experiences with their students, reflective …Continue Reading
The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching
Looking to make your teaching more inclusive? You can access this e-book free to all instructors if you sign up for it. After signing up, you will receive immediate access and a link will also be sent to your email. The book …Continue Reading