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Kevin Gannon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist. Wrote: https://t.co/coMr1VoO4L. Will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. He/him

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Book Cover for: Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning, Dannelle D. Stevens

Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning

Dannelle D. Stevens
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

@BravardDr I started with Dannelle Stevens and Antonia Levi's book ("Introduction to rubrics"), to get a sense of good principles, but they also have a bunch of good examples that were just as helpful. One really helpful practice was to work with a partner outside my discipline (1/2)

Paperback, 2012

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education, Henry A. Giroux

Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education

Henry A. Giroux
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

From the Introduction to his collection of essays "Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education" (Routledge 1992)

Paperback, 2005

$64.95$39.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Hurricane Jim Crow: How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South, Caroline Grego

Hurricane Jim Crow: How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South

Caroline Grego
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

@jondresner Also, am reading Caroline Grego's new book, Hurricane Jim Crow: How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South, and it is excellent so far

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care, Victor Ray

On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care

Victor Ray
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

@jondresner Recent reads that I think are major contributions and Historiographically Important™: Pekka Hämäläinen, Indigenous Continent; Gary Gerstle, Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order; Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory (sociology, but impt for historians I think)

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students, Aeron Haynie

Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students

Aeron Haynie
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

@cfiesler Teaching Matters by @aeron_haynie and @stephspong is written for grad students, and it's excellent. Highly, highly recommend. https://t.co/rDXEWQQNJO

Paperback, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Culture and Politics: Class, Writing, Socialism, Raymond Williams

Culture and Politics: Class, Writing, Socialism

Raymond Williams
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

Reading the new @VersoBooks collection of Raymond Williams esays, _Culture and Politics_, and came across what might well become my new mantra: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing." Hell yeah.

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, Parker J. Palmer

The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

Parker J. Palmer
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

@profhistorygeek Unfortunately, I haven't come across any. While his style turns some ppl off, Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach was helpful to me dealing with setbacks and a sense I wasn't "doing it right" when I was going through some anxiety/fear years back. cc @Lady_Historian

Hardcover, 2017

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition, Paulo Freire

Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition

Paulo Freire
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

"Revolution is born as a social entity within the oppressor society." Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Paperback, 2018

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War, Mark M. Smith

Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War

Mark M. Smith
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

@jimdowns1 @tsmullaney Also a Smith book-The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege. If I recall correctly, the references have a wealth of material

Paperback, 2017

$19.98$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning, Audrey Watters

Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning

Audrey Watters
Kevin GannonKevin Gannon

It was a real joy to review @audreywatters's Teaching Machines for _Academe_. It's such a well-written, important, and powerful book. https://t.co/8gggPRCutH

Paperback, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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