Semel, S.F.(Ed.) (2010). Foundations of Education: The Essential Texts. New York: Routledge. From the Amazon summary "Foundations of Education helps aspiring teachers interpret the craft of teaching within the historical, philosophical, cultural, and social contexts of education inside and outside of schools. This volume contains substantial selections from those works widely regarded as central to the development of the field. These are the "essential texts" that lay the basis of further study for any serious student of education".
Singh, P., Sadovnik, A.R. & Semel, S.F. (Eds.) (2010). Toolkits, Translation Devices and Conceptual Accounts Essays on Basil Bernstein's Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Peter Lang. About the Essays on Basil Bernstein's Sociology of Knowledge, Professor Semel comments that "For over four decades, Basil Bernstein researched 'the internal organization and educational context of the school specifically, and educational systems generally. In particular, he was interested in the powerful forms of knowledge transmitted through schooling systems; who gained access to these forms of knowledge; how they did so; and with what consequences. His research began by examining the differences between language and communication patterns in the institutions of the home/family and of the school, and extended to examining the structuring of pedagogic discourse from the level of the state to the classroom. In addition, contributors explore the strengths and limitations of Bernstein's work for understanding the structuring of educational institutions, as well as the potential of the theory for assisting educators to make a difference in the lives of students".
Sadovnik, A.R., Semel, S.F., Simon, F. & Grosvenor, I. (Eds.) (2010). Special Issue; Education and Inequality: Historical Approaches to Schooling and Social Stratification. Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education. Volume XLVI, Numbers I and II, February-April. This special issue includes 14 articles from the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Standing Conference of the History of Education in 2006 at Rutgers University-Newark.
