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Education
Hardcover. This tells of twenty-four couples negotiating the emotional and practical journey of parenting their learning 'disabled' child. The author, a researcher, sociologist and mother of a learning disabled daughter, questions the weak inclusive education discourse and unpacks parents' narratives in relation to denial, disappointment and social exclusion. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230018808
- ISBN
- 9780230018808
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100350
- ISBN
- 9780230100350
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€ 20.99€ 17.94
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Hardcover. An exploration of how the nonrational aspects of schooling, especially ritual(s), have been harnessed to construct a commonsense which serves the interests of transnational corporations, leaving those educators committed to democracy to develop a new pedagogy that rejects the technical solutions that present reforms demand. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230101159
- ISBN
- 9780230101159
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€ 53.92€ 47.12
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Paperback. An exploration of how the nonrational aspects of schooling, especially ritual(s), have been harnessed to construct a commonsense which serves the interests of transnational corporations, leaving those educators committed to democracy to develop a new pedagogy that rejects the technical solutions that present reforms demand. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230101166
- ISBN
- 9780230101166
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€ 53.92€ 47.16
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Paperback. Merry elaborates an ideal type of Islamic philosophy of education in order to examine the specific challenges that Islamic schools face, comparing the different educational realities facing Muslim populations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JNLR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103535
- ISBN
- 9780230103535
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€ 53.92€ 46.28
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Hardcover. Extends Marxist analysis to include key concepts from the work of neo-Marxists Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser. It looks in detail at racism in the U.K. and the U.S. and goes on to examine the differences between schooling and education, and their relationship to racism in those two countries and in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103795
- ISBN
- 9780230103795
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.79
€ 53.92
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Paperback. Extends Marxist analysis to include key concepts from the work of neo-Marxists Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser. It looks in detail at racism in the U.K. and the U.S. and goes on to examine the differences between schooling and education, and their relationship to racism in those two countries and in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103801
- ISBN
- 9780230103801
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€ 53.92€ 47.16
€ 53.92
€ 47.16
Hardcover. This volume represents a rich multi-disciplinary contribution to an expanding literature on citizenship, identity, and education in a variety of majority and minority Muslim communities. Each of these essays offer important insights into the various ways one may identify with, and participate in, different societies to which Muslims belong. Editor(s): Merry, Michael S.; Milligan, Jeffrey Ayala. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104549
- ISBN
- 9780230104549
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€ 53.92€ 46.97
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Paperback. Drawing on indigenous belief systems and recent work in critical 'race' studies and multicultural-feminist theory, Keating provides detailed step-by-step suggestions, based on her own teaching experiences, designed to anticipate students' resistance to social-justice issues and encourage them to change. A holistic approach to theory and practice. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104907
- ISBN
- 9780230104907
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 39.18
€ 49.99
€ 39.18
Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model: A G...
Edward J. Valeau, Stewart E. Sutin, Daniel De...
Hardcover. This book seeks to explore thematic and pragmatic applications of financing the community college to help facilitate educational reform, to assist efforts related to internationalization and to create systemic support systems to maintain the mission. Editor(s): Valeau, Edward J.; Sutin, Stewart E.; Derrico, Daniel; Raby, Rosalind Latiner. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105362
- ISBN
- 9780230105362
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.69
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Hardcover. The book takes the social contract as a metaphor for understanding the challenges to education within a context of paradigmatic transition, and of profound social and political transformations. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105386
- ISBN
- 9780230105386
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€ 53.92€ 46.73
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Hardcover. Schutz demonstrates that progressive ideas of democracy emerged out of the practices of a new middle class, reacting, in part, against the more conflictive social struggles of the working-class. The volume traces two distinct branches of democratic progressivism: collaborative and personalist. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNF; JNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105911
- ISBN
- 9780230105911
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.33
€ 53.92
€ 47.33
Hardcover. Eick explores the history of a comprehensive high school from the world views of its assorted student body, confronting issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, nationality, and religion. Her case study examines the continuities and differences in student relationships over five decades. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. The Case of Miller High. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. 246 pages, illustrations. Eick explores the history of a comprehensive high school from the world views of its assorted student body, confronting issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, nationality, and religion. Her case study examines the continuities and differences in student relationships over five decades. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNLC. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 18. Weight: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107083
- ISBN
- 9780230107083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.07
€ 53.92
€ 47.07
Paperback. This study explores the history of the New School that developed in the postwar period and its role in communicating antifascism to young people in the Soviet zone. Blessing traces how the decisions about how to educate young people after the National Socialist dictatorship became part of a broader discussion about the future of the German nation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBTB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107304
- ISBN
- 9780230107304
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Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardcover. School boards spend almost $500 billion in taxpayer-provided funds, they employ more than 6 million people, offering pensions and lifetime health benefits that have helped build the obligation that has put state governments in fiscal peril. This book lifts the veil of obscurity from school boards and makes readers think about the issues. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKA; JNKC; JNKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107588
- ISBN
- 9780230107588
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.64
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Hardcover. The Hope of American School Reform tells the story of the origins of the reform in science and math education. The book is drawn, in part, on new research from previously untapped archival sources. The aim of this work is to contribute to our understanding of a major effort to reform school curricula. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNKC; JNKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107977
- ISBN
- 9780230107977
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€ 53.92€ 47.33
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Paperback. This book walks community activists through the rationale for assuming local responsibility for academic performance, outlines steps needed to drive that change, and suggests curricular direction and school policy requirements. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 201 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338. A Community Guide to Developing Globally Competitive Students. 224 pages. This book walks community activists through the rationale for assuming local responsibility for academic performance, outlines steps needed to drive that change, and suggests curricular direction and school policy requirements. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JNKP. Dimension: 232 x 201 x 12. Weight: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108332
- ISBN
- 9780230108332
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.16
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Hardcover. This is the first book devoted to the study of the thought of Albert Schweitzer as it relates to educational theory and practice. Rud argues that Schweitzer's life and work offer inspiration and timely insights for both educational thought and practice in our new century. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108561
- ISBN
- 9780230108561
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.61
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Paperback. This book situates young people within theoretical and political considerations that offer up a new 'analytic of youth,' one that posits not only the emergence of a new way to talk about youth but also a new language for understanding and critically engaging the politics that frame their lives. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298. Democracy or Disposability?. 256 pages. This book situates young people within theoretical and political considerations that offer up a new 'analytic of youth,' one that posits not only the emergence of a new way to talk about youth but also a new language for understanding and critically engaging the politics that frame their lives. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNF. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 14. Weight: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108707
- ISBN
- 9780230108707
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.34
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Hardcover. Public Universities and the Public Sphere argues that two crises facing America - a crisis of public discourse and a crisis of public higher education - are closely connected. Part of the solution, Smith argues in this timely work, to both crises lies in understanding and building on the connection. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNAM; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108783
- ISBN
- 9780230108783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.97
€ 53.92
€ 46.97