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Hardcover. Wexler argues that the arts are most effective when they are in service of social growth, critical to identity formation. This book balances theory with practical knowledge and offers critical research that challenges the biases regarding the nature of art and education. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606296
- ISBN
- 9780230606296
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.24
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The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and Their Unions. Stories fo...
. Ed(S): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary
Paperback. Public education's character is increasingly under assault as privatization of education is advanced. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher's union leaders from around the world fuses insights with background and analysis to make real the goal of quality education for all the world's children. Editor(s): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606302
- ISBN
- 9780230606302
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€ 53.92€ 46.71
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Hardcover. The book narrates the story of how the school, founded by women pioneers of public education in a Rocky Mountain mining settlement, became the centre and sustaining force of the town's community life from its beginning in the 1870s to the present day. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608351
- ISBN
- 9780230608351
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.95
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Hardcover. An accessible and original look into the education policy of Australia that considers how it came about, how it was steered to the political right, how some educators struggled to implement or resist it in their schools and how it applies to other systems. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSJ2; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608399
- ISBN
- 9780230608399
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.31
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Hardcover. The Impact of 9-11 on Psychology and Education is the fifth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. It features forewords by Robert Sternberg and Philip Zimbardo. Series: The Day That Changed Everything?. Num Pages: 306 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JMQ; JNF; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608436
- ISBN
- 9780230608436
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Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This volume explores the impact of social identity on teaching and learning. The contributors argue, from the perspective of diverse disciplinary and educational contexts, that mobilizing identities in the classroom is a necessary part of progressive educators' efforts to transform knowledge-making and to create a more just and democratic society. Editor(s): MacDonald, Amie A. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609167
- ISBN
- 9780230609167
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Condition: New
€ 67.76
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Hardcover. This book explores the experiences and writings of four teachers at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, both to investigate their lives as female professionals during the Progressive era, and to add to our understanding of this innovative institution and how these philosophies and innovations have carried out to this day. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610736
- ISBN
- 9780230610736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This study collects the oral histories of residents of a single county in North Carolina who lived through the consequences of desegregation, examining the complex social and historical constructions of racial difference in education. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611351
- ISBN
- 9780230611351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This book offers examples from both Christian and secular democratic institutions of higher education and then responds to possible criticisms about how moral education in a comprehensive humanist moral tradition may short change diversity, autonomy and critical thinking. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRC; JNAM; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230612402
- ISBN
- 9780230612402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 40.00
€ 49.99
€ 40.00
Hardcover. Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks. In this timely work, Nadesan argues that these frameworks encourage affluent parents to pursue individualized technologies of the self to reduce risks posed to their children's future success. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613218
- ISBN
- 9780230613218
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.67
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Hardcover. This historical biography examines Sarah Raymond Fitzwilliam's abolitionist roots growing up on a stop of the Underground Railroad, her training at a 'normal school,' her tenure as a teacher, principal and the nation's first city school superintendent (Bloomington, Illinois 1874-1892). Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613225
- ISBN
- 9780230613225
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.16
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Hardcover. Through the lens of education, this book attempts to situate young people within a number of 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 the politics that increasing frame their lives. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613294
- ISBN
- 9780230613294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.56
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Paperback. A Marxist Response. Series: Marxism and Education. 228 pages. This book focuses on the challenge to Marxism posed by Critical Race Theory as this relates to educational theory, policy and practices with respect to both the US and UK. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JNA. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613355
- ISBN
- 9780230613355
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.16
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Paperback. This is a cutting edge book that not only maps and criticizes venture philanthropy but also offers a new and different way of conceptualizing public education in response to the neoliberal climate affecting all aspects of public education. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290. Public Education and Venture Philanthropy. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. 200 pages, 0. This is a cutting edge book that not only maps and criticizes venture philanthropy but also offers a new and different way of conceptualizing public education in response to the neoliberal climate affecting all aspects of public education. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JNK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615151
- ISBN
- 9780230615151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.13
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Hardcover. This book seeks to revive dialectical materialist interpretations of sexuality, relevant to K-12 settings and society. Issues addressed include: sexuality and the curriculum, theories of the family, critiques of postmodernism, socialist feminism, and activist tactics/strategies for organizing in K-12 settings. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5; JNA; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. Sexuality and Schooling. Series: Marxism and Education. 268 pages. This book seeks to revive dialectical materialist interpretations of sexuality, relevant to K-12 settings and society. Issues addressed include: sexuality and the curriculum, theories of the family, critiques of postmodernism, socialist feminism, and activist tactics/strategies for organizing in K-12 settings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHBK5; JNA; JNH. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 19. Weight: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616080
- ISBN
- 9780230616080
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.24
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Teaching and Learning in the (dis)Comfort Zone: A Guide for New Teache...
Jensen, Deborah Ann, Eldridge, Deborah B., Hu...
Hardcover. The novice teacher and literacy coach need to form a team to share their expertise and continually evolve, to have opportunity for guided reflection and self-assessment of practice. This book shares these professional experiences which delineates and describes the (dis)comfort of teaching and learning at the edge of the teachers' comfort zone. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617681
- ISBN
- 9780230617681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.07
€ 53.92
€ 47.07
Teaching and Learning in the (dis)Comfort Zone: A Guide for New Teache...
Jensen, Deborah Ann, Eldridge, Deborah B., Hu...
Paperback. The novice teacher and literacy coach need to form a team to share their expertise and continually evolve, to have opportunity for guided reflection and self-assessment of practice. This book shares these professional experiences which delineates and describes the (dis)comfort of teaching and learning at the edge of the teachers' comfort zone. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617698
- ISBN
- 9780230617698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.28
€ 53.92
€ 46.28
Hardcover. This book contributes in multiple dimensions to the educational literature through an articulation of T.J. and Anita Anderson's vision; how the community and faculty adopted the vision; what it meant in practical terms to matriculating students and their families; and, espouses lessons applicable in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618480
- ISBN
- 9780230618480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.68
€ 53.92
€ 46.68
Hardcover. This book is concerned with the three-way relationship between neoliberalism, women's education, and the spatialization of the state, and analyses this through an ethnography lens of women's education programs in India. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619913
- ISBN
- 9780230619913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. While featuring field-based examples in multiple disciplines, including political science, anthropology, communication, psychology, sociology, law and teacher training, this book presents real cases of conflict work. Explained are concepts underlying conflict transformation and strategies that have been adapted for use in professional practice. Editor(s): Carter, Candice C. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTJ; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620643
- ISBN
- 9780230620643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.16
€ 53.92
€ 47.16