Education
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Education
Hardcover. Setting education in its political context, this book offers a history of good intentions, ranging from the birth of modern schooling and modern examination, to the rise (and fall) of meritocracy. In challenging all that is well-intentioned in education, this book reveals how our educational commitments are always underwritten by violence. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNA; JNL; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272850
- ISBN
- 9781137272850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. To what extent does participation in one particular domain of public life lead to wider participation in other areas? Through the use of an unprecedented survey supported by case studies this book explores how participatory governance in community-managed schools can alter the civic and political behaviour of participants. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JPP; JPRB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271839
- ISBN
- 9781137271839
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book discusses changes to student teacher education globally and in the UK, exploring how student teachers learn through school teaching practices and ideas for developing and maximizing learning opportunities in school-based student teacher education. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268679
- ISBN
- 9781137268679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Paperback. Teachers in schools where students have experienced trauma face particularly difficult challenges, for how is a teacher to promote academic growth and attainment of educational goals in such a situation? Provides advice, understanding, and proven strategies for meeting the challenges that must be faced after a traumatic experience. Editor(s): Mears, Carolyn Lunsford. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268549
- ISBN
- 9781137268549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.45€ 95.61
€ 116.45
€ 95.61
Hardcover. Ipsative assessment is a powerful new approach that provokes a radical rethink of the purposes and methods of assessment. This book presents a case for partially replacing competitive assessment with ipsative assessment, and it explores the possibilities and the challenges with research evidence and case studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JMBT; JNC; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267214
- ISBN
- 9781137267214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. By positioning the late Edward Said's political interventions as a public intellectual on behalf of Palestinian populations living under Israeli occupation as a form of intellectual resistance, Abraham moves to consider forms of physical resistance, seeking to better understand the motivations of those who choose to turn their bodies into weapons. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFC; JNM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031945
- ISBN
- 9781137031945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Mills, Sarah. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027726
- ISBN
- 9781137027726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMRN; JNC; JNFN; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025579
- ISBN
- 9781137025579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book examines the evolving relationship between the nation-state, citizenship and the education of citizens, exploring the impact European integration had on national policies towards educating its citizens and citizenship. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSP2; JHB; JNF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137019561
- ISBN
- 9781137019561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. By presenting a series of intricate analyses of educational phenomena through the theoretical lenses offered by Immanuel Wallerstein and Istvan Meszaros, the book engages readers and helps them to critically analyze their own participation in the global economy, as citizens, policy-makers, and academics or teachers. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHBA; JNA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137014818
- ISBN
- 9781137014818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.71
€ 53.37
€ 46.71
Researching Education with Marginalized Communities
Danaher, Mike; Cook, Janet; Danaher, Geoff; C...
Hardcover. This collection provides evidence-based strategies for conducting effective and ethical education research with individuals and groups who are marginalised from mainstream society. The book explores circus and fairground communities, disabled vocational education students, environmental lobbyists and retired people from across the globe. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137012678
- ISBN
- 9781137012678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Conflicting conservative and radical impulses in English society after WWII were played out in microcosm in education. They particularly shaped English teaching, examined in three post-war London schools in a detailed study that uses oral history-interviews with former teachers and students-and documents including mark books and students' work. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; JNL; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005137
- ISBN
- 9781137005137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 47.00
€ 53.37
€ 47.00
Hardback. Outlines some of the problems and deficiencies in the evaluation practice and offers professionally-based leads for strengthening or replacing superintendent performance evaluation systems. This book focuses on the on-the-job performance of school district superintendents as they implement school board policy. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398912
- ISBN
- 9780792398912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.88
€ 133.88
Paperback. Helps readers grasp the essence of sound teacher evaluation and be able to apply its principles, facts, ideas, processes, and procedures. This book invites and assists school professionals and other readers to examine the developments in teacher evaluation. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792396741
- ISBN
- 9780792396741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 254.82
€ 254.82
Hardback. Reviews of the training research literature show that, parallel to the growing attention to corporate training, research is giving a better understanding of the subject and providing fundamental expertise on which trainers can build. The contributions to this book differ in the degree to which they are related to performance issues. Editor(s): Mulder, M. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395997
- ISBN
- 9780792395997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Hardback. Helps readers to grasp the essence of sound teacher evaluation and apply its principles, facts, ideas, processes, and procedures. This book invites and assists school professionals and other readers to examine the developments in teacher evaluation. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395812
- ISBN
- 9780792395812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.40
€ 257.40
Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment
. Ed(S): Nettles, Michael T.; Nettles, Arie L...
Hardback. Helps the reader understand contemporary equity issues in educational testing and assessment and to examine these issues in the context of educational reform. The book explores the factors that contribute to the gaps in student achievement along racial and social class lines, and offers ideas for improving the measurement of America's students. Editor(s): Nettles, Michael T.; Nettles, Arie L. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395317
- ISBN
- 9780792395317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.74
€ 201.74
Hardback. Intends to develop the institution of education and promote educational opportunities to children and youth worldwide. This book also intends to promote effective assessment policies and practices that enhance sound educational practice. Editor(s): Oakland, Thomas; Hambleton, Ronald K. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395256
- ISBN
- 9780792395256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.55
€ 132.55
Hardback. Drawing upon experiences at state and local level project evaluation, and based on research in the professional literature, this work presents a practical, systematic, and flexible approach to educational evaluations. Evaluators at all levels - state, local and classroom - can find ideas useful in conducting, managing, and using evaluations. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792394266
- ISBN
- 9780792394266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.70
€ 254.70
hardcover. Presents the foundations of self-evaluation as well as self-evaluation models and tools that are likely to help educational practitioners to evaluate their own teaching and thus raise the level of their professional functioning. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393665
- ISBN
- 9780792393665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27