Education
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Education
Hardcover. Exploring the current commercialization and innovation policies in higher education, this book examines the way it is being transformed to accommodate business methods. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537873
- ISBN
- 9780230537873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Designing Randomised Trials in Health, Education and the Social Scienc...
Torgerson, David J., Torgerson, Carole J.
Hardcover. The book focuses on the design of rigorous trials rather than their statistical underpinnings, with chapters on: pragmatic designs; placebo designs; preference approaches; unequal allocation; economics; analytical approaches; randomization methods. It also includes a detailed description of randomization procedures and different trial designs. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537354
- ISBN
- 9780230537354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Higher Education in the World 4: Higher Education's Commitment to Sust...
Global University Network For Innovation (Gun...
Paperback. From the series of thematic reports from the Global University Network for Innovation, this new report explores key issues facing higher education institutions today. This report is essential reading for university leaders, academics and policy-makers. Series: GUNI Series on the Social Commitment of Universities. Num Pages: 378 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCY; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230535558
- ISBN
- 9780230535558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.50
€ 76.50
Hardcover. This book explores the interplay of ICT and language learning within the context of technological and social change, from the printing press to the mobile phone. It considers how technological advances, through their impact on communication, language and education, affect not only how languages are learnt, but also what kind of language is learnt. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CJA; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517073
- ISBN
- 9780230517073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. Exploring current approaches to addressing boys' education in schools, this book highlights the limitations of structural reform initiatives and the failure to address the impact of socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, disability and hegemonic masculinity on both boys' and girls' participation in schooling. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517011
- ISBN
- 9780230517011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. To what extent do business schools in Europe contribute to competitiveness of the economy? European Business Schools imitate their North American counterparts in order to catch up in the competition for knowledge and training in management. The book compares institutional settings of business schools and presents five foresight scenarios for 2020. Editor(s): Durand, Thomas; Dameron, Stephanie. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JNM; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230515482
- ISBN
- 9780230515482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Paperback. The sixth edition of the Guide to Higher Education in Africa contains reliable and up-to-date information on higher education throughout Africa - over 950 institutions in 51 countries, plus details of national education systems and agencies - in a single reference source. Num Pages: 745 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Sixth Edition, Revised Edition, 6th edition
- Number of pages
- 748
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369603
- ISBN
- 9780230369603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 232.42
€ 232.42
Hardcover. This pioneering book examines how policies to raise efficiency and performance in Europe's universities have profoundly altered ties between government, society and higher education, outlining how Evaluation Agencies have urged Europe's universities to meet the challenge of modernization. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JNM; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348035
- ISBN
- 9780230348035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010 assesses New Labour's policy towards secondary education in Britain. It shows that, in many respects, New Labour education policy was a continuation of the policies pursued by the education ministers of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340619
- ISBN
- 9780230340619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.71
€ 53.36
€ 46.71
Hardcover. Explains how the study of poetry, by providing experiences similar to those produced by poetry therapy, can help students discover themselves and develop their potential to effect change in the world. Series: Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNC; JNU; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340404
- ISBN
- 9780230340404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.68
€ 53.36
€ 46.68
Secondary Education and the Raising of the School-Leaving Age: Coming ...
Woodin, Tom, McCulloch, Gary, Cowan, Steven
Hardcover. The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age in the UK and places issues and debates in an international context. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340398
- ISBN
- 9780230340398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.56
€ 53.36
€ 46.56
Hardcover. Written for practitioners and practitioners-in-training of education development, this book reviews education issues in developing countries and provides in-depth case studies from Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; 1HBE; JNF; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340176
- ISBN
- 9780230340176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Intersections of Children's Health, Education, and Welfare (Education ...
Cooper, Bruce S., Mulvey, Janet D.
Hardcover. Children need more than just good schooling: they require safe lives, good health, and sufficient resources to live and grow successfully in their community. This book makes this vital connection, as society must promote a quality education, available health services, and financial equity and opportunity for all. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340145
- ISBN
- 9780230340145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.71
€ 53.36
€ 46.71
Paperback. America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many college graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339835
- ISBN
- 9780230339835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
Hardcover. Carries readers into Chinese and American elementary and high school classrooms, and highlights the big differences between schooling in China and the United States. Nancy Pine reveals how these two countries need to extract themselves from outmoded practice and learn from each other's strengths. Num Pages: 205 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339064
- ISBN
- 9780230339064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.12
€ 53.36
€ 47.12
Paperback. Are American schools socially just institutions? Using the methods of political philosopher John Rawls, this book answers that question by arguing for four principles that express the basic purposes that Americans hold for their schools - principles of personal liberty, democracy, equal opportunity, and economic growth. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338982
- ISBN
- 9780230338982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.05
€ 53.36
€ 46.05
Paperback. Education and the Cold War illustrates how Americans variously experienced the Cold War as a crisis in education and, in turn, how education helped facilitate the construction of Cold Warriors conditioned to fear and loathe communism and the Soviet Union. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338975
- ISBN
- 9780230338975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. This book asserts that efforts to reform schools, particularly urban schools, are events that engender a host of issues and conflicts that have been interpreted through the conceptual lens of community. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338456
- ISBN
- 9780230338456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Paperback. This book analyzes a school setting and community from the standpoint of a group of immigrant mothers in South Central Los Angeles who were concerned about the education of their children and the violence in their communities. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 193 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JNFR; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338272
- ISBN
- 9780230338272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.16
€ 53.36
€ 46.16
Hardcover. Analyzes a community from the standpoint of immigrant mothers in South Central Los Angeles who were concerned about the education of their children and the violence in their communities. Written in Spanish and English, the text brings together the women's observations as they put into action their developing political consciousness. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 193 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338265
- ISBN
- 9780230338265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.00
€ 53.36
€ 47.00