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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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€ 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
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107083
- ISBN
- 9780230107083
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€ 53.92€ 47.07
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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
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107588
- ISBN
- 9780230107588
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€ 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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€ 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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€ 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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.97
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Paperback. 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: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKA; JNKC; JNKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109315
- ISBN
- 9780230109315
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.52
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Hardcover. In a time of unprecedented social and economic crisis, this book represents a challenge to the orthodoxy that shapes our vision of educational purpose. It argues that now, more than ever, there is a moral imperative for educators to assume responsibility for helping to bring about a culture of peace and non-violence. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109339
- ISBN
- 9780230109339
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.07
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Hardcover. Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: A Social Justice Model provides a transformative next step in the evolution of critical race and Black feminist scholarship. Focusing on praxis, the relationship between the construction of race, class, and gender categories and social justice outcomes is analyzed. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK; JFSL3; JNAM; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109575
- ISBN
- 9780230109575
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€ 66.62
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Teaching Harry Potter: The Power of Imagination in Multicultural Class...
Belcher, Catherine L., Stephenson, Becky Herr
Hardcover. Given the current educational climate of high stakes testing, standardized curriculum, and 'approved' reading lists, incorporating unauthorized, popular literature into the classroom becomes a political choice. The authors examine why teachers choose to read Harry Potter, how they use the books, and the resulting teacher-student interactions. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNU; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110281
- ISBN
- 9780230110281
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€ 53.92€ 46.80
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Hardcover. Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110335
- ISBN
- 9780230110335
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.31
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Hardcover. This book explores educational and cultural experiences of 'part-time' unveilers during their undergraduate degree programs in public institutions in Turkey. The term 'part-time unveiler' refers to undergraduate female students who cover their hair in their private lives but who remove the headscarf while at a Turkish university. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRHC; JFC; JNF; JNMN; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110373
- ISBN
- 9780230110373
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Condition: New
€ 66.74
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Hardcover. As a mini-ethnographic study, this book draws on critical and multicultural theories to explore the cross-cultural complexities of teacher/student interactions in the classroom. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110496
- ISBN
- 9780230110496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.76
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Hardcover. By focusing on children and adults with disabilities, each contributor offers critical research which challenges the non-transferable divide between us and them, encouraging art teachers, therapists, critics, and general readers alike to uncover their biases regarding the nature of art and education. Num Pages: 214 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114302
- ISBN
- 9780230114302
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Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 46.80
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Hardcover. Of interest to scholars both within and outside the U.S., this volume reports how curriculum studies scholars in Mexico understand their field's intellectual history, its present circumstances, and the relations among these intersecting domains with globalization. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114807
- ISBN
- 9780230114807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.43
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