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John Dewey's Philosophy of Education: An Introduction and Recontextual...
Garrison, Jim, Neubert, Stefan, Reich, Kerste...
Hardcover. The comprehensive philosophical underpinnings of John Dewey's theory of education are analyzed, concentrating on oven-overlooked primary texts, with the authors connecting his philosophy with six recent and influential positions in late 20th century and early 21st century humanities, including those of Bauman, Foucault, Derrida, Levinas, and Rorty. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026170
- ISBN
- 9781137026170
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€ 105.43
€ 105.43
Hardcover. Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027818
- ISBN
- 9781137027818
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€ 53.68€ 47.60
€ 53.68
€ 47.60
Paperback. Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture and human/nonhuman. This is the first book to examine its implications for education and how human capital understandings of education are co-evolving with biocapitalism. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027825
- ISBN
- 9781137027825
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€ 53.68€ 46.25
€ 53.68
€ 46.25
Successful Reading Assessments and Interventions for Struggling Reader...
Jensen, Deborah Ann, Tuten, Jennifer A.
Hardcover. Offering an overview of the Master's in Literacy program at Hunter College, the authors share its special features including parental and familial involvement, and presents six profiles of struggling readers and successful intervention strategies. The program allows one-to-one tutoring time as well as a community time for small group instruction. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028631
- ISBN
- 9781137028631
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€ 53.68€ 46.95
€ 53.68
€ 46.95
President Obama and Education Reform: The Personal and the Political (...
Maranto, Robert, McShane, Michael Q.
Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of President Obama's education agenda. Obama's reforms have drawn skepticism from supporters of traditional public schools. Robert Maranto and Michael McShane believe that the Obama-era reforms have led to successful innovation in both the private and public sector. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 199 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030924
- ISBN
- 9781137030924
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€ 53.68€ 47.16
€ 53.68
€ 47.16
Developmentalism in Early Childhood and Middle Grades Education
. Ed(S): Lee, Kyunghwa; Vagle, Mark D.
Paperback. In this book, the contributors challenge dominant discourses and practices in the fields of early childhood and middle grades education that are based on the last century's grand developmental theories. Editor(s): Lee, Kyunghwa; Vagle, Mark D. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031136
- ISBN
- 9781137031136
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€ 41.99€ 33.12
€ 41.99
€ 33.12
Hardcover. Sevan G. Terzian traces the changing civic justifications for science clubs, fairs, and talent searches for American youth from World War One to the Cold War. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 235 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JNLC; JNW; JPVH1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031860
- ISBN
- 9781137031860
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€ 53.68€ 47.00
€ 53.68
€ 47.00
Hardcover. There are currently no books on Catholic higher education that offer a theological foundation for academic freedom. This book presents a theologically grounded understanding of academic freedom that builds on, extends, and completes the prevailing secular understanding for Catholic higher education. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCC7; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031914
- ISBN
- 9781137031914
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€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032034
- ISBN
- 9781137032034
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€ 53.68€ 46.85
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Paperback. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032041
- ISBN
- 9781137032041
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€ 53.68€ 45.96
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Hardcover. Merry argues that most voluntary separation experiments in education are not driven by a sense of racial, cultural or religious superiority. Rather, they are driven among other things by a desire for quality education, not to mention community membership and self respect. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JNKC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033703
- ISBN
- 9781137033703
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€ 67.25
€ 67.25
The Comprehensive Public High School: Historical Perspectives (Seconda...
Campbell, Craig, Sherington, Geoffrey
Paperback. This book traces the decline of the public comprehensive high school. New educational markets emphasized school diversity and parental choice rather than social equity through common schooling, and they were criticized for declining standards. The book also considers government education policies and their regional manifestations. Editor(s): Sherington, Geoffrey; Campbell, Craig. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033741
- ISBN
- 9781137033741
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Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 46.08
€ 53.68
€ 46.08
Radical Voices for Democratic Schooling: Exposing Neoliberal Inequalit...
Orelus, Pierre W., Malott, Curry S.
Hardcover. Comprised of in-depth interviews and conversations with key figures in education and activism that thoroughly examine the intersection of neoliberalism, neocolonialism, and racism, this first-rate collection critically explores, through their teaching, various, important issues situated in the context of Western neoliberalism and neocolonialism. Editor(s): Orelus, Pierre W.; Malott, Curry Stephenson. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033925
- ISBN
- 9781137033925
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Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 47.40
€ 53.68
€ 47.40
Hardcover. This book offers new insights and perspectives on internationalization and trans-national higher education (TNHE) with contributions from three continents. These include the student experience in Malaysia, China, Japan and India as well as institutional perspectives and pedagogical implications of new research. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034939
- ISBN
- 9781137034939
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. International students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the consequences of this education-migration nexus, analyzing migration policies and providing a vivid picture of student-migrants' lived experiences. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JFFS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267078
- ISBN
- 9781137267078
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€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. In exploring the relationship between bureaucratic schooling and the individual child, Waters describes the persistence of educational inequality, child development, and the nature of bureaucracy. The conclusions point out how education bureaucracies frame both schooling and childhood as they relentlessly seek to create ever more perfect children. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269713
- ISBN
- 9781137269713
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Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
The Evolution of American Women's Studies. Reflections on Triumphs, Co...
Alice E. . Ed(S): Ginsberg
Paperback. This book is comprised of reflections by diverse women's studies scholars, focusing on the many ways in which the field has evolved from its first introduction in the University setting to the present day. Editor(s): Ginsberg, Alice E. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270306
- ISBN
- 9781137270306
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Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 46.34
€ 53.68
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Paperback. An exploration of the ways in which children learned and were taught to read, against the background of the transition from Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic. This study gives us a fresh perspective on the transition from empire to republic by showing us the ways that reading was central to the construction of modernity. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JH; CJCR; HBTB; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270931
- ISBN
- 9781137270931
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. The chapters in this international collection investigate a wide range of theorizations of rurality and literacy; literate practices and pedagogies; questions of place, space, and sustainability; and representations of rurality that challenge simplistic conceptions of standardized literacy and the real-and-imagined world beyond the metropolis. Editor(s): Green, Bill. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JFSF; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275486
- ISBN
- 9781137275486
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€ 97.60€ 80.71
€ 97.60
€ 80.71
Hardcover. This volume identifies, problematizes, and discusses issues specific to the design of educational programs for teacher candidates from working class, ethnic- and language-minority, and immigrant backgrounds, taking as its starting point the distinctive, complex perspectives that these candidates bring to the university classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNMT; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275899
- ISBN
- 9781137275899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.36€ 87.71
€ 107.36
€ 87.71