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The Palgrave International Handbook of Alternative Education
Helen E. Lees (Ed.)
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Description for The Palgrave International Handbook of Alternative Education
Hardback. Editor(s): Lees, Helen; Noddings, Nel. Num Pages: 505 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 284 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
This state-of-the-art, comprehensive Handbook fully explores the field of alternative education on an international scale. Alternatives to mainstream schooling and education are becoming increasingly recognised as pertinent and urgent for better understanding what really works in successfully educating children and adults today, especially in light of the increased performance driven and managerially organised economic modelling of education that dominates. For too long we have wondered what exactly education done otherwise might look like and here we meet individual examples as well as seeing what alternative education is when a collection becomes greater than the sum of parts. The ... Read more
This state-of-the-art, comprehensive Handbook fully explores the field of alternative education on an international scale. Alternatives to mainstream schooling and education are becoming increasingly recognised as pertinent and urgent for better understanding what really works in successfully educating children and adults today, especially in light of the increased performance driven and managerially organised economic modelling of education that dominates. For too long we have wondered what exactly education done otherwise might look like and here we meet individual examples as well as seeing what alternative education is when a collection becomes greater than the sum of parts. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
915g
Number of Pages
505
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137412904
SKU
V9781137412904
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99-15
About Helen E. Lees (Ed.)
Helen E Lees is Lecturer in Education Studies at Newman University, UK and founding Editor-in-Chief of Other Education - The Journal of Educational Alternatives. Her latest monograph is Education Without Schools - Discovering Alternatives (Policy Press, 2014). Nel Noddings is Jacks Professor Emeriti of Child Education at Stanford University, USA. She is a highly published, globally ... Read more
Reviews for The Palgrave International Handbook of Alternative Education
An `International Handbook of Alternative Education' is indeed timely, given the intensifying critiques of global education systems. ... for a broader range of professionals and adults concerned with the mental, physical, moral and spiritual welfare of young people. (David Leat, Other Education - The Journal of Educational Alternatives Volume, Vol. 7 (1), 2018) The Palgrave ... Read more