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Educational strategies & policy
Hardcover. Federal and state funding agencies have invested billions of dollars into secondary STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Mathematics) educational reform over the past decade. This volume addresses the interplay of external and internal variables associated with school reform and how this dynamic has impacted many efforts. Editor(s): Johnson, Carla C. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNLC; JNU; YQS; YQT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111851
- ISBN
- 9780230111851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.05
€ 52.93
€ 47.05
Hardcover. In Action Research Methods, the authors acknowledge that the methodology component is where most of the struggle and confusion lies with students in research methods courses.The overall aim is to assist master's level education students with practical and theoretically grounded approaches to the action research process. Editor(s): Klein, Sheri R. Num Pages: 241 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113831
- ISBN
- 9780230113831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.86€ 88.03
€ 105.86
€ 88.03
Hardcover. This book addresses current debates in the field of social cohesion. It examines the ethics and policy making of social cohesion and explores various means for promoting social cohesion including history education, citizenship education, language, human rights based teacher training and school partnerships. Editor(s): Shuayb, Maha. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300262
- ISBN
- 9780230300262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This collection offers an authoritative, up-to-date commentary on the challenges facing higher education today across both the UK and internationally. The book charts the impact of global economic trends and recent policy developments for students, academics, providers and changing course provision. Editor(s): Hinton-Smith, Tamsin. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300613
- ISBN
- 9780230300613
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Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardcover. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference work provides the first systematic review to date of how sociologists have studied the relationship between race/ethnicity and educational inequality over the last thirty years in eighteen different national contexts. Editor(s): Stevens, Peter A. J.; Dworkin, A. Gary. Num Pages: 676 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNF; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304284
- ISBN
- 9780230304284
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Condition: New
€ 133.05
€ 133.05
Hardcover. This discussion of Cuba's international policies in education shows how Cuba shares its educational resources with other countries. The postcolonial critique underlying the book explores Cuba's role in relation to how the disengagement from colonial legacies in education is taking place in many countries. Editor(s): Hickling-Hudson, Anne; Gonzalez, Jorge Corona; Preston, Rosemary. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338807
- ISBN
- 9780230338807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.86€ 89.16
€ 105.86
€ 89.16
Paperback. Bringing together some of the most important figures in the evolution of Critical Pedagogy, this book provides comprehensive analyses of issues related to the struggle against the forces of neoliberalism and the imperial-induced privatization, in education and all of social life through the radical democratizing forces of critical pedagogy. Editor(s): Macrine, Sheila. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339569
- ISBN
- 9780230339569
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.82
€ 40.99
€ 32.82
Hardcover. Provides a provocative examination of the interplay between political culture and educational policy. The goal is to provide a better understanding of how different countries are responding to the global exchange of policy ideas that includes 'the standards movement' and 'new public management' or accountability in the public sector. Editor(s): Louis, Karen Seashore; Velzen, Boudewijn van. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340411
- ISBN
- 9780230340411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.27
€ 52.93
€ 47.27
Hardcover. Neoliberal policies have had an impact on educational systems globally. This book provides a detailed and critical analysis of neoliberal educational policies and reforms in Turkey by focusing on the Justice and Development Party's reform efforts over the last eight years. Editor(s): Akkaymak, Guliz; Inal, Kemal. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341289
- ISBN
- 9780230341289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.39
€ 52.93
€ 47.39
Hardcover. This edited volume brings together historians of education and comparative education researchers to study the educational reconstruction projects that Americans have launched in post-conflict settings across the globe. Editor(s): Sobe, Noah W. Num Pages: 263 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JNF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615922
- ISBN
- 9780230615922
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Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.27
€ 52.93
€ 47.27
Hardcover. This book analyzes equity and diversity in schools and teacher education. Within this broad and necessary context, the book raises some critical issues not previously explored in many multicultural and urban education texts. Editor(s): Milner, H. Richard. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622043
- ISBN
- 9780230622043
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Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.27
€ 52.93
€ 47.27
Hardcover. Asia is rapidly developing a wide variety of regional organizations and interactive patterns, reflecting in large part its increasing role in the global economic and political engagements. Higher Education constitutes a distinct sphere of activity within this overall pattern of regionalization. Editor(s): Hawkins, John N.; Mok, Ka-Ho; Neubauer, Deane E. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002877
- ISBN
- 9781137002877
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Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 46.93
€ 52.93
€ 46.93
Hardcover. This book examines the struggles over technology's use in education, digging into what the purpose of education is, how we should achieve it, who the stakeholders are, and whose voices win out. Drawing on theoretical and empirical work, it lays bare the messy realities of technology use in education and their implications for contemporary society. Editor(s): Selwyn, Neil; Facer, Keri. Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNF; JNV; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031976
- ISBN
- 9781137031976
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Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.00
€ 52.93
€ 47.00
Hardcover. Literary Politics identifies and debates competing definitions of 'English Studies' as an academic subject, celebrates the diversity of contemporary literary studies, and demonstrates the ways in which a range of literary texts can be understood as politically engaged, sometimes in unexpected ways. Editor(s): Philips, Deborah; Shaw, Katy. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JNF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270139
- ISBN
- 9781137270139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This collection is an inside look at European Commission policy-making in education and the privatization of policy-making in the European Union. Along with contributions from leading academics in the field of educational policy and policy-sociology, this book also introduces the voices of policy consultants and policy-makers. Editor(s): Souto-Otero, Manuel. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287977
- ISBN
- 9781137287977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and engaging with new empirical evidence from around the world, this collection examines how privilege, agency and affect are linked, and where possibilities for social change might lie. Editor(s): Maxwell, Claire; Aggleton, Peter. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ; JHBA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137292629
- ISBN
- 9781137292629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. This collection explores global university rankings and their effects on European higher education policies, disciplinary traditions and higher education institutions. Editor(s): Erkkila, Tero. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBC; JNF; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137296863
- ISBN
- 9781137296863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Public Policy Challenges Facing Higher Education in the American West is the first regional public policy study of American higher education. Editor(s): Goodchild, Lester F.; Jonsen, Richard W.; Limerick, Patty; Longanecker, David A. Series: Higher Education and Society. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381972
- ISBN
- 9781137381972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.44
€ 52.93
€ 47.44
Hardcover. The worldwide appearance and expression of adult education and lifelong learning have changed significantly during the past 20 years. This book explores recent changes in their related national and international policies, how they intersect with developments in higher education and how they may contribute to debates on citizenship and democracy. Editor(s): Milana, Marcella; Nesbit, Tom. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JNF; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388247
- ISBN
- 9781137388247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.02
€ 139.02
Hardcover. Despite several efforts by the New Zealand government in the 1990s this book suggests that their national literacy strategy has failed to reduce the literacy achievement gap. The major contributing factors are examined and alternative effective strategies are suggested to achieve excellence and equity in New Zealand's literacy education. Editor(s): Tunmer, William E; Chapman, James W. Series: Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JNFD; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415561
- ISBN
- 9781137415561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90