Educational strategies & policy
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Educational strategies & policy
Hardcover. Pinar documents that the field of curriculum studies in the United States is in the early stages of a second paradigm shift, this time stimulated by present political circumstances. He explains why their acceptance in contemporary scholarship signals their conceptual exhaustion and how recent work in the field begins to surpass them. Num Pages: 119 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303417
- ISBN
- 9781137303417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.83
€ 62.83
Paperback. Will highlight education systems around the globe that sustain violence, will bring together human security and preventive diplomacy research to predict future trends, will explore foreign policy implications that could lead to non-violent interventions abroad, and will provide teachers and policymakers with relevant reflections on reform. Editor(s): Nelles, Wayne C. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280909
- ISBN
- 9781137280909
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€ 50.61€ 44.51
€ 50.61
€ 44.51
Paperback. 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: JNF; JNKC; JNKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278111
- ISBN
- 9781137278111
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Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 44.51
€ 50.61
€ 44.51
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275899
- ISBN
- 9781137275899
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Condition: New
€ 101.22€ 83.80
€ 101.22
€ 83.80
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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Condition: New
€ 92.02€ 77.11
€ 92.02
€ 77.11
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
€ 64.05
€ 64.05
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 45.33
€ 50.61
€ 45.33
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031136
- ISBN
- 9781137031136
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.73
€ 38.99
€ 31.73
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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Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 45.12
€ 50.61
€ 45.12
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028631
- ISBN
- 9781137028631
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Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 44.77
€ 50.61
€ 44.77
Paperback. This book is about education and American imperialism from the War of 1898 to the War on Terror. Very little coordinated or sustained research has been devoted to the broader contours of America, education, and empire. And third, this volume seeks to inspire new directions in the study of American educational history. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024527
- ISBN
- 9781137024527
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Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 44.17
€ 50.61
€ 44.17
Paperback. This book presents previously unexamined connections between teaching practices and specific philosophical ideas, locating the prior beliefs and practical knowledge of early childhood practitioners in urban India within the broader social and historical religio-philosophical context. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JNF; JNLA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009258
- ISBN
- 9781137009258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 44.98
€ 50.61
€ 44.98
Hardcover. Through fifty-two interviews with New York City parents in gentrifying neighborhoods, this book examines the school choice process to determine how, through the compounding effect of these parents' many individual choices, a segregated urban school in a gentrifying neighborhood is able to transform into an integrated school. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008992
- ISBN
- 9781137008992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 44.93
€ 50.61
€ 44.93
Paperback. This is a manual for training teachers in the Sandtray Play in Education method. It introduces a holistic approach to childhood education that returns the child's natural medium of creative play to the learning environment. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temenos Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780996837804
- ISBN
- 9780996837804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Redleaf Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970663436
- ISBN
- 9780970663436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.47
€ 28.47
Hardcover. This volume presents and analyzes the major trends as well as the scope and the limits of education reform initiatives undertaken in recent years. In curricula and teaching materials, the representations of "Self" and the "Other" offer insights into the contemporary dynamics of identity politics. Editor(s): Alayan, Samira; Rohde, Achim; Dhouib, Sarhan. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHB; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530. Self and Other in Textbooks and Curricula. 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Alayan, Samira; Rohde, Achim; Dhouib, Sarhan. This volume presents and analyzes the major trends as well as the scope and the limits of education reform initiatives undertaken in recent years. In curricula and teaching materials, the representations of "Self" and the "Other" offer insights into the contemporary dynamics of identity politics. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; JHB; JNF. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454607
- ISBN
- 9780857454607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.57
€ 152.57
Hardcover. In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of "equality," "equal opportunity," "equal access" or "equal rights," the underlying assumption being that "equality" in some form is an intelligible and sensible educational ideal. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 204 pages, 15 tables & figs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFJ; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. 204 pages, 15 tables & figs. In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of "equality," "equal opportunity," "equal access" or "equal rights," the underlying assumption being that "equality" in some form is an intelligible and sensible educational ideal. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFJ; JNF. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 17. Weight: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452672
- ISBN
- 9780857452672
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Condition: New
€ 151.73
€ 151.73
Hardcover. In this volume the eleven members of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education provide a broad overview of the American education system--pulling together basic facts about its structure and operation, identifying key problems that hinder its performance, and offering perspectives on the requirements of genuine reform. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817999414
- ISBN
- 9780817999414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Hardcover. Chester E. Finn, Jr. outlines the issues that define, animate, and complicate today's contentious pre-kindergarten debate in American education. Num Pages: 124 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817949914
- ISBN
- 9780817949914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.02
€ 12.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817949822
- ISBN
- 9780817949822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.60
€ 14.60