Educational strategies & policy
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Educational strategies & policy
Hardcover. Philanthropic foundations play an increasingly important role in attempts to enhance the performance of school systems. Based on case studies from Germany, Switzerland and the US, this book develops an innovative model of effective education philanthropy for successfully tackling problems in the complex field of education. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black & white tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326249
- ISBN
- 9781137326249
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€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover. This book draws on a study of student transitions in higher education institutions to both unpack the concept of a learning transition and develop pedagogic strategies to enable learners to develop their learning careers. This book provides an original perspective on teaching and learning in higher education. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322111
- ISBN
- 9781137322111
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€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Philanthropy and American Higher Education (Philanthropy and Education...
Thelin, John R., Trollinger, Richard W.
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137319968
- ISBN
- 9781137319968
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€ 50.61€ 44.83
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Hardcover. This is the story of North Carolina parent choice advocates' push for the creation and expansion of choice policies. The exploration of the politics, ideology, and interests surrounding parent choice includes but also stretches beyond the most frequently discussed choice policies of charter schools, school vouchers, and tuition tax credits. Series: Education Policy. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137312075
- ISBN
- 9781137312075
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€ 50.61€ 44.10
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Deschooling L'earning: Young Adults and the New Spirit of Capitalism (...
Singh, Michael, Harreveld, Roberta
Hardcover. This book explores reforms to young adults' schooling that mobilise capital friendly learning-and-earning (l'earning) webs. It argues that deschooling l'earning builds young adults' commitment to modern modes of capital accumulation, gives insights into how they can secure their future, and reassures them that this can serve the common good. Series: Policy and Practice in the Classroom. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310354
- ISBN
- 9781137310354
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€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardback. Educators and researchers in variety of locations increasingly encounter linguistically and socio-culturally diverse groups of students in their classrooms and lecture halls. This book examines everyday forms of talk and writing in relation to standardised forms and schooling expectations to suggest ways forward in educational discourse. Editor(s): Prinsloo, Mastin; Stroud, Christopher. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJ; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137309839
- ISBN
- 9781137309839
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€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. This project looks at the work of the faculty in Indonesia's National Islamic Institutes to address, respond, and prevent the success of radical Islamic discourse and institution of Shari'a law in the school system. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRHP; JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308573
- ISBN
- 9781137308573
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€ 50.61€ 44.69
€ 50.61
€ 44.69
Higher Education in Ireland: Practices, Policies and Possibilities
Loxley, Andrew, Seery, Aidan, Walsh, John
Hardcover. This collection provides the first in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical context of the country over the past 40 years and the development of European and national policies. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JNB; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289872
- ISBN
- 9781137289872
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€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Citizenship, democracy and human rights have always been central to higher education and increasing globalization has amplified their urgency and complexity. This volume explores conceptual, theoretical and policy implications for post-secondary education engaging with these topics, comparing the USA, Canada, Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Editor(s): Laker, Jason A.; Mrnjaus, Kornelija; Naval, Concepcion. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KBC; JNAM; JNF; JNMN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287472
- ISBN
- 9781137287472
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€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Hardcover. This book provides a comparative look at key issues that characterize and contextualize upper secondary science education in sixteen countries in Oceania, South America, Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, incluing links with elementary and early science, final assessment, and the secondary/tertiary education interface. Editor(s): Vlaardingerbroek, Barend; Taylor, Neil. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLC; JNU; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275950
- ISBN
- 9781137275950
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€ 50.61€ 44.98
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Hardcover. Based on domestic and international research on the interaction of race and ethnicity within education, this book aims to promote and advocate a range of contemporary issues related to race, ethnicity and inclusion in relation to pedagogy, teaching and learning. Editor(s): Race, Richard; Lander, Vini. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274755
- ISBN
- 9781137274755
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€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Hardcover. To what extent does participation in one particular domain of public life lead to wider participation in other areas? Through the use of an unprecedented survey supported by case studies this book explores how participatory governance in community-managed schools can alter the civic and political behaviour of participants. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JPP; JPRB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271839
- ISBN
- 9781137271839
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€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardback. 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: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030917
- ISBN
- 9781137030917
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€ 50.61€ 44.97
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Hardcover. The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMRN; JNC; JNFN; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025579
- ISBN
- 9781137025579
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€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardback. 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: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024510
- ISBN
- 9781137024510
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€ 50.61€ 44.93
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€ 44.93
Hardcover. This book examines the evolving relationship between the nation-state, citizenship and the education of citizens, exploring the impact European integration had on national policies towards educating its citizens and citizenship. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSP2; JHB; JNF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137019561
- ISBN
- 9781137019561
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Condition: New
€ 64.09
€ 64.09
Policy Debates in Comparative, International, and Development Educatio...
. Ed(S): Jacob, W. James; Hawkins, John N.
Hardback. Written by two leading scholars in the international and comparative education fields, this collection addresses current education policy trends at the global, regional, national, and local levels. Editor(s): Jacob, W. James; Hawkins, John N. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620674
- ISBN
- 9780230620674
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€ 50.61€ 45.46
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Hardback. Editor(s): Mok, K. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620315
- ISBN
- 9780230620315
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€ 50.61€ 45.36
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Hardback. This book examines current trends in global student mobility patterns in several key host and destination countries, including the United States, China, India, South Africa, Mexico, Australia, and Germany, among others, and will explore the national and global-level factors that contribute to these trends. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618787
- ISBN
- 9780230618787
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Condition: New
€ 50.61€ 45.29
€ 50.61
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Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNB; JNFR; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618510
- ISBN
- 9780230618510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.22€ 84.21
€ 101.22
€ 84.21