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History of education

Paperback. In order to survive, the university would have to institutionalize a new order of knowledge, one that was self-organizing, internally coherent, and embodied in the very character of the modern, critical scholar. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; JNB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419886
ISBN
9781421419886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.36

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453958
ISBN
9780752453958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 60, 60 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JNB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 999.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444258
ISBN
9780801444258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 51.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 250 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Oxford Brookes University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992929930
ISBN
9780992929930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608194025
ISBN
9781608194025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198758396
ISBN
9780198758396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.62

Hardback. Ultimately, this book is a considered and long overdue look at the symbiotic impact of these two great American institutions: the city and the university. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG; JNB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422411
ISBN
9781421422411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807028025
ISBN
9780807028025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. This book looks at the role of the university in a social and economic context, as a repository of knowledge and a site for instruction. It considers how universities are founded,, funded, governed, lead, and managed, how the advent of increased fees has affected their relationship with students, and what is in the future for higher education. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white image. BIC Classification: JNB. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198766131
ISBN
9780198766131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of schooling and higher education in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England resembled each other less and less. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; JNB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663227
ISBN
9780745663227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.29

Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. BIC Classification: JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452345
ISBN
9780801452345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. Antonia McManus analyses the contributions that Ministers for Education made to the Irish education system between the years 1919 and 1999. Covering the social, economic and political realities of the time, and taking in the involvement of the OECD, what emerges is a picture of how Irish education has been shaped over the 20th century. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888442
ISBN
9781845888442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. This edition brings the discussion of perennial hot-button issues such as big-time sports programs up to date and addresses such current areas of contention as the changing role of governing boards and the financial challenges posed by the economic downturn. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20, 4 black & white line drawings, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402673
ISBN
9781421402673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fighting bears, the story of how a fight with his teacher paved the way for Al Capone s infamous crime empire, and the bizarre tale of the American teacher who sued her own pupils for not paying attention in her lesson, this book is a real education." Num Pages: 240 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; JNB; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Pavilion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910232989
ISBN
9781910232989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. From 1952 to 1981, South Africa's apartheid government ran an art school for the training of African art teachers at Indaleni, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal. The Art of Life in South Africa is the story of the students, teachers, art, and politics that circulated through a small school, housed in a remote former mission station. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJP; ACX; HBTB; JNB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422526
ISBN
9780821422526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBJD1; JNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716532446
ISBN
9780716532446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

Hardback. American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate study in the humanities takes too long and those who succeed face a dismal academic job market. Leonard Cassuto gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise students so that they are prepared for the demands of the working worlds they will join, inside and outside the academy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728981
ISBN
9780674728981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JNB; JNU; YXAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143101
ISBN
9780691143101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Reissue of the uncensored and original edition of the little book that tried to change the world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; JNB; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 91 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Pinter & Martin Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780661308
ISBN
9781780661308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.77

Hardback. Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today's battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JNB; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073043
ISBN
9780674073043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.78
€ 52.48

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