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Organization & management of education
Paperback. School boards spend almost $500 billion in taxpayer-provided funds, they employ more than 6 million people, offering pensions and lifetime health benefits that have helped build the obligation that has put state governments in fiscal peril. This book lifts the veil of obscurity from school boards and makes readers think about the issues. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKA; JNKC; JNKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109315
- ISBN
- 9780230109315
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.52
€ 52.90
€ 46.52
Hardcover. Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110335
- ISBN
- 9780230110335
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.29
€ 52.90
€ 47.29
Hardcover. Of interest to scholars both within and outside the U.S., this volume reports how curriculum studies scholars in Mexico understand their field's intellectual history, its present circumstances, and the relations among these intersecting domains with globalization. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114807
- ISBN
- 9780230114807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.41
€ 52.90
€ 47.41
Hardcover. Teachers in schools where students have experienced trauma face particularly difficult challenges, for how is a teacher to promote academic growth and attainment of educational goals in such a situation? Provides advice, understanding, and proven strategies for meeting the challenges that must be faced after a traumatic experience. Editor(s): Mears, Carolyn Lunsford. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNH; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115804
- ISBN
- 9780230115804
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Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 88.08
€ 105.81
€ 88.08
Hardcover. This book provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. It also illuminates the context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL3; JNKS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117808
- ISBN
- 9780230117808
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Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. This book provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. It also illuminates the context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 249 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL3; JNKS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117815
- ISBN
- 9780230117815
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Condition: New
€ 48.15
€ 48.15
Hardcover. Aimed at researchers and students interested in language testing theory and practice, the chapters in this book vary in style and content and are both stimulating and robust. The book brings together a fascinating group of authors from the established to the new, presenting new ideas and challenging current orthodoxies. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230620
- ISBN
- 9780230230620
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Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Paperback. Aimed at researchers and students interested in language testing theory and practice, the chapters in this book vary in style and content and are both stimulating and robust. The book brings together a fascinating group of authors from the established to the new, presenting new ideas and challenging current orthodoxies. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Barry. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 32 tables, 29 figures. BIC Classification: CF; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418. Theories and Practices. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. 328 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 32 tables, 29 figures. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Barry. Aimed at researchers and students interested in language testing theory and practice, the chapters in this book vary in style and content and are both stimulating and robust. The book brings together a fascinating group of authors from the established to the new, presenting new ideas and challenging current orthodoxies. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CF; JNKD. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230637
- ISBN
- 9780230230637
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Condition: New
€ 126.40
€ 126.40
New Managerialism in Education: Commercialization, Carelessness and Ge...
Lynch, Kathleen, Grummell, Bernie, Devine, Dy...
Hardcover. This book examines the impact of neo-liberal reform on the traditional caring ethos of public services such as education, exploring how these reforms influence the appointment and experiences of senior management across the education sector. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275119
- ISBN
- 9780230275119
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Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. Using a platform of substantial theories and applications, this book explores approaches taken to university leadership, how leadership is formed, and challenges that leadership of universities experiences within the context of Europe. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314030
- ISBN
- 9780230314030
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Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. This book asserts that efforts to reform schools, particularly urban schools, are events that engender a host of issues and conflicts that have been interpreted through the conceptual lens of community. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338456
- ISBN
- 9780230338456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardcover. This review of research in school choice adapts Sen's theory of Capability developing a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. This gives those most affected by the perceived failure of public education a better explication of the tension between the rhetoric of public good and the reality of everyday disadvantage. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKG; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549265
- ISBN
- 9780230549265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardcover. This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342. The Case of Cherry High School. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. 212 pages, illustrations. This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNSV. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 15. Weight: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606104
- ISBN
- 9780230606104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.67€ 110.12
€ 134.67
€ 110.12
The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and Their Unions. Stories fo...
. Ed(S): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary
Paperback. Public education's character is increasingly under assault as privatization of education is advanced. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher's union leaders from around the world fuses insights with background and analysis to make real the goal of quality education for all the world's children. Editor(s): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606302
- ISBN
- 9780230606302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.69
€ 52.90
€ 46.69
Hardcover. This book explores the experiences and writings of four teachers at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, both to investigate their lives as female professionals during the Progressive era, and to add to our understanding of this innovative institution and how these philosophies and innovations have carried out to this day. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610736
- ISBN
- 9780230610736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. This historical biography examines Sarah Raymond Fitzwilliam's abolitionist roots growing up on a stop of the Underground Railroad, her training at a 'normal school,' her tenure as a teacher, principal and the nation's first city school superintendent (Bloomington, Illinois 1874-1892). Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613225
- ISBN
- 9780230613225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Paperback. This is a cutting edge book that not only maps and criticizes venture philanthropy but also offers a new and different way of conceptualizing public education in response to the neoliberal climate affecting all aspects of public education. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290. Public Education and Venture Philanthropy. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. 200 pages, 0. This is a cutting edge book that not only maps and criticizes venture philanthropy but also offers a new and different way of conceptualizing public education in response to the neoliberal climate affecting all aspects of public education. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JKSN1; JNK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615151
- ISBN
- 9780230615151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.13
€ 52.90
€ 46.13
Hardcover. This book contributes in multiple dimensions to the educational literature through an articulation of T.J. and Anita Anderson's vision; how the community and faculty adopted the vision; what it meant in practical terms to matriculating students and their families; and, espouses lessons applicable in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618480
- ISBN
- 9780230618480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.67
€ 52.90
€ 46.67
Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements a...
Kapoor, Dip, Choudry, Aziz
Hardcover. The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings about dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions of social change, have emerged from those spaces. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production. 266 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Choudry, Aziz; Kapoor, Dip. The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings about dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions of social change, have emerged from those spaces. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFF; JNA; JNK. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621039
- ISBN
- 9780230621039
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Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 88.24
€ 105.81
€ 88.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Hallinan, Maureen T. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306450341
- ISBN
- 9780306450341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65