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paperback. This text addresses the problem of the overuse of standardized testing. It argues that so-called test-based reform has given rise to the "cram curriculum" and turned schools into test-prep centres. Overlooked are teachers, who observe students, and are the primary source of information on learning. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810843851
- ISBN
- 9780810843851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
Paperback. Through the story of Silicon Graphics, this text demonstrates how corporate journalism can help companies weather sudden PR shocks and remain open, flexible, and innovative. It also describes the corporate communications system, strategy, and philosophy that helped the company face a major crisis. Series: A Jossey Bass title. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KJC; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787945503
- ISBN
- 9780787945503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.44
€ 35.99
€ 26.44
Paperback. This text looks at the difference that differences make in a globalized world. Gunn uses the work of Henry James, John Dewey and others, as well as postcolonial writings, literature on the Holocaust and other literature to show how pragmatism can better account for the consequences of diversity. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HB; HP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226310640
- ISBN
- 9780226310640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JNC; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Teachers´ College Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807751183
- ISBN
- 9780807751183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. This book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice and racism to build successful scientific careers. It gives the opportunity for a full range of voices, from a number of perspectives, to be heard. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762305629
- ISBN
- 9780762305629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.71
€ 179.71
Hardcover. This book looks at a United States that continues to be driven by racial and cultural divisions, from the disproportionately high number of incarcerated African Americans to heartfelt disagreements over the true nature of marriage and the proper role of faith in public policy. Editor(s): Brooten, Bernadette J. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 358 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; HRA; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100169
- ISBN
- 9780230100169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.37
€ 129.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Brooten, Bernadette J. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 358 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAX; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100176
- ISBN
- 9780230100176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, B&W Illus.: 8,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164528
- ISBN
- 9780231164528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.92€ 62.72
€ 79.92
€ 62.72
Paperback. Combining psychoanalytic emphasis on the unconscious with a respect for the variability of sexual identities, this work of queer theory makes the case for viewing erotic desire as fundamentally impersonal. Dean develops a reading of Lacan that brings out queer tensions and productive incoherencies. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139357
- ISBN
- 9780226139357
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. Mark Rifkin explores how Indigenous experiences with time and the dominance of settler colonial conceptions of temporality have affected Native peoplehood and sovereignty, thereby rethinking the very terms by which history is created and organized around time by. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362852
- ISBN
- 9780822362852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Mark Rifkin explores how Indigenous experiences with time and the dominance of settler colonial conceptions of temporality have affected Native peoplehood and sovereignty, thereby rethinking the very terms by which history is created and organized around time by. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362975
- ISBN
- 9780822362975
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. 'An admirable attempt to explain why 11 September happened.' Middle East International Editor(s): Scraton, Phil. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FCA; 1KBB; JPS; JPWL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780745319629
- ISBN
- 9780745319629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.66
€ 35.99
€ 24.66
Hardback. This work presents the methodological and theoretical foundations for economic personalism through a detailed investigation of human action from two different perspectives to develop a comprehensive theory of human action from moral and economic perspectives. Series: Religion, Politics & Society in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101827
- ISBN
- 9780739101827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.30
€ 130.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Mansbridge, Jane J. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503608
- ISBN
- 9780226503608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131358
- ISBN
- 9781592131358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Examines the depiction of women in World War II popular visual art, showing that it reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women in American society. Dispels the popular belief that World War II was a halcyon age for women's rights in America. Series: Culture America (Hardcover). Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619665
- ISBN
- 9780700619665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.89
€ 43.89
Hardback. Today's wars leave a crippling legacy of deprivation and suffering, of physical and structural injustice, long after they submit to peaceful resolution. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745628356
- ISBN
- 9780745628356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. An argument that resource scarcity and environmental degradation can provide an impetus for cooperation among countries. Editor(s): Dinar, Shlomi. Series: Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 charts, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515580
- ISBN
- 9780262515580
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.48
€ 38.99
€ 34.48
Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change
. Ed(S): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn;...
Paperback. Highlights the detrimental impact of zero tolerance policies on young people's educational experience and well being. This volume offers insights into how to increase the effectiveness of youth development and education programs, and how to create responsive youth policies at the local, state, and federal level. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Ginwright, Shawn; Cammarota, Julio. Series: Critical Youth Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415952514
- ISBN
- 9780415952514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fletcher, Robert. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600210327
- ISBN
- 9781600210327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.75€ 133.76
€ 192.75
€ 133.76