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Society & social sciences
Hardback. Offers information about the international concern for the philosophy, theory, categories and concepts of lifelong learning. This book examines the range of philosophical perspectives in the field of lifelong learning theory, policy, practice and applied scholarship. Editor(s): Aspin, David N. Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061929
- ISBN
- 9781402061929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.06
€ 218.06
Hardback. This book is a real-world study of Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), a method in which undergraduates work together, under the guidance of a peer leader, in course-connected workshops. The text explains how the method evolved into a teaching/learning model. Series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061851
- ISBN
- 9781402061851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00
Hardback. Provides a source of information about the international concern for the nature, theory and practices of the ideas of values education and lifelong learning. This title tackles the task of identifying, analyzing and addressing the key problems, topics and issues relevant to education and Lifelong Learning. Editor(s): Aspin, David N.; Chapman, Judith D. Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061837
- ISBN
- 9781402061837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.28
€ 189.28
paperback. Offers a discussion of moral education in the light of a range of ethical theories. This volume addresses contemporary issues and controversies such as morality and citizenship, family values, sexual morality. Series: Philosophy and Education. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402061806
- ISBN
- 9781402061806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.01
€ 182.01
Paperback. Provides insight into the academic profession. This book acts as a guide to understanding the forms and directions of change in the professoriate, as well as some of the continuities. Editor(s): Welch, Anthony. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 337.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061783
- ISBN
- 9781402061783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.94
€ 120.94
Hardback. Develops a philosophical and logical interpretation of the concept of information within the formal structure of Constructive Type Theory (CTT), in a manner concurrent with a diverse range of contemporary perspectives on the philosophy of information. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061691
- ISBN
- 9781402061691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.01
€ 195.01
Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education
. Ed(S): Cotterill, Pamela; Jackson, District...
Hardback. Offers an exploration of lifelong learning and educational opportunities for women in higher education. This book is suitable for those interested in gender, research, process and practice in lifelong learning and higher education. Editor(s): Cotterill, Pamela; Jackson, District Judge Sue; Letherby, Gayle. Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061097
- ISBN
- 9781402061097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardback. This pioneering volume applies critical whiteness studies in a variety of educational contexts in the United Kingdom. The author uses ethnographic, biographical and documentary research to show how whiteness 'works' in education. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402061073
- ISBN
- 9781402061073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
Hardback. Focuses on three interdependent challenges related to managing transitions toward sustainable development, namely mapping sustainability for global knowledge e-networking, extending the value chain of knowledge and e-networking, and engaging in explorations of new methods and venues for further developing knowledge and e-networking. Editor(s): Choucri, Nazli; Mistree, D.; Haghseta, F.; Mezher, T.; Baker, W.R.; Ortiz, C.I. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JH; JPA; KCS; RN; UN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 913.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402060700
- ISBN
- 9781402060700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Hardback. In the body of literature produced during the last 15 years on the transformation of Eastern Europe after the fall of communism, studies investigating changes in urban form and structure have been quite rare. This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas of post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe. Editor(s): Stanilov, Kiril. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFSG; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402060526
- ISBN
- 9781402060526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.53
€ 241.53
Competencies, Higher Education and Career in Japan and the Netherlands
. Ed(S): Allen, J.; Inenaga, Y.; Velden, R. V...
Hardback. Investigates how social and cultural factors affect the education, training and career development of graduates of higher education in Japan and the Netherlands. This title explores how Dutch and Japanese graduates choose and develop their careers in reference to the above-mentioned challenges. Editor(s): Allen, J.; Inenaga, Y.; Velden, R. van der; Yoshimoto, K. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; JHBL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402060434
- ISBN
- 9781402060434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.10
€ 124.10
The Descent of Human Sex Ratio at Birth. A Dialogue Between Mathematic...
Brian, Eric; Jaisson, Marie
Hardback. Attempts to renew our links with the oldest traditions of scholarly thinking. After a deconstruction of the past and present conditions of scientific understanding of human sex-ratio at birth, the authors propose a reconstruction of the dynamics of the phenomenon based on stochastics. Series: Methodos Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402060359
- ISBN
- 9781402060359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.10
€ 124.10
Intelligent Leadership: Constructs for Thinking Education Leaders
. Ed(S): Burger, John M.; Webber, Charles F.;...
hardcover. Offers thinking on effective leadership processes. This title pulls together the thinking of 16 educators with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all of whom hold keen interests in harnessing the forces that can improve educational opportunity for students. Editor(s): Burger, John M.; Webber, Charles F.; Klinck, Patricia. Series: Studies in Educational Leadership. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402060212
- ISBN
- 9781402060212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
Hardback. Presents a treatment of the topic of gender and demographic behaviour. This title covers the age at first intercourse, through union formation and dissolution, to subjects such as fertility, migration, and ageing. It examines excess male mortality and provides a comparison of gender-specific behaviour and its determinants. Editor(s): Pinnelli, Antonella; Racioppi, Filomena; Rettaroli, Rosella. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402060014
- ISBN
- 9781402060014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Hardback. This book captures the excitement and difficulties of self-study of teacher education practices and places it at the forefront of approaches to practitioner inquiry. It presents the issues and ideas underpinning a pedagogy of teacher education in practice. Series: Self Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402059926
- ISBN
- 9781402059926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79
Hardback. Examines various interactions between family change, labor force participation and population aging. This book considers theoretical aspects of the intergenerational debate, relations between generations within the family, the living standards of elderly people, and the question of social time. Editor(s): Veron, Jacques; Pennec, Sophie; Legare, Jacques. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402059728
- ISBN
- 9781402059728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.24
€ 188.24
Hardback. Explores the visions underlying the attempts to reform the European University as well as two European integration processes. This book presents a framework for analyzing ongoing modernization reforms and reform debates that take place at various governance levels and a long-term research agenda. Editor(s): Maassen, Peter; Olsen, Johan P. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402059704
- ISBN
- 9781402059704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Hardback. Education seems to have lost its orientation in Western culture and is in disarray all over the globe in time of global transitions. This title attempts to address the challenge of globalization to education in the broadest sense of the concept of education. Editor(s): Roth, Klas; Gur-Ze'ev, Ilan (University of Haifa, Israel). Series: Philosophy and Education. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402059445
- ISBN
- 9781402059445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Hardback. Includes chapters that favor that line of cognitive linguistics which makes a clear distinction between real world and projected world. This work offers a cognitive-functional perspective on bi-lingualism. It examines some relatively unexplored issues of bilingualism, such as gender systems in the bilingual mind, and synergic concepts. Editor(s): Kecskes, Istvan; Albertazzi, Liliana. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402059346
- ISBN
- 9781402059346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.94
€ 125.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Teichler, Ulrich. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JNMN; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402059254
- ISBN
- 9781402059254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.22
€ 124.22