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Educational strategies & policy

Hardcover. University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243248
ISBN
9780230243248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.04

Hardcover. This book sets out an original Youth Work-based SRE programme and explores how a range of socioeconomic, cultural and sexual norms, values and attitudes differently shape decision-making on sex, intimacy and future plans across different contexts. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHBK5; JNF; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278868
ISBN
9780230278868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 87.99

Paperback. This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: MA ori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Sami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. Editor(s): Hornberger, Nancy H.; Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1KLCM; 1MBN; CFB; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244. Policy and Practice on Four Continents. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. 200 pages, 8 tables, 2 figures. Editor(s): Hornberger, Nancy H. This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: MA ori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Sami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1KLCM; 1MBN; CFB; JNFR. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285002
ISBN
9780230285002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 28.89

This book analyzes policies in eight European countries that aim to intervene in the reproduction of social and educational inequalities. In order to understand why some policies succeed and others fail, it is necessary to look at education systems through cross-national comparison. Editor(s): Demeuse, Marc; Frandji, Daniel; Greger, David; Rochex, Jean-Yves. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230302037
ISBN
9780230302037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 68.07

Hardcover. Analyzes a community from the standpoint of immigrant mothers in South Central Los Angeles who were concerned about the education of their children and the violence in their communities. Written in Spanish and English, the text brings together the women's observations as they put into action their developing political consciousness. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 193 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338265
ISBN
9780230338265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18

Paperback. This book analyzes a school setting and community from the standpoint of a group of immigrant mothers in South Central Los Angeles who were concerned about the education of their children and the violence in their communities. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 193 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JNFR; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338272
ISBN
9780230338272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 23.00

Paperback. America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many college graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230339835
ISBN
9780230339835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.69

Hardcover. Written for practitioners and practitioners-in-training of education development, this book reviews education issues in developing countries and provides in-depth case studies from Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; 1HBE; JNF; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340176
ISBN
9780230340176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18

Hardcover. The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age in the UK and places issues and debates in an international context. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340398
ISBN
9780230340398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.30

Hardcover. New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010 assesses New Labour's policy towards secondary education in Britain. It shows that, in many respects, New Labour education policy was a continuation of the policies pursued by the education ministers of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340619
ISBN
9780230340619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 43.70

Hardcover. Exploring current approaches to addressing boys' education in schools, this book highlights the limitations of structural reform initiatives and the failure to address the impact of socioeconomic status, race, sexuality, disability and hegemonic masculinity on both boys' and girls' participation in schooling. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517011
ISBN
9780230517011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.60

Hardcover. This book innovatively re-envisions the possibilities of sexuality education. Utilising student critiques of programmes it reconfigures key debates in sexuality education including: Should pleasure be part of the curriculum? Who makes the best educators? Do students prefer single or mixed gender classes? Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSP2; JHBK5; JNF; MBNH4; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230579439
ISBN
9780230579439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardcover. This groundbreaking look at the origins of the 'zero tolerance' approach to schools and discipline provides scholars with an in-depth look at the Los Angeles City School District and examines how and why authority over school discipline shifted from school-site educators to the centralized bureaucracy of the district. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; JFSL1; JNB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230603684
ISBN
9780230603684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18

Hardcover. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 21. Weight: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230604018
ISBN
9780230604018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.29

Hardcover. An accessible and original look into the education policy of Australia that considers how it came about, how it was steered to the political right, how some educators struggled to implement or resist it in their schools and how it applies to other systems. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSJ2; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608399
ISBN
9780230608399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 48.05

Hardcover. The Impact of 9-11 on Psychology and Education is the fifth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. It features forewords by Robert Sternberg and Philip Zimbardo. Series: The Day That Changed Everything?. Num Pages: 306 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JMQ; JNF; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608436
ISBN
9780230608436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.58

Hardcover. This volume explores the impact of social identity on teaching and learning. The contributors argue, from the perspective of diverse disciplinary and educational contexts, that mobilizing identities in the classroom is a necessary part of progressive educators' efforts to transform knowledge-making and to create a more just and democratic society. Editor(s): MacDonald, Amie A. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609167
ISBN
9780230609167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.60

Hardcover. This study collects the oral histories of residents of a single county in North Carolina who lived through the consequences of desegregation, examining the complex social and historical constructions of racial difference in education. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230611351
ISBN
9780230611351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.71

Hardcover. This book is concerned with the three-way relationship between neoliberalism, women's education, and the spatialization of the state, and analyses this through an ethnography lens of women's education programs in India. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619913
ISBN
9780230619913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardcover. Providing an overview and Marxist assessment of Tony Blair and New Labour's UK education policies, structures, and processes, the contributors in this exciting new collection discuss specific aspects of education policy and practices. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JNA; JNF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621763
ISBN
9780230621763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.75

Hardcover. Through a unique combination of critical, posthumanist, and educational theories, the authors engage in a surreal journey into the worlds of feral children, alien reptoids, and faery faiths in order to understand how social movements are renegotiating the boundaries of community. Series: Education, Politics and Public Life. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230622548
ISBN
9780230622548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 45.72

Hardcover. Offers readers a rich understanding of the experience of students who are first in their family to attend college. This book is a theoretically informed study of the lived experience of FG students and draws on their voices to demonstrate how their insights interface with what we, as educators, think we know about them. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNFN; JNFR; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230623446
ISBN
9780230623446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.45
€ 71.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312216085
ISBN
9780312216085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312222307
ISBN
9780312222307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17

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