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Educational strategies & policy

Hardcover. Reading, the author says, should not be drudgery, and not mere information-gathering or escape either, but a way to live life at a higher pitch. This is a practical guide for anyone who yearns for a more meaningful, satisfying reading experience, as well as sharper reading skills and improved concentration. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CJCR; JNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724723
ISBN
9780674724723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.40

Paperback. Exploring the often difficult relations between hip-hop and schooling, Slam School builds a new and surprising argument: the very reasons teachers and administrators might resist the deliberate introduction of hip-hop into the planned curriculum are what make hip-hop so pedagogically vital. Num Pages: 208 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JNF; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763660
ISBN
9780804763660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Provides early childhood educators with a 6-step curriculum framework for creating and implementing learning activities for young children ages 3 to 5 in inclusive settings. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JNFN; JNLA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Brookes Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598577549
ISBN
9781598577549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Gunn, Alexandra; Smith, Lee. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFSJ; JNFN; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578687
ISBN
9781877578687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 22.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 8. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415746823
ISBN
9780415746823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.37

Paperback. This volume brings together a breadth of new research on how service-learning - combining community-based experiential learning with classroom instruction - can best be employed at community colleges. It discusses outcomes and best practices for all involved, covers both theory and practice, and draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods. Editor(s): Traver, A.; Katz, Zivah Perel. Series: Community Engagement in Higher Education. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472345
ISBN
9781349472345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. The English schools' system is at a crossroads. This landmark collection of essays brings together some of the country's leading education thinkers and practitioners. Their polemic is intended to help teachers, school leaders, governors, researchers and policy makers think deeply about future directions. Editor(s): Blatchford, Roy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JNF; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
John Catt Educational Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909717787
ISBN
9781909717787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.63

hardcover. This book reveals how taken-for-granted political structures have shaped the fate of religion in Australian and American public life. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion & Politics. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; JFSR; JHB; JNF; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107103719
ISBN
9781107103719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.03

Paperback. Federal and state funding agencies have invested billions of dollars into secondary STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Mathematics) educational reform over the past decade. This volume addresses the interplay of external and internal variables associated with school reform and how this dynamic has impacted many efforts. Editor(s): Johnson, Carla C. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK; JNKC; JNM; JNMT; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349294084
ISBN
9781349294084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

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

Paperback. 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: HBJD1; HBL; JNB; JNF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349342969
ISBN
9781349342969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HRAM2; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091964
ISBN
9780719091964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.25
€ 15.31

Hardcover. In exploring the relationship between bureaucratic schooling and the individual child, Waters describes the persistence of educational inequality, child development, and the nature of bureaucracy. The conclusions point out how education bureaucracies frame both schooling and childhood as they relentlessly seek to create ever more perfect children. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137269713
ISBN
9781137269713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardback. While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents, their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies, the author argues, suggest that white opposition to black education was not a foregone conclusion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226542492
ISBN
9780226542492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 75.95

Paperback. As common schooling emerged in the 1830s, providing white children of all classes and ethnicities with the opportunity to become full-fledged citizens, it redefined citizenship as synonymous with whiteness. This title shows why opposition erupted where it did across the United States in antebellum America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226102986
ISBN
9780226102986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.90

Hardback. Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the US spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. This work traces the history of reform efforts and concludes that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement. Num Pages: 432 pages, 44 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNKG; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130002
ISBN
9780691130002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN; JNF; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160940
ISBN
9780231160940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.41
€ 97.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKS; JKSN; JNF; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160957
ISBN
9780231160957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.25

Paperback. The volume highlights best practices of literacy instruction for students who have difficulties in reading. From components of effective pedagogy to instruction for specific populations, this text offers an array of expert perspectives on how to engage, scaffold, and prepare students to meet the multimodal demands of schools today. Editor(s): Ortlieb, Evan; Cheek, Earl H. Series: Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781906965
ISBN
9781781906965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.18

Paperback. The story of the struggle for Britain's schools, and a passionate call for education as a public good. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844670918
ISBN
9781844670918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.02

Paperback. This book explores a wide range of critical areas in education, examines the basic nature of our education problems, provides a clear understanding of underperformance, and proposes reasonable and effective strategies for success. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748. Very good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. California
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
SKU
KEX0249939
ISBN
9780817928728
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Baxter, Jacqueline. Series: Accountability and Educational Improvement. Num Pages: 275 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319525358
ISBN
9783319525358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.18

Paperback. This book is review of research in the area of School Choice and adapts Sen's theory of Capability to develop a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JNF; JNK; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361700
ISBN
9781349361700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817938819
ISBN
9780817938819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.54

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