Educational strategies & policy
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Educational strategies & policy
Hardback. This book studies how language-in-education policies for additional language learning discursively construct ideologies of the relationships between languages and their speakers. It offers a critical analysis of policy documents from different contexts through a series of in-depth case studies that show how ideologies are articulated and developed. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFDM; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847699145
- ISBN
- 9781847699145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Hardback. This book offers a language revitalisation method that can be used with Indigenous and minority languages, especially in cases where the native language has been lost among people of a working age. It gives practical examples and a theoretical frame of reference for how to plan, organise and implement an intensive language programme. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847698889
- ISBN
- 9781847698889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.28
€ 162.28
Paperback. This book examines experiences of Indigenous students in settler schools by using the example of a Canadian school as a window onto the relationship between colonial discourses; indigenized English language varieties; racialized identities; and biased educational practices of settler schools. Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847695178
- ISBN
- 9781847695178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.49
€ 43.49
paperback. This book focuses on educational language minority immigrant issues in the US. It explores factors predicting language proficiency, the role of language and identity in the lives of immigrant language minority youth, and issues of educational policy related to this group. Editor(s): Wiley, Terrence G; Lee, Jin Sook; Rumberger, Russell W. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDC; CFDM; JNF; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847692108
- ISBN
- 9781847692108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.34
€ 50.34
Hardback. Why are governments pushing to centrally regulate teaching and learning at this historical moment? Do these accountability mechanisms succeed in boosting student achievement? How are teachers responding to top-down rules, incentives, and the recasting of what knowledge counts inside school? This book answers these questions. Editor(s): Fuller, Bruce; Hannum, Emily; Henne, Melissa K. Series: Research in the Sociology of Education. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846639104
- ISBN
- 9781846639104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.44
€ 154.44
Hardback. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing development expert, she demonstrates that the professed goal of women's empowerment is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of local elites. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSJ1; JHMC; JNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457686
- ISBN
- 9781845457686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.60
€ 156.60
Hardback. School differentiates students-and provides differential access to various human and material resources-along a range of axes: from elected subjects and academic "achievement" to ethnicity, age, gender, or the language they speak. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JHB; JNFR; JNLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456092
- ISBN
- 9781845456092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.08
€ 156.08
Hardback. This book outlines the case of the English-only movement and educational language policy in Arizona. It ranges from early Prop 203 implementation to an investigation of what Structured English Immersion policy looks like in today's classrooms, and concludes with a discussion on what the various cases mean for the education of English learners. Editor(s): Moore, Sarah Catherine K. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; CFDM; JNF; JNSV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783091942
- ISBN
- 9781783091942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.46
€ 161.46
Hardback. This is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation's most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by states as well as the cultural attitudes toward the private sector to address these core functions of public schooling. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475814477
- ISBN
- 9781475814477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.25
€ 73.25
Hardback. This timely book has come to formalize these methods, build upon Bacon's scientific research model, and to ultimately go beyond it. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475809992
- ISBN
- 9781475809992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.23
€ 74.23
hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNFN; JNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475807639
- ISBN
- 9781475807639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.37
€ 101.37
Hardback. This book provides the foundation for understanding ethical language as well as probing the tensions in problem solving and ethical decision-making. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JNF; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475806373
- ISBN
- 9781475806373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.95
€ 102.95
hardcover. This book is a comprehensive guide for educators and policy makers who are ready to create schools for Latinos (particularly Mexican Americans), such that students will be successful in learning and achieving in K-12 grades and college and help to advance society in the 21st century. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNFR; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475806250
- ISBN
- 9781475806250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.49
€ 101.49
Hardback. The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and almost obvious, making the necessary changes and admitting the truth to ourselves is not necessarily going to happen easily. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475805468
- ISBN
- 9781475805468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.45
€ 86.45
Paperback. The Hard Truth is a book written for principals and school administrators who want to implement effective change. The topics of the book candidly discuss the problems, people, and issues that get in the way of true school reform; and what building level principals can personally do attain the best possible outcomes. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475800043
- ISBN
- 9781475800043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.62
€ 37.62
Hardback. The Hard Truth is a book written for principals and school administrators who want to implement effective change. The topics of the book candidly discuss the problems, people, and issues that get in the way of true school reform; and what building level principals can personally do attain the best possible outcomes. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475800036
- ISBN
- 9781475800036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.11
€ 74.11
Paperback. Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities In this age of the Common Core State Standards, all content area teachers must integrate literacy standards into their curriculum. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118710159
- ISBN
- 9781118710159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17
Maintenance & Operations and the School Business Administrator
Association Of School Business Officials Inte...
Paperback. Every aspect of maintenance and operations is covered in this compilation of information-packed articles from School Business Affairs. Articles cover topics ranging from contracting out and the environment to energy and safety issues. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 214 x 9. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Association of School Business Officials International United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780910170666
- ISBN
- 9780910170666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.47
€ 110.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Boryczka, Jocelyn M. Num Pages: 380 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HRCC7; JFFK; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233328
- ISBN
- 9780823233328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.86
€ 49.86
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819173720
- ISBN
- 9780819173720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.51
€ 77.51
Paperback. In the Crossfire brings a much-needed historical perspective to contemporary debates about educational inequality by tracing the life and work of Marcus Foster, an African American educator who struggled to reform urban schools in the 1960s and early 1970s. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: JNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223255
- ISBN
- 9780812223255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.34
€ 43.34
Paperback. Public Education Under Siege argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform. These short, jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and leadership. Editor(s): Katz, Michael B.; Rose, Mike. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223200
- ISBN
- 9780812223200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.21
€ 43.21
Hardback. 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: JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763653
- ISBN
- 9780804763653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.55
€ 111.55
hardcover. This book explores how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside of school. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760188
- ISBN
- 9780804760188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.88
€ 116.88