Philosophy & theory of education
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Philosophy & theory of education
Hardback. This book enables readers to differentiate substantive from cockeyed suggestions for improving schools. It directs them to the suggestions that scholastic experts, politicians, and members of the public have made. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607094340
- ISBN
- 9781607094340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.72
€ 129.72
Paperback. This work provides an overview of the pragmatic understanding of knowledge and the acquisition of knowledge, and its implications for the conduct of educational research. It focuses on the work of John Dewey, and examines the relationship between pragmatism and educational research. Series: Philosophy, Theory, and Educational Research Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847694778
- ISBN
- 9780847694778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.07
€ 40.99
€ 40.07
Paperback. Helps educators of children and adults alike to understand what a commitment to a truly democratic education entails. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Paradigm United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594512346
- ISBN
- 9781594512346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138670709
- ISBN
- 9781138670709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.82
€ 55.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892362967
- ISBN
- 9780892362967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.53
€ 6.99
€ 6.53
Paperback. Derek Kassem is the first author of the previous edition. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JNAM; JNF; JNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474270069
- ISBN
- 9781474270069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.02
€ 38.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. This volume provides an introduction to the topic of democracy, the challenges of sustaining a democracy in today's society, and the crucial links between democracy, education, ecology, and social justice. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JNA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787956813
- ISBN
- 9780787956813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.03
€ 30.99
€ 28.03
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845400026
- ISBN
- 9781845400026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.29
€ 33.29
paperback. Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 56. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845401009
- ISBN
- 9781845401009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.18
€ 21.18
paperback. This new textbook is a wide-ranging, contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 428 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNAM; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316610541
- ISBN
- 9781316610541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.41
€ 43.99
€ 39.41
hardcover. This new textbook is a wide-ranging, contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 428 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNAM; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107158009
- ISBN
- 9781107158009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.19€ 85.02
€ 85.19
€ 85.02
Hardcover. Contributions come from authors spread around the globe, illuminating how the efficacy and ideologies of schooling variably unfold in differing national and historical contexts. Written by sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and cultural critics, this journal offers lively and accessible empirical work to a broad audience. Series Editor(s): Park, Hyunjoon; Kao, Grace. Series: Research in Sociology of Education. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784416287
- ISBN
- 9781784416287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.03
€ 118.03
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Triarchy Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 66
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909470101
- ISBN
- 9781909470101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.92
€ 19.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. The president of the Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure (CLASS) expounds on his philosophy of assessment; offers feedback alternatives to traditional invalidly validated testing; and argues that more testing would not increase accountability. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787950477
- ISBN
- 9780787950477
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.93
€ 44.99
€ 44.93
Hardback. Gregory Light and Marina Micari reject the view that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are elite disciplines restricted to a small number with innate talent. Rich in concrete advice, Making Scientists offers a new paradigm of how scientific subjects can be taught at the college level. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 line illustrations, 3 graphs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JNA; JNM; JNU; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052925
- ISBN
- 9780674052925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. Over the years, the fields of social work and education have grappled separately with definitions of spirituality, ways to integrate spirituality into the classroom, and the rendering of spirituality as a meaningful concept. This book explores the historical and theoretical underpinnings of spirituality in education and social work. Editor(s): Groen, Janet; Coholic, Diana; Graham, John R. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554586264
- ISBN
- 9781554586264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.17
€ 54.17
Paperback. Arguing for a reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice, this volume plays close attention to the plethora of objects which children constantly produce: drawings, cuttings-out, "writings" and collages. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) facsimiles (chiefly colour). BIC Classification: CFC; CFDC; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415138055
- ISBN
- 9780415138055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.21
€ 57.21
Paperback. United by the belief that the most significant factor in shaping the minds of young people is the cultural setting in which learning takes place, the twenty eminent contributors to this volume present new thinking on education across the boundaries of school, home, work and community. Editor(s): Wells, Gordon; Claxton, Guy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 3JM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223313
- ISBN
- 9780631223313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 138 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231048385
- ISBN
- 9780231048385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.08€ 60.76
€ 78.08
€ 60.76
Hardcover. Hanan A. Alexander argues that contemporary education is responsible for having abandoned spirituality and the cultivation of goodness in people. In this text he advances a definition of spirituality which acknowledges an integral connection to education. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040031
- ISBN
- 9780268040031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.74
€ 113.74
Paperback. This text presents an international, multicultural and interfaith forum concerning the philosophical, theological and practical foundations of ethics in spiritual education for a rapidly changing world. Editor(s): Alexander, Hanan A. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAF; HRLK; JFSL1; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900079
- ISBN
- 9781903900079
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.54
€ 31.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Takes up topics of debate in higher education: What are the nature and objectives of a liberal education? What are the university's responsibilities for the moral education of students? This book contains essays on ethics, the academic curriculum, and the differences between private and public higher education. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123639
- ISBN
- 9780691123639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
€ 38.64
Paperback. Looking beyond the arguments over how universities should be financed, how they should be run, and what their contributions to the economy are, the contributors to this book set their sights on higher issues: ones of moral and political value. What are the proper aims of the university? What role do the liberal arts play in fulfilling those aims? Editor(s): Brighouse, Harry; McPherson, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259482
- ISBN
- 9780226259482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.28
€ 31.99
€ 25.28
Hardback. Looking beyond the arguments over how universities should be financed, how they should be run, and what their contributions to the economy are, the contributors to this book set their sights on higher issues: ones of moral and political value. What are the proper aims of the university? What role do the liberal arts play in fulfilling those aims? Editor(s): Brighouse, Harry; McPherson, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259345
- ISBN
- 9780226259345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.86€ 77.08
€ 91.86
€ 77.08