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Hardback. Suggests that popular culture is vital to how adolescents make sense of the world and educators should tap into it as a tool for imparting critical thinking skills in students. This work critically examines and interprets concepts of popular culture, allowing readers to re-examine the fundamental aspects of popular culture as a societal force. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559691
- ISBN
- 9780742559691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.18
€ 131.18
The Importance of Average. Playing the Game of School to Increase Succ...
Farenga, Stephen; Ness, Daniel; Johnson, Dale...
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742570122
- ISBN
- 9780742570122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.49
€ 176.49
Hardback. Reprint of a classic work by one of the leading early feminist writers. Series: Classics in Gender Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBK; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103887
- ISBN
- 9780759103887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.10
€ 160.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817260
- ISBN
- 9780761817260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.79
€ 80.79
Paperback. This book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lewis University College of Arts and Sciences. Editors Nancy Workman and Therese Jones bring together a variety of Lewis University educators and administrators to examine the purpose, history, and practice of liberal learning, while preparing for the future of education. Editor(s): Workman, Nancy; Jones, Therese. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761827603
- ISBN
- 9780761827603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.24
€ 81.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761840824
- ISBN
- 9780761840824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.19
€ 104.19
Paperback. This book is an introductory narrative of the foundational educational history and philosophy of the American system. The author presents the history of education as a part of the larger picture of the development of civilization. Therefore, the historic and philosophical antecedents of our current education system are explained. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851196
- ISBN
- 9780761851196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Paperback. This qualitative study of one-room schools in a rural Virginia county examines twenty interviews with people who attended or taught in these schools and analyzes them for traits that can inform modern education. They have much to teach us and much that modern teachers can integrate in their own philosophies. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854739
- ISBN
- 9780761854739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.52
€ 45.52
Hardback. This text firstly attempts to deal with challenges about the validity of qualitative research. Then, after outlining the theory and methodology adopted, seven case studies are presented, covering such topics as multicultural literature, school restructuring, and standardized testing. Editor(s): Carspecken, Phil Francis; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBC; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307975
- ISBN
- 9780762307975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.24
€ 230.24
Hardback. This volume is a sympathetic but analytical and critical view of social constructivist teaching, considering both its affordances and its constraints. Editor(s): Brophy, J. (College of Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA). Series: Advances in Research on Teaching. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308736
- ISBN
- 9780762308736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.09
€ 210.09
Paperback. This practical text on implementing character education provides school leaders with an effective road map, touring schools that have achieved success. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839601
- ISBN
- 9780810839601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.76
€ 59.76
Hardback. This practical text on implementing character education provides school leaders with an effective road map, touring schools that have achieved success. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839656
- ISBN
- 9780810839656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.78
€ 102.78
Paperback. This text questions the dead-end assumptions of American education. It asserts a set of five "research realities" that the author argues ahould be the foundation of any truly learner-centred system: human potential, human learning, domains of the living, future conditions, and life performance. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840096
- ISBN
- 9780810840096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.44
€ 47.44
Paperback. Joey's Story! is an unusual and personal book about public education. It bares the soul of an awarding-winning education leader and details the influences, the mentors and the events of fate that shaped this school administrator's passionate philosophy and modus operandi throughout his very successful career. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844209
- ISBN
- 9780810844209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.67
€ 46.67
Paperback. The 12 chapters in this book represent attention to creative and other higher order thinking processes and include references to systematic thinking, global dimensionalities, futuristic or visionary thinking and the need for leadership with capabilities to engage in thinking at higher levels. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845510
- ISBN
- 9780810845510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96
Paperback. The university, in its laudable effort to be a democratic institution, has lost its original sense of mission and become a credential factory rather than a place where learning for its own sake is valued. This book proposes a practical reform of higher education based on the original ideals of the institution. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819182692
- ISBN
- 9780819182692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.86
€ 79.86
Paperback. This present study began as the author's extension and application of ideas from Whitehead's work to the subject of education, using a chapter from Whitehead's book Science and the Modern World and a pamphlet, The Rhythm of Education as the starting point. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184849
- ISBN
- 9780819184849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.23
€ 71.23
Paperback. Arguing for the inclusion of programmes in arts appreciation in schools, Miller presents a theory of aesthetic experience and describes the features of a programme in art appreciation which could attain educationally important goals. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: A; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191281
- ISBN
- 9780819191281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.00
€ 61.00
Paperback. This book challenges the perception that sexuality educators ought to remain value-neutral and that sexual-values education is an object in the school designed to solve sexual-moral problems. Num Pages: 132 pages, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JNA; JNU; YXAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195579
- ISBN
- 9780819195579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.66
€ 77.66
Hardback. ".. Exemplifies a vision of education as cooperative inquiry in which heterogenous voices resound yet experiential authority in its full force operates."-Journal of Philosophy of Education Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224623
- ISBN
- 9780823224623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.69
€ 100.69