Philosophy & theory of education
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Philosophy & theory of education
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
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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.
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- 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
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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
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
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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.
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- 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
paperback. Offering a full-length study of Jean Piaget as a philosopher and evolutionist, this book traces Piaget's earliest conjectures about knowledge through their further developments to their mature formulation as "genetic epistemology", and invites further explorations with his theory. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847682430
- ISBN
- 9780847682430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Paperback. This work examines the threat to academic freedom and tenure within higher education institutions from both outside and inside sources, and discusses the ethical justification in their implementation. It argues that academic freedom and tenure benefits both institutions and society. Series: Issues in Academic Ethics. Num Pages: 300 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847683321
- ISBN
- 9780847683321
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Condition: New
€ 74.25
€ 74.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Formicola, Jo Renee; Morken, Hubert. Series: Religious Forces in the Modern Political World. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JNA; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847686506
- ISBN
- 9780847686506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.53
€ 199.53
Paperback. A study of representation and the "politics of place" through a pedagogy of narrative-forming inquiry and a critical reflection on identity. It seeks to propose a multicultural revision of knowledge that displaces the binarisms of insider/outsider rather than shifting the margin to the centre. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JNA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688968
- ISBN
- 9780847688968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Paperback. This collective biography records the contributions of 11 women educators and social activists concerned with issues of difference in schools and society during the last 100 years. It reveals their importance to contemporary debates about gender, pluralism and education in a democracy. Editor(s): Crocco, Margaret Smith; Davis, O. L., Jr. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691128
- ISBN
- 9780847691128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Paperback. The essays in America, the West, and Liberal Education attempt to advance our understanding of the proper purposes of liberal education in America by exploring the relationship between the free pursuit of truth and the practical ends embedded in a particular tradition or political community. Editor(s): Hancock, Ralph C. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692316
- ISBN
- 9780847692316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.84
€ 74.84
Hardback. This title examines what is currently at stake culturally, politically, and educationally in contemporary global capitalist society. The book evaluates the message of Che Guevara and Paulo Freire for politics in general and education. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JNA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695324
- ISBN
- 9780847695324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.25
€ 186.25
Hardback. What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of liberal education with educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? This text explores Western culture's longstanding ambivalence toward "the life of the mind". Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698424
- ISBN
- 9780847698424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
hardcover. This book will be useful to those in the West and in the Middle East with an interest in the contemporary state of the higher educational system in the region and in education in general. It concentrates on the Gulf, but the problems of control, development, curriculum and purpose in higher education are found throughout the Middle East. Editor(s): Shaw, K.E. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FB; JH; JNA; JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780859895156
- ISBN
- 9780859895156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.97
€ 138.97
Hardback. This volume traces the roots and growth of school worship and spiritual development from Victorian times and earlier through the 1960s and beyond in order to see how we have reached the present situation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HRCR; HRLF; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896009
- ISBN
- 9780859896009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.34
€ 139.34
Paperback. This volume traces the roots and growth of school worship and spiritual development from Victorian times and earlier through the 1960s and beyond in order to see how we have reached the present situation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HRCR; HRLF; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896016
- ISBN
- 9780859896016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.92
€ 40.92