wyszukanych pozycji: 47
Life in Public Schools
ISBN: 9780415506014 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Britain's public (that is, its major independent) schools have a conspicuous role in the country's social system, and as a result are the subject of a long-standing political debate. The discussion is generally founded on a stereotyped image of what these school may have been like in the 1950s - this books shows how they were in the late 1980s. It is based on fieldwork in two major public boarding schools which the author conducted over an extended period, and draws on interviews, observation and documentary sources to establish a picture of what public school life is actually like for pupils...
Britain's public (that is, its major independent) schools have a conspicuous role in the country's social system, and as a result are the subject of a...
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752,12 zł |
Doing Sociology of Education (Rle Edu L)
ISBN: 9780415753036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of specially commissioned articles exposes the practical and personal influences on the process of doing sociology of education. All of the authors have been involved in conducting well know major research projects, and discuss here the pitfalls and problems, conflicts and compromises that went into doing their particular research. A particular feature of the book is that a wide variety of types of research in the sociology of education is covered. The range is from small-scale ethnographic case studies to large-scale postal questionnaire sample surveys and includes studies...
This collection of specially commissioned articles exposes the practical and personal influences on the process of doing sociology of education. All o...
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254,11 zł |
Privatization and Privilege in Education (Rle Edu L)
ISBN: 9780415753050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Can privilege be bought? Arguments have raged over whether private education in the UK is 'the cement in the wall' dividing British society, or whether parental choice is, as has also been argued 'a key component of a free society'. The author here describes the traditional private sector schools, paying attention to the ways in which parents can purchase privilege for their children through attendance at such schools. He argues that the privatized system is kept under tight control if a growth in social and educational inequality and a deepening of social class and ethnic group division is...
Can privilege be bought? Arguments have raged over whether private education in the UK is 'the cement in the wall' dividing British society, or whethe...
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171,12 zł |
Doing Sociology of Education
ISBN: 9780415505994 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of specially commissioned articles exposes the practical and personal influences on the process of doing sociology of education. All of the authors have been involved in conducting well know major research projects, and discuss here the pitfalls and problems, conflicts and compromises that went into doing their particular research. A particular feature of the book is that a wide variety of types of research in the sociology of education is covered. The range is from small-scale ethnographic case studies to large-scale postal questionnaire sample surveys and includes studies...
This collection of specially commissioned articles exposes the practical and personal influences on the process of doing sociology of education. All o...
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907,73 zł |
Privatization and Privilege in Education
ISBN: 9780415506106 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 4 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Can privilege be bought? Arguments have raged over whether private education in the UK is 'the cement in the wall' dividing British society, or whether parental choice is, as has also been argued 'a key component of a free society'. The author here describes the traditional private sector schools, paying attention to the ways in which parents can purchase privilege for their children through attendance at such schools. He argues that the privatized system is kept under tight control if a growth in social and educational inequality and a deepening of social class and ethnic group division is...
Can privilege be bought? Arguments have raged over whether private education in the UK is 'the cement in the wall' dividing British society, or whethe...
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466,78 zł |
British Private Schools: Research on Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780713040487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. British private schools have long been subjected to both criticism for their elitism and praise for their academic success. This book brings together research on the various aspects of private schooling through a series of specially commissioned, previously unpublished essays.
British private schools have long been subjected to both criticism for their elitism and praise for their academic success. This book brings together ...
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254,11 zł |
Life in Public Schools (Rle Edu L)
ISBN: 9780415753043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Britain's public (that is, its major independent) schools have a conspicuous role in the country's social system, and as a result are the subject of a long-standing political debate. The discussion is generally founded on a stereotyped image of what these school may have been like in the 1950s - this books shows how they were in the late 1980s. It is based on fieldwork in two major public boarding schools which the author conducted over an extended period, and draws on interviews, observation and documentary sources to establish a picture of what public school life is actually like for pupils...
Britain's public (that is, its major independent) schools have a conspicuous role in the country's social system, and as a result are the subject of a...
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254,11 zł |
Policy and Politics in Education: Sponsored Grant-Maintained Schools and Religous Diversity
ISBN: 9781138736467 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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544,64 zł |
How to do Educational Ethnography
ISBN: 9781872767925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Following a brief introduction to the nature and history of ethnography, Walford considers questions of site selection, access, and ethics in research. Each chapter is illustrated with practical examples for the authors' own works.
Following a brief introduction to the nature and history of ethnography, Walford considers questions of site selection, access, and ethics in research...
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111,47 zł |
British Public Schools: Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9781032253459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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544,64 zł |
Restructuring Universities: Politics and Power in the Management of Change
ISBN: 9781138328082 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1987 Restructuring Universities uses Aston University as a case study of the internal restructuring taking place in universities. Aston lost one third of its funding in 1981 and was told to reduce its student numbers by one fifth within three years. The university has a balanced financial budget, well oversubscribed courses, and the average A level scores of entrants are over the national average in all subjects taught. The books looks at the ways in which the university dealt with rapid change, looking particularly at the decision making processes within the... Originally published in 1987 Restructuring Universities uses Aston University as a case study of the internal restructuring taking place in ... |
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570,57 zł |
The Private Schooling of Girls: Past and Present
ISBN: 9780713001860 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Hitherto only a small proportion of the research on private education has been on the schooling of girls. Debate on the subject, while often heated, even prejudiced, proceeds largely in ignorance of the historical development of private schooling, the currently changing nature of private schooling, and the wide diversity of provision of private schooling. This collection of previously unpublished essays presents important new research on the history and development of girls' private schools, their present role and the experience of privately educated girls. Taken together, the findings are...
Hitherto only a small proportion of the research on private education has been on the schooling of girls. Debate on the subject, while often heated, e...
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254,11 zł |
Academies, Free Schools and Social Justice
ISBN: 9781138299818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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165,93 zł |
Methodological Developments in Ethnography
ISBN: 9780762314379 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. What counts as ethnography and what counts as good ethnographic methodology are both highly contested. This volume brings together chapters presenting a diversity of views on some of the current debates and developments in the field. It does not try to present a single coherent view but, through its heterogeneity, illustrates the strength and impact of debate. The topics discussed include participant observation, research roles in fieldwork, access to places and people in research, ethical issues concerning anonymity and intimacy in research, generalization in ethnography, the use of video,...
What counts as ethnography and what counts as good ethnographic methodology are both highly contested. This volume brings together chapters presenting...
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1072,70 zł |
Restructuring Universities: Politics and Power in the Management of Change
ISBN: 9781138328112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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165,93 zł |
Doing Research About Education
ISBN: 9780750707824 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book brings together semi-autobiographical accounts from major educationalists about their influential research, focusing on the practical and personal aspects of the research process.
The collection reflects the great changes that have occured within educational research since the 1980s and deals with the issues and situations of the late 1990s. It includes accounts that cover the various stages of the research process, a sampling of topics, the diversity of methodologies used in educational research and a range of theoretical perspectives. There is coverage of qualitative and... This book brings together semi-autobiographical accounts from major educationalists about their influential research, focusing on the practical and pe...
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233,36 zł |
Private Education: Tradition and Diversity
ISBN: 9780826485991 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Private schools are central to the reproduction of social inequality. For example, whilst in the UK providing only about seven per cent of the school population, about half of the undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge still come from the private sector. Private schools have long been associated with privilege and elitism. While this traditional elitist aspect to the private sector is still central, the private school sector is actually far more diverse that is usually acknowledged. It now includes many small schools and faith-based schools that may not offer the traditional... Private schools are central to the reproduction of social inequality. For example, whilst in the UK providing only about seven per cent of the scho... |
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778,05 zł |
Researching the Powerful in Education
ISBN: 9781857281347 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Educationalists offer an overview of methods for researching those in positions of power. They focus on key issues with broad relevance to social scientists such as access, interviewing, data restrictions, ethical dilemmas and the role of theory.
Educationalists offer an overview of methods for researching those in positions of power. They focus on key issues with broad relevance to social scie...
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248,92 zł |
Private Schools in Ten Countries: Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780367647377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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544,64 zł |
Education and the Labour Government: An Evaluation of Two Terms
ISBN: 9780415368704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book presents a valuable and authoritative evaluation of the real impact Labour's two terms have had on the British education system. On the 1st May 1997 the British electorate witnessed a watershed moment. After an eighteen year Conservative rule, a New Labour government took office. When asked what his top three priorities were for the first term, Tony Blair stated that they would be 'education, education, education.' This book questions the extent to which the policy has met the rhetoric; examining Labour's education policy, practice and achievements during... This book presents a valuable and authoritative evaluation of the real impact Labour's two terms have had on the British education system. O... |
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700,25 zł |