wyszukanych pozycji: 51
An All-American Family
ISBN: 9781482092134 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Aging hippies John Brader and his wife Joanie travel from New York to Oklahoma in search of John's Native American roots and find a twisted family tale of cruelty, greed, hallucinogenic Indian medicines, and lost wealth. In Oklahoma, John discovers he is the sole heir of his grandfather's oil lands, which sends him looking for his grandfather's lost deeds. The family story begins in the early nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced-marched on the infamous Trail of Tears from its lands in Mississippi to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, and ends sometime in the future. John Brader...
Aging hippies John Brader and his wife Joanie travel from New York to Oklahoma in search of John's Native American roots and find a twisted family tal...
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65,28 zł |
Calculus of Death
ISBN: 9780692790045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,11 zł |
A Perfect Life
ISBN: 9780692485781 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A Perfect Life Jimmy Clark is the poster child for the World Government's promise to provide everyone with a perfect life. In this satire of a dystopian future the 300 highest-earning global corporations control the World Government. Data on everyone, collected by AlwaysWatch, is sent to Interpol. To be outside the view of AlwaysWatch's cameras is against World Government law. Jimmy's early life is managed by Radiant Technologies and Biostream- mega-global-corporations that analyze Big Data to engineer the perfect life. Removed from his parents at birth, Jimmy is assigned to a robot guardian...
A Perfect Life Jimmy Clark is the poster child for the World Government's promise to provide everyone with a perfect life. In this satire of a dystopi...
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43,33 zł |
Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Confucianism to Human Rights
ISBN: 9780805861334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations, and to examine forms of education that claim to free people from authoritarian control. A critically original work, it is widely used as a text for courses on philosophical, social, political, and historical foundations of education, and critical issues in education.... In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights... |
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218,70 zł |
Alt-Right: The Novel
ISBN: 9781093250282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,28 zł |
Political Agendas for Education: From Make America Great Again to Stronger Together
ISBN: 9781138041103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Following the epic, contentious 2016 Presidential election, Joel Spring's ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education reflects the major political issues since 2012. Here he examines the 2016 education planks of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green Parties, using their official platforms and other statements, speeches given by each candidate, and media reports and publications. Each party's position is linked to previous political movements in education. Spring offers an alternative agenda for American schools, including a proposed education... Following the epic, contentious 2016 Presidential election, Joel Spring's ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education ref... |
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203,44 zł |
How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society: Intergovernmental Organizations, Ngos, and the Decline of the Nation-State
ISBN: 9780805849165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism.
Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly erodes under the power of a growing global civil society. Traditional nationalist education attempts to mold loyal and patriotic citizens who are emotionally attached to symbols of the state, whereas the goal of neo-liberal educational ideology is to change nationalist education to serve... In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, ...
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218,70 zł |
Globalization and Educational Rights: An Intercivilizational Analysis
ISBN: 9780805838817 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work explores the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It also proposes evaluating school systems according to their achievement of equality and freedom. The author's inter-civilizational analysis of educational rights focuses on four of the world's major civilizations: Confucian, Islamic, Western and Hindu. He begins by considering educational rights as part of the global flow of ideas and the global culture of schooling. He also considers the tension this generates within different civilizational...
This work explores the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It...
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686,78 zł |
Economization of Education: Human Capital, Global Corporations, Skills-Based Schooling
ISBN: 9781138844612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this timely, cogent analysis of trends and powerful forces shaping global educational policy today, Joel Spring focuses on how economization is making economic growth and increased productivity the main goals of schools, and the ways these goals are achieved-including measuring educational policies by their costs and economic benefits, shaping family life to ensure productive workers and high-achieving students, introducing entrepreneurship education into curricula from preschool through higher education, and increasing the involvement of economists in educational policy analysis. Close... In this timely, cogent analysis of trends and powerful forces shaping global educational policy today, Joel Spring focuses on how economization is ... |
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249,23 zł |
Corporatism, Social Control, and Cultural Domination in Education: From the Radical Right to Globalization: The Selected Works of Joel Spring
ISBN: 9780415534352 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Starting with the 1972 publication of his seminal work, "Education and the Rise of the Corporate State," Joel Spring has been documenting and analyzing the politics of knowledge and education. Throughout his work he has explored the attempts to use education to advance the economic and political interests of dominant groups. The general term he uses for the relationship between schools and power is "ideological management." His scholarly work first looked at the influence on American schooling of business and economic doctrines embodied in human capital theories and consumerism. The next... Starting with the 1972 publication of his seminal work, "Education and the Rise of the Corporate State," Joel Spring has been documenting and analy... |
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737,66 zł |
Educating the Consumer-Citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media
ISBN: 9780805842739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Educating the Consumer-Citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media, Joel Spring charts the rise of consumerism as the dominant American ideology of the 21st century. He documents and analyzes how, from the early 19th century through the present, the combined endeavors of schools, advertising, and media have led to the creation of a consumerist ideology and ensured its central place in American life and global culture.
Spring first defines consumerist ideology and consumer-citizen and explores their 19th-century origins in schools,... In Educating the Consumer-Citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media, Joel Spring charts the rise of consumerism as...
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686,78 zł |
A Primer of Lib Edu
ISBN: 9781551641171 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In this book Joel Spring traces the long tradition of libertarian opposition to established forms of schooling from Rousseau and William Godwin to A.S. Neill and Paulo Freire. He illuminates the central questions that have concerned radical educators:
-- How can teaching encourage independence and self-reliance? -- Can rigid ideas and ideologies be avoided by radical educators? -- What is the contradiction between schooling and education? -- How does truly libertarian child rearing challenge the family structure? -- How can real learning free people so they can begin to change... In this book Joel Spring traces the long tradition of libertarian opposition to established forms of schooling from Rousseau and William Godwin to A.S...
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230,27 zł |
Today's Guide to Educational Policy: Pandemics, Disasters, Nationalism, Religion, and Global Politics
ISBN: 9780367740481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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162,74 zł |
A New Paradigm for Global School Systems: Education for a Long and Happy Life
ISBN: 9780805861235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume--a major new contribution to Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education--offers a new paradigm for global school systems. Education for global economic competition is the prevailing goal of most national school systems. Spring argues that recent international studies by economists, social psychologists, and others on the social factors that support subjective well-being and longevity should serve as a call to arms to change education policy; the current industrial-consumer paradigm is not supportive of either happiness or long life....
This volume--a major new contribution to Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education--offers a new paradig...
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686,78 zł |
The Politics of American Education
ISBN: 9780415884402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives. This comprehensive overview documents and explains who influences educational policy and how, bringing to life the realities of schooling in the 21st century and revealing the ongoing ideological struggles at play. Coverage includes the influence of global organizations on American school policies and the impact of emerging open source and other forms of electronic textbooks. ...Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from the... |
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269,58 zł |
The Cultural Transformation of a Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995: A Basket of Apples
ISBN: 9780805823035 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A description of the impact of US government civilization and education policies on a Native American tribe from 1793 to 1995. The author dicovers a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe through the process of civilization.
A description of the impact of US government civilization and education policies on a Native American tribe from 1793 to 1995. The author dicovers a d...
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686,78 zł |
Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States
ISBN: 9781032101576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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228,88 zł |
Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Confucianism to Human Rights
ISBN: 9780805861327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations, and to examine forms of education that claim to free people from authoritarian control. Wheels in the Head, a critically original work now in its third edition, is widely used as a text for courses on philosophical, social, political, and historical... In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to huma... |
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890,27 zł |
Global Impacts of the Western School Model: Corporatization, Alienation, Consumerism
ISBN: 9781138545632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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188,18 zł |
How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society: Intergovernmental Organizations, Ngos, and the Decline of the Nation-State
ISBN: 9780805849158 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism.
Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly erodes under the power of a growing global civil society. Traditional nationalist education attempts to mold loyal and patriotic citizens who are emotionally attached to symbols of the state, whereas the goal of neo-liberal educational ideology is to change nationalist education to serve... In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, ...
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661,34 zł |