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Equity in the Classroom: Towards Effective Pedagogy for Girls and Boys
ISBN: 9780750705400 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concerned with pedagogy and the learning achievement of both girls and boys, this book examines international trends in subject performance throughout schooling and looks critically at a range of interventions in difference contexts and countries, all aimed at enhancing equity in schools and higher education institutions.
Concerned with pedagogy and the learning achievement of both girls and boys, this book examines international trends in subject performance throughout...
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846,63 |
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Outcomes: Nvqs and the Emerging Model of Education and Training
ISBN: 9781850009726 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jessup's widely acclaimed book provides explanations of the many facets of National Vocational Qualifications: who they are for, why they have been developed, how they work, and the benefits they confer. The author explains how NVQs relate to a wide range of issues in education and training.
Jessup's widely acclaimed book provides explanations of the many facets of National Vocational Qualifications: who they are for, why they have been de...
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701,49 |
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For the Love of Perfection: Richard Rorty and Liberal Education
ISBN: 9780415910514 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the Love of Perfection examines Richard Rorty's pragmatist philosophy for thinking about the aims and processes of liberal education. Offering a radical re-interpretation of the philosopher's arguments against metaphysics, Rene V. Arcilla demonstrates how Rorty's thinking may be re-envisioned to take greater account of today's multicultural society.
For the Love of Perfection examines Richard Rorty's pragmatist philosophy for thinking about the aims and processes of liberal education. Off...
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159,60 |
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Teaching Toward the 24th Century: Star Trek as Social Curriculum
ISBN: 9780815325246 / Angielski / Twarda / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trekkie popular culture sees Star Trek as a unifying myth. Dr Anijar explores this phenomenon in light of the influences of television in children's lives, and the effects of utopian interpretations of Star Trek on teaching practice. Trekkie popular culture sees Star Trek as a unifying myth. Dr Anijar explores this phenomenon in light of the influences of television in children'... |
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1064,33 |
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Moral Education : Theory and Application
ISBN: 9780898595574 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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701,49 |
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Education for Democratic Citizenship : A Challenge for Multi-ethnic Societies
ISBN: 9780805807257 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is becoming increasingly clear that members of a host nation as well as newcomers have to learn what it means to live democratically in a multi-ethnic world and to accept diversity without fear or rancor. This volume, a result of a conference sponsored by the Spencer Foundation, asks a question of increasing significance in view of post World War II immigration patterns and the spread of democratic forms of government: What can educational researchers and practitioners do to prepare our youth for cooperative, constructive living in a democracy? This book illustrates how six post-industrial...
It is becoming increasingly clear that members of a host nation as well as newcomers have to learn what it means to live democratically in a multi-eth...
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628,93 |
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Education Reform and Social Change: Multicultural Voices, Struggles, and Visions
ISBN: 9780805822526 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Education Reform and Social Change is about addressing and changing the structures, policies, and practices of schools that differentially advantage white, middle class, native English speakers over students of color for whom English may be a second or additional language. It is also about helping people to think critically about what it is schools do and to consider more democratic, participatory, and equitable approaches.
The chapters in the text provide first-hand documentation of the voices, struggles, and visions of students, parent activists, advocates, attorneys, and... Education Reform and Social Change is about addressing and changing the structures, policies, and practices of schools that differentially adva...
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237,01 |
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Leading Schools in a Global Era: A Cultural Perspective: A Special Issue of the Peabody Journal of Education
ISBN: 9780805898361 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This special issue looks at the constantly changing face of education in the world today. Topics covered include educational values, cross-cultural studies, leadership, social impacts, and the role of technology in education.
This special issue looks at the constantly changing face of education in the world today. Topics covered include educational values, cross-cultural st...
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178,95 |
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International Perspectives on Intercultural Education
ISBN: 9780805827460 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Expands the dialogue about multicultural or intercultural educational efforts by reviewing the various issues, policies, activities, and approaches in many diverse nations around the world.
Expands the dialogue about multicultural or intercultural educational efforts by reviewing the various issues, policies, activities, and approaches in...
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285,39 |
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Schooling, the Puritan Imperative, and the Molding of an American National Identity: Education's Errand Into the Wilderness
ISBN: 9780805843170 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Present-day America is perceived by many as immersed in a moral crisis, with national identity fractured and uncertainty and anxiety about the future. Public schools in this country are, historically and still today, the major institution charged with preserving and teaching the symbols of national identity and a morality that is the concrete expression of those symbols and the ideas for which they stand. A widespread belief is that only through schooling can America be saved from the current "crisis," but the schools have failed in this mission and must be reformed.
In this book,... Present-day America is perceived by many as immersed in a moral crisis, with national identity fractured and uncertainty and anxiety about the future....
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701,49 |
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Workforce Readiness : Competencies and Assessment
ISBN: 9780805821499 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Current economic difficulties and the challenge of competing in the world market have necessitated a rethinking of American approaches to the utilization of people in organizations. Management recognizes a need to have workers take on more responsibility at the points of production, of sale, and of service rendered, if the United States is to compete in rapidly changing world markets. This development means that much more is expected of even entry-level members of the American workforce. Thus, more is expected of high schools and colleges to provide this type of workforce.
Current economic difficulties and the challenge of competing in the world market have necessitated a rethinking of American approaches to the utilizat...
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483,79 |
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Counternarratives: Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogies in Postmodern Spaces
ISBN: 9780415905831 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "official" narratives and the counternarratives which emerge as oppositional responses. Counternarratives develops a concept of "postmodern counternarratives" as a frame for exploring the politics of media, technology and education within everyday struggles for human identities and loyalties. The authors identify two forms of counternarratives. One functions as a critique of the modernist propensity for grand...
To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "offici...
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653,11 |
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The Changing Curriculum
ISBN: 9780415432382 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1971, this charts the historical aspects of curriculum change. Originally published in 1971, this charts the historical aspects of curriculum change. |
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420,85 |
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Objectives and Perspectives in Education : Studies in Educational Theory 1955-1970
ISBN: 9780415432665 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1972, the emphasis of this book is on psychological and cultural understanding of education, in terms of persons and relationships, rather than processes. Originally published in 1972, the emphasis of this book is on psychological and cultural understanding of education, in terms of persons and relati... |
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1402,99 |
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The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education: Passionate Lives in Public Service
ISBN: 9780415995504 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pinar positions himself against three pressing problems of the profession:
A cosmopolitan curriculum, Pinar argues, juxtaposes the abstract and the concrete, the collective and the individual: history and biography, politics and art, public service and private passion. Such a... Pinar positions himself against three pressing problems of the profession:
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701,49 |
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The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education: Passionate Lives in Public Service
ISBN: 9780415995511 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pinar outlines a cosmopolitan curriculum focused on passionate lives in public service, providing one set of answers to how the field of curriculum studies accepts and attends to the inextricably interwoven relations among intellectual rigor, scholarly erudition, and intense but variegated engagement with the world.
Pinar outlines a cosmopolitan curriculum focused on passionate lives in public service, providing one set of answers to how the field of curriculum st...
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241,85 |
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Teaching with Books that Heal: Authentic Literature and Literacy Strategies to Help Children Cope with Everyday Problems
ISBN: 9781586832209 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Help children learn coping skills through literature This book answers the often repeated question: Is there a children's book I can read in my classroom to give children insight into significant life events? Literature ideas and activities help students cope with real-life situations, such as bullying, that interfere with school. This book will assist educators in guiding and nurturing children's special issues and concerns with outstanding, ready-to-go reading and writing lessons. This professional resource for K-6 educators and parents uses literature with identifiable characters to... Help children learn coping skills through literature This book answers the often repeated question: Is there a children's book I can read in my cl... |
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162,91 |
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The Art of Critical Pedagogy; Possibilities for Moving from Theory to Practice in Urban Schools
ISBN: 9780820474151 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book furthers the discussion concerning critical pedagogy and its practical applications for urban contexts. It addresses two looming, yet under-explored questions that have emerged with the ascendancy of critical pedagogy in the educational discourse: (1) What does critical pedagogy look like in work with urban youth? and (2) How can a systematic investigation of critical work enacted in urban contexts simultaneously draw upon and push the core tenets of critical pedagogy? Addressing the tensions inherent in enacting critical pedagogy - between working to disrupt and to successfully...
This book furthers the discussion concerning critical pedagogy and its practical applications for urban contexts. It addresses two looming, yet under-...
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178,38 |
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Exploring Values Through Literature, Multimedia, and Literacy Events - Making Connections (PB)
ISBN: 9781593119454 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring Values Through Multimedia, Literature and Literacy Events was written by teachers and educational researchers for classrooms and schools interested in developing learning communities that develop critical and compassionate future citizens. Through the use of specific multimedia, literature and literacy events, this book presents numerous ways for classroom teachers and schools to promote respectful, responsible, caring, and sharing students in a democratic society. Beginning with Plato's message that we cannot let the formation of good citizens to chance, Exploring Values Through...
Exploring Values Through Multimedia, Literature and Literacy Events was written by teachers and educational researchers for classrooms and schools int...
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229,16 |
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Democracy in Textbooks and Student Minds: Educational Transitions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Mozambique and South Africa
ISBN: 9781590331941 / Angielski / Twarda / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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382,15 |