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Punishing Schools: Fear and Citizenship in American Public Education
ISBN: 9780472069057 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents an argument that the educational system is the subject of legislative punishment and the instrument of punishment for children. This book analyzes the connections between a culture of economic punishment of schools and the imposition of punitive controls as a vicious cycle that creates fear and develops passive and dependent citizens.
Presents an argument that the educational system is the subject of legislative punishment and the instrument of punishment for children. This book ana...
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144,88 zł |
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No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools
ISBN: 9780472099795 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A powerful, detailed, and exceptionally balanced critique of NCLB. It offers some hope for how we might overcome its faults. No legislator or educational expert should be allowed to get away with not reading itwhether to agree or disagree. It s a must learning experience. Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, and author of "In Schools We Trust" A concise, highly readable, and balanced account of NCLB, with insightful and realistic suggestions for reform. Teachers, professors, policymakers, and parentsthis is the one book...
A powerful, detailed, and exceptionally balanced critique of NCLB. It offers some hope for how we might overcome its faults. No legislator or educatio...
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370,94 zł |
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A County of Culture: Twentieth-Century China Seen from the Village Schools of Zouping, Shandong
ISBN: 9780472112838 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A County of Culture provides a detailed analysis of education reforms in twentieth-century rural China, and of how these reforms relate to larger processes of social, political, and economic transformation. Based on documents and life histories collected in Zouping, the book focuses on education as an indicator of the changing relations between state and rural society; as a crucial feature in local economic life; and as a decisive factor in individual careers and destinies.
A County of Culture demonstrates how changes in educational policies have exerted considerable... A County of Culture provides a detailed analysis of education reforms in twentieth-century rural China, and of how these reforms relate to larg...
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435,46 zł |
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The Rise of the Modern Educational System: Structural Change and Social Reproduction, 1870-1920
ISBN: 9780521366854 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Rise of the Modern Educational System breaks new ground in that it is a pioneering socio-historical analysis of change and development in secondary education in three European countries (England, France, Germany) in the mid to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The authors develop novel theoretical forms of analysis -- in particular those of 'systematisation' (Muller) and 'segmentation' (Ringer) -- which enable a genuine cross-cultural study and assessment to be effectively carried through. Although clear historical and institutional differences are apparent in all three...
The Rise of the Modern Educational System breaks new ground in that it is a pioneering socio-historical analysis of change and development in secondar...
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242,26 zł |
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Integrating Educational Systems for Successful Reform in Diverse Contexts
ISBN: 9780521674348 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity is a major factor influencing how school reform ought to be accomplished at local, state, and government levels. This book examines the issue of successful school reform in diverse communities. It is the first to synthesize research on educational research on educational reform pertaining to racially and linguistically diverse students. It examines what is needed at the teacher, school, district, state, and federal levels for educational reform to be successful in multicultural, multilingual settings. Conclusions are based on a careful review of...
Linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity is a major factor influencing how school reform ought to be accomplished at local, state, and government le...
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211,96 zł |
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Integrating Educational Systems for Successful Reform in Diverse Contexts
ISBN: 9780521857567 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity is a major factor influencing how school reform ought to be accomplished at local, state, and government levels. This book examines the issue of successful school reform in diverse communities. It is the first to synthesize research on educational research on educational reform pertaining to racially and linguistically diverse students. It examines what is needed at the teacher, school, district, state, and federal levels for educational reform to be successful in multicultural, multilingual settings. Conclusions are based on a careful review of...
Linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity is a major factor influencing how school reform ought to be accomplished at local, state, and government le...
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343,21 zł |
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A Different View: An Anti-Education Culture
ISBN: 9780595096602 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,42 zł |
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Wake the Sleeping Giant: The Educational System
ISBN: 9780595096671 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,45 zł |
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Labor of Love: One Chicago Teacher's Experience
ISBN: 9780595097203 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,42 zł |
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Save Our Schools: Change Education to Educating
ISBN: 9780595128198 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,32 zł |
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Math Stuff: The Elements of Curriculum Reform
ISBN: 9780595149032 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,94 zł |
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The Commoner Syndrome: Twenty-First Century Roadblock
ISBN: 9780595164431 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,42 zł |
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We Guarantee Academic Success!: Reflections
ISBN: 9780595264704 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Educators: "It is time we stand for something, Lest we fall for anything," as past demands on education have exhibited. This book is intended to offer a perspective of where education is; how it got there and to offer a new Portrait of Education. The contention is to regain the trust of our students and reestablish a relationship with them using the expertise of educators, who have been trained in how we learn, child development and enable them to remove "VIOLENCE" from the schools! Parents, attorneys, doctors, politicians, and other members of a school's community should be involved in their...
Educators: "It is time we stand for something, Lest we fall for anything," as past demands on education have exhibited. This book is intended to offer...
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71,90 zł |
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The Education Mirage: How Teachers Succeed and Why the System Fails
ISBN: 9780595291427 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can education foster critical thinking? Why do our supposedly best-educated lead us toward political and ethical bankruptcy? What can be done to supplant the current testing mania? In "The Education Mirage" educator Ira Winn faces just such questions, and more.
Here you will learn creative teaching, not the piling of facts or memorizing what to think and the five reasons why--which leads to classroom stupor. Today, teaching is often mechanical, a lost art, even as the shortage of good teachers is a catastrophe. Even computers are not the magic key to reform, although they are an... How can education foster critical thinking? Why do our supposedly best-educated lead us toward political and ethical bankruptcy? What can be done to s...
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71,90 zł |
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Race, Education and the Continuing American Dilemma: The Story of One People's Fight Against Pain, Power, and the Politics of the South.
ISBN: 9780595332748 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historically black colleges and universities were founded in the 1800s to meet the educational needs of African-Americans. These institutions now face survival obstacles that jeopardize their continued existence.
The Court, in U.S. v. Fordice (1992), established test standards to desegregate Mississippi's postsecondary institution Jackson State University with implications for other HBCUs nationwide. State legislatures must now eliminate single race based schools unless there is a legal or an educational justification for their existence. The purpose of this study is to open the... Historically black colleges and universities were founded in the 1800s to meet the educational needs of African-Americans. These institutions now face...
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63,42 zł |
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Transformational Teaching: The Key To Authentic School Improvement
ISBN: 9780595374489 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spencer Barnard, the father of five self-actualizing children, is a lifelong educator with experience as a classroom teacher, principal, district level administrator, educational publisher and college administrator. In this latter position he guided the development of an innovative master's degree program designed to advance the professional skills of K-12 teachers in the use of discovery-type learning experiences, enriched to accomodate students' differing learning styles and develop their higher order thinking skills. More than 1,000 in-service teachers have so far completed this... Spencer Barnard, the father of five self-actualizing children, is a lifelong educator with experience as a classroom teacher, principal, district l... |
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63,42 zł |
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Challenging Mediocrity: Balancing Diversity and Student Achievement
ISBN: 9780595386413 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All students have an inalienable right to an equitable, enriching, and empowering education. Yet, today's teachers face the challenge of reaching a diverse population of students and striving for a balance between cultural differences and achievement. In "Challenging Mediocrity," author and educator Larthenia Howard explores possible causes for the achievement gaps between subgroups as outlined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act's AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) guidelines. Teachers are encouraged to reflect not only on practices that directly affect a student's success, but also on... All students have an inalienable right to an equitable, enriching, and empowering education. Yet, today's teachers face the challenge of reaching a... |
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63,42 zł |
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American K-12 Public Education: Its Imminent Demise
ISBN: 9780595399369 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 10 years, American public schools will cease to exist as we presently know them; they will only serve the "poorest of the poor" and anyone, with resources, will send their children elsewhere. Hundreds of references and personal insights are provided to substantiate the premise, though the book's primary purpose is to stimulate critical thinking and reflection. A series of thought provoking questions are raised in the last chapter for the reader to answer, a perfect venue for collegial discussion.
In 10 years, American public schools will cease to exist as we presently know them; they will only serve the "poorest of the poor" and anyone, with re...
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42,21 zł |
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Our Ailing Education: And a Prescription for Recovery
ISBN: 9780595400195 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Granting diplomas just for spending a prescribed amount of years at a school desk is nothing short of criminal, and the school systems should be held accountable." Author Margaretha de Lorenzo laments the failure of the school system to provide students with adequate academic preparation prior to high school graduation. She also asserts that parents are by far the most important instructors a child will ever have and exert the greatest influence on their child's learning and future behavior patterns. In "Our Ailing Education: And a Prescription for Recovery," Lorenzo puts into clear and...
"Granting diplomas just for spending a prescribed amount of years at a school desk is nothing short of criminal, and the school systems should be held...
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46,45 zł |
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The Macroeconomy of the Educational Sphere with Complex Numbers: Quaternions
ISBN: 9780595417766 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the present time, a significant part of the establishments of the educational branch are financed from the budget. The population consumes these services free-of-charge. The national deputies, say that the expenses allocated from the budget for the educated of the people, create a hole in the budget. How can we explain such certainty of the national deputies?
Still, the productive activity of the educational branches is not examined in the theory. In the branches of -education- there are the following streams of resources: 1) a stream of resources as means of labor books, computers etc.... In the present time, a significant part of the establishments of the educational branch are financed from the budget. The population consumes these se...
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80,39 zł |