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Black Graduate Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Trends, Experiences, and Outcomes (Hc)
ISBN: 9781617358517 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides context about the experiences of Black graduate and professional students attending HBCUs. Indeed, such research is important, particularly since HBCUs play a significant role in the number of Blacks who receive doctorates and professional degrees (i.e. M.D., D.D.S., J.D. etc.), especially in science and engineering. In fact, according to Redd and Minor (2008), the role of HBCUs in graduate education will become even more significant as more seek to offer graduate and professional programs, particularly at the doctoral level. This book focuses on the historical nature of... This book provides context about the experiences of Black graduate and professional students attending HBCUs. Indeed, such research is important, p... |
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543,22 zł |
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Views from the Pulpit
ISBN: 9781622308088 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,87 zł |
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The United Nations and Education: Multilateralism, Development and Globalisation
ISBN: 9780415653015 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The UN is often questioned about its ongoing relevance and overall effectiveness in the 21st century, particularly in its involvement with educational policy and co-operation around the globe. This ground-breaking book examines the four key agencies within the UN system that share the vital role of addressing educational futures: UNESCO, the World Bank, UNICEF and UNDP. As the core of educational multilateralism, these agencies powerfully reflect the UN's historic grounding in peace, human rights and economic development. The history of each agency's commitment to education is... The UN is often questioned about its ongoing relevance and overall effectiveness in the 21st century, particularly in its involvement with educatio... |
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266,04 zł |
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Northern Lyrebird: The Contribution to Queensland's Music by Its Conservatorium
ISBN: 9781922117014 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Northern Lyrebird is the definitive and long-overdue history of one of Australia's finest music schools, painstakingly compiled from extensive written and oral memoirs, state archives, regional libraries, and promotional and media artefacts from concert programs and press cuttings to photographs and recordings. The Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University began its journey through history as one of Queensland's major cultural institutions in 1957. This book by one of its former directors, Peter Roennfeldt, elegantly and comprehensively weaves the intertwining narratives of people and...
Northern Lyrebird is the definitive and long-overdue history of one of Australia's finest music schools, painstakingly compiled from extensive written...
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434,34 zł |
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Wozu brauchen wir das Alte Testament?; Zwölf Antworten von Alfons Deissler
ISBN: 9783631550366 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diese Sammlung von zwolf Aufsatzen des ehemaligen Freiburger Alttestamentlers Alfons Deissler erfullt eine doppelte Aufgabe: Der Band macht Beitrage des anerkannten Bibelforschers neu zuganglich, die heute wie damals aktuell sind und einen Gesamtblick auf zentrale Themen und die theologische Bedeutung des Alten/Ersten Testamentes fur Christen ermoglichen: Schopfungstheologie, Gottesbild, Gottesvolk und Geistbegabung, Fest und Feier, Mystik und Psalmengebet, Propheten, der Geist des Vaterunsers im alttestamentlichen Glauben, zur Spiritualitat des christlichen Nachstendienstes, zum Frauenbild...
Diese Sammlung von zwolf Aufsatzen des ehemaligen Freiburger Alttestamentlers Alfons Deissler erfullt eine doppelte Aufgabe: Der Band macht Beitrage d...
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430,83 zł |
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Building Assets: The Strategic Use of Closed Catholic Schools
ISBN: 9781935788096 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monograph examining ten archdioceses and dioceses in the U.S. that experienced a significant number of Catholic school closures between 1965 and 2010. Study focuses on the current uses of closed Catholic school facilities and provides best practices for archdioceses and dioceses in managing these facilities going forward.
Monograph examining ten archdioceses and dioceses in the U.S. that experienced a significant number of Catholic school closures between 1965 and 2010....
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109,49 zł |
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Sł. Biograficzny nauczyciele szkół średnich...
ISBN: 9788373993150 / Polski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Niniejszy "Słownik..." zawiera podstawowe dane biograficzne dotyczące wszystkich nauczycieli (ponad 1200) zatrudnionych w średnich szkołach rządowych na ziemiach Królestwa Polskiego w latach 1833-1862, pośród nich postaci znanych i zasłużonych dla polskiej kultury i życia społecznego, także wyróżniających się aktywnością w różnego rodzaju patriotycznych dokonaniach niepodległościowych.
Opracowanie to, stanowiące rezultat ponad dwudziestoletnich poszukiwań bibliotecznych i archiwalnych, stanowi niezwykle interesujące źródło dla dziejów polskiej oświaty i kultury... Niniejszy "Słownik..." zawiera podstawowe dane biograficzne dotyczące wszystkich nauczycieli (ponad 1200) zatrudnionych w średnich szkołach rządo...
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56,53 zł |
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Professional Education, Capabilities and the Public Good: The Role of Universities in Promoting Human Development
ISBN: 9780415604710 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book innovatively explores how universities might be engines of reform and social change.Using rich case studies drawn from South African research, this book comprehensively provides a myriad of new perspectives on what constitutes a set of appropriate professional capabilities that will translate successfully into social progression. It asks challenges universities to produce professionals who have the knowledge, skills and values to improve the lives of people living in poverty in urban and rural settings. It covers issues such as: South African Debates about Higher Education...
This book innovatively explores how universities might be engines of reform and social change.Using rich case studies drawn from South African researc...
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741,99 zł |
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Fragmented Catholicity and Social Cohesion: Faith Schools in a Plural Society
ISBN: 9783034308960 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Faith schools make visible a connection between religion and education, a much-contested aim. Principled arguments are frequently made for and against these schools, without evidence from empirical research. This book attempts to address the issues raised by religious education by offering a rich in-depth ethnographic case study of Catholic secondary schools, exploring pupils perceptions of life in the Catholic secondary school in twenty-first-century England. The findings suggest that although the crucifix is in all classrooms, the Catholicity within the school is changing. Catholic pupils...
Faith schools make visible a connection between religion and education, a much-contested aim. Principled arguments are frequently made for and against...
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511,95 zł |
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Conning Harvard: The True Story of the Con Artist Who Faked His Way Into the Ivy League
ISBN: 9780762786763 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2011 a 24-year-old man pled guilty to falsifying his application to Harvard University, bilking the world's most prestigious university out of more than $45,000 in prizes and scholarships. Using forged SAT scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation, Adam Wheeler outsmarted Harvard's admissions office and then went even further. Once accepted into the Ivy League he kept lying, cheating, and succeeding, winning thousands of dollars in prizes and grants. But then he shot too far. During his senior year, Wheeler applied for Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships, a gamble that finally...
In 2011 a 24-year-old man pled guilty to falsifying his application to Harvard University, bilking the world's most prestigious university out of more...
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64,59 zł |
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Swimming Against the Tide: The New Independent Christian Schools and Their Teenage Pupils
ISBN: 9783034309424 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses an issue of considerable current interest and importance: what is and what should be the role of religion in the education process of a modern, secular society? The subject is tackled through an indepth investigation of a recently established network of small independent Christian schools. First, the controversy itself is examined: what are the arguments for and against faith-based schools in the unique setting of the United Kingdom? Subsequently, the schools themselves are introduced and the key issues are described in detail. The focus then shifts to the teenage...
This book addresses an issue of considerable current interest and importance: what is and what should be the role of religion in the education process...
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549,51 zł |
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Achieving Education for All Through Public-Private Partnerships?: Non-State Provision of Education in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780415845823 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extending access and improving quality of basic services. While NSPs can help to fill a gap in provision to those excluded from state provision, recent growth in both for-profit and not-for-profit providers in developing countries has sometimes resulted in fragmentation of service delivery. To address this, attention is increasingly given in the education sector to developing 'partnerships' between governments and NSPs. Partnerships are further driven...
Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extendin...
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148,34 zł |
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Education in Small States: Global Imperatives, Regional Initiatives and Local Dilemmas
ISBN: 9780415848435 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on education in small states. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of educational provision in political jurisdictions having a very small population - populations which encounter specific challenges, threats and opportunities. This book presents a balance in regional representation - covering the South Pacific, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean. The contributions pay particular attention to basic education, higher education, entrepreneurship training, post-primary education and the impact of globalization on educational...
This book focuses on education in small states. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of educational provision in political ju...
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250,69 zł |
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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector: Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9780821399682 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sub-Saharan Africa has millions of nonfarm workers engaged in small and household enterprises outside formal wage employment, constituting the informal sector. Previously seen as a pool of surplus labor expected to be absorbed by future industrialization, this sector has instead become a persistent feature of the region's economic landscape, and accounts for a majority of new jobs created off the farm. Expanding the sector's potential as a source of employment for the region's growing workforce and improving its productivity and earnings are priorities for poverty reduction. This book...
Sub-Saharan Africa has millions of nonfarm workers engaged in small and household enterprises outside formal wage employment, constituting the informa...
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206,67 zł |
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Understanding Teacher Education in Contentious Times: Political Cross-Currents and Conflicting Interests
ISBN: 9780415643115 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding Teacher Education in Contentious Times examines how public, professional, and private or corporate agencies operate to shape teacher education and possibilities for its improvement. Teacher education programs, particularly those leading to state certification or licensure, are influenced not only by state regulations but also by required review and accreditation by an outside agency such as the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, and are subject to various contextual pressures such as the cultures of the institutions that host them and their... Understanding Teacher Education in Contentious Times examines how public, professional, and private or corporate agencies operate to shape teacher ... |
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767,58 zł |
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Understanding Teacher Education in Contentious Times: Political Cross-Currents and Conflicting Interests
ISBN: 9780415643122 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding Teacher Education in Contentious Times examines how public, professional, and private or corporate agencies operate to shape teacher education and possibilities for its improvement. Teacher education programs, particularly those leading to state certification or licensure, are influenced not only by state regulations but also by required review and accreditation by an outside agency such as the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, and are subject to various contextual pressures such as the cultures of the institutions that host them and their... Understanding Teacher Education in Contentious Times examines how public, professional, and private or corporate agencies operate to shape teacher ... |
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219,99 zł |
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Globalization and Higher Education in Albania
ISBN: 9780739171004 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As national planners codify and enact the university, state, and market alliance--amid global higher education trends towards internationalization, competition, and massification--debates on the efficacy of this merger have increased in recent years, clarifying a real or perceived significance. Bologna has been the conceptual vehicle within which many European nations have sought to reorient often disparate higher education sectors in order to forge the European Higher Education Area, a move replete with social, political, economic, and cultural significance. Yet, the extent to which Bologna...
As national planners codify and enact the university, state, and market alliance--amid global higher education trends towards internationalization, co...
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495,56 zł |
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Current Issues in Ethiopian Private Higher Education Institutions. Opportunities and Challenges
ISBN: 9789994450466 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The main purpose of this study was to explore current issues surrounding Ethiopian private higher education institutions (PHEIs) and assess the impact of regulatory practices on the smooth operation of PHEIs. The findings of the study revealed that PHEIs are making significant contribution towards increasing access to higher education and creating employment opportunities. However, there were concerns among stakeholders on the quality of education provided by PHEIs. The application of government regulatory frameworks was also found to be more stringent on PHEIs than on their counterparts in...
The main purpose of this study was to explore current issues surrounding Ethiopian private higher education institutions (PHEIs) and assess the impact...
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171,53 zł |
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Grassroots School Reform: A Community Guide to Developing Globally Competitive Students
ISBN: 9780230108332 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book walks community activists through the rationale for assuming local responsibility for academic performance, outlines steps needed to drive that change, and suggests curricular direction and school policy requirements.
This book walks community activists through the rationale for assuming local responsibility for academic performance, outlines steps needed to drive t...
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192,74 zł |
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Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?: Policy and Practice on Four Continents
ISBN: 9780230285002 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.
This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Me...
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192,74 zł |