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Appraising the Nigerian Problem Through Education and Religious Dialogue: A Cognitive Approach
ISBN: 9783631643754 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book tries to trace the origin of today s Nigeria. The foundation that produced it was based on faulty principles, which came about due to the fact that both the imperial Lords and the indigenous founding fathers had no clear vision of the nature the new nation should take. The fact that many tribes, tongues and beliefs were unsystematically coerced to form this unwilling alliance added much strain to the feeble chains of unity. Every effort made to address this situation has failed so far. The author shows failures in the political, economic and religious arena while arguing that the...
The book tries to trace the origin of today s Nigeria. The foundation that produced it was based on faulty principles, which came about due to the fac...
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349,70 zł |
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Quality of Higher Education: Organizational and Educational Perspectives
ISBN: 9788792982551 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quality in higher education was not invented in recent decades - universities have always possessed mechanisms for assuring the quality of their work. The rising concern over quality is closely related to the changes in higher education and its social context. Among others, the most conspicuous changes are the massive expansion, diversification, and increased cost in higher education and the new mechanisms of accountability initiated by the state. With these changes, the traditional, internally enacted academic quality-keeping has been given an important external dimension - quality assurance...
Quality in higher education was not invented in recent decades - universities have always possessed mechanisms for assuring the quality of their work....
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470,73 zł |
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We Are Not the Enemy: Restoring Honor to U.S. Civil Service
ISBN: 9781494355104 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,85 zł |
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Service-Learning and Educating in Challenging Contexts: International Perspectives
ISBN: 9781472569189 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Service-Learning and Educating in Challenging Contexts explores the potential of service-learning identified as a way to integrate community service with academic study to enrich the on-going professional development of educators, especially in schools that are located in challenging contexts. This collection offers a further refinement of what typically comes under the remit of service-learning, switching the focus from the learning experience of the learner, to the educator and the deep and enriching professional learning opportunities that service-learning can offer. This... Service-Learning and Educating in Challenging Contexts explores the potential of service-learning identified as a way to integrate community... |
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194,40 zł |
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Leading Schools in Challenging Circumstances: Strategies for Success
ISBN: 9781441184054 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The leadership of schools can make a significant difference to enhancing the life chances of students in schools and enabling them to succeed. This book examines leadership within schools, focusing on securing success within a challenging social and political environment. It explores the approaches to leadership adopted by four successful secondary school headteachers in a local authority situated in an area of high social deprivation and identifies the impact the headteachers of these schools have on staff, students and community. It analyses the key leadership strategies of these... The leadership of schools can make a significant difference to enhancing the life chances of students in schools and enabling them to succeed. This... |
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189,28 zł |
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Curriculum and the Culture Wars; Debating the Bible's Place in Public Schools
ISBN: 9781433118487 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Curriculum and the Culture Wars offers a fresh perspective on perennial debates about the role of religion in public schools, focusing on the intersection of religion and curriculum. This debate has been renewed in part due to the growth of elective Bible courses in public schools in many parts of the country. The first half of the book presents new scholarship on the use of the Bible in schools, including a historical analysis of what the Founders had to say about the use of the Bible in public education, a more current assessment of the politics behind the elective Bible class...
Curriculum and the Culture Wars offers a fresh perspective on perennial debates about the role of religion in public schools, focusing on the i...
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309,29 zł |
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University Experiments in Interdisciplinarity: Obstacles and Opportunities
ISBN: 9783837626162 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interdisciplinarity is an inflationary concept in the discourses of higher education and science policy. Yet, some recent structural reforms in European and US universities reflect fundamental changes in the organization of knowledge production and teaching. This publication takes a fresh look at the meaning given to the concept of interdisciplinarity with these reforms. It presents examples of different forms of interdisciplinary research and teaching. These case studies are put in the broader context of reflections on developments in the organization of universities and their implications...
Interdisciplinarity is an inflationary concept in the discourses of higher education and science policy. Yet, some recent structural reforms in Europe...
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183,09 zł |
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The Entrepreneurial University: Engaging Publics, Intersecting Impacts
ISBN: 9781137275868 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The entrepreneurial university has been tasked with making an impact. This collection presents professional-personal reflections on research experience and interpretative accounts of navigating fieldwork and broader publics, politics and practices of (dis)engagement primarily through a feminist, queer and gender studies lens.
The entrepreneurial university has been tasked with making an impact. This collection presents professional-personal reflections on research experienc...
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385,52 zł |
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Anatomy of a Professionalization Project: The Making of the Modern School Business Manager
ISBN: 9781780935904 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public services have been a target for reform in Western-style democracies for more than three decades. This volume documents and examines the case of School Business Managers (SBMs) as an example of a growing but scarcely-acknowledged phenomenon: the government-backed creation of new 'professions' within the public sector for groups of support workers not formally recognised as such. The dawn of the millennium saw the beginning of an unprecedented professional project as the New Labour government set about the systematic creation of a pool of suitably skilled and qualified School... Public services have been a target for reform in Western-style democracies for more than three decades. This volume documents and examines the case... |
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665,24 zł |
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Peace Through Education (Routledge Revivals): The Contribution of the Council for Education in World Citizenship
ISBN: 9780415641418 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1984, Peace Through Education records the history of the first 45 years of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC). It describes the rise in interest of increased international understanding in the years preceding the book's publication and highlights the influential role of the CEWC in encouraging educators to make the rising generations aware of threats to world peace. Created in 1939, at a time of tense international crisis, the organization's record is both an important and fascinating story. The book sets out to provide an overview of the history and work...
First published in 1984, Peace Through Education records the history of the first 45 years of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC). I...
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266,04 zł |
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New Islamic Schools: Tradition, Modernity, and Class in Urban Pakistan
ISBN: 9781137382467 / Angielski / Twarda / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi area schools to establish the complex reasons middle- and upper-class families enroll in religious Islamic schools.
The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi are...
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192,74 zł |
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Current Problems of University Management
ISBN: 9788323335344 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The quality of teaching in higher education has been debated for years, and private universities have found it increasingly difficult to provide adequate academic staff for didactic purposes. Therefore the Department of Applied Economics at the Jagiellonian University financed an international study to investigate the issues affecting universities worldwide. The study found many similar problems among the universities and discovered pro quality management restructuring demands the implementation of Total Quality Management principles.
The quality of teaching in higher education has been debated for years, and private universities have found it increasingly difficult to provide adequ...
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269,33 zł |
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Prince Hall Freemasonry: The Secret Within
ISBN: 9781478727446 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF PRINCE HALL FREEMASONRY... An aura of mystery surrounds the Masonic tradition Prince Hall founded. Part of this aura comes from the false perception, held even by many fellow Masons, that Prince Hall Freemasonry is different from "normal" Masonry, with special rites and ceremonies and a different set of core beliefs than those held by other Freemasons. And there is also the aura of mystery that surrounds Prince Hall himself. Although Hall is widely recognized as the father of Black Masonry in the United States, few records pertaining to his life have been found. In...
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF PRINCE HALL FREEMASONRY... An aura of mystery surrounds the Masonic tradition Prince Hall founded. Part of this aura comes from ...
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68,57 zł |
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Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals, Universities, and Publics in Transformation
ISBN: 9780804792363 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global perspective, the term "globalizing knowledge" is today a popular catchphrase among academics and their circles. The complications and consequences of this desire for greater worldliness, however, are rarely considered critically. In this groundbreaking cultural-political sociology of knowledge and change, Michael D. Kennedy rearticulates questions, approaches, and case studies to clarify intellectuals' and institutions' responsibilities in a world defined by transformation and crisis. Globalizing Knowledge... Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global perspective, the term "globalizing knowledge" is today a popular catchphrase among aca... |
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731,76 zł |
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Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals, Universities, and Publics in Transformation
ISBN: 9780804793438 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global perspective, the term -globalizing knowledge- is today a popular catchphrase among academics and their circles. The complications and consequences of this desire for greater worldliness, however, are rarely considered critically. In this groundbreaking cultural-political sociology of knowledge and change, Michael D. Kennedy rearticulates questions, approaches, and case studies to clarify intellectuals' and institutions' responsibilities in a world defined by transformation and crisis. Globalizing Knowledge introduces the...
Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global perspective, the term -globalizing knowledge- is today a popular catchphrase among academ...
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163,80 zł |
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International Educational Development and Learning Through Sustainable Partnerships: Living Global Citizenship
ISBN: 9781137349972 / Angielski / Twarda / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can we deal with immigration? What is meant by effective citizenship? How can we implement the Big Society and reduce cultural tensions? This book offers a new form of citizenship education based on a Living Global Citizenship approach that allows participants to demonstrate values such as cultural empathy. This alternative pedagogy for the delivery of effective citizenship education within any cultural setting creates a new meaning for the term 'cultural education'. Living Global Citizenship projects allow participants from different communities to take ownership of their priorities for...
How can we deal with immigration? What is meant by effective citizenship? How can we implement the Big Society and reduce cultural tensions? This book...
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385,52 zł |
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Philosophy and Childhood: Critical Perspectives and Affirmative Practices
ISBN: 9781137469168 / Angielski / Twarda / 129 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kohan offers a transformative, revolutionary, and more radical alternative theory and practice of philosophy for children. He critiques the current state of philosophy for children and demonstrates alternative ways of thinking and practicing philosophy in childhood education.
Kohan offers a transformative, revolutionary, and more radical alternative theory and practice of philosophy for children. He critiques the current st...
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192,74 zł |
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New and Better Schools: The Supply Side of School Choice
ISBN: 9781475814378 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in private school choice programs has grown ten-fold. But granting students access to public financing for their private education has not led to the vibrant marketplace of school options many of its supporters envisioned. If school choice policy is to improve the American education landscape, careful thought must be put in to understand how it can expand existing high quality schools and create new high quality schools to serve more children. New and Better Schools attacks this problem from the perspective of both researchers and...
In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in private school choice programs has grown ten-fold. But granting students access to public finan...
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441,69 zł |
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New and Better Schools: The Supply Side of School Choice
ISBN: 9781475814385 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in private school choice programs has grown ten-fold. But granting students access to public financing for their private education has not led to the vibrant marketplace of school options many of its supporters envisioned. If school choice policy is to improve the American education landscape, careful thought must be put in to understand how it can expand existing high quality schools and create new high quality schools to serve more children. New and Better Schools attacks this problem from the perspective of both researchers and...
In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in private school choice programs has grown ten-fold. But granting students access to public finan...
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226,23 zł |
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The Open University: A History
ISBN: 9780719096266 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This analysis of The Open University's precedents, personalities, politics and pedagogies contextualises learners' experiences and illuminates the changing values of our society and our ideas about learning and our use of a variety of media.
In April 1963, Labour Party leader Harold Wilson sketched a proposal for a University of the Air. He launched the idea in the autumn and in April 1969 The Open University, OU was granted a Royal Charter. Aiming to be open to people places, methods and ideas, it has supported the learning of millions and, despite hostility from Ministers of the Crown... This analysis of The Open University's precedents, personalities, politics and pedagogies contextualises learners' experiences and illuminates the cha...
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430,92 zł |