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Normed Children: Effects of Gender and Sex Related Normativity on Childhood and Adolescence
ISBN: 9783837630206 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gender and sex related norms within a broader understanding of sex and gender in its social dimension have an impact on us from the first to the last day of our lives. What are the effects of such norms on the education of children and adolescents? Conveyed via parents/family, school and peers, they are an inseparable part of human relations. After its favorable reception in German speaking countries the book will be also available in English. It shows that the traditional assumption of a dualistic, bipolar normativity of sex and gender, particularly in the light of the biological dimension,...
Gender and sex related norms within a broader understanding of sex and gender in its social dimension have an impact on us from the first to the last ...
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190,96 |
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Educating Generation Next: Young People, Teachers and Schooling in Transition
ISBN: 9781137526397 / Angielski / Twarda / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is the current industrial model of schooling capable of preparing young people for modern working life? This book provides an unsettling picture of the challenges young people face following the uncertainty of the Global Financial Crisis. It asks whether teachers and schooling are able to provide the skills needed in a contemporary global economy.
Is the current industrial model of schooling capable of preparing young people for modern working life? This book provides an unsettling picture of th...
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201,24 |
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Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity: Confronting the Fear of Knowledge
ISBN: 9781137514776 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge and is a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of ...
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563,56 |
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Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity: Confronting the Fear of Knowledge
ISBN: 9781137514783 / Angielski / Miękka / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge and is a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of ...
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563,56 |
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Learning in the Face of Adversity: The Unrwa Education Program for Palestine Refugees
ISBN: 9781464807060 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) operates one of the largest nongovernmental school systems in the Middle East. Palestine refugees in UNRWA schools are achieving higher-than-average learning outcomes in spite of the adverse circumstances they live under. This study uses a mixed methods research approach to address the complexity of the research question and its exploratory nature, namely, How do UNRWA schools continually and consistently outperform public schools? This study used the following data collection techniques: econometric...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) operates one of the largest nongovernmental school systems ...
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122,40 |
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Universities, the Citizen Scholar and the Future of Higher Education
ISBN: 9781137538680 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The future of higher education is in question as universities struggle to remain relevant to the present and future needs of society. This book embodies a vision for higher education where graduate attributes and proficiencies akin to the Citizen Scholar are at the core of the academic project and it suggests how we can reach this future. The future of higher education is in question as universities struggle to remain relevant to the present and future needs of society. This book emb... |
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Cllaimm: Optimal Results For Institutional Student Learning
ISBN: 9780578157771 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a vital need for churches and innovative institutions to reestablish themselves as a core element to the learning process of our nation's youth. According to Marena Simmons Jones, the CLLIAMM(c) core values and Learning model establishes the total essential of learning at its best. The CLLAIMM(c) model is a highly effective educationally diverse model that utilizes different learning modalities and learning styles such as kinesthetic, visual, auditory, and verbal in order to ensure that all students receive optimal results with their learning. Studies show that students are best...
There is a vital need for churches and innovative institutions to reestablish themselves as a core element to the learning process of our nation's you...
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142,21 |
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8 Principles To Creating A High Performance Organization
ISBN: 9781942022206 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today more than ever, serving as the leader of an organization is an arduous responsibility, however leading an underachieving group is a daunting task. It can be intimidating because there are multiple contributing factors that must be swiftly eradicated in order to efficiently and effectively transform or change the group into a high performing one. Author Rebecca D. Huggins believes there are 8 Kingdom Principles that any organization can utilize to transform in only a small amount of time. Although these principles were implemented in the school system, they are applicable to any...
Today more than ever, serving as the leader of an organization is an arduous responsibility, however leading an underachieving group is a daunting tas...
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81,93 |
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Reclaiming Opportunities for Effective Teaching: An Institutional Ethnographic Study of Community College Course Outlines
ISBN: 9781498512312 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the increased standardization and management of community college course outlines in Ontario and the associated decline in the ability of college professors to effectively educate their students. Dunn tracks the changes of increased pressure from corporations to privatize public services and make them for-profit friendly. Interviews of program faculty who have recently been forced to use course outlines for the first time, along with critical analyses of a sample course outline and a series of union-related texts illuminate the issue. Dunn attributes the shift of power in...
This book examines the increased standardization and management of community college course outlines in Ontario and the associated decline in the abil...
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406,51 |
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Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes
ISBN: 9781786350640 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes reports on a variety of innovative approaches taken in universities in a number of nations of their experience in bringing together learning in courses with learning in co- and extracurricular activities. Topics range from study abroad programs to service-learning. Also covered are community-based learning, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and peer-mentoring. This volume will introduce you to research and many interesting contexts, such as the U.S. Naval Academy, where promoting ethical leadership to cadets has...
Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes reports on a variety of innovative approaches taken in universities in ...
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407,23 |
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Lessons to Learn: Voices from the Front Lines of Teach for America
ISBN: 9781138979727 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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230,14 |
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Anatomy of a Professionalization Project
ISBN: 9781474282536 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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186,06 |
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Montcalm Community College: Creating Futures Then, Now, Always
ISBN: 9781491778296 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, has often been called, "The Pearl of Montcalm County"-and for good reason. Amid farmlands and crystal lakes, the small bastion of higher education has faithfully endeavored to fulfill its mission of creating a learning community that contributes to the area's economic, cultural, and social prosperity. This commemorative history celebrating the college's fiftieth anniversary includes numerous pictures that document its beginnings, growing pains, and advancement through five administrations to the respected and growing institution... Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, has often been called, "The Pearl of Montcalm County"-and for good reason. Amid farmlands an... |
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84,59 |
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Montcalm Community College: Creating Futures Then, Now, Always
ISBN: 9781491778302 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, has often been called, "The Pearl of Montcalm County"-and for good reason. Amid farmlands and crystal lakes, the small bastion of higher education has faithfully endeavored to fulfill its mission of creating a learning community that contributes to the area's economic, cultural, and social prosperity. This commemorative history celebrating the college's fiftieth anniversary includes numerous pictures that document its beginnings, growing pains, and advancement through five administrations to the respected and growing institution... Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, has often been called, "The Pearl of Montcalm County"-and for good reason. Amid farmlands an... |
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123,12 |
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Queen's University, Volume III, 1961-2004: Testing Tradition
ISBN: 9780773546967 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How a national institution steeped in tradition adjusted to the momentous social, pedagogic, and cultural pressures of the late twentieth century.
How a national institution steeped in tradition adjusted to the momentous social, pedagogic, and cultural pressures of the late twentieth century.
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293,86 |
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Policy Patrons: Philanthropy, Education Reform, and the Politics of Influence
ISBN: 9781612509129 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Policy Patrons offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The outcome is an intriguing, thought-provoking look at the impact of current philanthropic efforts on education.
Over a period of several years, Megan E. Tompkins-Stange gained the trust of key players and outside observers of these four organizations. Through a series of confidential interviews, she began to explore the... Policy Patrons offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, t...
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132,18 |
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Policy Patrons: Philanthropy, Education Reform, and the Politics of Influence
ISBN: 9781612509136 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Policy Patrons offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The outcome is an intriguing, thought-provoking look at the impact of current philanthropic efforts on education.
Over a period of several years, Megan E. Tompkins-Stange gained the trust of key players and outside observers of these four organizations. Through a series of confidential interviews, she began to explore the... Policy Patrons offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, t...
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254,68 |
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Sonoma Community Center
ISBN: 9781531677145 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If these redbrick walls could talk, a chorus of voices from 100 years of community use would echo all that was good about Sonoma: the love of food and wine, the search for cultural enrichment, and the need to care for people. Since the day it opened as the Sonoma Grammar School, the center has promoted education, the arts, and a respect for history. Thousands of elementary-age students walked its halls until 1948, when building codes closed it as a public school. But it was reborn in 1952 as the Sonoma Community Center due to generous donors who formed a nonprofit organization to save the...
If these redbrick walls could talk, a chorus of voices from 100 years of community use would echo all that was good about Sonoma: the love of food and...
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123,27 |
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Knowledge Transfer in Higher Education: Collaboration in the Arts and Humanities
ISBN: 9781349326532 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A presentation of four years of close observation of research and knowledge transfer practices in a university. It attempts to contextualise knowledge transfer within the arts and humanities, as well as situate learning about the reception and adoption of it by the individual scholar and the organisation in which they operate.
A presentation of four years of close observation of research and knowledge transfer practices in a university. It attempts to contextualise knowledge...
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402,53 |
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International Education in Practice: Dimensions for Schools and International Schools
ISBN: 9781138173712 / Angielski / Twarda / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edited by three leading figures in the field, this book offers an absolutely authoritative interpretation of international education today. Under the umbrella of groups such as the International Baccalaureate Organization, academic research, increasing student numbers and interest from national school systems, international schools are rapidly developing in terms of curriculum, standards and influence. This book brings together present thinking on all aspects of international education, its management and the best practices.
Truly international in scope, this is a book that anyone... Edited by three leading figures in the field, this book offers an absolutely authoritative interpretation of international education today. Under the ...
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710,17 |