A Levinasian Ethics for Education's Commonplaces: Between Calling and Inspiration
ISBN: 9781137429162 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joldersma applies Levinas's ethics systematically to the commonplaces of education - teaching, learning, curriculum, and institutions - and elucidates the role of justice and responsibility and the meaning of calling and inspiration in education.
Joldersma applies Levinas's ethics systematically to the commonplaces of education - teaching, learning, curriculum, and institutions - and elucidates...
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Conflict, Reconciliation and Peace Education: Moving Burundi Toward a Sustainable Future
ISBN: 9780415702188 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States occurred-causing that nation to wage wars of revenge in Afghanistan and Iraq-the people of Burundi were recovering from nearly forty years of violence, genocide and civil wars that had killed nearly one million and produced another million refugees. Here in this small East African nation, one of the four poorest nations on earth, however, was a desire for reconciliation-not revenge-and it still runs deep today. The University of Ngozi in northern Burundi was created in 1999 and is now dedicated to peace, reconciliation and... When the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States occurred-causing that nation to wage wars of revenge in Afghanistan and Iraq-the people of... |
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Higher Education Governance and Policy Change in Western Europe: International Challenges to Historical Institutions
ISBN: 9781137399847 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western Europe. Using concrete indicators of policy change, it focuses on university reform in Italy, France, Germany and the UK to explore how historical legacies and transnational communication have impacted policy pathways.
This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western Europe. Using concrete ind...
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Leadership and Religious Schools: International Perspectives and Challenges
ISBN: 9781628923223 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leadership in religious schools is a complex and often misunderstood subject. Educational leaders must perform the dual task of encouraging religious identities while relating them to wider issues of citizenship. Religious identity needs to be made relevant to the whole school community - parents, staff, students - and leaders need to take care to expand how human identity is conceived and manifested. Given these challenges, learning and leadership take on a special importance in faith-based and religious schools. This unique volume brings together leading international scholars in... Leadership in religious schools is a complex and often misunderstood subject. Educational leaders must perform the dual task of encouraging religio... |
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191,37 zł |
Human Resource Management Study Games: Certification Prep and Refresher
ISBN: 9780761863786 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human Resource Management Study Games offers a variety of short games to help human resource practitioners and students study for human resource-related certifications and learn new aspects of human resource management. The games focus on learning terms and laws, brainstorming human resource concepts, understanding human resource laws in a consistent and organized way, and experiencing a sample of multiple choice questions in the major areas of human resources. With the help of this book, human resource instructors can develop game-oriented ways to teach for-credit university human resource...
Human Resource Management Study Games offers a variety of short games to help human resource practitioners and students study for human resource-relat...
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283,48 zł |
Fordham, a History of the Jesuit University of New York: 1841-2003
ISBN: 9780823271511 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based largely on archival sources in the United States and Rome, this book documents the evolution of Fordham from a small diocesan college into a major American Jesuit and Catholic university. It places the development of Fordham within the context of the massive expansion of Catholic higher education that took place in the United States in the twentieth century. This was reflected at Fordham in its transformation from a local commuter college to a predominantly residential institution that now attracts students from 48 states and 65 foreign countries to its three undergraduate schools and...
Based largely on archival sources in the United States and Rome, this book documents the evolution of Fordham from a small diocesan college into a maj...
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206,80 zł |
The Rise and Fall of Fraternities at Williams College
ISBN: 9780915081073 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of the beginnings, the blossoming, and the eventual banishment of fraternities at Williams College, together with the ensuing transformation of Williams, based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, as the old fraternal order was replaced with a new residential system in the nineteen-sixties and after. A key figure emerged: John Sawyer, president of the college between 1961-1973. In John Chandler's measured recounting of events, Sawyer oversaw not only the end of fraternity life at the college, but positioned Williams for its subsequent ascent to the top tier of liberal...
This book tells the story of the beginnings, the blossoming, and the eventual banishment of fraternities at Williams College, together with the ensuin...
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107,63 zł |
Alternative Education and Community Engagement: Making Education a Priority
ISBN: 9781137415400 / Angielski / Twarda / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the ethical and philosophical issues behind the provision of market-led alternative education. The volume examines the models of Free, Studio, Supplementary and Co-operative school provisions, asking whether a market-based approach to delivering higher standards of education actually works.
This book explores the ethical and philosophical issues behind the provision of market-led alternative education. The volume examines the models of Fr...
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194,52 zł |
Philanthropy and American Higher Education
ISBN: 9781137319968 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philanthropy and American Higher Education provides higher education professionals, leaders and scholars with a thoughtful, comprehensive introduction to the scope and development of philanthropy and fund raising as part of the essential life and work of colleges and universities in the United States.
Philanthropy and American Higher Education provides higher education professionals, leaders and scholars with a thoughtful, comprehensive introduction...
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194,52 zł |
Harcerze w Bieszczadach
ISBN: 9788363526610 / Polski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Operacja ,,Bieszczady ’40” – to największa i najbardziej znana akcja harcerska lat powojennych, która rozpoczęła się w 1974 roku i miała trwać 10 lat – do czterdziestolecia Polski Ludowej. Miała włączyć harcerzy w zagospodarowanie i ożywienie kulturalne Bieszczadów i równocześnie umożliwić im przeżywanie wakacji wśród wspaniałej przyrody dzikich i niedostępnych wtedy gór. Niestety, dobrą i pożyteczną w założeniach ideę, obudowano taką ilością propagandy, sloganów i pustych haseł, a także zaplanowano na tak ogromną skalę, że musiała przekroczyć...
Operacja ,,Bieszczady ’40” – to największa i najbardziej znana akcja harcerska lat powojennych, która rozpoczęła się w 1974 roku i miała t...
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Evaluating European Education Policy-Making: Privatization, Networks and the European Commission
ISBN: 9781137287977 / Angielski / Twarda / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection is an inside look at European Commission policy-making in education and the privatization of policy-making in the European Union. Along with contributions from leading academics in the field of educational policy and policy-sociology, this book also introduces the voices of policy consultants and policy-makers.
This collection is an inside look at European Commission policy-making in education and the privatization of policy-making in the European Union. Alon...
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The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education
ISBN: 9781137456052 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many universities in the twenty-first century claim "diversity" as a core value, but fall short in transforming institutional practices. The disparity between what universities claim as a value and what they accomplish in reality creates a labyrinth of barriers, challenges, and extra burdens that junior faculty of color must negotiate, often at great personal and professional risk. This volume addresses these obstacles, first by foregrounding essays written by junior faculty of color and second by pairing each essay with commentary by senior university administrators. These two university...
Many universities in the twenty-first century claim "diversity" as a core value, but fall short in transforming institutional practices. The disparity...
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466,91 zł |
Formal Education: A Catalyst to Nation Building: A Case Study of Nigeria
ISBN: 9783631645994 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The smallest and most remote villages in the developing countries are affected by the rapid and seemingly irresistible trend towards globalization. The limitless availability of information however necessitates education to stand out as the key factor for human and national development. But which conditions must be met by societies for education systems to perform this function effectively? Which benefits in turn must education systems provide to ensure social cohesion? These general considerations are exemplified by an analysis of the social situation of Nigeria, where one third of the whole...
The smallest and most remote villages in the developing countries are affected by the rapid and seemingly irresistible trend towards globalization. Th...
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359,56 zł |
The Globalization and Corporatization of Education: Limits and Liminality of the Market Mantra
ISBN: 9780415724722 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The forces associated with globalization, whether economic or social, have conditioned the ways educators operate, and have profoundly altered people's experiences of both formal and informal education. Globalization, as a multidimensional, multilevel process, is unequivocally, but not exclusively, based on the economics of neoliberalism. This book chronicles new sites of tension in education that are a result of an ever-globalizing economy and its accompanying neoliberal practices in the United States, Costa Rica, and the US territories in the Caribbean. The contributions are grouped into...
The forces associated with globalization, whether economic or social, have conditioned the ways educators operate, and have profoundly altered people'...
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My Life in the Cleveland Zoo: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780983306993 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My Life in the Cleveland Zoo is a ground-level report of a time when society was changing rapidly. In 1968, Adam Smith took a summer job at the zoo as a tour train driver. In this position, he lived in the margin between the public's experience and what seemed to him to be an alien world of full-time keepers and staff. In that gap, a lot of adolescent hijinks crept into the routine of the part-time summer employees who were out-of-control and flying beneath the radar of the management. After graduating college and spending some years in the corporate world, he found his way back to the zoo as...
My Life in the Cleveland Zoo is a ground-level report of a time when society was changing rapidly. In 1968, Adam Smith took a summer job at the zoo as...
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Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: The Battle for World-Class Excellence
ISBN: 9781137446664 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, drawing in new original research and extensive analysis. It is essential reading for policymakers, managers and scholars.
University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition updates Ellen Haz...
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Staying A Head Pocket Handbook: The Stress Management Secrets of Successful School Leaders
ISBN: 9780992925024 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is perfect for you if you want to understand why you should seek to: Increase your emotional resilience; so that you become skilled in dealing with the relentless stresses and pressures of your role Develop your social awareness; so that you become expert in responding to and meeting the often complex needs of individuals within your school community Maximise your relationship management skills; so that you are consistently able to inspire others to deliver your vision"
This book is perfect for you if you want to understand why you should seek to: Increase your emotional resilience; so that you become skilled in deali...
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34,40 zł |
How to Build a Life in the Humanities: Meditations on the Academic Work-Life Balance
ISBN: 9781137511522 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A follow-up to the popular Graduate Study for the 21st Century, this book seeks to expand professional development to include the personal aspects of daily lives in the humanities. How to Build a Life in the Humanities delves into pressing work-life issues such as post-tenure depression, academic life with children, aging, and adjuncting.
A follow-up to the popular Graduate Study for the 21st Century, this book seeks to expand professional development to include the personal aspects of ...
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Contingent Faculty Publishing in Community: Case Studies for Successful Collaborations
ISBN: 9781137491619 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contributors argue that the key to innovative teaching and scholarship lies in institutional support for the contingent labor force, and they encourage contingent faculty to organize self-mentoring groups, create venues for learning/disseminating their experiences and findings, and connect scholarship to service and teaching in novel ways.
Contributors argue that the key to innovative teaching and scholarship lies in institutional support for the contingent labor force, and they encourag...
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Educational Entrepreneurship: Promoting Public-Private Partnerships for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781475808377 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. School superintendents, business managers, central office leaders, elected officials, industry leaders, educators, and aspiring practitioners in the field of education will find this book a useful resource in understanding innovative ways to stretch limited school resources or to improve the scope and quality of services and programs offered to deserving students. Approaching educational entrepreneurship by leveraging public and private partnerships is the primary focus throughout the book. Where available, real-world examples from school districts across the country are presented to provide...
School superintendents, business managers, central office leaders, elected officials, industry leaders, educators, and aspiring practitioners in the f...
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392,39 zł |