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America Goes to College: Political Theory for the Liberal Arts
ISBN: 9780791455920 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rallying cry on behalf of a distinctly American institution of higher learning--the small liberal arts college--America Goes to College combines broad-based scholarship with personal narrative and reflection. In a highly entertaining manner, John E. Seery showcases the precarious successes of a well-rounded liberal arts college education, while at the same time signaling some of the dangers that loom on the horizon. Seery contends that the liberal arts are best pursued within the face-to-face interactive setting, characteristic of the small college classroom, as opposed to the large...
A rallying cry on behalf of a distinctly American institution of higher learning--the small liberal arts college--America Goes to College combines bro...
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138,48 zł |
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Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism
ISBN: 9780804010535 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rated Outstanding by the American Association of School Libraries
This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. "Aquamarine Blue 5" details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger s Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own... Rated Outstanding by the American Association of School Libraries
This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the cha... |
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154,67 zł |
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Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism
ISBN: 9780804010542 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own words, they portray how their divergent thinking skills could be put to great...
This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these high...
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81,38 zł |
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Schools with Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and Teachers
ISBN: 9780807031339 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Schools with Spirit, fourteen respected educators ask whether schools can nurture the inner life of students without violating the beliefs of families or the separation of church and state. For anyone who is concerned for the inner lives of our children, Schools with Spirit inspires, through deeply moving stories, about everything from the first tentative steps toward fostering emotional growth in our children to the bold movement of welcoming the spiritual dimension in our schools.
In Schools with Spirit, fourteen respected educators ask whether schools can nurture the inner life of students without violating the beliefs ...
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135,95 zł |
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What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies
ISBN: 9780807032671 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. "Time" magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades and] test scores.' And the "Washington Post" says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests a fact of life in every U.S. school.'
In this new collection of essays, Kohn takes on some of the most important and controversial topics in education of the last few years. His central... Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. "Time" magazine has called him'perhaps the ...
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79,38 zł |
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Fiction Written Under Oath?: Essays in Philosophy and Educational Research
ISBN: 9781402010835 / Angielski / Twarda / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The measured and passionate essays in this volume bring to contemporary debates about educational research both a first-hand familiarity with the practices and arguments of the educational research community and a clear grasp of the ways in which philosophical sources and analysis can inform them. It will be essential reading for researchers, masters and doctoral students who are coming to terms with educational research. The measured and passionate essays in this volume bring to contemporary debates about educational research both a first-hand familiarity with the p... |
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385,52 zł |
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Governing Children, Families and Education: Restructuring the Welfare State
ISBN: 9781403962256 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of essays that address the international changes in welfare policy. The book discusses the new patterns of governing associated with the notions of welfare, care, and education that emerge during the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first-centuries. The issues examined are, among others, the role of international donors and their emphasis on efficiency and lower social subsidies, international migration and its impact on welfare policy inclusions (and exclusions), and national policy change. While representing many different locations and traditions, contributors work...
This is a collection of essays that address the international changes in welfare policy. The book discusses the new patterns of governing associated w...
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142,62 zł |
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Rethinking Leadership: A Collection of Articles
ISBN: 9781412936996 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this updated collection of revolutionary articles, Sergiovanni encourages school leaders to discover the craft of moral leadership, practice effective instructional leadership, and build strong learning communities.
In this updated collection of revolutionary articles, Sergiovanni encourages school leaders to discover the craft of moral leadership, practice effect...
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159,82 zł |
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You Are Thinking of Teaching?: Opportunities, Problems, Realities
ISBN: 9781555425692 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You Are Thinking of Teaching? is a lovely essay on the consideration of teachin. It asks those who are thinking of teaching to ask questions, to ponder their decision, and to pursue the information they need to make a reasoned choice. There is nothing like it in the professional literature, which makes it all the more valuable.
?Pat Walsey, senior researcher for change, Coalition of Essential Schools You Are Thinking of Teaching? is a lovely essay on the consideration of teachin. It asks those who are thinking of teaching to ask questions, to ponde...
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184,52 zł |
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A Guide to Charter Schools: Research and Practical Advice for Educators
ISBN: 9781578864058 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a short edited volume that brings together in one place, the best scholarly articles in charter schooling by national experts and leaders, written in a user-friendly fashion. It is the ideal introduction for those interested in the charter school movement with numerous insights for and by charter operators, administrators, and teachers as well as the academic community. The volume starts with essays explaining the history of education reforms past, in particular why their failures make charters a necessity. Additional essays examine such research questions as whether class size...
Here is a short edited volume that brings together in one place, the best scholarly articles in charter schooling by national experts and leaders, wri...
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293,14 zł |
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Journal of Music Teacher Education Yearbook: Fall 2006-Spring 2007, Volume 16
ISBN: 9781578867189 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Journal of Music Teacher Education is MENC's publication for the Society for Music Teacher Education. The 2007 Journal of Music Teacher Education Yearbook includes all the articles and columns from Volume 16 of the journal, published online in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007. The articles cover a variety of topics related to music teacher education, such as professional development, the National Association of Schools of Music standards for teacher education, music for students with special needs, interaction between university and public school music teachers, the attrition and retention of...
The Journal of Music Teacher Education is MENC's publication for the Society for Music Teacher Education. The 2007 Journal of Music Teacher Education ...
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162,86 zł |
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Great Ripoff in American Education: Unde
ISBN: 9781591020318 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This hard-hitting critique will serve as a wake-up call to university administrators and faculty, as well as to the average parent or prospective college student facing ever- increasing tuition costs.
While reports of poor teaching at the elementary and secondary school level have unleashed widespread public outcry for reform, little attention has been paid to the quality of teaching in colleges and universities. Yet according to the National Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University, "universities have too often failed, and continue to fail their undergraduate... This hard-hitting critique will serve as a wake-up call to university administrators and faculty, as well as to the average parent or prospective coll...
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110,21 zł |
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Essays on Art, Literature and Education
ISBN: 9781843715566 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1889,37 zł |
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Margaret H'Doubler: The Legacy of America's Dance Education Pioneer: An Anthology
ISBN: 9781934043295 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering collection of articles presents a fresh look at the life, work and seminal contributions of Margaret H'Doubler, the pioneering dance educator who established the first dance major in higher education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1926. This anthology is unique, given that it is the first thorough critique of Margaret H'Doubler's life, career, and philosophies. The book is also timely in its inclusion of so many authentic voices, speaking from their first hand experience with the master from as early as the late 1920s to the present, now twenty-three years after...
This pioneering collection of articles presents a fresh look at the life, work and seminal contributions of Margaret H'Doubler, the pioneering dance e...
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592,45 zł |
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Tooning In: Essays on Popular Culture and Education
ISBN: 9780742559691 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of "popular culture." Many interesting works have addressed this subject, but few have provided a critical perspective regarding the possibilities of popular culture as a tool for teaching and learning. White and Walker suggest that popular culture is a vital aspect of contemporary life and can be wielded as a tool for efficacy and empowerment, particularly among youth. The book addresses such important questions as: What is the role of popular culture in students' lives? What are the possibilities for...
A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of "popular culture." Many interesting works have addressed...
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499,42 zł |
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Tooning In: Essays on Popular Culture and Education
ISBN: 9780742559707 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of 'popular culture.' Many interesting works have addressed this subject, but few have provided a critical perspective regarding the possibilities of popular culture as a tool for teaching and learning. White and Walker suggest that popular culture is a vital aspect of contemporary life and can be wielded as a tool for efficacy and empowerment, particularly among youth. The book addresses such important questions as: What is the role of popular culture in students' lives? What are the possibilities for...
A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of 'popular culture.' Many interesting works have addressed...
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190,00 zł |
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The Educated Person: Toward a New Paradigm for Liberal Education
ISBN: 9780742561212 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Liberal education has long been a fascination for scholars in a variety of disciplines and is closely associated with the idea of the educated person. Seen at one time as a matter for colleges and universities, over the years it has become central to the debate surrounding general education in high school and even the earlier grades. Yet so many and varied are the uses of the term 'liberal education' that the question arises of whether and how the idea is any longer a useful or helpful construct. In what way might it speak helpfully to educational challenges we face today? In what ways does...
Liberal education has long been a fascination for scholars in a variety of disciplines and is closely associated with the idea of the educated person....
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607,99 zł |
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The Educated Person: Toward a New Paradigm for Liberal Education
ISBN: 9780742561229 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Liberal education has long been a fascination for scholars in a variety of disciplines and is closely associated with the idea of the educated person. Seen at one time as a matter for colleges and universities, over the years it has become central to the debate surrounding general education in high school and even the earlier grades. Yet so many and varied are the uses of the term 'liberal education' that the question arises of whether and how the idea is any longer a useful or helpful construct. In what way might it speak helpfully to educational challenges we face today? In what ways does...
Liberal education has long been a fascination for scholars in a variety of disciplines and is closely associated with the idea of the educated person....
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206,28 zł |
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Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781566637961 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved a stature as the leading critique of the ways in which the humanities are now taught and studied at American universities. Trenchant and witty, it lays bare the sham of what now passes for serious academic pursuit in too many circles. In this new edition, completely reset, Roger Kimball has brought the text up to date and has added a new Introduction. Those who have never read Tenured Radicals are in for a treat; others may find a second reading worth their while. Mr. Kimball names his enemies precisely . This book will breed...
Since Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved a stature as the leading critique of the ways in which the humanities are now taught an...
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74,75 zł |
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Critical Perspectives on Bell Hooks
ISBN: 9780415989817 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although bell hooks has long challenged the dominant paradigms of race, class, and gender, there has never been a comprehensive book critically reflecting upon this seminal scholar's body of work. Her written works aim to transgress and disrupt those codes that exclude others as intellectually mediocre, and hooks' challenge to various hegemonic practices has heavily influenced scholars in numerous areas of inquiry. This important resource thematically examines hooks' works across various disciplinary divides, including her critique on educational theory and practice, theorization of racial... Although bell hooks has long challenged the dominant paradigms of race, class, and gender, there has never been a comprehensive book critically ref... |
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252,64 zł |
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