Educational Policy & Reform

Reviewing the field of language policy and planning, this text sets out current practice and ways of thinking about language policy and planning, looking at methodology and the key areas of education, literacy and economics. Case studies of key language...

This title considers the philosophical debates surrounding equality and education. "Educational Equality and the New Selective Schooling" by Harry Brighouse was initially published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain in 2000. In this...

In this personal account, Jean Anyon provides evidence that the economic and political devastation of America's inner cities has robbed schools and teachers of the capacity to successfully implement current strategies of educational reform. She argues...

Cochran-Smith and her research team argue that it is time for teacher educators to reclaim accountability. They critique major accountability initiatives, exposing the lack of evidence behind these policies and the negative impact they have on teacher...

In many countries the school curriculum oscillates between focusing on traditional subjects and focusing on skills that are linked to the needs of the 21st-century digital age. Rosamund Sutherland argues against such a skills-based curriculum,...

For generations, schools have aimed to introduce students to a broad range of topics through curricula that ensure that they will at least have some acquaintance with most areas of human knowledge by the time they graduate. Yet such broad knowledge can't...

Arts Programming for the Anthropocene argues for a role for the arts as an engaged, professional practice in contemporary culture, charting the evolution of arts over the previous half century from a primarily solitary practice involved with its own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760294861Author Beth SaggersFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 640g

For courses in Educational Policy and Educational Leadership; For potential and current K-12 administrators From a leader in the field-a comprehensive text covering education policy and the policy process that encourages future educational leaders...

The global education crisis is a complex problem that requires change from teachers, school managers, civil society, implementers, planners, governments and donors. Addressing the issues that lie beneath this crisis requires new ways of working. Systems...

Increasingly, it is not just the state that determines the content, delivery, and governance of education. The influence of external actors has been growing, but the boundaries between internal and external have become blurred and their partnerships have...

What was it like to command a T-34 tank on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How were tank operations organized and carried out, what was the actual experience of combat, and what were the qualities that made the difference between success...

How do education systems shape educational inequalities and differences in educational outcomes? Education systems and inequalities compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities. It considers what...

This book explains how school organization by age (grade) alone, sets schools on a factory course that is harmful and ultimately self-defeating to all involved and to ecology. It returns us to three systems thinking concepts; purpose, measures, and...

Jonathan Cohen and Dorothy L. Espelage, two leading authorities in the fields of school climate and prevention science, have gathered experts from around the globe to highlight policy and practice recommendations for supporting children and adolescents...

At a time when education is considered crucial to a country's economic success, recent UK governments have insisted their reforms are the only way to make England's system world class. Yet pupils are tested rather than educated, teachers bullied rather...

In Challenging the One Best System, a team of leading education scholars offers a rich comparative analysis of the set of urban education governance reforms collectively known as the 'portfolio management model.' They investigate the degree to which this...

This straightforward and inspiring book takes readers into schools where educators believe-and prove-that all children, even those considered "hard-to-teach," can learn to high standards. Their teachers and principals refuse to write them off and instead...

This book provides a rich understanding of school bullying and the many forms it takes. The reader will be left in no doubt as to the serious consequences of bullying for the victims, the bullies, and, indeed, society. Crucial and practical steps are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955604000Author Gary S StagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Constructing Modern Knowledge PressPublisher Constructing Modern Knowledge...

This book enables and supports teachers to deliver the content of the new statutory guidance for relationships and sex education (RSE) in secondary schools, operational from 2020. It is case study rich and provides clear and practical advice for...

Working within the spirit of David Blunkett's visionary foreword to The learning age: A new renaissance for Britain, David H. Hargreaves' radical analysis challenges the myth that lifelong learning can or should be separated - in any sense - from school...

Unsafe Spaces reveals the shocking extent of sexual abuse in English and Welsh universities. Thousands of students and staff suffer sexual abuse every year and too little is being done to end what has become a public scandal. This important book is based...

Online learning has become an increasing presence in higher education course design, with most courses combining physical real time engagement with asynchronous learning activity. Now, however, there is a greater need for this one-stop guide to critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514852057Author Elizabeth RandFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

This timely resource for teachers, leaders, and policymakers provides breakthrough insights into how to improve students' well-being in schools.Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, students' well-being was an increasingly prominent concern among educators,...

You can successfully develop your higher education research profile while balancing the demands of training teachers and administration. While teacher education is key to preparing qualified teachers who can educate pupils for the demands of the...

Resistance is at the heart of the change process, yet it is often overlooked or perceived as a negative force. This book explores resistance as a natural, positive, and necessary component of change. Twenty discrete resistance factors_likely to be found...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815735700Author Rebecca WinthropFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979017Author David PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 12mm

This book focuses on the topic of the multiple-stakeholders that comprise the education community across the P-20 continuum. In various ways and forms, the authors of the chapters found within this book promote the importance of engaging with the diverse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781863959995Author Joe ClementFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Black Inc.Publisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494844738Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

This book enables and supports teachers to deliver the content of the new statutory guidance for relationships education in primary schools, operational from 2020. It is case study rich and provides clear and practical advice for teaching the topics of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909979529Author Guy ClaxtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Crux PublishingPublisher Crux PublishingWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788131910412Author PegasusFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 82g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983104001Author Lyn DevincenzoFormat PaperbackImprint My Millionaire Kids, LLCPublisher My Millionaire Kids, LLCWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989309806Author Mindi Jo FurbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint KingswyndPublisher KingswyndWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979742385Author B WardlawFormat PaperbackImprint William C. WardlawPublisher William C. WardlawWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848868755Author Katie DaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Maverick Arts PublishingPublisher Maverick Arts PublishingWeight(grams) 150g