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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647399979Author Tara GreaneyFormat PaperbackImprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge Press

Winner of the 2013 American Educational Studies Association's 2013 Critics Choice Award!Teachers the world over are seeking creative ways to respond to the problems and possibilities generated by globalization. Many of them work with children and youth...

Most classrooms contain children from a variety of backgrounds, where home culture, religious beliefs and the family's economic situation all impact on achievement. This needs to be recognised by teachers in order to establish fair, respectful, trusting...

Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in colleague teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986011979Author Blake BolesFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Tells Peak PressPublisher Tells Peak PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been...

Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States. Chapter counter/stories are contributed by African American, Asian American, Latinx...

Drama-based Pedagogy examines the mutually beneficial relationship between drama and education, championing the versatility of drama-based teaching and learning designed in conjunction with classroom curricula. Written by seasoned educators and based...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9781476772189Author CoveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739652319Author Sue Hewgill PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Umbrella EditionsPublisher Umbrella EditionsWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

In Earth in Mind, noted environmental educator David W. Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education. Much of what has gone wrong with the world, he argues, is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922565730Author Dr Lynda FolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Vivid PublishingPublisher Vivid PublishingWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914171628Author Jonathan GlazzardFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Critical Publishing LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 700g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398387461Author Tracey O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)...

Walk into any school in America and you will see adults who care deeply about their students and are doing the best they can every day to help students learn. But you will also see a high degree of variability among classrooms-much higher than in most...

While leaders may desire or have been told that they must put certain structures into place in order to enhance their leadership capabilities, they may not know exactly what structures are needed, or the skills that are required for implementation...

You're in at 7am, there until 7pm and marking into the late hours. You've got one student who's a full time carer, another who's pregnant, and a third who's just joined a gang. You haven't got enough textbooks to go around, and one of the parents just...

Disciplinary Literacy is about to go from theory to game plan-taking students from superficial understanding to deep content expertise. And guess what? ReLeah Lent's big secret lies in highlighting each content area's differences-advancing a...

Is there life after death for secondary education?This book focuses upon the quality of learning. 'Reform', so called, too often begins with qualifications, examinations, institutional provision, paths of progression. All those are very important, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579550363Author Conrad WolframFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Wolfram Media IncPublisher Wolfram Media Inc

During his four years as the tenth Chancellor of Berkeley (2013-17), Nicholas B. Dirks was confronted by crises arguably more challenging than those faced by any other college administrator in the contemporary period. This thoughtfully candid book,...

From academisation and free schools to workforce retention and curriculum change, education policy is a complicated, constantly evolving topic that sits at the heart of any academic study of education. This book offers a critical contextual analysis...

This historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social...

What will it take to create equitable educational opportunities for all students? According to veteran educator Vernita Mayfield, teachers and school leaders need to learn how to recognize culturally embedded narratives about racial hierarchy and...

Linked to the Early Career Framework, this book provides an understanding of cognitive load theory and its application to teaching for all those training or new to the job. Cognitive science is fast becoming the cornerstone for understanding how students...

The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. We prize academic achievement,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949595208Author Starr SacksteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Weight(grams)...

In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities and of students. In the UK alone there are now over 140 institutions teaching more subjects than ever to nearly 2.5 million students. New technology offers new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992834180Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville PublishingDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm...

Success in the twenty-first century demands knowledge power - for individuals, organisations, cities, regions and countries. This book offers a map showing the structure of the knowledge space in a contemporary context. The routes beyond traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949183047Author Ted J RauFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Institute for Peaceable Communities, IncPublisher Institute for Peaceable Communities,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416632498Author Steve GruenertFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Association for Supervision & Curriculum DevelopmentPublisher Association for...

Parents have a crucial role in supporting children's learning, development and wellbeing. Forming effective partnerships with families and carers is a key feature of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Achieving this takes time, reflective practice, skill...

Religion and Worldviews: The Triumph of the Secular in Religious Education provides the first serious analysis and review of the Commission on Religious Education's proposed worldviews framework for the subject. It argues that religious education has an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912508891Author Jonathan GlazzardFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Critical Publishing LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 240g

Providing a unique and critical insight into some of the most significant issues affecting Early Years Policy, this book has chapters from leading authorities and researchers in the field and draws on current research, addresses key debates and...

This book considers the detrimental changes that have occurred to the institution of the university, as a result of the withdrawal of state funding and the imposition of neoliberal market reforms on higher education. It argues that universities have lost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619490017Author Friedrich EngelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Empire BooksPublisher Empire BooksWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 3mm

The introduction of the Teaching Excellence Framework heralds an era of unprecedented scrutiny and focus on the quality of teaching in universities in England. This book offers inter-disciplinary, evidence-informed discussion around notions of excellence...

Containing invaluable insights from the original director of the National Literary Strategy (NLS) and its director of training, this book provides the only systematic exploration of the reform programme.A vital introduction and critical appraisal for...