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It's the deadliest combination going: bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it takes to understand that this is a recipe for tragedy is a...

Based on an in-depth case study, this book reveals how politicians, as policy makers, conceptualise, develop and initiate large-scale education system reform and why it matters for whole system school improvement.Governments all over the world are...

How appropriate for today and for the future are the policies and practices of higher education that largely assume a norm of traditional-age students with minimal on-campus, or no, work commitments?Despite the fact that work is a fundamental part of...

Strength-based practice is an optimistic and empowering approach that is becoming increasingly popular in the education sector from early years to middle years and youth services. This book helps those working with children and families embed this...

Lessons from Lockdown explores the impact of COVID-19 on our schooling systems, on the young people and families that they serve and on all who work in - and with - our schools, and asks what the long-term ramifications of the pandemic might be for the...

Aimed at all beginning teachers involved in early years teaching.This text looks at the unique role of the early years teacher and outlines how you can support the development of children as unique individuals through an enabling environment, building...

The third edition of Organizational Theory in Higher Education is a comprehensive and accessible treatment of organizational theory and higher education administration. Through her presentation of both traditional and contemporary organizational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733271820Author Natalie SetarehFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Setareh BeautyPublisher Setareh BeautyWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662926181Author Rod CourtneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951600006Author Trevor MuirFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312141370Author Alexander S. NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 269Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 284gDimensions(mm)...

The Canadian provinces have evolved quite different ways of responding to the policy problems posed by religious schools. Seeking to understand this peculiar reality, Faith, Rights, and Choice articulates the ways in which the provincial governance...

Rizvi and Lingard's account of the global politics of education is thoughtful, complex and compelling. It is the first really comprehensive discussion and analysis of global trends in education policy, their effects - structural and individual - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992834128Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville Publishing

Reimagining higher education around the world: lessons from the creation of eight new colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North AmericaHigher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944503840Author Tom GarfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Logos PressPublisher Logos PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 20mm

Validation is the recognition and acceptance that a person's feelings and thoughts are true and real for him or her, regardless of whether or not those feelings make logical sense. This seemingly simple concept can determine whether a child has...

School Wars tells the story of the struggle for Britain's education system. Established during the 1960s and based on the progressive ideal of good schools for all, the comprehensive system has over the past decades come under sustained attack from...

What will the schools of the future look like? What will guide their design, and what is happening now to create them? As we enter the age of disruption and hyperchange, it has become increasingly clear that our education systems are not adequate to the...

How much have teachers and their pupils benefitted from the top-down Westminster-led control of policy held in place by a powerful national inspection regime?A Generation of Radical Educational Change: Stories from the Field is an exploration of the...

Leadership, Capacity Building and School Improvement provides a fresh and original perspective on the most important issues confronting today's practitioners and academics in the field of educational leadership. New and exciting concepts are introduced...

Helle Heckmann describes a delightful Danish Waldorf childcare facility for children ages 1-7.Nokken is a wonderful example of a healthy child-care facility which accepts children from the age of one. This extended case study explores what places like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401324278Author Todd RoseFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 348g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648765131Author Dr. Gina M. RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Callisto Media Inc.Publisher Callisto Media Inc.Weight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 1mm...

The widespread adoption of college- and career-readiness standards, including the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, presents a historic opportunity to improve mathematics education. What will it take to turn this opportunity into reality in...

The aim of this book is to inspire a better politics: one that will enable future generations to be happier. Greater well-being and better health should be the goals - rather than wealth maximization. We need to value health-care more than hedge-funds,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737000716Author Terrance LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Frenchtown PublishingPublisher Frenchtown PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994604422Author John G CorriganFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Castleflag Pty LtdPublisher Castleflag Pty LtdWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Children and young people in care rarely match the academic achievements of their peers and policy and procedures to address this inequality have not yet remedied the problem. Drawing on ideas from social pedagogy, the authors present a new approach -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915080165Author Colin HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Critical Publishing LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 164g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783952561102Author Andreas HjermFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Lars Andreas HjermPublisher Lars Andreas HjermWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Further Education is the most diverse of all the education sectors. Managing diversity and promoting equality, a legislative requirement of the 2010 Equalities Act, brings significant challenges for practitioners who are tasked with making the rhetoric...

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education confronts the silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the educational system and into the workplace. Controversial and compelling, Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes' classic text uses a wealth of...

A reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is...

As public schools in low income areas fell into disrepair and failed to meet the needs of disadvantaged and minority students, charter schools offered an alternative. These schools were born out of the idea that low income families should be allowed to...

No study of Caribbean history can be complete without an examination and appreciation of the topic of reparation. The opposition to reparation by former colonial powers and others, though, means that the demand for it is an ongoing struggle...

What do we really want from schools? Only everything, in all its contradictions. Most of all, we want access and opportunity for all children-but all possible advantages for our own. So argues historian David Labaree in this provocative look at the way...

Furedi turns his attention to the education system, skilfully analysing current processes and providing a way forward. Never has so much attention been devoted to education. Everyone - government ministers, social commentators and parents obsess about...

Organised around the groundbreaking principles of 8 Keys to End Bullying, the two-book 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Program for Kids & Tweens builds key social-emotional skills in readers ages 8-12, empowering them to cope with conflict and end...