History

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826360182Author Rebecca Blum MartinezFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University of New Mexico PressPublisher University of New Mexico...

What can be done to improve the educational experiences of students who live in cities with increasingly high levels of diversity and inequality? Making a Difference in Urban Schools evaluates how school and community leaders have worked to change urban...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442651975Author Claude T BissellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 340g

American schoolteaching is one of few occupations to have undergone a thorough gender shift yet previous explanations have neglected a key feature of the transition: its regional character. By the early 1800s, far higher proportions of women were...

This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clinton focuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal government...

Two simple but profound questions have preoccupied scholars since the establishment of history education over a century ago: what is historical thinking, and how do educators go about teaching it? In Thinking Historically, Stephane Ltevesque examines...

Situating strategic planning and budgeting within the organization and administration of higher education institutions, this text provides effective and proven strategies for today's change-oriented leaders. Bringing together distinguished administrators...

In 100 years as a nation-state, Finland has become the world's benchmark for quality in school education. Despite the fact that Finland is consistently top ranked by international performance measures, the country continues to rapidly change their...

The years after Newfoundland's confederation with Canada were ones of rapid social and economic change, as provincial resettlement and industrialization initiatives attempted to transform the lives of rural Newfoundlanders. At Memorial University in St...

In February 1954, President Eisenhower invited Chief Justice Warren to dinner at the White House. Among the guests were well-known opponents of school desegregation. During that evening, Eisenhower commented to Warren that 'law and force cannot change a...

Throughout its history, education in China has played a pivotal role in the nation's governance, civic society, and the social and cultural lives of its citizens. Today we see a nation grappling with how to modernize and internationalize its education...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781519582584Author Cozmo ElFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781092149143Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910170915Author Chris SearleFormat PaperbackImprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781092148511Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Providing a wide-ranging, critical and up-to-date introduction to the history of education, this book explores its true meaning and value for education studies. With no assumption of prior knowledge, it considers key themes, individuals and situations in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807001400Author Alfie KohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 15mm

The Lost Promise is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students. The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American...

The first of three studies in the "History of Education in England", this volume traces the emergence of modern education from the efforts of the scientific societies in the 1780s up to the securing of universal education with the Act of 1870. The ideas...

In this large volume, historian Alex Churchill and illustrator Steve Smith have gone out to produce the First World War book they wish they had had as kids. Treating the conflict as a truly global one, get ready to go way beyond the Western Front with...

In A Brief History of History, acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about history. The stories we tell about the past are a crucial aspect of all cultures. However, while the traditional storytelling process-what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916742529Author Gerard FealyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Eastwood BooksPublisher Wordwell

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797767031Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781090802231Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

The New School for Social Research opened in 1919 as an act of protest. Founded in the name of academic freedom, it quickly emerged as a pioneer in adult education-providing what its first president, Alvin Johnson, liked to call "the continuing education...

Emmanuel's history encompasses Puritanism and links with Pilgrim Fathers, and continuing involvement in theological debate. Discussion of college finances on scale never previously attempted in Oxbridge college history. Emmanuel College was founded by...

Ensure your students have access to the authoritative, in-depth and accessible content of this series for the IB History Diploma. This series for the IB History Diploma has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our...

The teaching of history has long been the subject of partisan warfare. Religion often plays a prominent role in these debates, as secular progressives and conservative Christians disagree over which historical figures are worthy of study, how (or...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782772644Author Edgar JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Institute of Education PressPublisher Institute of Education Press

A groundbreaking analysis of how teachers actually teach and have taught in the past.   The quality and effectiveness of teaching are a constant subject of discussion within the profession and among the broader public. Most of that conversation focuses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546224594Author Jonas E AlexisFormat HardbackPage Count 472Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Ira Shor is a pioneer in the field of critical education who for over twenty years has been experimenting with learning methods. His work creatively adapts the ideas of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire for North American classrooms. In Empowering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781799090953Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

"One must assume we are all familiar with what is commonly called 'education.'" This is how Schleiermacher begins his famous 1826 lecture on the Art of Education. But in proceeding further-and unlike Rousseau or Locke before him-Schleiermacher carefully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952191206Author Matt ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Refora PublicationsPublisher Refora PublicationsWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781791554101Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Based in a holistic exposition and appraisal of Gramsci's writings that are of relevance to education in neoliberal times, this book--rather than simply applying Gramsci's theories to issues in education--argues that education constitutes the leitmotif...

Special 2018 EditionFrom the new Introduction by Michelle Fine, Graduate Center, CUNY :"Why now, you may ask, should I return to a book written in 1988? Because, in Maxine's words: 'When freedom is the question, it is always time to begin.'"In The...

This book describes and exemplifies strategies for teaching history across the 11-19 age range in rigorous and enjoyable ways. It illustrates active learning approaches embedded in pupil-led enquiries, through detailed case studies which involve...