History

Provocative, audacious and challenging, this book rejuvenates not only the historical study of law but also the role of Law Schools by asking which stories we tell and which stories we forget.It argues that a historical approach to law should be at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165287Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

The ability to ask intelligent and searching questions, to use questioning for different purposes and to know what to do with the answers is crucial to teachers of all subjects and age groups. Sometimes a whole lesson can be built around one or two key...

Peter Wood argues against the flawed interpretation of history found in the New York Times' 1619 Project and asserts that the true origins of American self-government were enshrined in the Mayflower Compact in 1620."1620 is a dispassionate, clear...

This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils' understanding of the historical skills of chronology, enquiry, historical inference and knowledge and understanding of people, places and time. History is an effective way to...

Understand Irish History is a comprehensive guide to a fascinating history. You will explore Irish reformation and restoration, culture, religion and society as well as more recent conflicts and their impact. Taking you from ancient Ireland to the...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Find out all about the creation of the Roman Empire, and the leader, lawyer and warrior who established it and built such a powerful kingdom. Seizing land and power...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913887377Author Clever LiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Clever Lili LtdPublisher Clever Lili LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

Do business schools actually make good on their promises of "innovative," "outside-the-box" thinking to train business leaders who will put society ahead of money-making? Do they help society by making better business leaders? No, they don't, Steven Conn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165898Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913887308Author Clever LiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Clever Lili LtdPublisher Clever Lili LtdWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm *...

The Story of Science guides us to the original texts that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos and ourselves. Whether referenced individually or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612960432Author John ScuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Black Rose WritingPublisher Black Rose WritingWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788409175277Author Victor LerenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Alberto BomprezziPublisher Alberto BomprezziWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916453203Author Jonathan MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Cambria BooksPublisher Cambria PublishingWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

This book explores undergraduate education programmes in a new way. Written by those at the forefront of teaching and learning, it encourages students to delve beneath the surface of their degree subject and reveals important insights about the how, why...

Childhood in the Promised Land is the first history of France's colonies de vacances, a vast network of summer camps created for working-class children. The colonies originated as a late-nineteenth-century charitable institution, providing rural retreats...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942961492Author Bill BigelowFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint Rethinking SchoolsPublisher Rethinking SchoolsWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

This book uses transnational history to explain the formation of modern schools in a territory that lacks modern education. The emergence of modern Jewish education in Ottoman Palestine resulted from European actors and networks' infiltration of...

The purpose of AECT at 100: A Legacy of Leadership is to highlight the Association for Educational Communications and Technology's 100 years of leadership in educational technology and learning. AECT has a rich history, evolving from the National...

This edited volume reflects on how the "transnational" features in education as well as policies and practices are conceived of as mobile and connected beyond the local. Like "globalization," the "transnational" is much more than a static reality of the...

State and Schools argues that the American educational model represents a third way of organizing the provision of schooling, and that this accounts for some of its strengths as well as some of its weaknesses. Charles L. Glenn looks closely at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563683954Author Brian GreenwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Gallaudet University Press,U.S.Publisher Gallaudet University Press,U.S.

Urban provides an intellectual history of Harvard presidency of James Bryant Conant (1933-1953), situating it within the broader international landscape and drawing out the implication for the current state of higher education with reference to...

A compelling history of the learning style concept and how it was shaped by shifting ideas in psychology, anthropology, and education. The widely embraced notion that we all process information in one of three distinct modes-visual, auditory, or...

Race and Place considers the everyday experiences of community members throughout the process of school desegregation and how race, place, and truth came to matter in this process in Prince George's County, Maryland from 1945 through 1973. Organized...

Race and Place considers the everyday experiences of community members throughout the process of school desegregation and how race, place, and truth came to matter in this process in Prince George’s County, Maryland from 1945 through 1973. Organized...

Understand the Cold War provides a fascinating insight into this complicated and hidden conflict, from how it began to the main characters involved and the culture it created.It will help you understand how the superpowers grew and vied for dominance,...

Providing one of the first accounts in English of the work of the founding scholars of comparative education in Latin America from the 19th and 20th centuries, this book presents a detailed analysis of their influence on the field and highlights the...

Education and Historical Justice explores how global movements for historical redress and reconciliation are reshaping education and schooling. This book is the first to theorize the important and growing nexus between education and historical justice...

Theorizing Social Class and Education presents a selection of writing on class analysis within sociology of education as it has evolved over the last decade both in the UK, and internationally. Moving from a narrow focus on class position and...

By approaching geography and history through an integrated eco-feminist and psychogeography lens, Connecting World Geography to World History Through Storytelling, Eco-feminism, and Mindfulness reaches toward a fresh exploration of the land and water...

Social studies is a field in crisis. The crisis stems from a lack of understanding in the very foundation of social studies purpose in public education: civic education. Social studies theorists have not put forth a coherent method to teach civic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807042212Author Sarah MondaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 252mm * 177mm * 12mm

The popular education and adult literacy movements in Chile have historically represented competing paths toward a literate society: one born and nurtured through bitter nineteenth-century labor struggles, the other a compensatory effort by the modern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986213458Author Richard LockeyFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Knightsbridge Genealogy ServicesPublisher Knightsbridge Genealogy...

This collection provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the development of educational policy and practice in the United States during the past century. It presents education as a complex social structure and process that has changed through the...

The Sophists were bold, exciting innovators with new ideas about Athenian society. The first to arrive, in about 444 BC, was Protagoras. During the last half of the fifth century BC he was followed by a succession of 'new age' itinerant instructors who...

In this book, an eminent educational historian examines some important aspects of American schooling over the past centuries, illuminating the relation between education and other broad changes in American society and providing a historical perspective...

Health and Wellbeing in Childhood provides a fundamental introduction for educators in key priority areas of health and wellbeing education, including physical education, promoting health in childhood, and strengthening social and emotional learning in...