Educators

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914630203Author Roger StoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Houghton Library,U.S.Publisher Houghton Library,U.S.Weight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588383921Author Charles SuhorFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth Books

In this important work Russ Davidson presents the first biography of Joaquín Ortega, introducing readers to Ortega's life and work at the University of New Mexico as well as his close relationship with then UNM president James Zimmerman and other major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978829749Author George A PruittFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980510843Author Coralie ElsenoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Monash University Custom Publishing ServicesPublisher Monash University Custom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566569248Author Evelyn ShakirFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Olive Branch PressWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637581285Author Thomas HueningFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780910671163Author Professor Charles V HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Path PressPublisher Path PressWeight(grams) 200g

The inside story of a maverick reformer with a take-no-prisoners management style Hailed by Oprah as a "warrior woman for our times," reviled by teachers unions as the enemy, Michelle Rhee, outgoing chancellor of Washington DC public schools,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922235435Author Richard LarkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 368g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928333159Author Kimon PhitidisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint BookstormPublisher BookstormWeight(grams) 500g

In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before the upheavals of the 1960s and...

Originally published in 1969, this is the first biography of Susan Isaacs, the first attempt to estimate her incalculable contribution to the theory and practice of the education of young children. As a pioneer of new teaching methods, Susan Isaacs...

This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present a biography of Yamato Ichihashi, a Stanford University professor who was one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States. The second purpose is to present, through Ichihashi's...

Brilliantly uniting the personal and the critical, French Lessons is a powerful autobiographical experiment. It tells the story of an American woman escaping into the French language and of a scholar and teacher coming to grips with her history of...

James Henry Breasted (1865-1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he travelled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb...

When he was seventeen, Sam Kelly met Paul Robeson, who asked him, "What are you doing for the race?" That question became a challenge to the young Kelly and inspired him to devote his life to helping others. Sam Kelly's story intersects with...

Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst were the founders of Dartington - she the daughter of an American millionaire who was once Secretary to the US Navy; he the son of a Yorkshire parson and secretary to Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal before he married Dorothy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845193867Author Edward TimmsFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Sussex Academic PressPublisher Liverpool University PressWeight(grams)...

Practical Social Justice brings together the mentorship experiences of a diverse group of leaders across business, academia, and the public sector. They relay the lessons they learned from Dr. Joseph L. White through personal narratives, providing a...

In the broadest sense, this intellectual biography is designed to give insight into the reasons why Western values and institutions (especially in education) failed to take root in the Chinese environment. Three interrelated themes are treated by...

The Sixth Volume in the Deaf Lives Series Robert F. Panara lost his hearing from spinal meningitis in 1931 at the age of ten. However, he could read and write, and with his friends' help, Bob (as he was known), made it through high school. His new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062564382Author Torey HaydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 277g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778103605Author Fred MadrygaFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Dr Fredrick J MadrygaPublisher Dr Fredrick J MadrygaWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561897Author Tony WagnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student...

More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student...

I asked my Year 1 class, ‘What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you?’ George Pointon asks his class a lot of questions. What do you want to be when you grow up? What do you reckon your parents do while you’re at school? Can you put that down,...

Educated initially in Africa then shipped to a UK boarding school, Mike Piercy stumbled and careered into teaching. Rising in time to leadership he became Head of three Prep Schools over a 25-year period. Those who had taught him might well express...

During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten most important thinkers in American history. His body of thought, conventionally identified by the shorthand word...

A naturalist on Montana’s academic frontier, passionate conservationist Morton J. Elrod was instrumental in establishing the Department of Biology at the University of Montana, as well as Glacier National Park and the National Bison Range. In Montana’s...