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Special Educational Needs and the Internet
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 51.95With Internet access for every school now a reality, teachers are beginning to explore the use of the Internet in the education of children with special needs. This book describes its benefits for children across the spectrum of special educational needs, from those with physical disabilities or sensory impairment to those with learning or social difficulties.... more...
New Perspectives in Special Education
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 63.95It is now widely believed in many Western countries that the segregation of students with special educational needs is problematic, and that wherever possible these students should be educated alongside their peers in regular education settings. There has been a general move towards integrating special and regular education into one system that caters... more...
Global Perspectives on Adult Education
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 105.00This book demonstrates how processes of globalization (economic, cultural, socio-political) are creating new possibilities and inequities and are thereby creating corresponding roles for adult education and learning in the South (Africa, Asia, South America) that are embedded in multiple political, economic and cultural projects for social change. more...
Having Hard Conversations
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 33.95Designed to help educators confidently lead difficult conversations, this insightful book offers interactive exercises, sample scripts, and a step-by-step approach to help realize positive outcomes. more...
The Academic Bill of Rights Debate
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 40.00Aby and others provide insight into and understanding of the major issues in the debate over the Academic Bill of Rights and its various legislative initiatives throughout the United States. more...
Academic Freedom
ABC-CLIO 2000; US$ 155.00The freedom of academics to pursue knowledge and truth in their research, writing, and teaching is a fundamental principle of contemporary higher education in the United States. But this freedom has been hard won and regularly abridged, reinterpreted, and violated. Academic freedom has been central to many issues and controversies in higher education... more...
Creating a Veteran-Friendly Campus: Strategies for Transition and Success
Wiley 2011; US$ 29.00As the United States? wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, increasing numbers of students who experienced combat will enroll in colleges and universities. There is mounting evidence that these veterans will require support unique to their needs beyond the processing of financial aid paperwork from the Veterans Administration. Obviously, combat frequently... more...
Why Philanthropy Matters
Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 29.95Philanthropy has long been a distinctive feature of American culture, but its crucial role in the economic well-being of the nation--and the world--has remained largely unexplored. Why Philanthropy Matters takes an in-depth look at philanthropy as an underappreciated force in capitalism, measures its critical influence on the free-market system,... more...
Reclaiming Class
Temple University Press 2009; US$ 30.95Reclaiming Class offers essays written by women who changed their lives through the pathway of higher education. Collected, they offer a powerful testimony of the importance of higher learning, as well as a critique of the programs designed to alleviate poverty and educational disparity. The contributors explore the ideologies of welfare and American... more...
Effective Learning in the Life Sciences
Wiley 2011; US$ 149.95Effective Learning in the Life Sciences is intended to help ensure that each student achieves his or her true potential by learning how to solve problems creatively in laboratory, field or other workplace setting. Each chapter describes state of the art approaches to learning and teaching and will include case studies, worked examples and a section... more...









