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Tomorrow's Schools
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 53.95Today's schools are subject to increasing demand and constraint; their work is more complex and fast changing than ever before; politicians and press demand quick fixes. This book paints the picture of a new integrity for our schools as they face a challenging future. Themes addressed include: * schools as places of learning and integrity * the... more...
Education in a Single Europe
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 71.95This book brings together contributors from the different member states of the European Union in order to understand the different degrees of subscription to the concept of Europe and the role education plays in such a process. This second edition includes the new countries which have become part of the union and also considers recent developments... more...
Victoria's Daughters
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00This book compares the formal education of the majority of girls in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth century. Previous books about ?Britain? invariably focus on England, and such ?British? studies tend not to include Ireland despite its incorporation into the Union in 1801. The Schooling of Girls in Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 presents a... more...
Educational Reform in Post-Soviet Russia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95This volume consists of a collection of essays devoted to study of the most recent educational reform in Russia. In his first decree Boris Yeltsin proclaimed education a top priority of state policy. Yet the economic decline which accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union dealt a crippling blow to reformist aspirations, and to the existing school... more...
Dictionary of British Education
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 57.95This is an up-to-date guide for teachers and parents, administrators, governors , students and others to help the find their way about the increasingly complex world of education. The main section provides a dictionary that is more than a simple set of definitions: many words in education have been put into some kind of historical context to become... more...
The Life of Learning
Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 109.99Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American Council of Learned Societies, this volume contains lectures presented by ten of America's most distinguished scholars. Each lecture is a personal and intellectual glimpse into the "life of learning". more...
Schooling America
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 13.99Presented by America's educational historian, this book provides an history of the American education. It uses an array of sources, including student diaries, popular magazines, PTA minutes, and more, to show us what Americans have demanded from the schools. more...
A Little Learning
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 39.95This lively selection brings together journalist and broadcaster Libby Purves? experiences as journalist, parent, governor and former pupil of half a dozen assorted schools from Bangkok to Tunbridge Wells, displaying her eclectic and provocative opinions and ideas on teaching and learning. This collection of the best of her writing in the Times Educational... more...
The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 35.95The silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the education system and into the workplace demands a book that serves as a wake up call to everyone. Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes' controversial and compelling book uses a wealth of examples across the education system, from primary schools to university, and the workplace to show how therapeutic... more...
The Common School and the Comprehensive Ideal
Wiley 2009; US$ 39.95A topical and provocative volume that invites consideration of the most fundamental issues concerning future educational provision: what is the purpose of our schools, and what should we do in them? Cutting-edge research by contributors who are leading figures internationally in philosophy and education, for whom these issues have been particular... more...









