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Teaching the Cult of Literature in the French Third Republic
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 84.00This book explores literature in its role as a sacred text within the confines of 19th-century French primary and secondary education, helping the school to take over the role of spiritual authority from the Catholic Church. more...
The History Of Imperial College London, 1907-2007
World Scientific Publishing Company 2007; US$ 127.40This is the first major history of Imperial College London. The book tells the story of a new type of institution that came into being in 1907 with the federation of three older colleges. Imperial College was founded by the state for advanced university-level training in science and technology, and for the promotion of research in support of industry... more...
Education and Society
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 180.00The British Journal of Sociology of Education has established itself as the leading discipline-based publication. This collection of selected articles published since the first issue provides the reader with an informed insight and understanding of the nature, range and value of sociological thinking, its development over the last twenty-five years... more...
The Governance of British Higher Education
Springer 2007; US$ 149.99How has the system of governance changed? Do British higher education institutions still exercise autonomous control over their development? In this book, these questions are pursued through a three-pronged strategy. This book will have lessons for those examining higher education on a comparative/international basis. It is a serious piece of analysis... more...
The Foundation of Hope
Liverpool University Press 2003; US$ 38.50The Foundation of Hope is both a celebration and an analysis of the creation of Liverpool Hope University College in 1996 and of some of its achievements to date, during an exciting period in British higher education. The central focus is the student experience at Hope University College. Contributors also examine the way that teaching and research... more...
Whose University Is It?
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 30.00A thought-provoking examination of the role of universities in contemporary society more...
Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1933-1986 (German Edition)
Springer 2009; US$ 99.99Der Band ist Teil eines Projekts zur vollständigen Dokumentation aller an der Universität Heidelberg seit ihrer Gründung 1386 tätigen und besoldeten Lehrer. Er enthält die erste systematische Übersicht über die knapp 1000 hauptamtlich an der Universität beschäftigten Professoren (ordentliche und außerordentliche), die zwischen 1933 und 1986, dem Jahr... more...
Laertiana
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00This book presents an introduction to a new edition of Diogenes Laertios? Greek text (Cambridge University Press) by Tiziano Dorandi. It consists of three parts. The first contains the list of manuscripts, in the second, the author examines the main elements in the transmission, and in the third, he demonstrates the history of the text in the Middle... more...
Why Not the Best Schools? The Finland Report
Australian Council for Educational Research 2009; US$ 29.95Why Not the Best Schools?: The Finland Report is part of a set of six country reports that support Why Not the Best Schools? by Brian Caldwell and Jessica Harris (ACER Press 2008). Why Not the Best Schools? draws on the findings of the International Project to Frame the Transformation of Schools conducted in Australia, China, England, Finland, the... more...
Affective Education in Europe
Continuum International Publishing 1998; US$ 130.00Affective education can be defined as that part of the educational process which concerns itself with the attitudes, feelings, beliefs and emotions of students. Central to the concept is the acknowledgement that student's feelings about themselves as learners and about their academic subjects can be at least as influential as their actual ability.... more...









