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1764-1804
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 238.00The first volume of letters written to Pestalozzi contains 713 letters written between 1764 and 1804 by illustrious correspondents such as Karl Viktor von Bonstetten, Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg, Hans Caspar Hirzel, Isaak Iselin, Johann Caspar Lavater, Anna Schulthess and 170 further writers, some of them unknown. The letters demonstrate Pestalozzi?s... more...
Academic Interests and Catholic Confessionalisation
BRILL 2010; US$ 278.00Focussing on an anomaly - highly controverisal, but at face value useless privileges granted to the university of Louvain -, this book explores the entanglement of material, political, religious and intellectual interests nurtured by early modern academics in the Confessional Age. 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...
The Bastion of Liberty
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 69.50Willem Otterspeer on the history of the Leiden University, a 'bastion of liberty'. Key to understanding the university as an institution. more...
Borderless Knowledge
Springer 2009; US$ 129.99Processes of knowledge production and dissemination are increasingly set in an international context. In research and higher education the links between local actors and the international environments are both proliferating and intensifying. Individual level self-organised international collaboration is increasingly supplemented by national and supranational... more...
Britain's Educational Reform
Taylor and Francis 1990; US$ 200.00This book questions many of Britain's idiosyncratic attitudes towards education. Dimensions missing from Britain's recent reforms, but present in Japan are highlighted. The author argues that Britain could learn a lot from Japan in order to improve education and vocational training considerably. more...
Bulgaria
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 39.00Science and technology (S&T) are of vital importance to every country, large or small, in developing a knowledge-based economy. The success of S&T in leading countries is derived from science policies that encourage long-sighted programmes and are closely linked to pro-active budgetary controls. more...
Bulgaria
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 61.00Reform of education, training and human resource management is an integral part of the transition to a democratic society and to economic prosperity. Efforts undertaken in educational work are an undeniable contribution towards fostering peace, human rights and a sustainable, secure environment, which are fundamental to achieving stability in a country. more...
CREATING THE EUROPEAN AREA OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Springer 2007; US$ 54.99Looks into the implementation of the Bologna Process in the countries often attributed a peripheral status. In addition to cultural and political issues the European higher education project faces in various countries, this volume pays attention to the role of students as well as the position of the intellectuals under its impact. more...
Childcare and Preschool Development in Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00This book explains the differences between European countries in the supply and forms of public child care and preschool provisions by reference to the historical context in which these forms originated and to the institutional constraints underlying their development. more...









