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What's Wrong with Our Schools
R&L Education 2010; US$ 26.99This book examines the status of public education in North America and exposes many of the absurd instructional practices found in all-too-many schools. Written by three experienced educators, this book provides readers with a direct window into public education. The language is straightforward, the case studies based on real events, and the research... more...
Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education
Springer 2010; US$ 149.99This book examines issues that have emerged as higher education systems and individual institutions across East Asia confront and adapt to the changing economic, social, and educational environments in which they now operate. The book's focus is on how higher education systems learn from each other and on the ways in which they collaborate to address... more...
What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
Beacon Press 2004; US$ 16.00Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests a fact of life in every U.S. school.' In this new collection... more...
The Power of Their Ideas
Beacon Press 2002; US$ 17.00Teaching the lessons of New York's most famous public school, Deborah Meier provides a widely acclaimed vision for the future of public education. With a new preface reflecting on the school's continuing success. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Realizing the Rights of Children
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 140.00This book describes the unfolding of a global phenomenon: the legal prohibition of physical punishment of children. Until thirty years ago, this near-universal practice was considered appropriate, necessary and a parental right. But a paradigm shift in conceptions of childhood has led to a global movement to redefine it as violence and as a violation... more...
Towards Fairer University Assessment
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95After all the hours of studying, reading and preparation, the nights spent revising and the writing and re-writing of assignments, ?success? for university students can often be represented with a single grade or digit, summing up a wide range of activities. The authors of this timely book ask how fair that assessment is. This book is about a long-ignored... more...
Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 140.00Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses education within the context of globalization and examines... more...
Diploma Matters
Wiley 2011; US$ 29.95In our current education system too many high school students wind up with too few choices. Students are locked into what is decided for them by a broken system. Too often, they are handed a diploma that holds an empty promise. This practical field book is filled with effective tools from The Education TrustWest. Diploma Matters helps school... more...
Thinking about Schools
Westview Press 2011; US$ 58.00Specifically developed for students without an education background, this collection of readings provides accessible, essential articles for professors and students of introductory Foundations of Education courses. more...
The Learning Sciences in Educational Assessment
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 75.00Identifies visual models of the knowledge and strategies students consider in the domains of reading, science and mathematics. more...









