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Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 40.95Are you overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork that SEN generates in your school? Would you like to spend more time actually improving the quality of teaching and learning for pupils with SEN or disabilities? If so, this is an essential book for you. Containing practical strategies for reducing the number of individual education plans and review... more...
Teaching through Basque
Multilingual Matters 2008; US$ 79.95This volume focuses on research in education in the Basque Country where Basque is very often the language of instruction for some or all the school subjects. The volume provides background information about the Basque educational system; about academic and linguistic results related to the use of Basque as the language of instruction and the challenges... more...
Genius Denied
Simon & Schuster 2004; US$ 16.99With all the talk of failing schools these days, we forget that schools can fail their brightest students, too. We pledge to "leave no child behind," but in American schools today, thousands of gifted and talented students fall short of their potential. In Genius Denied , Jan and Bob Davidson describe the "quiet crisis" in education: gifted students... more...
Educating Special Children
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 37.50'This book is an authoritative overview of contributions from many disciplines to special education for young people with a wide range of disabilities. It is a vital resource for students and professionals alike.' ? Professor Alan Carr. Director of Clinical Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland "Farrell offers a comprehensive, practical,... more...
Gifted and Talented Children 4-11
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 37.50Can you recognize and tell the difference between gifted and talented children? Do you know how to provide the support they need? Responding directly to current thinking in education, this book raises practitioners? expectations, and shows you how to identify children in your class as gifted and talented. Christine Macintyre addresses the nature/nurture... more...
Minority Status, Oppositional Culture and Schooling
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 59.95This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu?s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the past decade. The theory and empirical foundation of Ogbu?s scholarship, which some have mistakenly reduced to the "acting white hypothesis," is fully presented and re-visited in this posthumous collection... more...
Homeschooling
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 24.95This intimate, eminently practical memoir of a successful homeschooled family of six children illuminates today?s most exciting choice in education, and shows how it works from cradle to college . What is it that homeschoolers do that the public schools can?t or won?t? There are at least as many answers as there are studies. But nothing can capture... more...
Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 70.00This book provides an internationally comparable set of indicators on educational provision for students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages (DDD). It highlights the number of students involved, where they are educated special schools, special classes or regular classes and in what phases of education pre-primary,... more...
Education Policies for Students at Risk and those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 19.00This publication is part of the project on Education Development for Students at Risk and those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe. This project was carried out by the OECD within the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. It contributes to the countries' efforts to adjust their education reforms to the EC principles as... more...
Identifying Special Needs in the Early Years
SAGE Publications 2007; US$ 37.00Offering connections to existing legislation, this invaluable reference presents step-by-step instructions for identifying individual children's needs in all early years settings and provides guidelines for involving parents. more...









