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Decolonizing Philosophies of Education
Springer 2012; US$ 69.95Philosophy of education basically deals with learning issues that attempt to explain or answer what we describe as the major questions of its domains, i.e., what education is needed, why such education, and how would societies undertake and achieve such learning possibilities. In different temporal and spatial intersections of people's lives, the... more...
Learning to Fail
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 35.95During a decade of relative prosperity from the mid-1990s onward, governments across the developed world failed to crack one major issue ? youth unemployment. Even when economic growth was strong, one young person in 10 in the United Kingdom was neither working nor learning. As the boom ended, the number of young people dropping out after leaving... more...
Global Migration and Education
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Global Migration and Education makes a notable contribution to understanding the issues faced by immigrant children, their parents, and educators as they interact in school settings, and to identifying the common challenges to, and successes in, educational institutions worldwide as they cope with these issues. Global in scope, there are chapters... more...
Language Minority Students in American Schools
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 48.95This book addresses questions of language education in the United States, focusing on how to teach the 3.5 million students in American public schools who do not speak English as a native language. These students are at the center of a national debate about the right relationship among ESL, bilingual, and mainstream classes. Bilingual education has... more...
And the Skylark Sings with Me
New Society Publishers 1999; US$ 16.95A joyous account of a progressive family's homeschooling experience. more...
An Introduction to Children with Special Needs
Hodder Education 2002; US$ 28.79This second edition of the established text provides a clear, accessible overview of this complex field. The new edition includes fresh coverage on working in partnership with parents and carers, and more details on alternative methods of communication. more...
Administering Special Education
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 97.95The administration of public schools encompasses myriad generic issues having to do with curriculum content, instructional methodology, human resource and financial management, and of course, the guidance and counseling of students. Woven into this tapestry is the obligation to individualize educational programs to accommodate the needs of a wide and... more...
Confronting Dogmatism in Gifted Education
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95This title looks at the dogmatism that limits the perspectives of professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders in gifted education. In a field where concepts and definitions surrounding high ability have been contested for many years, there is increasing interest in clarifying these notions today. This book offers such clarity, searching outside... more...
Nerds
Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 24.95A lively, thought-provoking book that zeros in on the timely issue of how anti-intellectualism is bad for our children and even worse for America. Why are our children so terrified to be called "nerds"? And what is the cost of this rising tide of anti-intellectualism to both our children and our nation? In Nerds , family psychotherapist and psychology... more...
Tales from the Table
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007; US$ 24.95This is a practitioner's account of the successes and limitations of using Lovaas/ABA home education with five young boys on the autistic spectrum. The abilities and skills of these children before, during and after intervention are documented with a focus on the realities of undertaking Lovaas/ABA home education. more...









