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Classroom Issues
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 300.00Volume III provides a focus on the classroom, pedagogy, curriculum and pupil experience. It covers relatively neglected areas of curriculum development, such as mathematics and technology, as well as the more familiar terrain of literature and drama. A particularly useful section deals with aesthetic education. more...
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 45.00Historically black colleges and universities have influenced African American lives since 1837. This work provides a past and present look at their role in higher education, addressing why these institutions exist, how effective they've been, and if they are still necessary. more...
Education and the Ethical Environment
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 51.95How much can we reasonably expect from education? This book, written by a philosopher of education, casts new light on this question by seeing values education, not as a separate activity within schools, but as an aspect of education that both reflects the surrounding climate of values and can help to change it. Graham Haydon argues that all of us... more...
Overcoming the Odds
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 22.99Despite many obstacles, some African-American women are performing at exceptional levels academically. This interview-based book provides information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates these women and how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them. more...
Religion and Education among Latinos in New York City
BRILL 2005; US$ 64.00Education is Latinos' number one concern. This volume offers an analysis of why many are underachieving, while pointing to the role of religion in helping Latinos improve their academic outlook. Parents, researchers and practitioners will benefit from understanding the importance of religion in the educational experience of Hispanics. more...
African American Education
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 45.00Part of ABC-CLIO's ''Contemporary Education Issues'' series, this reference handbook on African American education written in an easy-to-follow format and laden with essential details reaches out to both beginners and scholars. Jackson, a former elementary school teacher who is now on the faculty at the Union Institute, Cincinnati, covers a wide range... more...
The Quest for Russia's Soul
Baylor University Press 2002; US$ 39.95This account of the CoMission--a group of 83 Christian organizations formed to instruct Russian public school teachers in how to teach Christian ethics--provides unique insights both into postcommunist Russia and Western evangelical movements. Interviews with over 100 people intimately involved in Russian education, politics, and evangelism make the... more...
Education for All
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 99.95Examines EFA policies with examples from across the globe more...
Education Of A University President
Temple University Press 2005; US$ 39.50Marvin Wachman's parents were Russian Jewish immigrants with little formal education. Yet they instilled in their son the values of education, self-improvement, and perseverance. Because of Wachman's beliefs in human progress, he learned not only how to survive in hard times, but how to flourish. A newly minted PhD, Wachman served in World War II... more...
Supporting Black Pupils and Parents
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 46.95Drawing on her extensive teaching experience, Lorna Cork explores the day-to-day needs and expectations of black parents and their children in education. Exclusion rates of black children in the UK and around the world continue to rise, highlighting that something is very wrong with the way their teaching and learning is supported in today?s schools.... more...









