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Mega-universities and Knowledge Media
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 76.95A discussion of how the knowledge media can contribute to the renewal of universities, particularly through the development of distance education. It looks at universities which have risen to the challenges of cost and accessibility using technology. more...
Improving Disabled Students' Learning
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 48.95How do disabled students feel about their time at university? What practices and policies work and what challenges do they encounter? How do they view staff and those providing learning support? This book sets out to show how disabled students experience university life today. The current generation of students is the first to move through... more...
The Confessing Society
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95Today, people are constantly encouraged to verbalise and disclose their "true" inner self to others, whether on TV shows, in newspapers, in family life or together with friends. Such encouragement to disclose the self has proliferated through discourses on lifelong learning through which each citizen is encouraged to become a constant learner. The... more...
Succeeding as a Student in the STEM Fields with an Invisible Disability
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2013; US$ 24.95The STEM fields attract many students with autism and related disabilities who are highly intelligent, but who, upon entering higher education, may find that they struggle with independent living and a different way of learning. Full of practical advice, this is a useful handbook that students and parents can refer to throughout the college years. more...
Marketing Schools, Marketing Cities
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 30.00Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up—in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. Not merely institutions of learning, schools have increasingly become a sign of a neighborhood’s vitality, and city planners have ever more explicitly promoted “good... more...
The Arts and Emergent Bilingual Youth
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95The Arts and Emergent Bilingual Youth offers a critical sociopolitical perspective on working with emerging bilingual youth at the intersection of the arts and language learning. Utilizing research from both arts and language education to explore the ways they work in tandem to contribute to emergent bilingual students? language and academic development,... more...
Revolting Subjects
Zed Books 2013; US$ 29.95Revolting Subjects is a groundbreaking account of social abjection in contemporary Britain, exploring how particular groups are figured as revolting and how they in turn revolt against their subjectification. Utilizing in-depth case studies, including chavs, asylum seekers, Gypsies and Travellers, and the 2011 London riots, this imaginative... more...
CLIL in Higher Education
Channel View Publications 2013; US$ 35.00This book offers a unique view of multilingualism in higher education from a global perspective. It presents a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. The volume discusses various approaches to multilingual education including CLIL and then proposes guidelines for... more...
New Labour's New Educational Agenda: Issues and Policies for Education and Training at 14+
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 71.95This work discusses and analyzes New Labour's emerging policies in the area of 14+ education and training. The authors present an account of developments in the area of post-compulsory education and training in the workplace and outline the challenges to be faced in the next decade. more...
Supporting Students in Online Open and Distance Learning
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 56.95This new addition to the respected Open and Distance Learning Series is an up-to-the-minute guide for educators wanting to come to terms with their support role in open and distance learning. Covering all aspects of student support from tuition and counselling through to the broad range of delivery methods available, the book offers practical solutions... more...









