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Anarchism and Education
PM Press 2010; US$ 16.00Arguing that the central role of educational practice in anarchist theory and activism has been overlooked by many theorists, this examination of contemporary educational philosophy counters the assertion that anarchism reflects a naïve or overly optimistic view of human nature. By articulating the philosophical underpinnings of anarchist thought... more...
Second International Handbook of Educational Change
Springer 2010; US$ 599.99The two volumes of the second edition of the "International Handbook of Educational Change" comprise a totally new, and updated collection of the most critical and cutting-edge ideas in educational change. Written by the most influential thinkers in the field, these volumes cover educational change at both the theoretical and practical levels.... more...
The Impact of International Achievement Studies on National Education Policymaking
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 144.95The chapters in this volume will: discuss the uses of international achievement study results as a tool for national progress as well as an obstacle; provide recommendations for ways that international achievement data can be used in real-world policymaking situations; and discuss what the future of international achievement studies holds. more...
International Handbook of Jewish Education
Springer 2011; US$ 499.99The International Handbook of Jewish Education, a two volume publication, brings together scholars and practitioners engaged in the field of Jewish Education and its cognate fields world-wide. Their submissions make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the field of Jewish Education as we start the second decade of the 21st century. The Handbook... more...
The CIA on Campus
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00Former CIA Personnel Director F.W.M. Janney once wrote, "It is absolutely essential that the Agency have available to it the greatest single source of expertise: the American academic community." To this end, the Central Intelligence Agency has poured tens of millions of dollars into universities to influence research and enlist students... more...
Internal Evaluation in the 21st Century
Wiley 2011; US$ 29.00Nowadays, a considerable amount of evaluation work is implemented internally—both nationally and across the world. As such, it is exceedingly important for evaluators and organizations to be aware of the issues in designing and implementing internal evaluation to realize its potential for enhancing organizational growth, competitive advantage,... more...
World Yearbook of Education 2012
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 155.00The phenomenon of "travelling reforms" has become an object of great professional interest and intensive academic scrutiny. The fact that the same set of educational reforms is transferred from one country to another made scholars wonder whether policy transfer has increased as a result of globalization. But also the fact that policy makers increasingly... more...
Marxism/Structuralism/Education (RLE Edu L)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00This interdisciplinary textbook provides an introduction to the many theoretical developments and controversies which took place in the sociology and politics of education during the 1970s and 80s. The book Discusses the arguments concerning humanist and structuralist Marixsm. Provides a clear and concise introduction to structuralism... more...
How Schools Do Policy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 46.95Over the last 20 years, international attempts to raise educational standards and improve opportunities for all children have accelerated and proliferated. This has generated a state of constant change and an unrelenting flood of initiatives, changes and reforms that need to be ?implemented? by schools. In response to this, a great deal of attention... more...
Cosmopolitanism And The Age Of School Reform
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 43.95In Cosmopolitanism and the Age of School Reform, noted educationalist Thomas Popkewitz explores turn-of-the-century and contemporary pedagogical reforms while illuminating their complex relation to cosmopolitanism. Popkewitz highlights how policies that include "all children" and leave "no child behind" are rooted in a philosophy of cosmopolitanism?not... more...









