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Emerging Markets and Higher Educationby Matthew McMullen; James Mauch; Bob Dunnorummo
Garland Science 2001; US$ 160.00Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes the relationship between higher education, the economy, and government in the development of a democratic and market economy society in select emerging market countries. more...
Whose Education for All?by Birgit Brock-Utne
Garland Science 2000; US$ 145.00This book examines the new donor concept "education for all" which was coined at a World Bank initiated conference in 1990 in Jomtien, Thailand. The author uses her experience to examine what is going on in the education sector. more...
Talking and Learning in Groupsby Elizabeth Dunne; Neville Bennett
Routledge 1990; US$ 44.95Group work has in recent years become the object of considerable controversy. This workbook shows teachers how effective group work, flexibly used, can be and how to discover what works for them. more...
Markets for Schoolingby Nick Adnett; Peter Davies
Routledge 2002; US$ 240.00An economic analysis of schooling markets is developed, emphasizing both the strengths and weaknesses of orthodox analyses. This publication is designed to be accessible to all those concerned with education and economics. more...
Economic Geography of Higher Educationby Frans Boekema; Elsa Kuypers; Roel Rutten
Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00This exhaustive study from an experienced and respected set of editors and authors looks at the impact that universities have on their surroundings, with particular reference to regional development. more...
Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Educationby Peter Knight; Mantz Yorke
RoutledgeFalmer 2003; US$ 58.95Anyone with a responsibility for curriculum development or policy making within higher education, who wants to advance learning and promote employability amongst their students, will find this book absolutely essential reading. more...
Financing Higher Educationby Nicholas Barr
Routledge 2005; US$ 65.00This book tells the story of the UK higher education debate, illustrating a head-on collision between the economic imperatives of student loans and regulated market forces, and the political imperative of 'free' higher education. more...
Managing Educational Tourismby Brent W. Ritchie
Multilingual Matters 2003; US$ 49.95An outline of the main forms of educational tourism, discussing their growth and resulting impacts and management issues from a holistic perspective. The author argues that without adequate research and management the potential impacts and benefits of educational tourism will not be maximized. more...
International Handbook on the Economics of Educationby G. Johnes; J. Johnes
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 60.00This major new Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in that it comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling and screening models, to consideration of issues such as educational externalities and economic growth, funding models, determinants of educational success, the educational production function, educational standards and efficiency measurement. more...
Children's Learning from Educational Televisionby Shalom M. Fisch
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2004; US$ 44.95This title documents the impact of educational television in a variety of subject areas and proposes mechanisms to explain its effects. Drawing from a wide variety of research spanning several disciplines, author Shalom M. Fisch analyses the literature on the impact of educational resources. more...