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Collaboration in Education
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 140.00Collaboration in Education establishes a needed framework for school/university collaborations that will be critical for others wishing to reproduce and participate in these partnerships. The contributors explore the elements necessary for sustainable collaboration in order to provide a frame of reference for others doing this work. This volume... more...
Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education
Wiley 2009; US$ 39.95A collection of scholarly essays, Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education provides an accessible theoretical introduction to the topic of complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change. Explains the contributions of complexity theory to philosophy of education, curriculum, and educational research... more...
Education And Theory
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 203.00Examines what theory means for both student and researcher and questions whether the confidence in educational theory is justified. This book also examines some theoretically significant influences on educational thought and practice in the twentieth century. It is intended for academics, researchers, teachers and students of education. more...
Educational Controversies Towards a Discourse of Reconciliation
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 190.00For the last 100 years, people have argued vigorously about a vast number of educational issues. At the heart of the arguments lies the question: What is the purpose of education? This conflict of educational purpose has seen rifts between academics, educators, politicians and parents. The authors of this book don't believe the conflicts need to be... more...
Exploring Unequal Achievement in the Schools
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 32.99For over a half century, educational sociologists have struggled to explain the cause of differential academic achievement in the school. This book attempts to offer an explanation by examining the role played by ascribed characteristics of students (race, gender, and class) and educational practices and structures of schools (testing, tracking, and... more...
Fieldwork in Educational Settings
RoutledgeFalmer 2001; US$ 51.95This new edition brings original, best-selling text right up-to-date for new researchers and includes a new chapter on computer software for data handling. more...
Issues in English Teaching
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 50.95Issues in English Teaching invites primary and secondary teachers of English to engage in debates about key issues in subject teaching. The issues discussed include: *the increasingly centralised control of the curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy in the school teaching of English in England and Wales as a result of initiatives such as the National... more...
Philosophy and Educational Policy
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 45.95What are the concepts and theories behind current debates about education? This comprehensive introduction to philosophy of education discusses issues that are of current public interest and debate. It locates education at the heart of questions concerned with culture, ethics, politics, economics and shows how key educational issues have to be approached... more...
Planning for Educational Change
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 170.00This book highlights the current ideas about the what, why and how of educational change and what these suggest about the essential issues that change policy makers and planners need to consider. It analyses international case studies of change initiatives to illustrate how the change process can be affected when such issues are insufficiently acknowledged... more...
Power and Responsibility in Education
Continuum International Publishing 1996; US$ 160.00This study, by more than 130 contributors, assesses the moves to decentralize educational administration. The text contains overviews by individual authors, and joint papers forming dialogues between different academic contenders. It provides a survey of educational policies and planning, and an analysis of the changes in England and Wales. Curriculum... more...









