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1764-1804
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 238.00The first volume of letters written to Pestalozzi contains 713 letters written between 1764 and 1804 by illustrious correspondents such as Karl Viktor von Bonstetten, Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg, Hans Caspar Hirzel, Isaak Iselin, Johann Caspar Lavater, Anna Schulthess and 170 further writers, some of them unknown. The letters demonstrate Pestalozzi?s... more...
1814-Juli 1817
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 210.00This new volume of letters to Pestalozzi covers the period between 1814 andJuly 1817. It thus encompasses the fall of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna, and the great European economic crisis of 1816?17. This crisis adversely affected Pestalozzi?s Institute, already suffering from a reduction in enrollment because of public feuding among its employees.... more...
The Absorbent Mind
Start Publishing LLC 2013; US$ 1.99The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have... more...
The Adaptive School
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2013; US$ 64.99Expanded and updated, this edition of one of the most popular resources for school change now comes with ancillary materials containing 150 facilitation strategies. Placing inquiry at the center of effective change, The Adaptive School gives readers the tools they need to bring about genuine school improvement and to learn to use and incorporate... more...
The Adventure of Education
Editions Rodopi 2009; US$ 65.80This book on process-relational philosophy of education suggests that the notion of Adventure is foundational for the advancement of knowledge. Learning, teaching, and research are best conceived as rhythmic and relational processes, involving curiosity, imagination, valuation, creativity, and self-realization. Thus construed, contemporary educational... more...
Albert Schweitzer's Legacy for Education
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00This is the first book devoted to the study of the thought of Albert Schweitzer as it relates to educational theory and practice. Rud argues that Schweitzer's life and work offer inspiration and timely insights for both educational thought and practice in our new century. more...
Antonio Gramsci (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 49.95Antonio Gramsci is one of the few Marxist theoreticians to have considered the role and nature of education, yet paradoxically his revolutionary, political and social theory seems at odds with his conservative approach to the content and processes of schooling. This book, originally published in 1979, examines his educational, political and cultural... more...
Arendt-Handbuch
J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2011; US$ 65.17Hauptbeschreibung Einflussreiche Denkerin des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Handbuch erklärt die philosophischen, politischen und literarischen Kontexte, die Hannah Arendts Denken geprägt haben. Es präsentiert neben Informationen zur Biografie und den zeitgenössischen Bezügen alle wichtigen Werke und gibt Hinweise zu deren internationaler Rezeption in vielen... more...
Aristotle
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 140.00Aristotle is undisputedly a major thinker in education. Alexander Mosley’s volume offers the most coherent account of Aristotle’s educational thought. This work is divided into: 1) Intellectual Bibliography 2) Critical exposition of Aristotle’s work 3) The reception and influence of Aristotle’s work 4) The relevance of the work... more...
Ausbildung islamischer Religionslehrer und staatliches Recht.
Duncker & Humblot 2009; US$ 67.40Hauptbeschreibung Über die Grenzen von Parteien und Bundesländern hinweg besteht Einigkeit, dass an öffentlichen Schulen islamischer Religionsunterricht erteilt werden soll. Doch dafür fehlen Lehrer, deren Ausbildung den Anforderungen eines von Art. 7 Abs. 3 GG vorgesehenen "ordentlichen Lehrfachs" genügt. Denn während die Ausbildung evangelischer... more...









