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'Intriguing and timely...I whole heartedly recommend this text to teacher educators and their trainees, certainly across English and the Arts, but arguably to all engaged in considering critical pedagogy across the curriculum' - ESCalate
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2007-05-22
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Why is it that so many pupils are put off by maths, seeing it as uninspiring and irrelevant, and that so many choose to drop it as soon as they can? Why is it socially acceptable to be bad at maths? Does the maths curriculum really prepare pupils for life?
This...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2007-05-21
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Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of...
Editeur :
Springer
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2007-05-16
Collection :
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
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"Financing Public Universities" addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie funding to indicators of performance. The gist of these efforts is to raise the quality of institutional systems. Performance-based budgeting and funding of public universities is...
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Springer
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2007-05-16
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Graduates from institutions of Higher Education do not only hope to get employed and be better paid. Study can also have an impact on employment and work in many respects: facilitating transition to employment, opening up opportunities for demanding, interesting and...
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Springer
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2007-05-16
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'A much needed book that uniquely brings together policy and practice in early childhood education and care across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It offers a wealth of information and useful websites and addresses so that, importantly, readers can keep...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2007-05-14
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Portraits, whether graphic or verbal, have distinct purposes and values. Through deliberate selection, they seek to reveal and, thereby, to illuminate. In their literary form, selection of content and style ensures that they do not presume to achieve the status of...
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Springer
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2007-05-11
Collection :
CERC Studies in Comparative Education
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The leadership of school principals is an enormously powerful influence on the quality of schools and the learning of pupils. While the work of principals has been examined intensively over the past 20 years, almost no effort has been made to understand the role from an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2007-05-05
Collection :
Studies in Educational Leadership
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How has the system of governance changed? Do British higher education institutions still exercise autonomous control over their development as was widely believed to be the case but a few years ago? These questions are pursued through a three-pronged strategy. Firstly,...
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Springer
Parution :
2007-05-05
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Education is a paradoxical phenomenon. On the one hand it is universal, as since the period of Enlightenment, it has been declared universal good for everybody. Mo- over, we learnt by historical research following the ideas of world system theory, that since this time...
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Springer
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2007-05-03
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Rather than promote a single teacher education design, this book discusses new ways to think about the problem. Key to such thinking is considering teacher education not independent elements but as a combination of links. This book offers four key links: conceptual ties...
Editeur :
Springer
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2007-05-02
Collection :
Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices
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Includes Online Resources
'The author puts into perspective the importance of teaching thinking and learning skills providing clear explanations and easy to follow activities that can be used as a series of lessons, or simply as a one off. As a resource for the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-04-30
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`In its third edition...the author has included the latest research evidence relating to children aged from nought to eight. Her writing embraces the value of play, relationships, bilingualism and multilingualism in creating a rich language and literacy environment....
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-04-25
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Over the past decade, community schools similar to those supported by Save the Children have been established in many developing countries, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As large numbers of children attend schools started and managed by their own communities...
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Springer
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2007-04-24
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'This book is encouraging, easy to read and full of inspirational ideas about how to introduce different topics for discussion. Methods to encourage and develop group dynamics are clearly outlined. For any secondary school considering introducing circle time, this book...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2007-04-23
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'This book is special. It proposes a style of drama that liberates teachers and children from traditional dialogues...The dramas, each linked to a literacy text or wider theme, are amazing...I would recommend buying this. It challenges, but rewards with a new level of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-04-18
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An exploration of international privatization of higher education in post-communist Europe from two top scholars in the field. Levy and Slantcheva trace the ramifications of globalization in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in the former Soviet republics.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-04-16
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`This book is timely. [The author] draws on the work of several specialist teachers and sees a strong 'pupil voice' as key to successful inclusion' - Special
`This is an excellent addition to the small but growing literature on pupil views....The book focuses on five...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-04-16
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`This book tackles the leadership question by looking both outward and inward, the latter being how to sustain oneself as a leader...Developing Sustainable Leadership is an important contribution to the field of educational leadership' - Education Libraries
`This...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-04-12
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'Motivating Your Team is an excellent handbook for all those who intend to get the best out to their team, to motivate, lead and support individuals as well as groups of people, and thus assist them in maximizing their performance as professionals….[It] is an excellent...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-04-12
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