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This volume gives educational theorists the chance to let rip and say what they really want to say. In doing so it sends a blast of fresh air through the dusty halls of academe. The vast majority of the literature in education theory and philosophy follows the...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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Lebens- und Glaubenserfahrungen in der Welt des 21. Jahrhunderts können viele Menschen nicht mehr mit den historisch überkommenen Ritualen der Kirche in Einklang bringen. Die Unzufriedenen lassen sich nicht mehr durch Beschwichtigung zum Schweigen bringen, seitdem die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-05-04
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The title incorporates the assumption that the ‘human’ in education is being threatened by certain processes.The guiding questions are: What are these processes and what constitutes the ‘human’ in education? Which activities characteristically performed by human beings...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-04-24
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Explores the differences and similarities between two groups: lifelong activists who have been engaged in campaigns and socials movements over many years and circumstantial activists, those protestors who come to activism due to a series of life circumstances. Outlines...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-14
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America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy post 9/11 argues that, in contrast to the anti-intellectualism, the sensationalism, and the punditry that tend to govern most mass media today, Stephen Colbert's program offers his audience the opportunity to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-11-30
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Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation critically interrogates stockcar racing's ascendance into the upper-echelon of the North American sporting popular. While most contributions to the public discourse gloss over NASCAR's exclusively white racial identity politics, its...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-10-10
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Queer Masculinities: A Critical Reader in Education is a substantial addition to the discussion of queer masculinities, of the interplay between queer masculinities and education, and to the political gender discourse as a whole. Enriching the discourse of masculinity...
Editeur :
Springer
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2011-09-28
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Explorations of Educational Purpose
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Reading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics and the Aims of Education reassesses British philosopher Richard Stanley Peters' educational writings by examining them against the most recent developments in philosophy and practice. Critically reassesses R. S. Peters, a...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-13
Collection :
Journal of Philosophy of Education
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The Good Life of Teaching extends the recent revival of virtue ethics to professional ethics and the philosophy of teaching. It connects long-standing philosophical questions about work and human growth to questions about teacher motivation, identity, and development. ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-13
Collection :
Journal of Philosophy of Education
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Educational Neuroscience provides an overview of the wide range of recent initiatives in educational neuroscience, examining a variety of methodological concerns, issues, and directions. Encourages interdisciplinary perspectives in educational neuroscience...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-09-07
Collection :
Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues
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Verfolgt man die gegenwärtige pädagogische und politische Debatte, dann ist augenfällig, dass der Begriff der Bildung noch immer zu einem zentralen Leitbegriff gehört. Gleichwohl droht heute das Verständnis von Bildung auf abfragbare Kenntnisse verengt zu werden. Eine...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-16
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A cross-disciplinary collection of 20 essays describing the journey to public scholarship, exploring the pleasures and perils associated with breaching the town-gown divide. Includes contributions from departments of geography, comparative literature, sociology,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-26
Collection :
Antipode Book Series
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Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools by showing just how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to the prevailing modes of education. This reissue includes a new introduction...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2011-03-29
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First published in 1983 and now available with a new introduction by the author, Gardner's trailblazing book revolutionized the worlds of education and psychology by positing that rather than a single type of intelligence, we have several--most of which are neglected by...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2011-03-29
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Bei der Lektüre von Theorie der Unbildung. Die Irrtümer der Wissensgesellschaft des österreichischen Philosophen Konrad Paul Liessmann, drängt sich die Frage auf, welche Form der Bildung gegenwärtig noch möglich und sinnvoll ist. Eine Antwort darauf geben...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2010-11-23
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The primary mission of this text is clarifying many of the misconceptions about Paulo Freire’s theories, concepts and his implications for education. It revisits his ideas and explains more fully the philosophical influences that shaped concepts such as problem posing,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-09-22
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Talk, thinking and philosophy are crucial components of children's learning. This book is a practical and readable guide to the ways in which teachers can provide children with the opportunities to develop and use these skills to their greatest effect. It begins by...
Editeur :
Learning Matters
Parution :
2010-06-01
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This volume of essays demonstrates and comments on philosophical methods in educational research. Offers a clear picture of what philosophers do when they study education Brings together a series of essays from an international cast of contributors from Canada, UK,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-05-18
Collection :
Journal of Philosophy of Education
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This book provides an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the Philosophy of Education, its scope, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns. The text offers a balanced view of three key dimensions: first, in...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2010-03-23
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This book explores the resurgence of interest in phenomenology as a philosophy and research movement among scholars in education, the humanities and social sciences. Brings together a series of essays by an international team of philosophers and educationalists...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-01-15
Collection :
Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues
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