Pathways to Privatization in Education

Scott W Gilmer, Richard Weise, Ann Page

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• For a variety of reasons market-oriented improvement efforts are becoming increasingly visible on the educational reform landscape. In particular, pri... Lees meer

A Race Against Time

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• We are in a race against time to save urban children from educational failure and to reform urban school systems before people give up on them. The au... Lees meer

Social Reconstruction Through Education

Michael E James

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This volume on the history and philosophy of social reconstruction is the result of Kenneth Benne's discussions, essays and experiences, but also incl... Lees meer

Maps, Metaphors, and Mirrors

Carol K Ingall

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• REVIEW: . . . Students of educational theory and practice will enjoy-and learn from-this brief but enlightening and readable book. Recommended for upp... Lees meer

Development of the Social Sciences in the United States and Canada

Theresa Richardson, Donald Fisher

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This collection originated in, and is, an interdisciplinary dialogue. The subject of conversation is the social sciences in the twentieth century and ... Lees meer

Critical Education for Work

Richard D Lakes

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This book expands the meaning of today's education for work by offering five multidisciplinary approaches- school-to-work transitions, gender equity, ... Lees meer

The Minority Voice in Educational Reform

Louis A Castenell, Jill M Tarule

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• It is a core premise of this book that the thoughts and voices of those excluded are distinct. It is also our belief that, once heard, there is insigh... Lees meer

Knowledge and Pedagogy

Alan R Sadovnik

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• Thematically organized around the major concerns of Basil Bernstein's work as a sociologist, this book includes chapters from some of the leading soci... Lees meer

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation in Teacher Education

Suzanne Wegener Soled

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• With the national reform and research agendas occurring in teacher education, one of the most important areas needing theoretical analysis and empiric... Lees meer

Self-Reflective Renewal in Schools

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• The primary purpose of this study is to learn from the experiences of schools across the U.S. that are engaged in a largely process-oriented reform st... Lees meer

Stories Out of School

James L Paul, Terry Jo Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• The changes in how we understand and study teaching and learning are uneven. Strongly held beliefs support the changes and equally strongly held belie... Lees meer

Early Childhood Education

Dolores A Stegelin, Dolores Stegelin

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This book provides an accurate and current overview of the most salient early childhood policy issues. Written by individuals who are involved in the ... Lees meer

Relative/Outsider

Kendra Wallace

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• The author explores the ethnic and racial identity formation among high school and college students of racially mixed heritage. The portraits in this ... Lees meer

Comparative Higher Education

Philip Altbach

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• Higher education is increasingly international. The issues that affect universities in one country are important globally. There are a myriad of links... Lees meer

Pathways to Privatization in Education

Scott W Gilmer, Richard Weise, Ann Page

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• For a variety of reasons market-oriented improvement efforts are becoming increasingly visible on the educational reform landscape. In particular, pri... Lees meer

Maps, Metaphors, and Mirrors

Carol K Ingall

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• REVIEW: . . . Students of educational theory and practice will enjoy-and learn from-this brief but enlightening and readable book. Recommended for upp... Lees meer

Ethnic Diversity in Communities and Schools

Kathryn Borman

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• Research has consistently documented the failure of schools to reach students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. One reason sugge... Lees meer

Rethinking Professional Issues in Special Education

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• Special educators are facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century as public education is being reformed by a vision focusing on measura... Lees meer

Ethnic Diversity in Communities and Schools

Kathryn Borman, M Yvette Baber, Kathryn M Borman

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• Research has consistently documented the failure of schools to reach students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. One reason sugge... Lees meer

Schoolteachers and Schooling

Eugene F Provenzo, Gary N McCloskey, E F Provenzo

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This book is a study of how the changing ethos of schooling transformed and redefined what it means to be a teacher. The distinction between the ethos... Lees meer

Development of the Social Sciences in the United States and Canada

Theresa Richardson, Donald Fisher

• Paperback | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This collection originated in, and is, an interdisciplinary dialogue. The subject of conversation is the social sciences in the twentieth century and ... Lees meer

Building Moral Communities Through Educational Drama

Betty Wagner

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• There is no other book like this one. Building Moral Communities fills a wide gap in the research literature on effective teaching strategies to build... Lees meer

The Untested Accusation

Bruce J Biddle, Lawrence J Saha

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This book begins by reviewing the many accusations that have been hurled at educational research over the years--statements claiming that its methods ... Lees meer

Minority Education

Evelyn Jacob, Cathie Jordan

• Hardcover | Engels | Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Educatio
• This volume brings the perspectives of educational anthropology to the consideration of the education of ethnic and linguistic minority students and t... Lees meer