Moral & social purpose of education books

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Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A co-research paradigm

Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners:...

Author: Tess Maginess (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
ISBN: 9780815357216
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Enhancing the Wellbeing and Wisdom of Older Learners: A Co-research Paradigm examines how lifelong learning, becoming...  Read More >>

Youth in Education: The necessity of valuing ethnocultural diversity

Youth in Education: The necessity of valuing ethnocultural...

Author: Christiane Timmerman ,  Noel Clycq (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
ISBN: 9780815359852
Format: Paperback
$103.00

This book explores the multiple, interrelated social contexts that young people inhabit and navigate, and how educational...  Read More >>

Social Justice and Educational Measurement: John Rawls, the history of testing, and the future of education

Social Justice and Educational Measurement: John Rawls,...

Author: Zachary Stein (Meridian University, United States)
ISBN: 9780815360018
Format: Paperback
$94.99

Social Justice and Educational Measurement addresses foundational concerns at the interface of standardized testing...  Read More >>

Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools

Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools

Author: James Arthur (University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Kristján Kristjánsson (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9780815360919
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Teaching Character and Virtue in Schools addresses the contemporary issues of quantification and measurement in...  Read More >>

Educational Leadership and Nancy Fraser

Educational Leadership and Nancy Fraser

Author: Jill Blackmore (Deakin University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780815363644
Format: Paperback
$103.00

This book considers epistemological questions about the nature of knowledge, examines the relationship between the...  Read More >>

Democratic Education and the Public Sphere: Towards John Dewey’s theory of aesthetic experience

Democratic Education and the Public Sphere: Towards...

Author: Masamichi Ueno (Sophia University, Japan)
ISBN: 9780815357520
Format: Paperback
$103.00

This book considers John Dewey’s philosophy of democratic education and his theory of public sphere from the perspective...  Read More >>

Modernising School Governance: Corporate planning and expert handling in state education

Modernising School Governance: Corporate planning and...

Author: Andrew Wilkins (University of East London, UK)
ISBN: 9780815360674
Format: Paperback
$103.00

Modernising School Governance examines the impact of recent market-based reforms on the role of governors in the...  Read More >>

Family Strategies, Guanxi, and School Success in Rural China

Family Strategies, Guanxi, and School Success in Rural...

Author: Ailei Xie (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780815360889
Format: Paperback
$103.00

Research in school success in contemporary China has argued that market reforms have reproduced the advantages for...  Read More >>

Masculinity and Student Success in Higher Education

Masculinity and Student Success in Higher Education...

Author: Jonathan M. Bowman (University of San Diego, USA) ,  D. Craig Filar (Florida State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138686014
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This practical resource identifies complex issues associated with masculinity in higher education, providing administrators...  Read More >>

Reading, Writing, and Talking Gender in Literacy Learning

Reading, Writing, and Talking Gender in Literacy Learning...

Author: Barbara J. Guzzetti ,  Josephine Peyto Young
ISBN: 9781138423381
Format: Hardback
$399.00

Provides a critical review of observational research and findings on gender literacies. It presents five genres...  Read More >>

Teachers Doing Research: The Power of Action Through Inquiry

Teachers Doing Research: The Power of Action Through...

Author: Gail E. Burnaford ,  Joseph Fischer
ISBN: 9781138463752
Format: Hardback
$399.00

This text describes the process of doing teacher action research. But it is much more than a dry presentation of...  Read More >>

Values in Early Childhood Education: Citizenship for Tomorrow

Values in Early Childhood Education: Citizenship for...

Author: Eva Johansson (University of Stavanger, Norway) ,  Johanna Einarsdottir (School of Education, University of Iceland, Iceland.)
ISBN: 9781138230705
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Based on extensive research in early childhood education and care, Values in Early Childhood Education contributes...  Read More >>

Values in Early Childhood Education: Citizenship for Tomorrow

Values in Early Childhood Education: Citizenship for...

Author: Eva Johansson (University of Stavanger, Norway) ,  Johanna Einarsdottir (School of Education, University of Iceland, Iceland.)
ISBN: 9781138230699
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Based on extensive research in early childhood education and care, Values in Early Childhood Education contributes...  Read More >>

Making Sense of Teaching in Difficult Times

Making Sense of Teaching in Difficult Times

Author: Penny Burke (Roehampton University, London, UK) ,  Suellen Shay (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
ISBN: 9781138306271
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Thinking about teaching in educational terms has become increasingly difficult because of the conceptions of higher...  Read More >>

Class Consciousness and Education in Sweden: A Marxist Analysis of Revolution in a Social Democracy

Class Consciousness and Education in Sweden: A Marxist...

Author: Alpesh Maisuria ,  Dave Hill
ISBN: 9781138286009
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Understanding Schooling: An Introductory Sociology of Australian Education

Understanding Schooling: An Introductory Sociology of...

Author: Miriam Henry ,  John Knight
ISBN: 9781138468290
Format: Hardback
$399.00

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Migration, Religion, and Schooling in Liberal Democratic States

Migration, Religion, and Schooling in Liberal Democratic...

Author: Bruce Collet
ISBN: 9781138651098
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Speaking to an increasingly fluid world involving the migration of peoples and cultures, the global resilience of...  Read More >>

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