Moral & social purpose of education books

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Educational Leadership and Antonio Gramsci: The Organising of Ideas

Educational Leadership and Antonio Gramsci: The Organising...

Author: Howard Stevenson (University of Nottingham, UK)
ISBN: 9781138585720
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This insightful book explores the life and ideas of Italian Marxist theoretician Antonio Gramsci, and argues his...  Read More >>

Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity, Global Pandemics, and Distance Internationalization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity,...

Author: Tamilla Mammadova (ADA University, Azerbaijan)
ISBN: 9781032431796
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book takes a critical perspective on international academic mobility and contextualises this mobility through...  Read More >>

Compositions, A Life: An Autoethnography

Compositions, A Life: An Autoethnography

Author: Shirley R. Steinberg ,  Judith Summerfield
ISBN: 9781433194641
Format: Paperback
$126.59

A Life in Teaching: An Autoethnography is a cultural study; a narrative, it is a story in history about the life...  Read More >>

Compositions, A Life: An Autoethnography

Compositions, A Life: An Autoethnography

Author: Shirley R. Steinberg ,  Judith Summerfield
ISBN: 9781433194634
Format: Hardback
$329.87

A Life in Teaching: An Autoethnography is a cultural study; a narrative, it is a story in history about the life...  Read More >>

World Yearbook of Education 2023: Racialization and Educational Inequality in Global Perspective

World Yearbook of Education 2023: Racialization and...

Author: Janelle Scott ,  Monisha Bajaj
ISBN: 9781032148441
Format: Paperback
$81.99

The World Yearbook of Education 2023 centers on the intersection of racialization, inequality, and education. It...  Read More >>

Ethics and the Good Soldier: Character in the Professional Domain

Ethics and the Good Soldier: Character in the Professional...

Author: James Arthur (University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Scott Parsons (Texas Tech University System, USA)
ISBN: 9781032362984
Format: Hardback
$105.00

Building on extensive, internationally leading empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character...  Read More >>

Leading with a Critical Spirit: New Strategies for Educational Leaders

Leading with a Critical Spirit: New Strategies for Educational...

Author: Peter McLaren ,  Michael Adrian Peters
ISBN: 9781636674025
Format: Paperback
$108.11

This book offers educational leaders the opportunity to use critical spirituality as a practice to wage war against...  Read More >>

Comparative Perspectives on School Segregation

Comparative Perspectives on School Segregation

Author: Laura B. Perry (Mudroch University, Australia) ,  Emma Rowe
ISBN: 9781032575544
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines various aspects of school segregation and their complex interrelations with policy, structure,...  Read More >>

Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model: Comparative and Historical Perspectives

Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model: Comparative and...

Author: Jesper Eckhardt Larsen ,  Barbara Schulte
ISBN: 9780367535896
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model examines the cultural distinctiveness of the Nordic teaching profession and...  Read More >>

Elasticity and Toughness: Ethnography of Minban Teachers’ Policy Implementation in Rural Chinese Society

Elasticity and Toughness: Ethnography of Minban Teachers’...

Author: Feng Wei
ISBN: 9781032139357
Format: Paperback
$81.99

The book examines minban teachers in China between 1949 and 2000, when rural areas were short of qualified teachers....  Read More >>

Critical Perspectives on PISA as a Means of Global Governance: Risks, Limitations, and Humanistic Alternatives

Critical Perspectives on PISA as a Means of Global Governance:...

Author: António Teodoro (Lusophone University, Portugal)
ISBN: 9781032185811
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This volume offers a critical examination of the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), focusing...  Read More >>

Belonging in Changing Educational Spaces: Negotiating Global, Transnational, and Neoliberal Dynamics

Belonging in Changing Educational Spaces: Negotiating...

Author: Karen Monkman (DePaul University, USA) ,  Ann Frkovich (Concordia University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032112480
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book explores the impacts on personal and professional, local and global forms of belonging in educational...  Read More >>

International Approaches to Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Schools: A Framework for Developing Teaching Strategy

International Approaches to Promoting Social and Emotional...

Author: Markus Talvio (University of Helsinki, Finland) ,  Kirsti Lonka (University of Helsinki, Finland)
ISBN: 9780367553326
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book explores the importance of social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools to foster supportive environments...  Read More >>

Black Liberation in Higher Education: Considerations for Research and Practice

Black Liberation in Higher Education: Considerations...

Author: Chayla Haynes ,  Milagros Castillo-Montoya
ISBN: 9780367725914
Format: Paperback
$81.99

In this book on higher education the contributors make The Black Lives Matter (#BLM) their focus and engage in contemporary...  Read More >>

The Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of District-Level Policy Reform Processes

The Path to Successful Community School Policy Adoption:...

Author: Emily Lubin Woods (Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, USA)
ISBN: 9781032186658
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston, this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical...  Read More >>

Special Education in Tibet: Perspectives on the Education of Children with Special Educational Needs

Special Education in Tibet: Perspectives on the Education...

Author: Miloň Potměšil ,  Bu Qiong
ISBN: 9781032213941
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book analyses the value orientation system of education in Tibet and examines the special education interventions...  Read More >>

The Hidden Academic Curriculum and Inequality in Early Education: How Class, Race, Teacher Interactions, and Friendship Influence Student Success

The Hidden Academic Curriculum and Inequality in Early...

Author: Karen Phelan Kozlowski (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
ISBN: 9781032156736
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Drawing on a rich ethnographic study conducted in first grade classrooms in the US, this book reveals the potentially...  Read More >>

Higher Education Policy in Developing and Western Nations: Contemporary and Emerging Trends in Local and Global Contexts

Higher Education Policy in Developing and Western Nations:...

Author: Beverly Lindsay
ISBN: 9781032188584
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Recognizing that institutes of higher education function simultaneously in local and global contexts, this volume...  Read More >>

Educating the Neoliberal Whole Child: A Genealogical Approach

Educating the Neoliberal Whole Child: A Genealogical...

Author: Bronwen MA Jones (University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781032063126
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book questions what ‘educating the whole child’ means in the context of our current neoliberal education system....  Read More >>

Education as Human Knowledge in the Anthropocene: An Anthropological Perspective

Education as Human Knowledge in the Anthropocene: An...

Author: Christoph Wulf (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032202174
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book examines the concepts of the Anthropocene and globalisation in our society and the changes that these...  Read More >>

Historical and Moral Consciousness in Education: Learning Ethics for Democratic Citizenship Education

Historical and Moral Consciousness in Education: Learning...

Author: Niklas Ammert (Linnaeus University, Sweden) ,  Silvia Edling (University of Gävle, Sweden)
ISBN: 9780367621445
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Historical and Moral Consciousness highlights how ethics can be understood in the context of history education....  Read More >>

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