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  • Education and the State

    International perspectives on a changing relationship

    Edited by Carla Aubry, Michael Geiss, Veronika Magyar-Haas, Jürgen Oelkers ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
    In most countries in the world, school education is the business of the state. Even if forms and functions differ, the imparting of elementary knowledge is universally regarded as a public function. Yet this is neither self-evident nor self-explanatory. The degree of involvement of state agencies in the supervision, financing and organization of the school system sometimes varies so much that the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • The Teaching Gap

    Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

    by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert ...
    Comparing math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States, two leading researchers offer a surprising new view of teaching and a bold action plan for improving education inside the American classroom.For years our schools and children have lagged behind international standards in reading, arithmetic, and most other areas of academic achievement. It is no secret that ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Hit Lit

    Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers

    by James W. Hall ...
    DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDEWhat do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as case studies—including The Godfather, Gone with ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • China's Higher Education Reform and Internationalisation

    Edited by Janette Ryan ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    Despite radical and fundamental reform of the Chinese higher education system, very little is known about this outside China. The past decade has seen radical reform of all levels of China’s education system as it attempts to meet changing economic and social needs and aspirations: this has included transformation of university curricula, pedagogy and evaluation measures, rapidly increasing joint ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Anthropologies of Education

    A Global Guide to Ethnographic Studies of Learning and Schooling

    Edited by Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt ...
    Despite international congresses and international journals, anthropologies of education differ significantly around the world. Linguistic barriers constrain the flow of ideas, which results in a vast amount of research on educational anthropology that is not published in English or is difficult for international readers to find. This volume responds to the call to attend to educational research ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Higher Education, Stratification, and Workforce Development

    Competitive Advantage in Europe, the US, and Canada

    Edited by Sheila Slaughter, Barrett Jay Taylor ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This work analyses how political economic shifts contribute to competition within higher education systems in the US, EU, and Canada. The authors highlight competition for prestige and public and private subsidies, exploring the consequences of these processes through theoretical and empirical analyses. Accordingly, the work highlights topics that will be of interest to a wide range of audiences. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Improving Teacher Quality

    The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context

    by Motoko Akiba, Gerald LeTendre ...
    This groundbreaking work examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities, using data from 15 countries. The authors compare and contrast the United States with two high-achieving countries—Japan and Australia—that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Drawing on both large international data sets and ethnographic and small-scale ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Multiracial Urban High School

    Fearing Peers and Trusting Friends

    by S. Rosenbloom ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    From 1996-2000, thirty minority teenagers (African American, Chinese American, Puerto Rican American, and Dominican American) were interviewed every year for four years to investigate how their experiences in high school shaped their social relationships. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Education and Global Cultural Dialogue

    A Tribute to Ruth Hayhoe

    Edited by K. Mundy, Q. Zha ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Cultural and spiritual resources are arguably essential to achievement of educational goals, both as economic and political initiatives and as human rights. This book addresses questions surrounding education and inter-cultural understanding in a broad global framework. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Higher Education in Germany—Recent Developments in an International Perspective

    by Otto Hüther, Georg Krücken ...
    Translated by Michael Alger ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken analyze the developments of the last 20 years in their new book on German higher education.The foreign observer of German higher education, even the informed foreign observer, struggles to find denominators, not to mention common denominators of a bewildering array of approaches. Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken, in this book, do an absolutely splendid job of offering ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Exploring the School Choice Universe

    Evidence and Recommendations

    Edited by Gary Miron, Kevin G. Welner, Patricia H. Hinchey, William J. Mathis ...
    Series series The National Education Policy Center Series
    Exploring the School Choice Universe: Evidence and Recommendations gives readers a comprehensive, complete picture of choice policies and issues. In doing so, it offers cross-cutting insights that are obscured when one looks only at single issue or a single approach to choice. The book examines choice in its various forms: charter schools, home schooling, online schooling, voucher plans that allow ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Fast forwarding Higher Education Institutions for Global Challenges

    Perspectives and Approaches

    Edited by Ismail Hussein Amzat, Byabazaire Yusuf ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book addresses various 21st century questions and challenges, especially the role of technology in upgrading teaching and learning in today’s society, and the role of higher education institutions in improving standards of living, economics, society and sustainability. It shares with readers the challenges of globalization to higher institutions concerning the issues relating to value ... Read more

    $49.49 USD