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  • Education in Bhutan

    Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness

    Edited by T.W. Maxwell, Matthew J. Schuelka ...
    Series Book 36 - Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
    Bhutan is a country in the Himalayas with a relatively new education system and a unique governmental philosophy known as Gross National Happiness. This book explores the history, culture, challenges, and opportunities of schooling in Bhutan. It discusses topics including historical perspectives on Buddhist monastic education, the regional and international influence on educational development, ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

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  • Contentious Curricula

    Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools

    by Amy Binder ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
    This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements.Amy Binder gives a brief history of both movements and then describes how ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD

  • Visual Art and Education in an Era of Designer Capitalism

    Deconstructing the Oral Eye

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    This book offers a unique perspective of art and its education in designer capitalism. It will contribute to the debate as to possibilities art and design hold for the future. It also questions the broad technologization of art that is taking place. ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Immigration and the Challenge of Education

    A Social Drama Analysis in South Central Los Angeles

    by N. Jaramillo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Analyzes a community from the standpoint of immigrant mothers in South Central Los Angeles who were concerned about the education of their children and the violence in their communities. Written in Spanish and English, the text brings together the women's observations as they put into action their developing political consciousness. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • 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

    $45.99 CAD

  • Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession

    Edited by Ulrich Teichler, William K. Cummings ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book focuses on the changes in academic careers and their implications for job attachment and the management of academic work. Against the background of an ageing profession, with different demands on academic staff, increasing insecurity, accountability and internationalisation, it discusses important, common themes in detail. This book examines such aspects as the nature of academic careers ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Education in the Balance

    Mapping the Global Dynamics of School Leadership

    by Raphael Wilkins ...
    Education in the Balance explores the significant choices and opportunities worldwide that are opening up to school leaders of the future for the development of schools and school systems. It argues that the judgments of individuals in leadership positions in a wide range of settings, including ministries of education, schools, private companies and NGOs may, cumulatively, have unintended ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Communities of Practice

    Facilitating Social Learning in Higher Education

    Edited by Jacquie McDonald, Aileen Cater-Steel ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    In this book about communities of practice in the international, higher education sector, the authors articulate the theoretical foundations of communities of practice (CoPs), research into their application in higher education, leadership roles and how CoPs sustain and support professional learning. Research demonstrates that communities of practice build professional and personal links both ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Globalization, Education and Social Justice

    Edited by Joseph Zajda ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Globalization, Education and Social Justice, which is the tenth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents up-to-date scholarly research on major discourses concerning global trends in education, social justice and policy research. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Changing Academic Profession in Japan

    Edited by Akira Arimoto, William K. Cummings, Futao Huang, Jung Cheol Shin ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume provides an empirical and qualitative analysis of the nature and extent of the Japanese academic profession, with a special focus on the changes that occurred in the period between 1992 and 2007. Based on responses to two comprehensive surveys administered to faculty samples with a similar questionnaire, the book presents key aspects of the academic activities and views of Japanese ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • 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

    $64.99 CAD

  • Education in West Central Asia

    by Dr Colin Brock ...
    Series series Education Around the World
    Education in West Central Asia is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of each country in the region. With chapters covering Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the book critically ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD