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  • Changing Tides

    by Alex Standish ...
    While most pirates sail in search of riches, Captain Devon Hall, the infamous Phantom of the Caribbean, is driven by vengeance. Devon has sworn to put an end to the corrupt governor of Jamaica and break the ruthless man's stranglehold in the Caribbean.When Devon is wounded and stranded on land, an unlikely rescuer comes to his aid. Brett Campbell is nothing like his uncle, the governor, and his ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Should Schools Teach?

    Disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth

    Edited by Alex Standish ...
    The blurring of the distinctions between pedagogy and curriculum, and experience and knowledge, has resulted in a generation of teachers who are confused about the part that each of these plays in the education of children. Schools may still teach through subjects, but there is little consensus about what constitutes a subject and what they are for. The aim of this book is to contribute to a more ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The False Promise of Global Learning

    Why Education Needs Boundaries

    by Dr Alex Standish ...
    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Through the language of global learning, education is being reformed by corporations, political activists, and policy makers. Academic subject-based knowledge has been cast as elitist and outdated for a rapidly-changing world. The curriculum has been colonized in the ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Global Perspectives in the Geography Curriculum

    Reviewing the Moral Case for Geography

    by Alex Standish ...
    ‘For geographers across the globe this book provides the arguments for a return to the teaching of geography and why they should reject the politicisation of the subject by education policy makers and politicians. Standish’s careful critique shows the necessity of a depoliticised geography curriculum the irony of which would be that it would ensure that every child could point to Iraq, Iran and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Objectivity

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  • The Resident Evil at Blackthorn Manor

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  • Philosophy of Social Science

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  • Literacy

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    by David Barton ...
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  • Art, Artists and Pedagogy

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    Edited by Christopher Naughton, Gert Biesta, David Cole ...
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  • Going Beyond the Theory/Practice Divide in Early Childhood Education

    Introducing an Intra-Active Pedagogy

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