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  • Policies, Politics and the Future of Lifelong Learning

    by Ann Hodgson ...
    This text focuses on the political context of lifelong learning. It addresses the background, European and policy elements of lifelong learning, as well as providing a detailed consideration of the linkage of educational and political issues in this subject. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Dearing and Beyond

    14-19 Qualifications, Frameworks and Systems

    by Ann Hodgson ...
    Focuses on the 14-19 curriculum and qualification debates around the Dearing Review. It identifies the main parameters of this area of policy development for the future and argues strongly for a staged process to reform which ultimately leads to a unified 14-19 qualifications system. ... Read more

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  • Beyond A-levels

    Curriculum 2000 and the Reform of 14-19 Qualifications

    Since its introduction over 50 years ago, the A-level has been a constant subject of debate in schools, HE and government. Sometimes hailed as a 'gold standard', there is now intense speculation about the future of the A-level in particular, but also about post-14 qualifications in general. The furore about quality and standards which accompanies each year's A-level results has become an annual ... Read more

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  • New Labour's New Educational Agenda: Issues and Policies for Education and Training at 14+

    by Ann Hodgson ...
    This work discusses and analyzes New Labour's emerging policies in the area of 14+ education and training. The authors present an account of developments in the area of post-compulsory education and training in the workplace and outline the challenges to be faced in the next decade. ... Read more

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  • Coming of Age for FE?

    Reflections on the past and future role of further education colleges in England

    Edited by Ann Hodgson ...
    Twenty-one years on from Incorporation, the time is surely right to put away childish things ('That's where hairdressers go to get qualifications, isn't it?') and take a mature, honest stock-take of the Further Education sector. In this detailed, scholarly and yet remarkably accessible collection, Ann Hodgson brings together leading FE researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, from whose work ... Read more

    $25.59 USD

  • Improving Learning, Skills and Inclusion

    The Impact of Policy on Post-Compulsory Education

    Series series Improving Learning
    How can opportunities for teaching and learning be improved to ensure that many more people participate, gain qualifications and obtain decent jobs? Will government policies enable us to achieve these goals? What new ideas do we need to ensure a more inclusive, equitable and efficient learning system? These are some of the main concerns which underlie this thought-provoking book coming from a ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Education for All

    The Future of Education and Training for 14-19 Year-Olds

    There are two key questions at the heart of the ongoing debate about education and training for all young people, irrespective of background, ability or attainment:What counts as an educated 19 year old today?Are the models of education we have inherited from the past sufficient to meet the needs of all young people, as well as the social and economic needs of the wider community?Education for All ... Read more

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  • The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments

    by Ann Quin ...
    This new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author Ann Quin explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge. The stories cut an alternative path across innovative twentieth-century writing, bridging the world of Virginia Woolf and Anna Kavan with that of Kathy Acker and Chris Kraus. ... Read more

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  • Literacy and Growth

    A Genealogy of English Teaching

    Series series National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)
    Literacy and Growth is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18th century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.Hodgson and Harris reveal the Enlightenment forebears of such contemporary concepts as “cultural capital” and “critical literacy”; the ... Read more

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  • Facing the Extreme

    One Woman's Story of True Courage and Death-Defying Survival in the Eye of Mt. McKinley's Worst Storm Ever

    Ruth Anne Kocour's Facing the Extreme charts her remarkable journey of survival climbing Mount McKinley.She stepped into a death zone. The climbers on Alaska's Mt. McKinley called her "the woman." Ruth Anne Kocour, a world-class mountaineer, wasn't bothered. It was part of the challenge she faced as she joined an all-male team to conquer North America's highest peak...the mountain the Indians ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Secret Garden, The

    Unabridged

    7 hours 38 min

    The beautiful classic story of The Secret Garden comes to life with reader, Christina Ann Phile Traverso. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gothic Shadows

    15 Essential Tales of Horror and the Supernatural

    Descend into the dark heart of the Gothic tradition with fifteen complete works of terror, mystery and the supernatural. Gothic Shadows moves from haunted landscapes and psychological unease to vampires, doubles and the enduring monsters that transformed world literature. The collection includes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Turn of the Screw, Carmilla, Strange ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus