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  • How to Be the World's Worst Secretary

    This is an account of the misadventures of Miss Spinks, the world's worst secretary. It is based on a real woman—who shall remain nameless. The book describes 10 incidents in her work as an incompetent secretary at a digital information company, beginning with a mishap at her job interview with the managing director of the company, when she admits that she has no qualifications, no training, and ... Read more

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  • Studying Education: An Introduction To The Key Disciplines In Education Studies

    This book provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of the basic education disciplines for undergraduates on Education Studies courses. ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

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    The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

    by Diane Ravitch ...
    From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, “whistle-blower extraordinaire” (The Wall Street Journal), author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System (“Important and riveting”—Library Journal), The Language Police (“Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is ... Read more

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  • Too Hot to Handle

    A Global History of Sex Education

    The first comprehensive history of sex education around the worldToo Hot to Handle is the first truly international history of sex education. As Jonathan Zimmerman shows, the controversial subject began in the West and spread steadily around the world over the past century. As people crossed borders, however, they joined hands to block sex education from most of their classrooms. Examining key ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pause, Rewind My Teacher: A Flipped Approach to Learning

    Have you watched a YouTube video to learn a new skill and then fixed your car, sketched a portrait or baked a cake? How many times did you pause and rewind different parts of the clip? The biggest advantage of flipped learning is that 'You can pause and rewind your teacher.'Flipped learning is not a new concept, nor is it about filming every lesson and publishing it online for the children to view ... Read more

    $4.76 USD

  • Motives in Children's Development

    Cultural-Historical Approaches

    The contributors to this collection employ the analytic resources of cultural-historical theory to examine the relationship between childhood and children's development under different societal conditions. In particular they attend to relationships between development, emotions, motives and identities, and the social practices in which children and young people may be learners. These practices are ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • The Hearing Impaired Child

    The Hearing Impaired Child introduces the background issues of hearing impairment then discusses specific aspects. These include causes of hearing loss, speech and language, personality and emotional development, and careers. Appendices provide checklists for language acquisition and reading and writing skills, lists of useful addresses, a helpful glossary and references for further reading. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • A Pedagogy of Faith

    The Theological Vision of Paulo Freire

    This is the first book-length study in English to investigate Freire's landmark educational theory and practice through the lens of his lifelong Catholicism. A Pedagogy of Faith explores this often-overlooked dimension of one of the most globally prominent and influential educational thinkers of the past fifty years. Leopando illustrates how vibrant currents within twentieth-century Catholic ... Read more

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  • Paulo Freire

    A Critical Encounter

    Edited by Peter Leonard, Peter McLaren ...
    Paulo Freire is one of the century's great thinkers on education and the politics of liberation. Known mostly for his literacy campaigns in Latin America and Africa, and for his seminal work Pedagogy of the Oppressed, his thinking continues to be rediscovered by generations of teachers, scholars, community activists and cultural workers in Europe and North America. While his name is synonymous ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Education and Corporate Social Responsibility

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Jamilah Ahmad, David Crowther ...
    Series Book 4 - Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility
    Corporate social responsibility is becoming rapidly embedded into the strategic planning and operational processes of all organizations, while at the same time our understanding of what is meant by this phenomenon continues to develop and to be extended beyond the domain of the corporate into that of all other organizations. Academics have responded to this by embedding CSR into the curricula of ... Read more

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  • A Glorious Revolution for Youth and Communities

    Service-Learning and Model Communities

    A Glorious Revolution integrates the ideas of service-learning, positive youth development, and model communities into a book with a comprehensive message about making communities more democratic. Specifically, the book argues that through service-learning an educator can teach higher-order thinking, such as information literacy, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking. Educators learn ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Creativity and Writing

    Developing Voice and Verve in the Classroom

    This clear yet authoritative book affirms the vital role of creativity in writing and considers and encourages flexible, innovative practices in teaching. Importantly, the book reflects upon teachers' imaginative and artistic involvement in the writing process as role models, collaborators, artists, and as writers themselves.Arguing that children's creative use of language is key to the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD