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  • The Little Book

    Conceptual Elements of Research

    by Marino C. Alvarez, Bob D. Gowin ...
    This book is a companion piece to research texts, intended to guide readers through a personal path of inquiry that will enable them to better understand the concepts and facts that go into planning, carrying out, and finalizing a research. This unique book asks readers to think about questions that are interesting to them and which stimulate their interest and curiosity,which, in turn, provides ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Learning How to Learn

    by Joseph D. Novak, D. Bob Gowin ...
    For almost a century, educational theory and practice have been influenced by the view of behavioural psychologists that learning is synonymous with behaviour change. In this book, the authors argue for the practical importance of an alternate view, that learning is synonymous with a change in the meaning of experience. They develop their theory of the conceptual nature of knowledge and describe ... Read more

    $54.19 USD

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    by W. Paul Vogt, PhD, Dianne C. Gardner, PhD, Lynne M. Haeffele, PhD ...
    Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for weighing the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs. The book can be read sequentially or readers can dip into chapters on specific stages of ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Enlightened Eye

    Qualitative Inquiry and the Enhancement of Educational Practice, Reissued with a New Prologue and Foreword

    by Elliot W. Eisner ...
    Now available from TC Press with a new foreword by Nel Noddings and a new prologue by P. Bruce Uhrmacher and Christy McConnell Moroye, this classic text on qualitative research is ideal for both novice and established researchers. Eisner’s seminal work on mind, education, and research explores the ways in which the methods, content, and assumptions in the arts, humanities, and social sciences can ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Exam Schools

    Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools

    by Jessica A. Hockett, Chester E. Finn, Jr. ...
    An in-depth look at academically selective public high schools in AmericaWhat is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters? Can the United States strengthen its future intellectual leadership, economic vitality, and scientific prowess without sacrificing equal opportunity? There are no easy answers but, as Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett show, for more than 100,000 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Raising Literacy Achievement in High-Poverty Schools

    An Evidence-Based Approach

    by Eithne Kennedy ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    This book shares lessons gleaned from a two-year intervention in a high-poverty school, which was highly successful in significantly narrowing the literacy achievement gap and in raising children’s motivation and engagement in literacy both inside and outside school. Kennedy argues that there is much that disadvantaged schools can do to close the gap, but this is more likely to occur when a ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Radical Research

    Designing, Developing and Writing Research to Make a Difference

    by John Schostak, Jill Schostak ...
    Radical Research explores the view that research is not a neutral tool to be employed without bias in the search for truth. Rather the radical roots of research are to be seen in the focus on freedom and emancipation from blind allegiance to tradition, ‘common sense’, religion, or powerful individuals and organisations.Radical Research introduces and draws upon leading contemporary debates and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing

    Exploring the self in the learning process

    by Celia Hunt ...
    Arising from a research project conducted over two years, Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing examines the effects of fictional autobiography on adult learners’ sense of self. Starting from a teaching and learning perspective, Hunt draws together ideas from psychodynamic psychotherapy, literary and learning theory, and work in the cognitive and neurosciences of the self and ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Curriculum Windows

    What Curriculum Theorists of the 1980s Can Teach Us About Schools And Society Today

    Edited by Thomas S. Poetter, Kelly Waldrop, Chloé Bolyard, Vicka Bell-Robinson ...
    Series series Curriculum Windows
    Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1980s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1980s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1980s illuminate new possibilities forward for us ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • The American School Superintendent

    2010 Decennial Study

    by Robert S. McCord, George J. Peterson, Phillip I. Young, Noelle M. Ellerson, Theodore J. Kowalski ...
    This must-have study offers a definitive look at the state of school leadership in the United States. It provides a detailed picture of the men and women leading the nation's schools, based on a representative sample of school leaders nationwide.The American Association of School Administrators has conducted an authoritative State of the Superintendency report every decade since 1923. This report ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Child, Adolescent and Family Development

    by Phillip T. Slee, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears ...
    The third edition of Child, Adolescent and Family Development provides a comprehensive, readable study of human development from conception to adulthood. It explores the foundations of modern developmental thought, incorporating the latest in international research set within a cultural and historical context. Richly illustrated and enhanced by a range of practical teaching resources, this clear ... Read more

    $126.29 USD

  • Attachment Theory in Clinical Work with Children

    Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice

    Edited by David Oppenheim, PhD, Douglas F. Goldsmith, PhD ...
    Attachment research has tremendous potential for helping clinicians understand what happens when parent–child bonds are disrupted, and what can be done to help. Yet there remains a large gap between theory and practice in this area. This book reviews what is known about attachment and translates it into practical guidelines for therapeutic work. Leading scientist-practitioners present innovative ... Read more

    $35.09 USD