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  • I Learn from Children

    An Adventure in Progressive Education

    by Caroline Pratt ...
    The memoir of an innovative American educator and the remarkable school she built—“a lucid presentation of what progressive education can accomplish” (The New York Times).Over a century ago, American educator Caroline Pratt created an innovative school that fosters creativity and independent thought by asking the provocative question: “Was it unreasonable to try to fit the school to the child, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The March of Folly

    From Troy to Vietnam

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government.Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Pilgrim

    by Paul Almond ...
    Series Book 4 - The Alford Saga
    In 1896, young rector Jack Alford is sent to the implacable, granite shores of Labrador on the vast St. Lawrence River. Hazards imperil his life as he travels this harsh 450-mile coastline by boat and dogsled, to visit his far-flung parishioners. Jack also manages to rescue a cook from the crew of a schooner to keep him company on his travels. In this fourth book of The Alford Saga, his zeal for ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Jose Rizal's Collaborations with Other Heroes

    by Jensen DG. Mañebog ...
    This unconventional history book scholarly identifies Jose Rizal's relations and collaborations with other prominent heroes like Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Marcelo Del Pilar, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Jose Alejandrino, and Edilberto Evangelista. Pertinently, Professor Jensen DG. Mañebog, the author, also features their respective lives and tackles controversial ... Read more

    $3.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Young Children and the Environment

    Early Education for Sustainability

    This second edition of Young Children and the Environment is a practical resource that illustrates the difference that early childhood educators can make by working with children, their families and the wider community to tackle the contemporary issue of sustainable living. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated, with a new section exploring sustainability education in a ... Read more

    $75.49 USD

  • Teaching History with Big Ideas

    Cases of Ambitious Teachers

    by Andrew Beiter, Mary Beth Bruce, Julie Doyle, Sarah Foels, S G. Grant, Joseph Karb, Megan Sampson, Trish Davis, Michael Meyer ...
    In the case studies that make up the bulk of this book, middle and high school history teachers describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities they encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas. Framing a teaching unit around a question such as 'Why don't we know anything about Africa?' offers both teacher and students opportunities to explore ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Engineering Agriculture at Texas A&M

    The First Hundred Years

    by Henry C. Dethloff, Stephen W. Searcy ...
    Series series Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Series
    The abundance of agricultural production enjoyed in the United States is the result of a federal-state partnership that relies on land grant universities to respond to the needs of society through research, invention, problem-solving, outreach, and applied science and engineering.The Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at Texas A&M University, established in 1915, has been an ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Persian, Greek and Roman Rule - Ancient Egypt History 4th Grade | Children's Ancient History

    by Baby Professor ...
    There were many nations who influenced the civilization of Ancient Egypt. There were the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans. In this book, your fourth grader will study how each of these nation conquerors shaped the art, culture and tradition of ancient Egypt. Secure a copy of this book today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Understanding Conflict and Change in a Multicultural World

    by H. Roy Kaplan ...
    Learning about the history of cultural conflict helps teachers reduce it in classrooms. This book shows our common origins and reviews sources of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East. It reveals how prejudice and stereotypes about racial and religious minorities create problems in our schools.Beginning with the human exodus out of Africa 60,000 years ago, ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Education in the Soviet Union

    Policies and Institutions Since Stalin

    by Mervyn Matthews ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This book provides a comprehensive survey of the successes and failures of education and training in the Khrushchev and Breshnev years. The author gives an objective assessment of the accessibility of the main types of institution, of the contents of courses and of Soviet attempts to marry the functioning of their education system to their perceived economic and social needs. In addition the book ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Languages of Education

    Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations

    by Daniel Tröhler ...
    Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
    In this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school, Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the "language" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than arguments--langues rather than paroles--this method of historical research is used to examine the background ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Day Nurseries & Childcare in Europe, 1800–1939

    by Dorena Caroli ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book traces the birth and evolution of the crèche in France, England, Germany, Russia and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, in an attempt to understand from a transnational viewpoint the history of an institution for very young children that was very different from what we know today. These institutions had the two-fold goal of combatting the two ... Read more

    $89.09 USD