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  • International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research

    Edited by Paul Smeyers, David Bridges, Nicholas C. Burbules, Morwenna Griffiths ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This handbook focuses on the often neglected dimension of interpretation in educational research. It argues that all educational research is in some sense ‘interpretive’, and that understanding this issue belies some usual dualisms of thought and practice, such as the sharp dichotomy between ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ research. Interpretation extends from the very framing of the research ... Read more

    $485.09 USD

  • When Life Hands You Lemons …

    Inspiring Stories of Tenacious Teens

    by David Bridges ...
    These kids today just might change the world.Do you ever feel like life has handed you lemons? Within the pages of this book you will discover kids who have been handed lemons. Yet, instead of allowing these lemons to make them sour, they have chosen to make the sweetest lemonade you have ever tasted. If you like a good story, you will love this book. David Bridges draws you into each and every ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Mixed Ability Grouping

    A Philosophical Perspective

    by Charles Bailey, David Bridges ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education
    The book, first published in 1983, explores the argument that justifies mixed ability groupings in schools and the consequences of practicing the different justificatory arguments. The issues to be dealt with by staff making decisions about grouping arrangements in their schools are clearly worked out from basic principles rooted in social philosophy. The ideas of social justice and fraternity, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Philosophy in Educational Research

    Epistemology, Ethics, Politics and Quality

    by David Bridges ...
    This book provides critical and reflective discussions of a wide range of issues arising in education at the interface between philosophy, research, policy and practice. It addresses epistemological questions about the intellectual resources that underpin educational research, explores the relationship between philosophy and educational research, and examines debates about truth and truthfulness ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Education And The Market Place

    by Terence H. McLaughlin ...
    This collection of essays debates the application of market principles to and within the context of education. The contributors are all leading figures in their field, presenting their ideas in an accessible style to the lay reader. Throughout, the educational and public policy issues raised by the application of market principles to education are closely examined. ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Education, Autonomy and Democratic Citizenship

    Philosophy in a Changing World

    Edited by David Bridges ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
    Across the globe educators are being required to respond to a changing political environment. New nations emerge out of the collapse of old empires; new democracies struggle out of old structures of oppression. Driven on by the fierce competitiveness of the ‘tiger economies’ of the east, old social welfare[1]based democracies are transformed into new market led enterprise societies. The essays in ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Higher Education and National Development

    Universities and Societies in Transition

    Edited by David Bridges, Palmira Juceviciene, Roberta Jucevicius, Terence H. Mclaughlin, Jolanta Stankeviciute ...
    Universities and societies around the world are involved in significant transition. Universities are now invited to expand their central aims and purposes in order to embrace a role in relation to the development of the societies in which they are located. This change of focus has major implications for curricula, modes of teaching and the student body.International contributors to this ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Consorting And Collaborating In The Education Market Place

    by Chris Husbands, David Bridges ...
    This text offers descriptions and analyses of some of the different ways in which schools and other educational institutions have started to establish new collaborative relationships in today's competitive educational marketplace. Using case studies, the book describes examples of such collaborative structures.; Educational consortia have been established as a vehicle for professional and ... Read more

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    by J. Eldridge, A. Crombie ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Organizations
    An understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and empirical diversity involved in the study of organisations.Among the questions explored are:why do ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Have a New Kid by Friday

    How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days

    by Dr. Kevin Leman ...
    Anyone who has dealt with a strong-willed child knows that it is no easy task to turn bad behavior around. But the popularity of TV programs like Supernanny and Nanny 911 shows that parents have had it up to here and are ready to try anything to get their children to behave. Bestselling author and psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman is here to help.Have a New Kid by Friday shows parents how to reverse ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Human Rights and Social Work

    Towards Rights-Based Practice

    by Jim Ife ...
    Now in its third edition, Human Rights and Social Work explores how the principles of human rights inform contemporary social work practice. Jim Ife considers the implications of social work's traditional Enlightenment heritage and the possibilities of 'post-Enlightenment' practice in a way that is accessible, direct and engaging. The world has changed significantly since the publication of the ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Professionalism

    The Third Logic

    by Eliot Freidson ...
    Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Freidson shows how each method has its own logic requiring different kinds of knowledge, organization, career, education and ... Read more

    $23.00 USD