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  • The Working Men's College and the Tradition of Adult Education

    Edited by Tom Schuller, Richard Taylor ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern British History
    The Working Men’s College (WMC) is the UK’s oldest continuously running adult education institution, and a very distinctive example of the British adult education tradition. This volume brings the history of the WMC up to date, following the 1954 centenary history by JFC Harrison.Contributions from a range of professional educators explore topics such as the philosophy of the College, the issue of ... Read more

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  • The Rhythms of Society

    Edited by Michael Young, Tom Schuller ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1988, The Rhythms of Society reflects the time-obsessed age we lived in when it was written. The contributors, drawn from a range of disciplines, develop a common sociological approach to examine time in a range of cultures, sub-cultures and historical periods. With time even more of an issue now, this can be read today with an eye to the future. ... Read more

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  • The Paula Principle

    how and why women work below their level of competence

    by Tom Schuller ...
    An expert on innovation and work argues that many highly capable women are not being recognised, and that this harms businesses, societies, and individuals alike.Whereas The Peter Principle, a four-million–copy bestseller from the 1960s, argued that most (male) workers will inevitably be promoted to one level beyond their competence, Tom Schuller shows how women today face the opposite scenario: ... Read more

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  • The Benefits of Learning

    The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital

    How do education and learning really impact on people's lives?The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, family lives and participation in civic life, revealing the downsides of education as well as the ... Read more

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  • Sociology

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    by Steve Bruce ...
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    Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues have been stymied by conflict within the scientific community and mixed messages symptomatic of a rushed approach. What is more, scientific research is being shaped by the bubbles and crashes associated with economic speculation and the market. A focus on ... Read more

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  • Power of Reading

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    Here is a natural companion to Christopher Booker's bestselling The Seven Basic Plots (Continuum) and John Gross's seminal study The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters (Weidenfeld and Nicolson).The most eminent cultural and social historian Frank Furedi presents an eclectic and entirely original history of reading. The very act of reading and the choice of reading material endow individuals with ... Read more

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    Edited by Peter Róna, László Zsolnai ...
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    This open access book provides an exploration of the consequences of the ontological differences between natural and social objects (sometimes described as objects of nature and objects of thought) in the workings of causal and agency relationships. One of its important and possibly original conclusions is that causal and agency relationships do not encompass all of the dependent relationships ... Read more

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  • Values, Education and the Human World

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