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Education Reconfigured
Culture, Encounter, and Change
As philosophers throughout the ages have asked: What is justice? What is truth? What is art? What is law? In Education Reconfigured, the internationally acclaimed philosopher of education, Jane Roland Martin, now asks: What is education? In answer, she puts forward a unified theory that casts...
Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge
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Women and Education
Series: Major Themes in Education
If a primary objective of feminism is to expose and challenge the social relations of power embedded in all spheres of life, then an exploration of the issues attached to female education is a vital aspect of such a project. Indeed, ‘women and education’ is now an established—and flourishing—domain...
Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
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Improving Primary Mathematics
Linking Home and School
Series: Improving Practice (TLRP)
Improving Primary Mathematics provides primary teachers with practical ideas about how to bring these two worlds closer to improve children’s mathematics learning. Using a number of fascinating case studies focusing on children’s experiences of mathematics both inside and outside the classroom,...
Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
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International Perspectives of Festivals and Events
International Perspectives of Festivals and Events addresses contemporary issues concerning the potential of festivals and events to produce economic, social, cultural and community benefits. Incorporating a range of international perspectives, the book provides the reader with a global look at...
Published October 23rd 2008 by Routledge
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Improving Primary Literacy
Linking Home and School
Series: Improving Practice (TLRP)
Parents can play an immensely important role in supporting their children's literacy learning at home, but how can primary teachers enlist the support of parents in helping children learn literacy? With a focus on improving children's literacy skills, this book provides practical answers to key...
Published April 4th 2007 by Routledge
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Festival and Events Management
Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries. With international contributions from industry and academia, the text looks at the following: * Events & cultural environments...
Published October 16th 2003 by Routledge
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Gender, Colonialism and Education
An International Perspective
Series: Woburn Education Series
An examination of the ways in which gender intersects with informal and formal education in England, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, USA and the Netherlands. The book looks at various issues including: citizenship; authority; colonialism and education; and the construction of national identities....
Published July 29th 2002 by Routledge
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Coming of Age in Academe
Rekindling Women's Hopes and Reforming the Academy
First published in 2000...
Published November 2nd 1999 by Routledge
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Union Retreat and the Regions
The Shrinking Landscape of Organised Labour
Series: Regions and Cities
Since the beginning of the 1980s, British trade unions have experienced a dramatic retreat, marked by rapidly falling membership and declining industrial power. The authors examine the regional dimensions of this retreat of organised labour, paying particular attention to: The resilience of the...
Published April 24th 1996 by Routledge
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Managing Resources for School Improvement
Published February 14th 1996 by Routledge