Study Abroad

Jerry S Carlson, Barbara B Burn, David Yachimowicz

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• While it is assumed that American undergraduates who study abroad derive unique benefits from the experience, until now its actual impact has not been... Lees meer

Diffusion of Innovations in English Language Teaching

Lynn E Henrichsen

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• Through an investigation and description of the campaign conducted by the Rockefeller-funded English Language Exploratory Committee (ELEC) to revoluti... Lees meer

Achieving Racial Balance

Sondra A Stave

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 65
• Five case-studies of mid-sized Northeastern communities--Dayton, Hartford, Rochester, Trenton, and Wilmington--are used to examine and analyze school ... Lees meer

Moral Development Theories -- Secular and Religious

R Murray Thomas

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 68
• Moral Development Theories--Secular and Religious introduces readers to 13 secular models and 13d religious theories in a wide-ranging comparative stu... Lees meer

Moral Education and the Liberal Arts

Michael Mitias

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• Education shapes character, particularly through the liberal arts. This collection of essays explores the importance of moral education to the liberal... Lees meer

Women in American Education, 1820-1955

June Edwards

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• The lives and contributions of eight female educators who influenced modern American schools are described, as well as the historical context in which... Lees meer

Effective Education

Charles V Willie

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 20
• Effective Education analyzes the ways in which majority and minority interests interact in the educational system. It outlines the concepts, goals, an... Lees meer

The Democratic Tradition and the Evolution of Schooling in Norway

Val Rust

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• In this, the first English-language study of educational reform in Norway, Rust isolates and defines the historical forces that have molded Norwegian ... Lees meer

Southern Cities, Southern Schools

Rick Ginsberg, David Plank

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 38
• Historians of urban education have concentrated their attention on the cities of the Northeast, leaving a major gap in the historiography of American ... Lees meer

Labor Relations in Education

Bruce Cooper

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• A comparative study of the background, development, laws, structure, and impact of teacher unionism in nations around the world. This analysis offers ... Lees meer

Between Understanding and Misunderstanding

Yasushi Sugiyama

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• Although international cultural exchange is an important feature of contemporary international relations, it remains one of the most neglected areas o... Lees meer

Social Goals and Educational Reform

Inabeth Miller, Charles V Willie

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• This collection provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the development of educational policy and practice in the United States during the past ce... Lees meer

The New Servants of Power

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• This is an important book because its focus is critical, and its aim is to demystify the prevailing ideology of school reform. Perhaps never has the a... Lees meer

Resource Allocation and Productivity in Education

William L Boyd, William T Hartman

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 71
• Resource allocation decisions made by school boards, principals, and teachers are critical for they determine the adequacy and equity of resources act... Lees meer

Partnerships for Improving Schools

Byrd L Jones, Robert W Maloy

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• There are so many ideas in this book that choosing a few to highlight here is as difficult as tasting only three items from a smorgasborg after a fast... Lees meer

Learning Disability

James Carrier

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• This book was written for sociologists concerned with education, but should be read by anyone interested in learning disability as a concept, either f... Lees meer

American Higher Education

E C Wallenfeldt

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 9
• According to Professor Wallenfeldt, if higher education is to serve the needs of a broad range of people, a communication must be developed that relat... Lees meer

Assessing What Professors Do

D M Bialik, David A Dilts, L J Haber

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 61
• This book is a basic treatment of faculty performance appraisal in higher education. It is written for those scholars faced with the need to understan... Lees meer

Education Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jeanne Moulton, Karen Mundy, Michel Welmond, James Williams

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 82
• Although many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have proclaimed it their goal to achieve free universal primary schooling to all children, few have come... Lees meer

Toward Black Undergraduate Student Equality in American Higher Education

Michael Nettles

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 25
• This book addresses some of the issues of equity and equality for Black undergraduates in higher education during the latter years of the twentieth ce... Lees meer

The Vision of the Public Junior College, 1900-1940

John H Frye

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• Public junior colleges grew rapidly between 1900 and 1940. During that time, nationally prominent leaders maintained that the junior college should pr... Lees meer

An Integrated Theory of Moral Development

R Murray Thomas

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 69
• This book is the framework for a new theory of moral development that combines components from a variety of existing theories of human development wit... Lees meer

The University of the Future

Tanja Lorkovic, Miroslav Pecujlic

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education | nr. 22
• The University of the Future offers the American reader an insider's view of higher education in a socialist country, as well as the opportunity to se... Lees meer

A New Academic Marketplace

Dolores L Burke

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Education
• This book examines faculty mobility in the 1980s from the perspective of process and market environment, and makes comparisons between current researc... Lees meer