Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Another Sort of Learning	James V. Schall	Noting the widespread concern about the quality of education in our schools, Schall examines what is taught and read (and not read) in these schools. He questions the fundamental premises in our cult…	OL15338568W
Educating the Whole Child	John L. Brown	While everyone wants students to be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged, it's tough to work toward that vision when there are so many other priorities and constraints. That's why we've …	OL15367226W
Humanism and Libraries	André Cossette	André Cossette's Humanism and Libraries is a concise but rigorous investigation into the foundations of librarianship—its definition and its aims. Philosophical and logical in its approach, it is int…	OL15455783W
Making the university matter	Barbie Zelizer	"Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting. The univer…	OL16140160W
Education policy unravelled	Derek Kassem	"A comprehensive introduction the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation which supports readers to engage in contemporary policy analysis"-- Provided by publish…	OL16342688W
White Elephants on Campus	Margaret M. Grubiak	In White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960, Margaret M. Grubiak persuasively argues, through a careful selection of case studies, that the evolution of t…	OL16816777W
The New servants of power	Ernest Kahane	xiii, 203 p. : 24 cm	OL19006013W
Changing the playbook	Howard P. Chudacoff	"One of the great attractions of American sports is the speed with which they move. Another is that every championship season will hold their banners and trophies in places of honor. And still anothe…	OL20023112W
The great mistake	Christopher Newfield	Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented stu…	OL20046446W
Taking sides	James Wm. Noll,James Noll	Twenty-one debates on education, federal initiatives in school reform, reducing class size, and alternative teacher training.	OL20503885W
Addicted to Reform	John Merrow	xxxviii, 277 pages ; 22 cm	OL21144143W
Bug, Livre 3	Enki Bilal	Essai-témoignage sur la dignité de la profession d'enseignant, sur les problèmes et difficultés rencontrés et par les professeurs et par les élèves.	OL23557213W
A Vision for Today: John Eggleston's Writings on Education	John Eggleston	xi, 173 p. ; 23 cm	OL2852134W
Keeping the concept	Gayle D. Beebe,Betty Overton-Adkins	Features the writings of the faculty and administration of Spring Arbor University.	OL28606169W
Learning curve	Terry Lawler	Basic commonsense solutions for working back to sound educational practices and philosophies addressing students, parents, teachers and life.	OL28774356W
Learning {re}imagined	Graham Brown-Martin	"Learning Reimagined takes its readers on a journey in search of innovation in the way we learn and teach. Filled with case studies and interviews, the book invites the reader to join the author as h…	OL28945427W
The university in ruins	Bill Readings	"It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes will mea…	OL2977642W
The outrageous idea of Christian scholarship	George M. Marsden	This book is a thought-provoking text on the relationship between religious faith and intellectual scholarship. The book argues that mainstream American higher education needs to be more open to expl…	OL3274839W
Social consciousness and career awareness	John S. Swift	xvi, 104 p. : 23 cm	OL4131652W
The making of Americans	E. D. Hirsch	From the bestselling author of Cultural Literacy, a passionate and cogent argument for reforming the way we teach our children Why, after decades of commissions, reforms, and efforts at innovation, d…	OL450334W