Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Legacies of Brown Legacies of Brown Stella M. Flores "This book illuminates the effects of segregation, desegregation, and integration on students, practitioners, communities, and policymakers in the fifty years since the landmark Brown v. Board of Edu… OL20545811W
Education in the new Latino diaspora Education in the new Latino diaspora Edmund T. Hamann,Stanton Emerson Fisher Wortham Describes how many Latino families are settling in areas where there has been little presence placing pressures on host communities and schools especially. The chapters describe how host community co… OL20630743W
Scottish Education Scottish Education D. Gillies,A. Kennedy,T. G. K. Bryce,W. M. Humes 'Scottish Education' is a frank and authoritative commentary on every aspect of education in Scotland. It provides detailed information on pre-school, primary, secondary and tertiary education. OL21053328W
Scottish education Scottish education Walter M. Humes,T. G. K. Bryce This is a substantial updating of the standard text on educational provision in Scotland, taking account of the many changes post-devolution and featuring more than forty new authors. OL21182880W
Education in East and Central Africa Education in East and Central Africa C. C. Wolhuter "Education in East and Central Africa is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the… OL23329199W
Judging standards and effectiveness in education Judging standards and effectiveness in education Isaac, John.,Janet Powney,Bob Moon Part of a series concentrating on developments in curriculum and learning, this book provides an outline of the concepts and methods of educational evaluation, inspection, school self-evaluation and … OL24432468W
The curiosity of school The curiosity of school Zander Sherman Itś one thing we all have in common. Wev́e all been to school. But as Zander Sherman shows in this fascinating, often shocking account of institutionalized education, sending your kids off to school … OL27022152W
La démocratisation de l'enseignement La démocratisation de l'enseignement Pierre Merle Le débat sur l'instruction a une longue histoire. Il a divisé les élites économiques et politiques au temps des Lumières, agité les révolutionnaires, animé l'œuvre réformatrice de François Guizot sou… OL29238907W
Race and education, 1954-2007 Race and education, 1954-2007 Raymond Wolters "Retracing Supreme Court decisions on race and education beginning with the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Wolters distinguishes between desegregation and integration and shows how devastating… OL3273625W
Education and the future of Japan Education and the future of Japan Michael Dawson Stephens This book covers Japanese education reform and movements over the previous century. To a large part it focus' upon Japan's third 'GOLDEN AGE' and the conclusions that can be drawn for use in cross c… OL3779922W
Essays on education in the early Republic Essays on education in the early Republic Frederick Rudolph Because they recognized themselves as being engaged in the making of a nation, the essayists thought readily about education as a national problem and as a national opportunity. These essaysist revea… OL4472799W
Relative/outsider Relative/outsider Kendra R. Wallace "Exploring the ethnic and racial identity formation among high school and college students of racially mixed heritage, the portraits in this book provide a thorough examination of the dynamic ethnic … OL9193950W