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  • DIVERSITY AND UNITY IN EDUCATION
    BRIAN HOLMES
    First published in 1980, Diversity and Unity in Education is the result of a conference set up to analyse criteria of diversity in education, comment on the politics of decision-making where diversity exists, and review in comparative perspective policies within countries and regions which have been designed to achieve educational harmony. Issues associated with the provision o...

    $860.00

  • EQUALITY AND FREEDOM IN EDUCATION
    BRIAN HOLMES
    First published in 1985, Equality and Freedom in Education investigates the extent to which it is possible or desirable to provide equal opportunities in education, regardless of age sex, race, language, and social class. Attempts to make such provision regularly attract the criticism that they remove the freedom of parents and religious bodies to educate children in accordance...

    $860.00

  • THE CURRICULUM
    BRIAN HOLMES / MARTIN MCLEAN
    Originally published in 1989. What should be taught in schools? This book explores the differing curriculum traditions in Britain, Europe, the USA, Latin America, India and the Far East and the possibilities for change. For the practising teacher and the educationalist it opens up the debates about ‘quality’ in education which have been intense in many countries throughout the ...

    $960.00

  • COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
    BRIAN HOLMES
    Originally published in 1981. Presented here is a coherent theory of Comparative Education research, based on the traditions and innovations established by such pioneers as Joseph Lauwerys and Nicholas Hans. From the author’s substantive studies emerges a taxonomy for education based on Popper’s critical dualism, and a way of analysing problems based on Dewey's reflective think...

    $960.00

  • LATENT VARIABLE MODELING WITH R
    W. HOLMES FINCH / BRIAN F. FRENCH
    This book demonstrates how to conduct latent variable modeling (LVM) in R by highlighting the features of each model, their specialized uses, examples, sample code and output, and an interpretation of the results. Each chapter features a detailed example including the analysis of the data using R, the relevant theory, the assumptions underlying the model, and other statistical ...

    $1,600.00

  • EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND THE MISSION SCHOOLS
    HOLMES, BRIAN
    Originally published 1967, this title reveals how the missionaries, so often misguided and short-sighted, were in fact pioneers of modernization, science and freedom. The structure of the book allows for comparative analysis and the volume illustrates how some of the social consequences of action through the schools could be foreseen. In addition light is thrown on the results ...

    $1,420.00

  • PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION ILS 232
    BRIAN HOLMES
    First published in 1998. This book is concerned with the methodology and is a result of the author’s thoughts over a twenty year period about the theoretical problems associated with the study of comparative education. ...

    $1,320.00

  • EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
    W. HOLMES FINCH / BRIAN F. FRENCH / JASON C. IMMEKUS / SHENGHAI DAI
    This new text provides the most current coverage of measurement and psychometrics in a single volume. Authors W. Holmes Finch, Brian F. French, Jason C. Immekus, and Shenghai Dai first review the basics of psychometrics and measurement, before moving on to more complex topics such as equating and scaling, item response theory, standard setting, and computer adaptive testing. Al...

    $2,120.00