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  • DECULTURALIZATION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
    JOEL SPRING
    Joel Spring’s history of school policies imposed on dominated groups in the United States examines the concept of deculturalization—the use of schools to strip away family languages and cultures and replace them with those of the dominant group. The focus is on the education of dominated groups forced to become citizens in territories conquered by the United States, including N...

    $1,160.00

  • AMERICAN EDUCATION
    JOEL SPRING
    Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system—with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source—Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. In his signature straightforward,...

    $1,360.00

  • ROMMEL'S AFRIKA KORPS IN COLOUR
    IAN SPRING / ANTHONY TUCKER-JONES
    "A marvellous collection of original wartime colour photos…For both historians and modellers, the variations in uniforms and their colours will be a great reference..." — Military Model Scene Take a visual journey through North Africa during the Second World War with Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Spring as they chart the path of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps through a series...

    $251.00

  • CAMPAIGNS OF THE EASTERN ASSOCIATION
    LAURENCE SPRING
    The Eastern Association is best known for its performance at the battle of Marston Moor and the rise of Oliver Cromwell, but it was so much more. It was one of the most successful Parliamentary armies that served during the First Civil War; firstly having to secure the counties of East Anglia from Royalist sympathizers and then supporting Lord Fairfax’s Northern Association in ...

    $459.99

  • TODAY’S GUIDE TO EDUCATIONAL POLICY
    JOEL SPRING
    In his latest book, Joel Spring covers major political, economic and social issues affecting US and global education policy today. Crafted to evoke classroom discussion, this book explores contemporary issues such as the pandemic, institutional racism, religious controversies, nationalism and immigration, increased reliance on online instruction, climate change, economics of ed...

    $960.00

  • TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    This practical teaching resource has been designed to give children aged 9–12 the basic tools required to challenge some of the conflicting information which they may encounter in everyday life. With increasing exposure to modern information technology and social media, amongst other things, children are increasingly exposed to misleading information that can seriously influenc...

    $980.00

  • SPEAKING, LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    Speaking, Listening and Understanding is a practical resource packed full of games to improve young children’s communication skills. The second edition of this bestselling resource contains a programme of games and activities to foster the speaking, listening and understanding skills of children aged from 5 to 7 years. The book seeks to address language and communication diffic...

    $1,340.00

  • DEVELOPING BASELINE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    Developing Baseline Communication Skills is a practical resource designed to fit with baseline assessments in primary school. The second edition of this bestselling resource contains a programme of games and activities to foster personal and social development, and promote language and literacy skills in 3–5 year olds. The book seeks to address language and communication diffic...

    $1,340.00

  • GLOBAL IMPACTS OF THE WESTERN SCHOOL MODEL
    JOEL SPRING
    In this timely analysis of the current state of global educational policies, Joel Spring focuses on the spread of the Western school model and its impact on creating an urban-consumer culture, increasing economic inequalities, contributing to environmental destruction and diminishing compassion and empathy essential for energizing social justice movements. In his signature stra...

    $1,100.00

  • UNDERSTANDING AND USING SPOKEN LANGUAGE
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    Understanding and Using Spoken Language is a collection of original games and activities designed to help and support children aged from 7 to 9 years. The book seeks to address language and communication diffi culties for children aged 7–9 by providing a range of fun and engaging activities. The activities focus on both social and language development in areas such as body lang...

    $1,340.00

  • READING BETWEEN THE LINES SET TWO
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    This monograph presents a novel typology of relational and territorial perspectives on legitimacy and identity. This typology is then applied to two different political and historical contexts, namely the trajectories of the metropolitan region Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the metropolitan region Ruhr in Germany. The historical discussion spans 500 years, providing valuable...

    $1,040.00

  • THE AMERICAN SCHOOL
    JOEL SPRING
    This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to leftist, in order to spark the reader’s own cr...

    $1,420.00

  • THE BAVARIAN ARMY DURING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR, 1618-1648
    LAURENCE SPRING
    The Bavarian Army has been overshadowed by those of Gustavus Adolphus’ and Wallenstein’s Armies, but it was one of only a few armies to have fought throughout the Thirty Years War, first as part of the Catholic League and then an independent army after the Peace of Prague. Among the generals of the Bavarian Army were Count Johan von Tilly and Gottfried von Pappenheim, who are t...

    $383.99

  • THE INTERSECTION OF CULTURES
    JOEL SPRING
    The Intersection of Cultures: Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy, Fourth Edition offers a unique, problem-solving approach to the complex issues involved in educating culturally and linguistically diverse students. Perfect for any course devoted wholly or in part to the study of multicultural education, this text addresses a wealth of topics. A ...

    $1,540.00

  • POLITICAL AGENDAS FOR EDUCATION
    JOEL SPRING
    Following the epic, contentious 2016 presidential election, Joel Spring’s ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education reflect the major political issues since 2012. Here he examines the 2016 education planks of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green Parties, using their official platforms and other statements, speeches given by each candida...

    $1,200.00

  • THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION
    JOEL SPRING
    The Business of Education—a comprehensive view of how education policy is made in the US and, in some cases, globally—analyzes and critiques the influence of educational policy networks in a wide range of contexts and from a variety of perspectives, including testing, college preparation, juvenile detention centers, special education, the arts, teacher evaluation systems, educa...

    $1,100.00

  • READING BETWEEN THE LINES
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    Suitable for teachers and speech and language therapists working in the fields of language and literacy, and concerned with developing inferencing skills in their students, this book contains a collection of 300 texts which are graded, and lead the student gradually from simple tasks. ...

    $1,200.00

  • ACHIEVING SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TARGETS
    CATHERINE DELAMAIN / JILL SPRING
    "Achieving Speech & Language Targets" is a practical resource book for Special Needs Coordinators (SENCOs), teachers, teaching assistants and speech & language therapists who are working with children who have significant language delay and who are in their first year at school. Checklists provide professionals with a shared reference from which both broad special needs areas a...

    $1,120.00

  • ECONOMIZATION OF EDUCATION
    JOEL SPRING
    In this timely, cogent analysis of trends and powerful forces shaping global educational policy today, Joel Spring focuses on how economization is making economic growth and increased productivity the main goals of schools, and the ways these goals are achieved—including measuring educational policies by their costs and economic benefits, shaping family life to ensure productiv...

    $1,420.00

  • GLOBALIZATION OF EDUCATION
    JOEL SPRING
    Continuing Joel Spring’s reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his signature clear, narrative style, Spring introduces the processes, institutions, and forces by which schooling has been globalized and examines t...

    $1,540.00

  • GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
    JOEL SPRING
    This is the first book to explore the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It also proposes evaluating school systems according to their achievement of equality and freedom. Education in the 21st century is widely viewed as a necessary condition for the promotion of human welfare, and thus i...

    $1,200.00

  • HOW EDUCATIONAL IDEOLOGIES ARE SHAPING GLOBAL SOCIETY
    JOEL SPRING
    In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly erodes under the power of a growing global civil society. Traditional nationalis...

    $1,280.00

  • STALINISM AND SOVIET CINEMA
    DEREK SPRING
    Stalinism and Soviet Cinema marks the first attempt to confront systematically the role and influence of Stalin and Stalinism in the history and development of Soviet cinema. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of the antecedents, role and consequences of Stalinism and Soviet cinema, how Stalinism emerged, what the relationship was between the political leadership, t...

    $1,540.00

  • THE GREAT AMERICAN EDUCATION-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
    ANTHONY G. PICCIANO / JOEL SPRING
    The Great American Education-Industrial Complex examines the structure and nature of national networks and enterprises that seek to influence public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives. In the past twenty years, significant changes have taken place in the way various interest groups seek to influence policies and practices in public education in the U...

    $1,420.00

  • CORPORATISM, SOCIAL CONTROL, AND CULTURAL DOMINATION IN EDUCATION: FROM THE RADICAL RIGHT TO GLOBALIZATION
    JOEL SPRING
    Starting with the 1972 publication of his seminal work, Education and the Rise of the Corporate State, Joel Spring has been documenting and analyzing the politics of knowledge and education. Throughout his work he has explored the attempts to use education to advance the economic and political interests of dominant groups. The general term he uses for the relationship between s...

    $1,280.00

  • THE CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF A NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY AND ITS TRIBE 1763-1995
    JOEL SPRING
    This book describes the impact of U.S. government civilization and education policies on a Native American family and its tribe from 1763 to 1995. While engaged in a personal quest for his family's roots in Choctaw tribal history, the author discovered a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe. Combining personal narrative with ...

    $1,100.00

  • PEDAGOGIES OF GLOBALIZATION
    JOEL SPRING
    In this ground-breaking book, Joel Spring examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in the integration of education and economic planning in modern economic security states. In the twenty-first century, national school systems have similar grades and promotion plans, instructional meth...

    $820.00

  • WHEELS IN THE HEAD
    JOEL SPRING
    In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations, and to examine forms of education that claim to free peop...

    $1,280.00

  • EDUCATION NETWORKS
    JOEL SPRING
    Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry, data managers, and professional educators — that are pushing the use of ICT for...

    $1,280.00

  • THE POLITICS OF AMERICAN EDUCATION
    JOEL SPRING
    Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives. This comprehensive overview documents and explains who influences educational policy and how, bringing to life the realities of schooling in the 21st century and revealing the ongoing...

    $1,540.00


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