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Offers a comprehensive introduction to the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation which supports readers to engage in contemporary policy analysis. This title charts the continuity of policy development along neo-liberal lines, moving from New Labour to the emerging position of the Coalition government.

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Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, India, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the UK, this title considers, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to aid and aid agencies, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies.

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Drawing together eight original chapters written by scholars in the field of hermeneutics, this title takes variety of principles and themes from philosophical hermeneutics, drawing on insights from major figures such as Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur, and applies them to issues in education and the philosophy of education.

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An exploration of how the issues of extremism and terrorism should be addressed and taught in schools. It is suitable for students studying education at undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to engage with the philosophical, sociological and political issues discussed and the resulting curriculum and pedagogical debates.

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An exploration of how the issues of extremism and terrorism should be addressed and taught in schools. It is suitable for students studying education at undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to engage with the philosophical, sociological and political issues discussed and the resulting curriculum and pedagogical debates.

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James Avis argues that post-compulsory education policy provides opportunities for a progressive and radical transformation of the theory and practice of working relationships.

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Offers a global exploration of formal and non-formal education provision to refugees and asylum seekers in refugee camps, and in schools and universities of host countries. This title draws on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK.

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Offers a global exploration of formal and non-formal education provision to refugees and asylum seekers in refugee camps, and in schools and universities of host countries. This book draws on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK.

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Suitable for research students in education embarking upon their PhD, EdD or MPhil, this book encourages students to contextualise their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods by drawing links between the research question and its theoretical framework with the choice of the quantitative/qualitative methodology.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

Provides an important reading of Edward W Said's work, emphasizing not only the distinction but also the fuzzy borders between representations of the religious and the secular found within and throughout his oeuvre and at the core of some of his most customary rhetorical strategies.

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What is Action Research How Do I Collect Action Research Data How Do I Produce an Action Research Report This edition offers practical advice to educational practitioners engaging with action research, helping them to understand the key issues involved in completing successful action research projects.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

What is Action Research How Do I Collect Action Research Data How Do I Produce an Action Research Report This edition offers practical advice to educational practitioners engaging with action research, helping them to understand the key issues involved in completing successful action research projects.

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Essential for all teachers looking to develop their understanding and skilful use of a range of teaching modes and strategies to promote successful learning. >

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For most of the twentieth century the exuberant fluency of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's art was not regarded as worthy of serious attention. This title offers an examination of the work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning that connects her creative disposition, mind and mode to Shakespeare.

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During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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A fascinating new study examining how contact-induced change can alter a previously monolingual society to create one that is increasingly bilingual.

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A comprehensive and original approach to Levinas's philosophy, his ethics, politics, aesthetics, epistemology and metaphysics, in the context of his conception of exile.

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Discusses the role of empathy in learning throughout all levels of education and its crucial relationship to motivation, values development and achievement, impacting from the micro to the macro levels of society. The author considers the intrinsic nature of affect and empathic human relationships in learning.

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Explores Russia's military and demographic competition with the Crimean Khanate and Ottoman Empire for control of the Black Sea steppe in the eighteenth century. This book examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats.

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Employing classical rhetorical analysis, this book examines how Paul structures a deliberative argument using his understanding of the "cross of Christ". It claims that while Paul has a "theology of the death of Jesus", this terminology is used almost exclusively in polemical/conflictual contexts.

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The energy is the most important commodity in the world. Yet our basic energy security is threatened by an ideological social agenda driven more by myth than reality. This book reveals the energy and climate myths, from the West's war on carbon to the concept of peak oil and renewable energy.

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A practical guide that helps Early Years practitioners to engage fathers in their child's wellbeing. It provides practitioners with: strategies for recruiting, engaging and retaining fathers; evaluation techniques to develop work with fathers over time; evidence on father involvement; and, policy frameworks and their impact on practice.

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By outlining Protestantism and Englishness in early-modern literature to the present-day, this study reveals how other religious identities can be alienated in British society. It seeks to trace English Islamophobia to its roots in England's Protestant past, and more specifically to its aesthetic and literary rooting in Protestant values.