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Traces the philosophical challenges posed by children living in an information age, drawing on a range of philosophical thinkers. The author explores the difficult construction of childhood in today's society, looking at issues including child space and child empowerment, globality, tactility, talent, and visibility.

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This complex case study of an urban American high school offers an in-depth look at race, socioeconomic status, and interpersonal relationships. Unique in its use of historical, quantitative, and qualitative data, as well as theory, it will serve as an excellent source linking theory and practice in both education and sociology courses.

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This complex case study of an urban American high school offers an in-depth look at race, socioeconomic status, and interpersonal relationships. Unique in its use of historical, quantitative, and qualitative data, as well as theory, it will serve as an excellent source linking theory and practice in both education and sociology courses.

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Educating through Popular Culture is a tool for educators at all levels to improve their practice via popular culture in ways that both embrace and resist contemporary thinking. Its chapters provide a range of theoretical and practical suggestions to elicit discussion and spark creativity in all students.

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Educating through Popular Culture is a tool for educators at all levels to improve their practice via popular culture in ways that both embrace and resist contemporary thinking. Its chapters provide a range of theoretical and practical suggestions to elicit discussion and spark creativity in all students.

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This book examines narcissistic, self-absorbed attitudes and behaviors of individuals and the effects of these attitudes and behaviors on the American school system, discussing multiple strategies to combat narcissism in schools.

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An introductory guide to home educating for parents considering or involved in home education, this title includes: help for parents to decide if home education will work for their family; guidance on subjects and curriculum; and help to refine the skills of experienced home educators.

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Do Martin Heidegger's statements on the nature of thinking compel a re-examination of Dewey's view Does Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophy of experience advance beyond Dewey's experimental model This book examines John Dewey's philosophy of education, and asks how well it stands up in view of developments in Continental European philosophy.

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Given the polemic nature of promoting community in schools and society, this book, that has an international scope, uses an interdisciplinary approach of political philosophy and sociology to develop theoretical principles for the promotion of communities, and applies them to the realities of schools and society.

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Notions of 'community' are found in many educational contexts from primary schools to HE institutions. Given the polemic nature of promoting community in schools and society, this book offers a fully international approach to using political philosophy and sociology to develop the promotion of communities, schools and society.

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A guide to a key area of Education Studies BA courses offering an introduction to the emergence of modern and post-modern childhoods. It considers the social construction of childhood through the institutions of education. It is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students on education studies and related courses.

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A guide to a key area of Education Studies BA courses offering an introduction to the emergence of modern and post-modern childhoods. It considers the social construction of childhood through the institutions of education. It is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students on education studies and related courses.

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Examines the relationship HIV / AIDS has with education in different international contexts, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the USA, UK, and the Caribbean. This title draws on the international research in numerous countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, the USA and the Caribbean.

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Examines the relationship HIV/AIDS has with education in different international contexts, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the USA, UK, and the Caribbean. This title draws on the international research in numerous countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, the USA and the Caribbean.

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Explores the barriers and benefits to education that displacement may bring, as well as the specific challenges for education in the context of internal displacement.

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Explores the barriers and benefits to education that displacement may bring, as well as the specific challenges for education in the context of internal displacement.