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Using William Glasser's ideas as a foundation, this text explores the five basic needs and their implication for classroom management. Additional management concepts and ideas are enmeshed in the developmental recommendations to provide a theoretical and researched validation ...

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Directed at the managers of primary (elementary) schools, this guide shows how to motivate staff, drawing on detailed case studies of both positive and negative experiences. It offers advice on involving teachers in their schools and creating "extended professionals".

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Teachers often find that the hardest part of their job is controlling children's behaviour. The author gives practical advice not only on how to eliminate unruly behaviour but also on how to entertain pupils.

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What can we do to promote more effective learning This book shows that effective learning depends crucially on a few easily understood principles, regardless of the age or nature of the learner or the context of the work. The book explains those principles and how to apply them.

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What can we do to promote more effective learning This book shows that effective learning depends crucially on a few easily understood principles, regardless of the age or nature of the learner or the context of the work. The book explains those principles and how to apply them.

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Offers a research based approach to understanding literacy as a process and a social practice, drawing on the philosophy of Gilles Dilleuze. This title brings together theory and research in the fields of literacy study and European philosophy through a synthesis of Multiple Literacies Theory (MLT) and the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze.

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REVIEW: . - September 98 CHOICE The four teachers in this study teach diverse subjects in a variety of settings. Although definitions of moral education are shaped by their backgrounds, their institutions, their perceptions of their students' needs, and their disciplines, all of the teachers consider moral education to be central to their work.

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REVIEW: . - September 98 CHOICE The four teachers in this study teach diverse subjects in a variety of settings. Although definitions of moral education are shaped by their backgrounds, their institutions, their perceptions of their students' needs, and their disciplines, all of the teachers consider moral education to be central to their work.

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Maria Montessori is a major thinker in education. This title offers an account of Montessori's educational thought. It is divided into: intellectual biography, critical exposition of Montessori's work, and, the reception and influence of Montessori's work and the relevance of the work.

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Montessori students aged 3-18 study in a stress-free environment with no timetables, no examinations and no homework and yet they are independent and self-disciplined learners. This title considers the origins of Montessori education, examines the key themes of this philosophy of education and explores the relevance of Montessori practices.

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Montessori students aged 3-18 study in a stress-free environment with no timetables, no examinations and no homework and yet they are independent and self-disciplined learners. This title considers the origins of Montessori education, examines the key themes of this philosophy of education and explores the relevance of Montessori practices.

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In this book, the author tackles a perennial issue in education policy, namely the inter-relationship of markets and equity. His discussion synthesises research findings - his own in the context of others - examining the triangle between theory, policy, and practice. This is useful for library collections and individual academics and researchers.

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Provides a formal theory of nonmarket failure, analyzing such problems as redundant costs, monopoly, frequency of unanticipated externalities, and bureaucracy in such nonmarket institutions as foundations, universities, and government.

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Mathematics, often perceived as a dull and immutable science, is actually a dynamic field filled with riveting stories and intriguing facts. Haven shares 16 of these stories with upper elementary and middle school students in his new book.

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Mary Mills Patrick's Cosmopolitan Mission and the Constantinople Woman's College details how a missionary transformed herself into President of a secular women's college in the late Ottoman Empire. Patrick's multi-ethnic educational model survived repressive regimes, revolution, and wars, only to be met in 1923 by the rise of ethno-nationalism.

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Mary Wollstonecraft is a major thinker in education. This title offers an account of Wollstonecraft's educational thought. It is divided into: Intellectual biography; Critical exposition of Wollstonecraft's work; The reception and influence of Wollstonecraft's work; and, The relevance of the work.

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Originally published as hardback: London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2008.

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