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21. Bilingual Education and Language Policy in the Global South

    Edited by Jo Arthur Shoba, Feliciano Chimbutane

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism

    This volume considers a range of ways in which bilingual programs can make a contribution to aspects of human and economic development in the global South. The authors examine the consequences of different policies, programs, and pedagogies for learners and local communities through recent...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
22. The Social Child

    Laying the foundations of relationships and language

    By Toni Buchan

    Series: Foundations of Child Development

    What helps babies and young children develop proficient social skills? How do children's early relationships and social interactions influence their future emotional resilience and wellbeing? The Social Child thoughtfully discusses the key principles of children’s social development alongside...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
23. Educating Activist Allies

    Social Justice Pedagogy with the Suburban and Urban Elite

    By Katy Swalwell

    Series: Critical Social Thought

    Educating Activist Allies offers a fresh take on critical education studies through an analysis of social justice pedagogy in schools serving communities privileged by race and class. By documenting the practices of socially committed teachers at an urban private academy and a suburban public...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
24. The Philosophy of Play

    Edited by Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell, Malcolm MacLean

    Play is a vital component of the social life and well-being of both children and adults. This book examines the concept of play and considers a variety of the related philosophical issues. It also includes meta-analyses from a range of philosophers and theorists, as well as an exploration of some...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
25. Education for Fullness

    A Study of the Educational Thought and Experiment of Rabindranath Tagore

    By H. B. Mukherjee

    Rabindranath Tagore is remembered today chiefly as a poet, and his fame as a poet has often eclipsed his great contributions to other fields of literature and life — especially education. Tagore pondered deeply on the fundamental problems of education — aims, curriculum, method, discipline, values...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
26. Acting Otherwise

    The Institutionalization of Women's / Gender Studies in Taiwan's Universities

    By Peiying Chen

    Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

    Acting Otherwise concerns the strategies of action that have been used by feminist scholars to attain the institutionalization of women's/gender studies in universities....

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
27. Adaptation of Western Economics by Russian Universities

    Intercultural Travel of an Academic Field

    By Tatiana Suspitsyna

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
28. Aesthetic Experience in Science Education

    Learning and Meaning-Making as Situated Talk and Action

    By Per-Olof Wickman

    Series: Teaching and Learning in Science Series

    This book examines the role of aesthetic experience in learning science and in science education from the perspective of knowledge as action and language use. The theoretical underpinnings are based on the writings of John Dewey and Ludwig Wittgenstein. In their spirit aesthetics is examined as it...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
29. Coming of Age

    Women's Colleges in the Philippines During the Post-Marcos Era

    By Francesca Purcell

    In view of the increasing number of Third World countries considering the establishment of women's colleges to meet the demand for the higher education of women, presenting a case study of two key women's colleges in the Philippines. Within the context of global, national and local changes since...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
30. Contemporary Psychometrics

    Edited by Albert Maydeu-Olivares, John J. McArdle

    Series: Multivariate Applications Series

    Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis. The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between IRT...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press