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Creating Leaders in the Classroom

How Teachers Can Develop a New Generation of Leaders

By Hilarie Owen

This book encourages the commitment of teachers and parents, in order to develop responsible, self reliant and knowledgeable young people with great leadership skills. Although…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39995-1 (Routledge)

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Education and Society

25 Years of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Edited by Len Barton

The British Journal of Sociology of Education has established itself as the leading discipline-based publication. This collection of selected articles published since the first issue…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40975-9 (Routledge)

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Learner-Centered Leadership

Research, Policy, and Practice

Edited by Arnold B. Danzig, Kathryn M. Borman, Bruce A. Jones, William F. Wright

Many new approaches to school improvement are being proposed in the current climate of assessment and school accountability. This book explores one of these approaches,…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5844-0 (Routledge)

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Understanding Minority Ethnic Achievement

Race, Gender, Class and 'Success'

By Louise Archer, Becky Francis

Providing fresh insights and understandings about educationally ‘successful’ minority ethnic pupils, this book examines the views, identities and educational experiences of those pupils who are…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37282-4 (Routledge)

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The Sociology of Elites

By Michael Hartmann

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41197-4 (Routledge)

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Gender and Lifelong Learning

Critical Feminist Engagements

Edited by Carole Leathwood, Becky Francis

This insightful book is ideal for students, researchers and policy makers wanting a sound overview of the critical issues of gender in lifelong learning. Asking…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37485-9 (Routledge)

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Invisible Children in the Society and Its Schools

Edited by Sue Books

The authors in this book use the metaphors of invisibility and visibility to explore the social and school lives of many children and young people…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5937-9 (Routledge)

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Education, Philosophy and the Ethical Environment

By Graham Haydon

How much can we reasonably expect from education? This book, written by a philosopher of education, casts new light on this question by seeing values…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35662-6 (Routledge)

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The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Gender & Education

Edited by Madeleine Arnot, Mairtin Mac An Ghaill

This new Reader brings together classic pieces of gender theory, as well as examples of the sophistication of contemporary gender theory and research methodologies in…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34576-7 (Routledge)

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Thinking About Schools

New Theories and Innovative Practice

By Aimee Howley, Craig Howley

As its title implies, this book has a deceptively simple mission: to prepare would-be school leaders to draw upon a variety of theoretical perspectives when…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5194-6 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Education Research On Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor
Edited by Pamela B. Walters, Annette Lareau, Sheri Ranis
To be published December 2nd 2008

World Yearbook of Education 2009: Childhood Studies and the Impact of Globalization: Policies and Practices at Global and Local Levels
Edited by Marilyn Fleer, Mariane Hedegaard, Jonathan Tudge
To be published December 10th 2008

Handbook of Social Justice in Education
Edited by William Ayers, Therese Quinn, David Stovall
To be published December 11th 2008

Capitalist Education:: Globalisation and the Politics of Inequality
Edited by Dave Hill, Sheila Macrine, David Gabbard
To be published December 15th 2008

Feminism and 'The Schooling Scandal'
By Christine Skelton, Becky Francis
To be published December 17th 2008

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