Old Boys
The Decline and Rise of the Public School
ISBN: PB: 9780300219388,
Yale University Press,
March 2016
352 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 32 illus.
352 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 32 illus.
To many in the United Kingdom, the British public school remains the disliked and mistrusted embodiment of privilege and elitism. They have educated many of the country's top bankers and politicians over the centuries right up to the present, includi...
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12.99 GBP
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Beyond the University
Why Liberal Education Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300212662,
Yale University Press,
July 2015
232 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
232 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
Contentious debates over the benefits – or drawbacks – of a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of higher education have attacked its irrelevance and elitism – often calling for more...
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11.99 GBP
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Being a Language Teacher
ISBN: PB: 9780300186895,
Yale University Press,
April 2014
384 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
384 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
"Being a Language Teacher" provides an innovative, personal approach to second language teaching. Through illustrative personal anecdotes, this text guides new and aspiring language teachers through key pedagogical strategies while encouraging produc...
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40.00 GBP
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Winds of Freedom
Addressing Challenges to the University
ISBN: HB: 9780300196917,
Yale University Press,
April 2014
248 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 1 black&white illus.
248 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 1 black&white illus.
As president of Stanford University, Gerhard Casper established a reputation as a tireless, forward-thinking advocate for higher education. His speeches, renowned for their intelligence, humanity, wit and courage, confront head-on the most pressing c...
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44.00 GBP
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Talent Wants to Be Free
Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free Riding
ISBN: HB: 9780300166279,
Yale University Press,
February 2014
288 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 14 black&white illus.
288 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 14 black&white illus.
This timely book challenges conventional business wisdom about competition, secrecy, motivation and creativity. Orly Lobel, an internationally acclaimed expert in the law and economics of human capital, warns that a set of counterproductive mentaliti...
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27.50 GBP
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Promiscuous
"Portnoy's Complaint" and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness
ISBN: PB: 9780300192414,
Yale University Press,
April 2013
240 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
240 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
The publication of "Portnoy's Complaint" in 1969 provoked instant, powerful reactions. It blasted Philip Roth into international fame, subjected him to unrelenting personal scrutiny and conjecture, and shocked legions of readers – some delighted, oth...
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23.00 GBP
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Improving Literacy in America
Guidelines from Research
ISBN: PB: 9780300194647,
Yale University Press,
October 2012
240 pp., 22,9x15,2 cm
240 pp., 22,9x15,2 cm
An alarmingly high number of American students continue to lack proficiency in reading, math, and science. The various attempts to address this problem have all too often resulted in "silver bullet" solutions such as reducing class size or implementi...
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18.00 GBP
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Knowledge in the Making
Academic Freedom and Free Speech in America's Schools and Universities
ISBN: PB: 9780300188141,
ISBN: HB: 9780300111811,
Yale University Press,
September 2012
320 pp., 22,8x15,2 cm
320 pp., 22,8x15,2 cm
How free are students and teachers to express unpopular ideas in public schools and universities? Not free enough, Joan DelFattore suggests. Wading without hesitation into some of the most contentious issues of our times, she investigates battles ove...
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28.00 GBP
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25.00 GBP
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Future of History
ISBN: PB: 9780300181692,
Yale University Press,
May 2012
224 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
224 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm
For more than sixty years, John Lukacs has been writing, teaching, and reading about the past. In this inspired volume, he turns his attention to the future. Throughout "The Future of History", Lukacs reflects on his discipline, eloquently arguing th...
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19.00 GBP
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History and Educational Policymaking
ISBN: PB: 9780300184174,
Yale University Press,
November 2011
354 pp., 22,9x15,2 cm, black&white illus.
354 pp., 22,9x15,2 cm, black&white illus.
In this book an eminent scholar and policymaker analyzes the lessons history can teach those who wish to reform the American educational system. Maris Vinovskis begins by tracing the evolving role of the federal government in educational research, pr...
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25.00 GBP
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