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Teaching Toward Democracy - Educators as Agents of Change (Paperback): William Ayers, Kevin Kumashiro, Erica Meiners, Therese... Teaching Toward Democracy - Educators as Agents of Change (Paperback)
William Ayers, Kevin Kumashiro, Erica Meiners, Therese Quinn, David Stovall
R1,346 Discovery Miles 13 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Teaching Toward Democracy" examines the contested space of schooling and school reform with a focus on the unique challenges and opportunities that teaching in a democratic society provides. Teaching in and for democracy involves developing particular qualities of mind that teachers explore and work to develop as they become more effective educators. Some chapters open with familiar experiences in the lives of teachers in schools (working with parents and communities, or dealing with classroom discipline and management) and illuminate that commonplace in new, helpful, and sometimes startling, ways. Other chapters present possible interventions any teacher might make in any classroom for example, using the arts as an organizing center and metaphor for teaching more generally, or rethinking the press of politics on our every day practice. This book foregrounds the central idea that democratic ideals are a necessary starting point and context in which to enact our teaching here and now.

Handbook of Educational Data Mining (Hardcover): Cristobal Romero, Sebastian Ventura, Mykola Pechenizkiy, Ryan S. J. D. Baker Handbook of Educational Data Mining (Hardcover)
Cristobal Romero, Sebastian Ventura, Mykola Pechenizkiy, Ryan S. J. D. Baker
R4,548 Discovery Miles 45 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Handbook of Educational Data Mining (EDM) provides a thorough overview of the current state of knowledge in this area. The first part of the book includes nine surveys and tutorials on the principal data mining techniques that have been applied in education. The second part presents a set of 25 case studies that give a rich overview of the problems that EDM has addressed. Researchers at the Forefront of the Field Discuss Essential Topics and the Latest Advances With contributions by well-known researchers from a variety of fields, the book reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the EDM community. It brings the educational and data mining communities together, helping education experts understand what types of questions EDM can address and helping data miners understand what types of questions are important to educational design and educational decision making. Encouraging readers to integrate EDM into their research and practice, this timely handbook offers a broad, accessible treatment of essential EDM techniques and applications. It provides an excellent first step for newcomers to the EDM community and for active researchers to keep abreast of recent developments in the field.

Teaching Toward Democracy - Educators as Agents of Change (Hardcover): William Ayers, Kevin Kumashiro, Erica Meiners, Therese... Teaching Toward Democracy - Educators as Agents of Change (Hardcover)
William Ayers, Kevin Kumashiro, Erica Meiners, Therese Quinn, David Stovall
R4,202 Discovery Miles 42 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Teaching Toward Democracy" examines the contested space of schooling and school reform with a focus on the unique challenges and opportunities that teaching in a democratic society provides. Teaching in and for democracy involves developing particular qualities of mind that teachers explore and work to develop as they become more effective educators. Some chapters open with familiar experiences in the lives of teachers in schools (working with parents and communities, or dealing with classroom discipline and management) and illuminate that commonplace in new, helpful, and sometimes startling, ways. Other chapters present possible interventions any teacher might make in any classroom for example, using the arts as an organizing center and metaphor for teaching more generally, or rethinking the press of politics on our every day practice. This book foregrounds the central idea that democratic ideals are a necessary starting point and context in which to enact our teaching here and now.

Education in Small States - Global Imperatives, Regional Initiatives and Local Dilemmas (Hardcover): Peter Mayo Education in Small States - Global Imperatives, Regional Initiatives and Local Dilemmas (Hardcover)
Peter Mayo
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on education in small states. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of educational provision in political jurisdictions having a very small population a " populations which encounter specific challenges, threats and opportunities. This book presents a balance in regional representation a " covering the South Pacific, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean. The contributions pay particular attention to basic education, higher education, entrepreneurship training, post-primary education and the impact of globalization on educational restructuring and aid delivery in specific small state regions.

This book was published as a special issue of the Comparative Education.

The Routledge Education Studies Reader (Hardcover): James Arthur, Ian Davies The Routledge Education Studies Reader (Hardcover)
James Arthur, Ian Davies
R4,380 Discovery Miles 43 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Education Studies Reader provides an authoritative overview of the key aspects of education for students beyond the introductory stages of a degree programme in Education Studies, enabling students to deepen their understanding.

A blend of modern-classic and contemporary readings, based on a combination of empirical research and established theory, provide coverage of the following:

  • globalisation and the impact of new technologies
  • educational policies and society
  • curriculum and pedagogy
  • assessment
  • professional learning
  • learning beyond schools.

In order to encourage engagement with the literature, each reading is introduced by the editors. Key questions accompany every reading, enabling the student to reflect on the piece. Suggestions for further reading are made and explained throughout.

The Routledge Education Studies Reader is an essential resource for students of Education Studies, especially during years 2 and 3 of the undergraduate degree. It will prove useful to other students and professionals interested in the study of education.

The Routledge Education Studies Textbook is an academically comprehensive and appropriately challenging textbook that can be used alongside this Reader.

Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition - Perspectives, Issues, and Findings (Paperback): Xiaofei Lu Corpus Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition - Perspectives, Issues, and Findings (Paperback)
Xiaofei Lu
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Features/Benefits o The first book to comprehensively and systematically review corpus analytic research methods to understand/examine second language acquisition (L2 use, processing, development, and pedagogy). o Discusses recent empirical studies that employ these techniques to apply corpus linguistic methods across diverse areas of SLA and theoretical orientations, and highlights the contributions that corpus methods have made to the studies' results. o Discusses how new and emerging corpus linguistic methods can be fruitfully used in future SLA research. * Demand/Audience o The field of Second Language Acquisition has had a marked increase in studies on and interest in corpus- and usage-based approaches. This book serves that audience in both courses and personal research use with a comprehensive, up-to-date, how-to volume on corpus-based research methodology. o A unique resource for students and researchers of SLA and applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, second language pedagogy, bi- and multilingualism, and language teaching. * Competition o No real competition. Extant books in this area fail to cover corpus linguistics methods for SLA comprehensively as this book does; they either report findings from a specific research study or focus on a single theoretical perspective/particular area of SLA. o Many of the books in this area are edited volumes, which lack the unified authoritative voice of a single author that this book will have.

English Language Teaching (Hardcover): Patricia Hedge, Nick Andon, Martin Dewey English Language Teaching (Hardcover)
Patricia Hedge, Nick Andon, Martin Dewey
R14,369 Discovery Miles 143 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With contributions drawn from a variety of contexts, this extensive new six-volume collection from Routledgea (TM)s Major Themes in Education series, reflects the international diversity of English Language Teaching in practice. Bringing together material from a broad range of perspectives, it highlights the controversial nature of many apparent a ~givensa (TM) in the field, and provides a useful balance between academic and practical insights.

With a general introduction and separate section introductions presenting the historical context for current debates and guiding users through the various issues raised in the collection, this is a highly useful resource for both student and scholar alike.

Culturally Diverse Populations: Reflections from Pioneers in Education and Research (Hardcover): Diane De Anda Culturally Diverse Populations: Reflections from Pioneers in Education and Research (Hardcover)
Diane De Anda
R3,631 Discovery Miles 36 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The purpose of this book is to open a discourse on current and pertinent issues related to multicultural populations by the most noted experts and researchers in the field. This book offers an overview of the literature on multicultural issues and assesses its approach to the following issues: the stereotypic assumptions with regard to filial piety and Asian American populations, substance abuse within the Latino community, multicultural youth and elders, refugee and immigrant populations as well as vulnerable populations such as victims of political and sexual exploitation. The aim is to provide a forum for educators in the field to present views regarding important issues for which there is no other venue. They are important for educators, practitioners, and students in the field to consider and discuss. These will serve as springboards for such discussion. Although references will be cited when appropriate, these will be position papers rather than research papers or reviews of the literature. This book was based on a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

Playbuilding as Qualitative Research - A Participatory Arts-Based Approach (Hardcover): Joe Norris Playbuilding as Qualitative Research - A Participatory Arts-Based Approach (Hardcover)
Joe Norris
R4,217 Discovery Miles 42 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is for both art-based researchers and research-informed artists, exploring the theatrical genre known as Collective Creation, or Playbuilding. Performers generate data around chosen topics-- from addiction and sexuality to qualitative research--by compiling scenes from their disparate voices. Audience members become involved in the investigation, and the performed scenes do not end the conversation but challenge and extend it. Through discussion and audience participation, the process examines how knowledge is defined and how data is mediated.

The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education (Hardcover): Michael W Apple, Stephen J Ball, Luis Armando... The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education (Hardcover)
Michael W Apple, Stephen J Ball, Luis Armando Gandin
R6,588 Discovery Miles 65 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection brings together many of the world 's leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of social conflict and social inequality.

The research, conducted by leading international scholars in the field, indicates that two complexly interrelated agendas are discernible in the heat and noise of educational change over the past twenty-five years. The first rests on a clear articulation by the state of its requirements of education. The second promotes at least the appearance of greater autonomy on the part of educational institutions in the delivery of those requirements. The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education examines the ways in which the sociology of education has responded to these two political agendas, addressing a range of issues which cover three key areas:

  • perspectives and theories
  • social processes and practices
  • inequalities and resistances.

The book strongly communicates the vibrancy and diversity of the sociology of education and the nature of sociological work in this field. It will be a primary resource for teachers, as well as a title of major interest to practising sociologists of education.

Cambodia for Sale - Everyday Privatization in Education and Beyond (Paperback): Will Brehm Cambodia for Sale - Everyday Privatization in Education and Beyond (Paperback)
Will Brehm
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Winner of the Comparative and International Education Society's Globalization and Education SIG Book Award Cambodia for Sale: Everyday Privatization in Education and Beyond details a post-conflict society that socializes children into a world of private rather than public goods. Despite the government's best efforts since the 1990s to re-constitute a functioning system of public services, life remains organized around buying and selling virtually everything, from humanitarian aid to schooling and from religious good deeds to irrigation. Through an ethnography of one village, Cambodia for Sale argues that efforts to rebuild Cambodia after decades of conflict have resulted in various forms of everyday privatization. Although this is most notable in the education system, these practices of privatization can be found in multiple institutions that constitute social life, from the Buddhist pagoda to local government. The various efforts of international development are as much at fault for this reality as are the legacies of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. This argument unfolds through the life stories of six residents of the Preah Go village, who collectively depict everyday life through overlapping village institutions, systems, and histories. This is an insightful and valuable reference for scholars interested in educational development, Southeast Asian studies, and comparative education.

Social Change in the History of British Education (Paperback): Joyce Goodman, Gary McCulloch, William Richardson Social Change in the History of British Education (Paperback)
Joyce Goodman, Gary McCulloch, William Richardson
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work provides an overall review and analysis of the history of education and of its key research priorities in the British context. It investigates the extent to which education has contributed historically to social change in Britain, how it has itself been moulded by society, and the needs and opportunities that remain for further research in this general area. Contributors review the strengths and limitations of the historical literature on social change in British education over the past forty years, ascertain what this literature tells us about the relationship between education and social change, and map areas and themes for future historical research. They consider both formal and informal education, different levels and stages of the education system, the process and experience of education, and regional and national perspectives. They also engage with broader discussions about theory and methodology. The collection covers a large amount of historical territory, from the sixteenth century to the present, including the emergence of the learned professions, the relationship between society and the economy, the role of higher technological education, the historical experiences of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the social significance of teaching and learning, and the importance of social class, gender, ethnicity, and disability. It involves personal biography no less than broad national and international movements in its considerations. This book will be a major contribution to research as well as a general resource in the history and historiography of education in Britain.

Student Edition 2018 (Paperback): Hmd Hmd Student Edition 2018 (Paperback)
Hmd Hmd
R3,654 R3,398 Discovery Miles 33 980 Save R256 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Troubling Gender in Education (Hardcover): Jo-Anne Dillabough, Julie McLeod, Martin Mills Troubling Gender in Education (Hardcover)
Jo-Anne Dillabough, Julie McLeod, Martin Mills
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores new questions and lines of analysis within the field of 'gender and education', conveying some of the style and diversity of contemporary research directions. It celebrates as well as assesses the achievements of feminist work in education, acknowledging this legacy while also 'troubling' and opening up for critical reflection any potential stalemates and sticking points in research trends on gender and education. The collection has a strong cross-cultural focus, with chapters exploring experiences of students and teachers in the UK, the US, Australia, Canada, Hawaii and South Africa. The chapters examine topics relevant to both boys' and girls' education and to forms of education which span different sectors and both informal and formal spaces. Issues examined include citizenship and belonging, affect, authority and pedagogy, sexuality and the body, racism, and national identity and new and emerging forms of masculinity and femininity. Across these varied terrains, each of the authors engages with theoretical work informed by a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the social sciences and humanities, drawing variously from postcolonial, queer, and new sociological theories of modernity and identity, as well as from fields such as cultural geography and narrative studies. This collection of thought-provoking essays is essential reading for scholars and graduate students wanting to understand the current state of play on research and theory on 'gender and education'. This book was published in a special issue of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.

Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse - Fat Fabrications (Hardcover): John Evans, Emma Rich, Brian Davies, Rachel... Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse - Fat Fabrications (Hardcover)
John Evans, Emma Rich, Brian Davies, Rachel Allwood
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eating less, exercising more and losing weight seem the obvious solution for the oncoming 'obesity epidemic'. Rarely, however, is thought given to how these messages are interpreted and whether they are in fact inherently healthy. Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse investigates how 'body centred talk' about weight, fat, food and exercise is recycled in schools, enters educational processes, and impacts on the identities and health of young people. Drawing on the experiences of young women who have developed eating disorders and research on international school curricula and the media, the authors challenge the veracity, substance and merits of contemporary 'obesity discourse'. By concentrating on previously unexplored aspects of the debate around weight and health, it is revealed how well-meaning advice can propel some children toward behaviour that seriously damages their health. This book is not only about 'eating disorders' and the people affected, but the effects of obesity discourse on everyone's health as it enters public policy, educational practice and the cultural fabric of our lives. It will interest students, teachers, doctors, health professionals and researchers concerned with obesity and weight issues.

Grassroots Literacy - Writing, Identity and Voice in Central Africa (Hardcover): Jan Blommaert Grassroots Literacy - Writing, Identity and Voice in Central Africa (Hardcover)
Jan Blommaert
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What effect has globalization had on our understanding of literacy? Grassroots Literacy seeks to address the relationship between globalization and the widening gap between grassroots' literacies, or writings from ordinary people and local communities, and elite' literacies. Displaced from their original context to elite literacy environments in the form of letters, police declarations and pieces of creative writing, grassroots' literacies are unsurprisingly easily disqualified, either as bad' forms of literacy, or as messages that fail to be understood. Through close analysis of two unique, handwritten documents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan Blommaert considers how grassroots' literacy in the Third World develops outside the literacy-saturated environments of the developed world. In examining these documents produced by socially and economically marginalized writers Blommaert demonstrates how literacy environments should be understood as relatively autonomous systems. Grassroots Literacy will be key reading for students of language and literacy studies as well as an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in understanding the implications of globalization on local literacy practices. Jan Blommaert is Distinguished Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Jyv"skyl," Finland, as well as Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at Tilburg University. His publications include Debating Diversity (co-author, Routledge, 1998), Language Ideological Debates (editor, 1999) and Discourse: A Critical Introduction (author, 2005).

Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills - Findings from Longitudinal Research (Hardcover): Stephen Reder, John Bynner Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills - Findings from Longitudinal Research (Hardcover)
Stephen Reder, John Bynner
R4,383 Discovery Miles 43 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend our knowledge of what works in raising skill levels, as well as the social and economic returns to improvement. Many fundamental research questions in adult education involve change over time: how adults learn, how program participation influences their acquisition of skills and knowledge, and how their educational development interacts with their social and economic performance. Although a growing number of longitudinal studies in adult basic education have recently been completed, this book is the first systematic compilation of findings and methods. Triangulating findings from different methodological perspectives and research designs, and across countries, this text produces convergence on key conclusions about the role of basic skills in the modern life course and the most effective ways of enhancing them.

Economic Dimensions in Education (Paperback): Martin O'Donoghue Economic Dimensions in Education (Paperback)
Martin O'Donoghue
R1,350 Discovery Miles 13 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the economic issues of education from an unusually systematic and broad perspective. Although the book is soundly based in economic theory, it is not heavily mathematical.

Economic Dimensions in Education is designed to provide an introductory analysis of economic issues in education both in academic life and in the general community. Some of the issues discussed include the nature and reasons for public sector activity in education, the role education plays in providing skilled human resources for an economy, and the economic consequences of migration between countries of educated peoples. The book also deals with various aspects of demand: patterns of educational demand, individual demand for education as a form of social investment for the community, and supply aspects of education as related to types and sizes of educational establishments and problems of ensuring the efficient provision of education.

There has been a growing interest in the economic aspects of education. The considerable growth in the volume of educational activity is now at the point where today education is one of the largest industries in most countries and also one of the chief employers of highly skilled personnel. The recognition that education may have a significant influence on the employment and income opportunities and hence affect the distribution of income and wealth in society is also a factor. A final reason stems from the post-war emphasis on economic growth and development, with education playing an important role as a provider of skilled personnel for an economy.

This classic volume is comprehensive, clearly written, and will appeal to undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The treatment is firmly embedded in economic theory and is must reading for those professional economists concerned with education.

The Politics of Structural Education Reform (Hardcover): Keith A. Nitta The Politics of Structural Education Reform (Hardcover)
Keith A. Nitta
R4,214 Discovery Miles 42 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Education policymaking is traditionally seen as a domestic political process. The job of deciding where students will be educated, what they will be taught, who will teach them, and how it will be paid for clearly rests with some mix of district, state, and national policymakers. This book seeks to show how global trends have produced similar changes to very different educational systems in the United States and Japan. Despite different historical development, social norms, and institutional structures, the U.S. and Japanese education systems have been restructured over the past dozen years, not just incrementally but in ways that have transformed traditional power arrangements. Based on 124 interviews, this book examines two restructuring episodes in U.S. education and two restructuring episodes in Japanese education. The four episodes reveal a similar politics of structural education reform that is driven by symbolic action and bureaucratic turf wars, which has ultimately hindered educational improvement in both countries.

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology - A Project of the Association for Educational Communications... Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology - A Project of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
David Jonassen, Michael J. Spector, Marcy Driscoll, M.David Merrill, Jeroen van Merrienboer, …
R7,536 Discovery Miles 75 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sponsored by the Association of Educational Communication and Technology (AECT), the third edition of this groundbreaking handbook continues the mission of its predecessors: to provide up-to-date summaries and syntheses of recent research pertinent to the educational uses of information and communication technologies.The new edition is organized into the following six sections: foundations, strategies, technologies, models, design and development, and methodological issues. In response to feedback from users of the second edition, the following changes have been built into this edition. More Comprehensive - Topical coverage has been expanded from 41 to 56 chapters and includes many more chapters on technology than in previous editions. Restructured Chapters - This edition features shorter chapters with introductory abstracts, keyword definitions, and extended bibliographies. More International - More than 20% of the contributing authors and one of the volume editors are non-American. Theoretical Focus - Part I provides expanded, cross-disciplinary theoretical coverage. Methodological Focus - An extended methodological chapter begins with a comprehensive overview of research methods followed by lengthy, separately authored sections devoted to specific methods. Research and Development Focus - Another extended chapter with lengthy, separately authored sections covers educational technology research and development in different areas of investigation, e.g., experimental methods to determine the effectiveness of instructional designs, technology-based instructional interventions in research, research on instructional design models, and design-based research methods. This handbook isintended for graduate students and their professors, instructional designers and researchers in educational communication and technology plus the libraries that serve them.

Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development - Options for an Uncertain World (Paperback): John Foster, Stephen Gough Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development - Options for an Uncertain World (Paperback)
John Foster, Stephen Gough
R1,343 Discovery Miles 13 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research addresses a topical area of importance - human behaviour towards the environment. The book explores the economic metaphor of 'natural capital' in this context arguing that the currently dominant model of sustainable development, underpinned by a particular understanding of this metaphor, is impeding progress towards genuine sustainability, and secondly that it will continue to do so until the metaphor can be reworked in both thought and practice. This book explores an alternative economic model of natural capital value, based on recent 'real options' thinking which reworks the natural capital idea and provides a framework for articulating two major and closely-related shifts of emphasis.

Teaching the Annotated Bibliography - A Resource for Instructors, Librarians, and Other Academic Professionals (Hardcover):... Teaching the Annotated Bibliography - A Resource for Instructors, Librarians, and Other Academic Professionals (Hardcover)
Cynthia A Cochran, Luke Beatty
R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

--Only sustained treatment of the history and pedagogical importance of annotated bibliographies for curriculum development --Useful for composition instructors, research and study skills specialists, librarians, writing center directors, and curriculum designers --Contains practical materials including lesson plans, assignments, rubrics, and samples

The Education-Drug Use Connection - How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and... The Education-Drug Use Connection - How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency (Hardcover)
Jerald G Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan, …
R3,950 Discovery Miles 39 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health--the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.
The book uses data from the University of Michigan's "Monitoring the Future" project. It focuses on a large and nationally representative sample of 8th grade students in the United States who were initially surveyed in 1991-1993 and then followed over the vitally important developmental period between ages 14 and 22. The volume uses a variety of statistical analysis techniques, and the findings can be understood by individuals with limited, as well as with extensive, backgrounds in research design. The findings convincingly demonstrate that if young people can be successful in school, it can improve a broad range of outcomes in their lives, not the least of which is their ability to resist pressures to use drugs. The book provides: a summary of the findings and conclusions; a review of relevant literature; a detailed discussion of the survey and analysis methods; the academic attainment of those in the longitudinal panel; the delinquent behaviors of panel members as they relate to measures of educational success; and the patterns of initiation, continuation, and cessation for each substance: cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol.
This book is intended for anyone who deals with education and/or substance use, including educational, developmental, and social psychologists; sociologists; epidemiologists;educators; and policy makers. The analysis of panel survey data, using a variety of techniques, will also appeal to survey methodologists and students.

Midnight Feasts (Hardcover): A.F. Harrold Midnight Feasts (Hardcover)
A.F. Harrold; Illustrated by Katy Riddell 1
R472 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R83 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

One thing that unites us all – across time, nations and peoples – is food. From chocolate, rice pudding and sandwiches to breakfast in bed, banana phones and the fruit of a mythical jelabi tree, A.F. Harrold has brought together a wonderful and diverse collection of poems on the topic of food.

Beautifully illustrated in full colour by rising star Katy Riddell (daughter of former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell), this rich and delicious anthology brings together work from a broad range of poets, including the magically observant William Carlos Williams, award-winning Joseph Coelho and the inspiring Sabrina Mahfouz. Whether you're in the mood for a perfect bowl of yoghurt or a pomegranate omelette, these poems will satisfy any food craving. The perfect gift for any poetry or food lover!

What Does Grief Feel Like? (Hardcover, Book with Digital Content ed.): Korie Leigh What Does Grief Feel Like? (Hardcover, Book with Digital Content ed.)
Korie Leigh
R456 R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Save R93 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Help young children explore the ways people experience grief when someone dies. Gentle and reassuring, What Does Grief Feel Like? shares the many ways people can grieve when a loved one dies and validates children's unique grief experiences. Open-ended questions throughout the book invite children to share what they are thinking, feeling, and going through: What did you feel after your special person died? What happens when your grief gets too big? What do you do in your family and community to help your grief? Dr. Korie Leigh has spent over sixteen years specializing in working with children and families experiencing grief and loss, and she wrote What Does Grief Feel Like? from a child development perspective, with developmentally appropriate vocabulary. A caregiver's guide provides helpful information on developmental stages, expressions, and behaviors of grief in children.

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