Two hundred years before Jean Piaget did a twenty year longitudinal study of his children, Rousseau did this longitudinal study of an imaginary child. This novel is a story of how Rousseau would have raised such a child placed in his charge. As full-time governor of Emile, Rousseau begins his study, not with the intent of discovering how the boy would grow into manhood, but with the conscious intent of shaping and controlling Emile’s maturation…. More >>
Emile, or On Education
Learning Assistance and Developmental Education: A Guide for Effective Practice
This is a solid and well-researched work. It not only provides the ‘how to’ but also offers the ‘why’ for those who are designing a new program or refining an existing one.
?Hunter R. Boylan, professor and director, National Center for Developmental Education.Offers a new model for effective practice that helps learning assistance and developmental education professionals meet diverse student needs, increase accountability, manage resources more effectively, use … More >>
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This is a new affordable paperback combining introductory coverage of both ‘comparative’ and ‘international’ education for Masters and PhD students.With a foreword by Professor Erwin H. Epstein, a unique introduction to this important field, providing a comprehensive overview of the key themes, including: defining comparative and international education; how comparative studies in education have developed; methodological approaches to comparative and international e… More >>
