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  • The Story of a Generation

    Life Course Pathways of the Class of '73

    by Paul Anisef, Paul Axelrod, Carl E. James, Wolfgang Lehmann, Karen Robson, Erika McDonald, Erica Fae Thomson ...
    The Story of a Generation, a follow-up to Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of ’73 (2000), continues where its predecessor left off. Through surveys and in-depth interviews with a high school class that graduated in 1973, the researchers uncover how these individuals – part of the late baby boomer generation – navigated a rapidly changing world.Through this process, ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Choosing to Labour?

    School-Work Transitions and Social Class

    by Wolfgang Lehmann ...
    Young people about to leave high school argue that they are determining their own destinies. Scholarly debates also suggest that the influence of structural factors such as social class on an individual's life course is decreasing. Wolfgang Lehmann challenges this view and offers a detailed comparative analysis of the inter-relationships between social class, institutional structures, and ... Read more

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    The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

    by James Cote, Anton L. Allahar ...
    What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the ... Read more

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  • Making Schools Different

    Alternative Approaches to Educating Young People

    Edited by Kitty te Riele ...
    With a foreword by Professor Stephen BallWhat can we do with students who don′t succeed in the typical classroom, and what are the alternatives to full-time schooling?With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America, the UK, The Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible ... Read more

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  • Patriarchy Inc.

    What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality?and Why Men Still Win at Work

    by Cordelia Fine ...
    A razor-sharp and quick-witted analysis of why we need a new approach to fixing the gender inequality embedded in work.Work remains much as it always has: men occupy the vast majority of leadership roles and are overrepresented in positions from engineer to plumber. We see many jobs as “male” or “female,” with women dominating in healthcare and childcare professions. Pretending that this is the ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

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  • The Entrepreneurial Self

    Fabricating a New Type of Subject

    by Ulrich Bröckling ...
    "This is a book about who we are today, and how we have become who we are. It is about the engineers of the modern soul, the entrepreneurial self. It is essential reading for all those who care about the incessant demands placed on us to become more than we are, to become entrepreneurs of our selves, to maximise and optimise our capacities in ways that align personal identity and political ... Read more

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  • Mediating Interpersonal and Small Group Conflict

    by Cheryl A. Picard ...
    This is a guide to the theory and practice of mediation. It sets out a systematic approach to the use of mediation and to assuming the role of mediator. This book will be one of value to individuals interested in becoming mediators, to parties in conflict considering recourse to mediation to resolve issues, to students studying mediation as a dispute resolution alternative, to professionals who ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education

    Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools

    by Katherine Evans, Dorothy Vaandering ...
    Series series Justice and Peacebuilding
    A fully revised & updated handbook for teachers and administrators on creating just and equitable learning environments for students; building and maintaining healthy relationships; healing harm and transforming conflict.Much more than a response to harm, restorative justice nurtures relational, interconnected school cultures. The wisdom embedded within its principles and practices is being ... Read more

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  • The Mediator's Approach: Five (and a Half) Paths Through Conflict

    by Tara West ...
    Mediation - a world where conflict leads to honest communication, healed wounds, and win-win solutions. Or is it? That depends on what you mean by mediation! If you're confused by the conflict resolution process known as mediation, and all its many meanings, look no further. In The Mediator's Approach: Five (and a Half) Paths Through Conflict, you will learn the theory, goals, and practices of ... Read more

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  • From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities

    An Evolutionary Economics without Homo economicus

    by Geoffrey M. Hodgson ...
    Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. Pleasure-seeking can take place only within the context of what works within a defined community, and central to any community are the evolved codes and principles guiding appropriate behavior, or morality. The complex interaction of morality and self-interest is at the heart of ... Read more

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    Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

    by Paul C. Gorski ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
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  • Advocacy And Social Work Practice

    by Tom Wilks ...
    This books fills the gap in the market for an accessible, general introduction to advocacy, specifically aimed at social workers. The book looks at the value base of advocacy as well as emphasising practice and skills such as assertiveness and negotiation. ... Read more

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