Educational Governance and Administation, 6/etakes a problem-solving approach to the real issues that administrators face. The sixth edition of Educational Governance and Administration provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to school finance issues and schools as political systems. Its case-based approach, descriptive studies of how ...
The key to his notion of reaching understanding is the possibility of using reasons or grounds to gain intersubjective recognition for criticizable validity claims.
This text addresses legal principles applicable to practitioners in a succinct but comprehensive manner. It uniquely blends a detailed treatment of landmark cases with a thorough discussion of the legal context, trends, and generalizations to guide all school personnel in their daily activities. Information in this text will help alleviate ...
Legal Rights of Teachers and Students provides an applied treatment of the current status of the law governing public schools in the key areas that concern teachers AND students. Written for the growing undergraduate and returning professional audience of teachers, this text addresses legal principles applicable to pre-service and in-service ...
"One of the broadest, most comprehensive, elaborate and intensely theoretical works in social theory. Social theory and philosophy may never be the same again." (Philosophy and Social Criticism)
AFTER PHILOSOPHY provides an excellent framework for understanding the most important strains of current philosophical work in North America, England, France, and Germany. Selections from the work of 14 contemporary philosophers not only display the multiplicity of approaches currently being pursued on the subject, but also help spell out today's ...
The second edition of Legal Rights of Teachers and Students provides an applied treatment of the current status of the law governing public schools in the key areas that concern teachers AND students. Written for the growing undergraduate and returning professional audience of teachers, this text addresses legal principles applicable to pre ...
These 11 essays by philosophers and social theorists take up the philosophical aspects of Juergen Habermas's unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. They range in subject matter from classical problems to contemporary debates, covering historical perspectives, theoretical issues, and postenlightenment challenges. A ...
Brimming with literary delights from one of America's most foremost literary figures, this anthology gathers excerpts from Gifford's six Sailor and Lula novels, selected verse, an interview, and excerpts from the screenplay for "Lost Highway, " cowritten with David Lynch.
Discover the Flexibility to Teach Science Your Way! "Glencoe Science: Motion, Forces, and Energy," a module in the Glencoe Science 15 book series, provides students with accurate and comprehensive coverage of middle school National Science Education Standards. Concepts are explained in a clear, concise manner, and are integrated with a wide range ...
"From This Clay" is an eclectic collection of reflections on American culture and society and the ongoing quest for meaning and illumination in everyday life. By virtue of their idiosyncratic and personal treatment of universal themes, the essays give voice to concerns, hopes, and consolations that resonate with authenticity.
Transportation Economics explores the efficient use of society's scarce resources for the movement of people and goods. This book carefully examines transportation markets and standard economic tools, how these resources are used, and how the allocation of society resources affects transportation activities. This textbook is unique in that it uses ...
In 'Merchant Prince' Thomas McCarthy presents two groups of poems, set largely in Cork, and a novella set in Italy, in the period from 1769 and 1831. They tell the story of Nathaniel Murphy: his training for the priesthood, the loss of his virginity and vocation, his flight from Italy, and later his happy marriage and successful career as a Cork ...
Memory, love, history and ideas: Thomas McCarthy has a uniquely direct and engaged approach both to the private and the public, which are inseparable in his poetry. His special blend of wit and lyricism is shown to the full in this selection which draws on his five previous books and adds a large group of new poems.
Philosophical controversies within contemporary critical theory arise largely from questions about the nature, scope and limits of human reason. As the linguistic turn in 20th-century philosophy has increasingly given way to a socio-critical turn, traditional ideas of "pure" reason have been left further behind. But there is considerable ...
These 13 essays by noted philosophers and social theorists continue a celebration and examination of Jurgen Habermas' unfinished project of reconstructing enlightenment rationality. Focusing on the cultural and political aspects of Habermas' work, the essays take up critical theory and political practice, historical-philosophical reflections on ...
What is the potential for a divergence in views among civilian and military elites (sometimes referred to as the civil-military gap) to undermine military effectiveness? Although a variety of differences were found among the views of military and civilian survey respondents, these differences mostly disappeared when the authors focused on the ...
In his third book McCarthy develops both personal and public themes in eloquent, incisive and moving poems. Ian McMillan wrote of his work PN Review: "Thomas McCarthy is very young and very good...he mostly shines his torch on subtle, difficult and almost unclassifiable areas of experience and thought, almost in the same way that Andrew Motion ...
Presents studies of four major contemporary thinkers: Derrida, Foucault, Habermas and Rorty, analyzing contributions to recent critical theory and forging a distinct position in the current philosophical debate.
This powerful compendium details nearly 700 words and phrases on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, entertainment, and computer law, plus related technical terms. The author explains terms from the familiar to the peculiar, including vital terms from the GATT-TRIPs agreement. Each entry features: -- relevant area of intellectual property ...
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A MINING ENGINEER - 1918 - PREFACE - MY aim in this book is as modest as my method is informal. I have often been asked to publish my Reminiscences, but have refrained. from attempting the task, rather from diffidence as to my literary powers than from lack of interesting incident or useful experience. My present decision ...
The Gardens of Remembrance is a moving testimony to the power of memory, childhood, and poetry by one of Ireland's finest living poets. A distinguished member of Ireland's most prestigious arts association, Aosdana (never more than 200 living members at one time), and recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh and Irish-American Foundation's Literary Award ...
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Leadership for the Schoolhouse: How is It Different? Why is It Important?
