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  • Civil Society’s Education
    Christopher Winch
    This book examines the relationship between the educational activities of civil society and those of the state via three case studies in vocational education, political education, and educational markets. Winch argues that the narrower educational activities of the state cannot be understood independently of those that take place in civil society which consists of institutions ...
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    154,15 €

  • Practical Rationality, Learning and Convention
    Christopher Winch
    This collection of articles by one of the leading philosophers of education in the English-speaking world takes up themes in the philosophy of language, epistemology and the philosophy of learning to shed light on philosophical puzzles concerning learning, concept formation, knowing how, the following of norms and whether there is a single concept of rationality that can be app...
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    180,13 €

  • Language, Ability and Educational Achievement
    Christopher Winch
    This title, first published in 1990, engages in the current debates about the teaching of literacy and the reform of education. Based on his dissatisfaction with prevalent theories of educational achievement and his experience of teaching in elementary schools, Winch argues that the dichotomy of biological inheritance and environmental influence is inadequate to describe the di...
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    46,75 €

  • Language, Ability and Educational Achievement
    Christopher Winch
    This title, first published in 1990, engages in the current debates about the teaching of literacy and the reform of education. Based on his dissatisfaction with prevalent theories of educational achievement and his experience of teaching in elementary schools, Winch argues that the dichotomy of biological inheritance and environmental influence is inadequate to describe the di...
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    148,19 €

  • The Philosophy of Human Learning
    Christopher Winch
    This book addresses current concerns with the nature of human learning from a distinctive philosophical perspective and is important for all who have a professional interest in learning. ...
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    94,98 €

  • Dimensions of Expertise
    Christopher Winch
    A detailed philosophical debate on the nature of expertise is long overdue and Dimensions of Expertise opens up that debate. Christopher Winch firstly explores an account of know-how, derived primarily from the pioneering work of Gilbert Ryle, and moves on to relate this epistemological debate to discussions concerning the nature of expertise in vocational and professional edu...
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    66,87 €

  • Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market
    Christopher Winch / Linda Clarke / Michaela Brockmann
    Drawing on case studies of particular sectors and occupations in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, this insightful book, written by leading academics in the field, focuses on the differences that exist in vocational education and training systems, qualifications and skills and explores the problems these pose to mobility in the labour market. ...
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    301,97 €

  • Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market
    Christopher Winch / Linda Clarke / Michaela Brockmann
    Drawing on case studies of particular sectors and occupations in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, this insightful book, written by leading academics in the field, focuses on the differences that exist in vocational education and training systems, qualifications and skills and explores the problems these pose to mobility in the labour market. ...
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    118,01 €

  • Dimensions of Expertise
    Christopher Winch
    A detailed philosophical debate on the nature of expertise is long overdue and Dimensions of Expertise opens up that debate. Christopher Winch firstly explores an account of know-how, derived primarily from the pioneering work of Gilbert Ryle, and moves on to relate this epistemological debate to discussions concerning the nature of expertise in vocational and professional educ...
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    317,72 €

  • Using Educational Research to Inform Practice
    Christopher Winch / Lorraine Foreman-Peck
    Using Educational Research to Inform Practice provides a clear, practical and accessible account of the way in which education research can be used to inform teaching in universities and colleges, setting the background for the requirements to evidence informed teaching before addressing questions of practical knowledge feeding from research evidence. ...
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    148,04 €

  • Using Educational Research to Inform Practice
    Christopher Winch / Lorraine Foreman-Peck
    Using Educational Research to Inform Practice provides a clear, practical and accessible account of the way in which education research can be used to inform teaching in universities and colleges, setting the background for the requirements to evidence informed teaching before addressing questions of practical knowledge feeding from research evidence. ...
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    38,49 €

  • Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking
    Christopher Winch
    The concepts of autonomy and of critical thinking are of key importance in many contemporary accounts of the aims of education. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking analyzes their relationship to each other and to education, explores their roles in mortality and politics, and examines the part critical thinking has to play in fulfilling the educational aim of preparing you...
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    85,57 €

  • Philosophy of Education
    Christopher Winch / John Gingell
    This new edition of Philosophy of Education: The Key Concepts is an easy to use A-Z guide summarizing all the key terms, ideas and issues central to the study of educational theory today. Fully updated, the book is cross-referenced throughout and contains pointers to further reading, as well as a large number of new entries. ...
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    213,84 €

  • Philosophy of Education
    Christopher Winch / John Gingell
    This new edition of Philosophy of Education: The Key Concepts is an easy to use A-Z guide summarizing all the key terms, ideas and issues central to the study of educational theory today. Fully updated, the book is cross-referenced throughout and contains pointers to further reading, as well as a large number of new entries. ...
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    48,79 €

  • A Guide to Vocational Education and Training
    Christopher Winch / Terry Hyland
    This is an accessible and clearly written survival guide to Vocational Education and Training. Christopher Winch draws on recent research to answer key questions such as: * Why is VET such an important area? * How can European models be used to develop VET in the UK? * How is VET structured and provided? * What are the main issues facing VET today? All in all, the most user-fri...
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    156,18 €

  • Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking
    Christopher Winch
    Analysing the concepts of autonomy and critical thinking, this book explores their roles in mortality and politics and examines the part critical thinking has to play in fulfilling the educational aim of preparing young people for autonomy. ...
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    329,07 €

  • Philosophy and Educational Policy
    Christopher Winch / John Gingell
    This book is designed to provide an up-to-date introduction to the Philosophy of Education. It addresses many of the traditional topics in the field, as well as more modern policy issues in education. ...
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    356,29 €

  • Philosophy and Educational Policy
    Christopher Winch / John Gingell
    What are the concepts and theories behind current debates about education?This comprehensive introduction to philosophy of education discusses issues that are of current public interest and debate. It locates education at the heart of questions concerned with culture, ethics, politics, economics and shows how key educational issues have to be approached in a contextual way. Wri...
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    73,59 €

  • Education, Work and Social Capital
    Christopher Winch
    This book is a major study of the nature, aims and context of vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It provides a comprehensive treatment of the relationship between the aims of economics and education. ...
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    268,11 €

  • The Philosophy of Human Learning
    Christopher Winch
    This book addresses current concerns with the nature of human learning from a distinctive philosophical perspective and is important for all who have a professional interest in learning. ...
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    301,95 €