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| This selection contains 18 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 18 |
| AMES, LOUISE BATES; CLYDE GILLESPIE AND JOHN W. STREFF. STOP SCHOOL FAILURE. New York: Harper & Row, (1972.) 3rd printing. A book 'about the common causes of school difficulty and failure, about ways to help in identifying them, and about some other steps that can be taken to set things right.' A Gesell Institute of Child Development title. Includes information on the tests used at the Gesell Institute, references, index. 308 pp. SIGNED on the title page by both Clyde Gillespie and John W. Streff. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-06-0101148 USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 30731 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| BRIGGS, LEBARON RUSSELL. SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND CHARACTER. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1901.) Early printing. Essays on fathers, mothers and freshman, on college honor, and 'new-fashioned' education preceded by a poem to Harvard College. An appealing small volume. 148 pp Near fine in dark red cloth with gilt lettering. (previous owner's name) USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 30669 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| BROSNAN, MICHEAL. AGAINST THE CURRENT: How One School Struggled and Suceeded with At-Risk Teens. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997. First printing. A study of the Urban Collaborative in Providence, Rhode Island - an independent, public middle school founded in 1989. 182 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-435-081403 USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 25348 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| CUTTS, NORMA E. AND MOSELEY, NICHOLAS PROVIDING FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1960. 2nd printing. VG/VG. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7425 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| FANTINI, MARIO D. AD WEINSTEIN, GERALD THE DISADVANTAGED: CHALLENGE TO EDUCATION New York: Harper & Row, 1968. A classic in this area. VG/VG. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1236] Book number: 7424 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| FLIEGLER, LOUIS A. EDITOR CURRICULUM PLANNING FOR THE GIFTED New York: Prentice-hall, 1961. VG/VG. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 7415 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| FRIEDENBERG, EDGAR Z. COMING OF AGE IN AMERICA: Growth & Acquiescence. New York: Random House, 1965. First printing. Classic study of American adolescents, studied in the context of high school. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author and uncommon thus, Near fine in near fine dust jacket. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 19160 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| FRIEDENBERG, EDGAR Z. COMING OF AGE IN AMERICA: Growth & Acquiescence. New York: Random House, 1965. First printing. Classic study of American adolescents, studied in the context of high school. Very good, lacking the dj (a couple of notes on the front endpaper.) USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 22059 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| GROLLMAN, EARL A. , EDITOR (INTRODUCTION BY LOUISE BATES AMES.) EXPLAINING DIVORCE TO CHILDREN. Boston: Beacon, 1969. First printing. A serious attempt to deal with the problems children may face in a divorce, written for both parents and professionals who work with children. Each chapter deals with a different aspect, and is written by someone in that field - among them are chapters giving the points of view of a minister, rabbi and priest, parents without partners, legal aspects, etc. Notes, references, bibliography. 253 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (a rather bitter pencilled inscription on the front endpaper - from a mother to her ex-husband? - some pencilled underlining, not very extensive.) USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 25833 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| HODGE, CLIFTON F. NATURE STUDY AND LIFE Boston: Ginn & Co., 1902 First edition. A book which emphasizes the importance of teaching nature studies to children; includes both methods for teaching and content - surprisingly up to date: includes statements like copying names is a waste of time, suggestions for intergrating language and writing skills, and from the first chapter, this comment on the environment, now, unfortunately, truer than ever - extermination of animal species is now going on, and at a rate never before equaled. Illustrated with many photographs. Overall very good condition in original sturdy blue-gray cloth binding with gold lettering, black design, on front cover and spine. A few penciled notations in text, the endpapers are covered with notes, most in pencil, but a few in ink. Clipping pasted to inside of front endpaper. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 7079 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| HYMES, JAMES L. EFFECTIVE HOME-SCHOOL RELATIONS New York: Prentice-Hall, 1954. 3rd printing. VG/G. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 7421 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| INGRAM, CHRISTINE EDUCATION OF THE SLOW-LEARNING CHILD New York: Ronald Press, 1960. 3rd printing. VG/G (some water damage to dj.) USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7420 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| MARSHALL, HELEN E. THE ELEVENTH DECADE: Illinois State University, 1957-1967 Normal: Illinois State University, 1967. First printing. Published by the author in her last year of teaching history - 32 of those years were at Illinois State University - and INSCRIBED by her on the title page to one of her students a member of my last class in history. 118 pages, index, photographs. Very good in red cloth with gold gold lettering and illustration on front cover, no dust jacket as issued. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 8961 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| MARTIN, RUSSELL. OUT OF SILENCE. A Journey into Language. New York: Henry Holt, 1994. First edition. Fascinating, and highly praised, story of a little boy trapped in silence and struggling to regain language. Dustjacket praise from Richard Selzer and Ivan Doig. Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-8050-19987 USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4761 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| MARTIN, RUSSELL. OUT OF SILENCE. A Journey into Language. New York: Henry Holt, 1994. First edition. Fascinating, and highly praised, story of a little boy trapped in silence and struggling to regain language. Dustjacket praise from Richard Selzer and Ivan Doig. SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0-8050-19987 USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 29017 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| RIST, RAY C; SUSAN STODOLSKY, GERALD LESSER, CHARLES A VALENTINE, ANNIE STEIN AND OTHERS, CONTRIBUTORS. CHALLENGING THE MYTHS: THE SCHOOLS, THE BLACKS AND THE POOR. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review , (1975.) Revised and enlarged edition. A collection of papers originally published in 1973 -includes Student Social Class and Teacher Expectations by Ray C. Rist, Learning Patterns in the Disadvantaged by Susan Stodolsky and Gerald Lesser, and Deficit, Difference and Bi-Cultural Models of Afro-American Behavior by Charles A Valentine, Strategies for Failure by Annie Stein, among other essays. Reprint series No. 5. Correspondence, reviews, notes on the contributors. 212 pp. Near fine - a slightly oversized trade paperback. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 41859 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| ROBBINS, ALEXANDRA. THE OVERACHIEVERS: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. New York: Hyperion, (2006.) First printing. With record numbers of students competing fiercely to get into college, schools are no longer primarily places of learning. ... In this increasingly stressful environment, kids aren't defined by their character or hunger for knowledge, but by often arbitrary scores and statistics. ...Robbins tackles hard-hitting issues such as the student and teacher cheating epidemic, over-testing, sports rage, the black market for study drugs, and a college admissions process so cutthroat that some students are driven to depression and suicide because of a B. Endnotes. 435 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) ISBN: 1401302017 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 40875 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). | ||
| YOUNG, LEONTINE. LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. First printing. A child's-eye view of the grown-up world. 193 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 20612 Click here to order or inquire at bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams). |
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