Welcome to Lagos

Welcome to Lagos
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 348
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780571268962
ISBN-13 : 057126896X
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Welcome to Lagos by : Chibundu Onuzo

Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2018Five runaways ride the bus from Bayelsa to a better life in a megacity.They are unlikely allies -- a private, a housewife, an officer, a militant and a young girl. They share a need for escape and a dream for the future. Soon, they will also share a burden none of them expected, but for now, the five sit quietly with their hopes, as the billboards fly past and shout: Welcome to Lagos.

World Yearbook of Education 1970

World Yearbook of Education 1970
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 434
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781136168215
ISBN-13 : 1136168214
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis World Yearbook of Education 1970 by : Joseph A. Lauwerys

First Published in 2005. The 1970 edition of the educational yearbook focuses on education in cities. The purpose, in this volume, was not to produce yet another book describing various aspects of the ‘urban crisis', but to concentrate on the effects of urbanization on education at all levels - an aspect which has, of course, been mentioned explicitly in the literature concerned with problems of urban growth though usually in the context of social problems, town planning, and so on.

Nigeria Year Book

Nigeria Year Book
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 636
Release :
ISBN-10 : UCLA:L0065354466
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Nigeria Year Book by :

The Commonwealth Office Year Book

The Commonwealth Office Year Book
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 842
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015036008525
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Commonwealth Office Year Book by : Great Britain. Commonwealth Office

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author :
Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 1506
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780230270633
ISBN-13 : 0230270638
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Statesman's Year-Book by : M. Epstein

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia

International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 776
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781134261338
ISBN-13 : 1134261330
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia by : Philip G. Altbach

First Published in 1996. This encyclopedia is unique in several ways. As the first international reference source on publishing, it is a pioneering venture. Our aim is to provide comprehensive discussion and analysis of key subjects relating to books and publishing worldwide. The sixty-four essays included here feature not only factual and statistical information about the topic, but also analysis and evaluation of those facts and figures. The chapters are significantly more comprehensive than those typically found in an encyclopedia.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1976-77

The Statesman's Year-Book 1976-77
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 1579
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780230271050
ISBN-13 : 0230271057
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Statesman's Year-Book 1976-77 by : J. Paxton

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

World Yearbook of Education 2014

World Yearbook of Education 2014
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 291
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317814573
ISBN-13 : 1317814576
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis World Yearbook of Education 2014 by : Tara Fenwick

This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education Series focuses on a major and highly significant development in the governing of education across the globe: the use of knowledge-based technologies as key policy sources. A combination of factors has produced this shift: first, the massive expansion of technological capacity signalled by the arrival of ‘big data’ that allows for the collection, circulation and processing of extensive system knowledge. The rise of data has been observed and discussed extensively, but its role in governing and the rise of comparison as a basis for action is now a determining practice in the field of education. Comparison provides the justification for ‘modernising’ policy in education, both in the developed and developing world, as national policy makers (selectively) seek templates of success from the high performers and demand solutions to apparent underperformance through the adoption of the policies favoured by the likes of Singapore, Finland and Korea. In parallel, the growth of particular forms of expertise: the rise and rise of educational consultancy, the growth of private (for profit) involvement in provision of educational goods and services and the increasing consolidation of networks of influence in the promotion of ‘best practice’ are affecting policy decisions. Through these developments, the nature of knowledge is altered, along with the relationship between knowledge and politics. Knowledge in this context is co-constructed: it is not disciplinary knowledge, but knowledge that emerges in the sharing of experience. This book provides a global snapshot of a changing educational world by giving detailed examples of a fundamental shift in the governing and practice of education learning by: • Assessing approaches to the changing nature of comparative knowledge and information • Tracking the translation and mobilisation of these knowledges in the governing of education/learning; • Identification of the key experts and knowledge producers/circulators/translators and analysis of how best to understand their influence; • Mapping of the global production of these knowledges in terms of their range and reach the interrelationships of actors and their effects in different national settings. Drawing on material from around the world, the book brings together scholars from different backgrounds who provide a tapestry of examples of the global production and national reception and mediation of these knowledges and who show how change enters different national spaces and consider their effects in different national settings.

IB World Schools Yearbook 2011

IB World Schools Yearbook 2011
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Publisher : John Catt Educational Ltd
Total Pages : 547
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781904724957
ISBN-13 : 1904724957
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis IB World Schools Yearbook 2011 by : Wendy Bosberry-Scott

This yearbook is the official guide to schools offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Middle Years and Primary Years programmes. It tells you where the schools are and what they offer, and provides up-to-date information about the IB programmes and the International Baccalaureate Organization.