Education from Pulp & Circumstance

Garden City, New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The "story of the Foxfire program, a phenomenon that grew into one of the most successful educational -- and publishing -- experiments of our time." Copyright 1985; this trade paperback was issued in 1986. Illustrations in… Read more about this item

Edmonton: Edmonton Public Schools, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. An enlarged, updated and "historically-enriched" history of Edmonton Public Schools, 1882-1992. Large quarto: might require additional shipping charges. Contact us for a quote. Hardcover in bright blue boards with gilt titling on the front and spine. Endpapers illustrated… Read more about this item

New York: Harrow Books (Harper & Row), 1972. Soft cover. Good. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This critique of educational institutions and practices was a key work in the school-reform debate. First published in 1971, this Harrow mass market edition (HW 7015) was issued in 1972; 1973 fourth printing thus. Volume 44 in the "World… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." Investigates how intelligence -- here considered as the amount of learning, the… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title examines the repercussions of standardized testing. Small staple-bound soft… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title focuses on schooling for early adolescents and the programs and… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title looks at the growing popualrity of all-day kindergarten programs that… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This small booklet "is an attempt to indicate some of the background… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1978. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title reviews brain research and particularly the split brain or hemisphere… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." Focusing on the crucial years between the ages of 3 and 6,… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title addresses the "growing recognition that boys have more difficulty than… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title focuses on Jean Piaget's "theories about the development of intelligence… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Part of the "Fastback" series: monographs written in "nontechnical language so that beginning teachers and the general public may gain a better understanding of educational problems." This title focuses on television's impact on children, on a child's attention… Read more about this item

Glendale Heights, Illinois: Great Quotations Publishing Co, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small page-a-day flip calendar, about 4 1/2" x 3 7/8" including the coil binding. Each page has a meditation or insight into the teacher's profession. Many also have a small, whimsical line drawing. Cover and inside illustrations by Jane Johnson. Very… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: Ketchen Printing Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slim hardcover in burgundy cloth with gilt titling and blind-stamped decoration to the front. Illustrated with b&w photos and one colour plate. This work considers the experience and challenges of teaching to mixed groups of students from different cultures and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selections from Krishnamurti's Talks to Students and Teachers. Copyright 1974. This copy is a 1977 trade paperback edition (RD 201), first printing thus. Very Good condition: square and tight, with minor wear and a little toning. … Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in 1963. First Harper & Row trade paperback edition, 1975; 4th printing thus, 1978. Glossary. Near Fine: square and tight, apparently unread, but sunned at the spine and a little toned. Mildly toned. No… Read more about this item

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Council Oak Books, 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Sociological forecast and the emerging importance of intuitive decision making to education, business, and economics. Small trade paperback, about 7" x 5". First printing thus. Near Fine condition with only very slight wear; old price sticker affixed to… Read more about this item

Atlanta, Georgia: Humanics New Age, 1994. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. According to the Introduction, this work adapts the Tao Te Ching to offer "a nontraditional view of the many ways of learning and teaching ... intended to inspire and nurture the reader." Trade paperback with b&w drawings. Bibliography. … Read more about this item