Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Practice Perfect

42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better

by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, Katie Yezzi ...

Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practiceWe live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but if we really wanted to see greatness—wanted to cheer for it, see it happen, understand what made it happen ... Read more

₹1,615.00

Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practiceWe live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but if we really wanted to see greatness—wanted to cheer for it, see it happen, understand what made it happen
... Read more
Working in the Reggio Way

A Beginner's Guide for American Teachers

by Julianne Wurm ...

Practical ways to bring the practices of Reggio Emilia to your classroom. ... Read more

₹1,985.34

Practical ways to bring the practices of Reggio Emilia to your classroom.
... Read more
Stiff Upper Lip

Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class

by Alex Renton ...

'A brave and necessary book' GUARDIAN'Shocking, gripping and sobering' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHNo other society sends its young boys and girls away to school to prepare them for a role in the ruling class.Beating, bullying, fagging, cold baths, vile food and paedophile teachers are just some of the features of this elite education, and, while some children loved boarding school, others now admit to ... Read more

₹797.67

'A brave and necessary book' GUARDIAN'Shocking, gripping and sobering' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHNo other society sends its young boys and girls away to school to prepare them for a role in the ruling class.Beating, bullying, fagging, cold baths, vile food and paedophile teachers are just some of the features of this elite education, and, while some children loved boarding school, others now admit to
... Read more
Dark Academia

How Universities Die

by Peter Fleming ...

'Fleming's books are sparklingly sardonic and hilariously angry' - GuardianThere is a strong link between the neoliberalisation of higher education over the last 20 years and the psychological hell now endured by its staff and students. While academia was once thought of as the best job in the world - one that fosters autonomy, craft, intrinsic job satisfaction and vocational zeal - you would be ... Read more

₹1,023.05 or Free with Kobo Plus

'Fleming's books are sparklingly sardonic and hilariously angry' - GuardianThere is a strong link between the neoliberalisation of higher education over the last 20 years and the psychological hell now endured by its staff and students. While academia was once thought of as the best job in the world - one that fosters autonomy, craft, intrinsic job satisfaction and vocational zeal - you would be
... Read more
The Power of Curiosity

In and Beyond Classrooms

by Anita Karwal, Rashi Sharma, Rajnish Kumar ...

This work of fiction is about the new and unorthodox ways of learning and the role that curiosity plays in it. Cuebee, the protagonist, represents the quintessential child, while Frontal, the archetypal classroom, is the storyteller. Like many other children, Cuebee has an insatiable thirst for knowledge and inquisitiveness that surpasses the boundaries of the curriculum.The authors of the book ... Read more

₹287.20

This work of fiction is about the new and unorthodox ways of learning and the role that curiosity plays in it. Cuebee, the protagonist, represents the quintessential child, while Frontal, the archetypal classroom, is the storyteller. Like many other children, Cuebee has an insatiable thirst for knowledge and inquisitiveness that surpasses the boundaries of the curriculum.The authors of the book
... Read more
Visible Learning for Teachers

Maximizing Impact on Learning

by John Hattie ...

In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning.Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new ... Read more

₹5,568.84

In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning.Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new
... Read more
The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff ...

'Excellent, their advice is sound... liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times BestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wi... ... Read more

₹450.63

'Excellent, their advice is sound... liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times BestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wi...
... Read more
Emile

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...

First published in 1762, "Emile" (AKA "On Education") is a treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the nature of education as well as the nature of man.Rousseau considered this book to be the best and most important of anything he had written. "Emile" was banned in Paris and Geneva, and publicly burned in the year of its release. This was due to a particular section of the book called, “Profession of ... Read more

₹48.17 or Free with Kobo Plus

First published in 1762, "Emile" (AKA "On Education") is a treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the nature of education as well as the nature of man.Rousseau considered this book to be the best and most important of anything he had written. "Emile" was banned in Paris and Geneva, and publicly burned in the year of its release. This was due to a particular section of the book called, “Profession of
... Read more
Story

by Adam J Pestridge ...

Writing a book or creating a good story is a skill. Learn the secrets here in this quick read that shows you the secrets of how authors compose their books.Learn the 10 stages of writing a book and what the seven basic plots are.At the end of the book is a special invitation to show you how to launch your own book successfully and become a writer for a successful fantasy series. ... Read more

Free

Writing a book or creating a good story is a skill. Learn the secrets here in this quick read that shows you the secrets of how authors compose their books.Learn the 10 stages of writing a book and what the seven basic plots are.At the end of the book is a special invitation to show you how to launch your own book successfully and become a writer for a successful fantasy series.
... Read more
Supporting Self-Directed Learning in Science and Technology Beyond the School Years

by Léonie J. Rennie, Susan M. Stocklmayer, John K. Gilbert ...

While much has been written about science education from pre-K through to postgraduate study, interaction with science and technology does not stop when schooling ends. Moving beyond scholarship on conventional education, this book extends the research and provides an original in-depth look at adult and lifelong learning in science and technology. By identifying the knowledge and skills that ... Read more

Free

While much has been written about science education from pre-K through to postgraduate study, interaction with science and technology does not stop when schooling ends. Moving beyond scholarship on conventional education, this book extends the research and provides an original in-depth look at adult and lifelong learning in science and technology. By identifying the knowledge and skills that
... Read more
Education and the Significance of Life

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love. ... Read more

₹809.35

The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love.
... Read more
The Absorbent Mind

by Maria Montessori ...

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described ... Read more

₹78.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described
... Read more
The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools

The Impact of Common Core on American Education

by Ernest J. Zarra III ...

The Wrong Direction for Today’s Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education is an in-depth analysis of the newest national American education fad, intended to replace the 2002 incarnation of the ESEA, No Child Left Behind. Zarra delves into the “seeds” that produced the Common Core Standards, as well as the groups involved in the political and corporate pressure to completely revamp ... Read more

₹4,494.49

The Wrong Direction for Today’s Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education is an in-depth analysis of the newest national American education fad, intended to replace the 2002 incarnation of the ESEA, No Child Left Behind. Zarra delves into the “seeds” that produced the Common Core Standards, as well as the groups involved in the political and corporate pressure to completely revamp
... Read more
Give Children the Vote

On Democratizing Democracy

by John Wall ...

Throughout history, the right to vote has been extended to landowning men, the poor, minorities, women, and young adults. In each case, the meaning of democracy itself has been transformed. The one major group still denied suffrage is the third of humanity who are under 18 years of age. However, children are becoming increasingly active in political movements for climate regulation, labor rights, ... Read more

₹1,890.94

Throughout history, the right to vote has been extended to landowning men, the poor, minorities, women, and young adults. In each case, the meaning of democracy itself has been transformed. The one major group still denied suffrage is the third of humanity who are under 18 years of age. However, children are becoming increasingly active in political movements for climate regulation, labor rights,
... Read more
Die Ursulinenschule in Koblenz 1902–1950

Maedchen- und Frauenbildung in schwierigen Zeiten

by Rudolf Feld ...

Die Arbeit untersucht Voraussetzungen, Ziele und Ausprägungen der Mädchen- und Frauenbildung an einer katholischen Ordensschule und widmet sich dem Bedingungsgeflecht innerhalb von Kirche, Staat und Gesellschaft in durchgehend – wenn auch unterschiedlich ausgeprägten – schwierigen Zeiten. Im Kern steht die Beschäftigung mit dem schulischen Geschehen. Der Verfasser geht der Frage nach, was die ... Read more

₹12,017.58

Die Arbeit untersucht Voraussetzungen, Ziele und Ausprägungen der Mädchen- und Frauenbildung an einer katholischen Ordensschule und widmet sich dem Bedingungsgeflecht innerhalb von Kirche, Staat und Gesellschaft in durchgehend – wenn auch unterschiedlich ausgeprägten – schwierigen Zeiten. Im Kern steht die Beschäftigung mit dem schulischen Geschehen. Der Verfasser geht der Frage nach, was die
... Read more
Great Relationships and Sex Education

200+ Activities for Educators Working with Young People

by Alice Hoyle, Ester McGeeney ...

Great Relationships and Sex Education is an innovative and accessible guide for educators who work with young people to create and deliver Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) programmes. Developed by two leading experts in the field, it contains hundreds of creative activities and session ideas that can be used both by experienced RSE educators and those new to RSE.Drawing on best practice and ... Read more

₹6,250.87

Great Relationships and Sex Education is an innovative and accessible guide for educators who work with young people to create and deliver Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) programmes. Developed by two leading experts in the field, it contains hundreds of creative activities and session ideas that can be used both by experienced RSE educators and those new to RSE.Drawing on best practice and
... Read more
Qualitative Inquiry for Social Justice

by Tim Huffman ...

Series series Routledge Social Justice Communication Activism Series
This textbook introduces students, researchers, and activists to the practice of qualitative inquiry that contributes to fairness, freedom, and flourishing in community life.The book takes a cyclical approach to research and action by using the metaphor of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) and the day cycle (dawn, day, dusk, and dark) to organize the content and activities. It ... Read more

₹9,433.71

This textbook introduces students, researchers, and activists to the practice of qualitative inquiry that contributes to fairness, freedom, and flourishing in community life.The book takes a cyclical approach to research and action by using the metaphor of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) and the day cycle (dawn, day, dusk, and dark) to organize the content and activities. It
... Read more
Fait de ta vie ce que tu en veux

Développement personnel et spiritualité

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Series series Développement personnel et spiritualité
Et si vous repreniez les commandes de votre existence ?À travers ce guide inspirant, Fais de ta vie ce que tu en veux vous invite à un voyage intérieur pour explorer vos désirs profonds, affirmer vos choix, surmonter vos peurs et bâtir une vie alignée avec vos valeurs.Loin des recettes miracles et des injonctions sociales, ce livre vous propose une approche progressive, bienveillante et concrète ... Read more

₹533.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

Et si vous repreniez les commandes de votre existence ?À travers ce guide inspirant, Fais de ta vie ce que tu en veux vous invite à un voyage intérieur pour explorer vos désirs profonds, affirmer vos choix, surmonter vos peurs et bâtir une vie alignée avec vos valeurs.Loin des recettes miracles et des injonctions sociales, ce livre vous propose une approche progressive, bienveillante et concrète
... Read more
Yoga e salute Olistica

by Marco Ferrini ...

Series series Psicologia e Spiritualità dello Yoga
L’antica disciplina dello Yoga consiste in una scienza olistica che mira a reintegrare l’individuo e a riequilibrare tutte le sue sfere antropologiche: fisica, psichica e spirituale.Offrendo una conoscenza approfondita dei meccanismi mentali e dei condizionamenti dell’umano agire, lo Yoga può essere riscoperto ed applicato per riconquistare o rafforzare la salute globale e per sviluppare facoltà ... Read more

₹673.37 or Free with Kobo Plus

L’antica disciplina dello Yoga consiste in una scienza olistica che mira a reintegrare l’individuo e a riequilibrare tutte le sue sfere antropologiche: fisica, psichica e spirituale.Offrendo una conoscenza approfondita dei meccanismi mentali e dei condizionamenti dell’umano agire, lo Yoga può essere riscoperto ed applicato per riconquistare o rafforzare la salute globale e per sviluppare facoltà
... Read more
Reclaiming Democratic Education

Rethinking Policy and Praxis in Universities

by Yusef Waghid ...

Looking back to the initial optimism about democratic educational transformation in post-apartheid South Africa, philosopher of education Yusef Waghid asks how the promise of profound change in universities has floundered, and how it can be recovered.In an era marked by rising authoritarianism, managerialism, and technocratic imperatives, higher education risks becoming a factory of credentialing ... Read more

₹7,661.61

PRE-ORDER

Looking back to the initial optimism about democratic educational transformation in post-apartheid South Africa, philosopher of education Yusef Waghid asks how the promise of profound change in universities has floundered, and how it can be recovered.In an era marked by rising authoritarianism, managerialism, and technocratic imperatives, higher education risks becoming a factory of credentialing
... Read more
At the Center of All Possibilities

Transforming Education for Our Children’s Future

Edited by Doug Selwyn ...

Series Book 532 - Counterpoints
This book focuses on what learning our young people need if they are to become capable, responsible adults who are able to respond effectively to the crises we face today, and those that will arrive in the future. ... Read more

₹3,723.95

This book focuses on what learning our young people need if they are to become capable, responsible adults who are able to respond effectively to the crises we face today, and those that will arrive in the future.
... Read more
Vulnerability, Extremism, and Schooling

Restorative Practices, Policy Enactment, and Managing Risk

by Garth Stahl, Ben Adams, Melanie Baak, Samantha Schulz ...

Vulnerability, Extremism, and Schooling: Restorative Practices, Policy Enactment, and Managing Risk documents and analyzes efforts by educational policymakers to combat susceptibility to extremism within disadvantaged communities. Schools worldwide are increasingly enlisted in the efforts of nation-states to prevent or counter violent extremism. However, since extremism is a notoriously complex ... Read more

₹7,332.86

Vulnerability, Extremism, and Schooling: Restorative Practices, Policy Enactment, and Managing Risk documents and analyzes efforts by educational policymakers to combat susceptibility to extremism within disadvantaged communities. Schools worldwide are increasingly enlisted in the efforts of nation-states to prevent or counter violent extremism. However, since extremism is a notoriously complex
... Read more
The Global Achievement Gap

Why Our Kids Don't Have the Skills They Need for College, Careers, and Citizenship -- and What We Can Do About It

by Tony Wagner ...

Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isn't limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools aren't teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our ... Read more

Was ₹1,013.14 Now ₹206.92

Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isn't limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools aren't teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our
... Read more
Emile, or On Education (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Radical Enlightenment Treatise on Natural Education, Childhood, Virtue, and the Formation of Freedom

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jocelyn Cinderby ...

Translated by Barbara Foxley ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile, or On Education is both a philosophical treatise and a novelistic experiment in moral formation. Through the imagined upbringing of Emile, Rousseau rejects rote learning, social vanity, and premature intellectualism, advocating instead an education guided by nature, experience, and the gradual awakening of reason. Written in lucid yet provocative prose, the work ... Read more

Was ₹179.00 Now ₹89.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile, or On Education is both a philosophical treatise and a novelistic experiment in moral formation. Through the imagined upbringing of Emile, Rousseau rejects rote learning, social vanity, and premature intellectualism, advocating instead an education guided by nature, experience, and the gradual awakening of reason. Written in lucid yet provocative prose, the work
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Aims & Objectives eBooks

Practice Perfect

Working in the Reggio Way

Stiff Upper Lip

Dark Academia

The Power of Curiosity

Visible Learning for Teachers

The Coddling of the American Mind

Emile

Story

Supporting Self-Directed Learning in Science and Technology Beyond the School Years

Education and the Significance of Life

The Absorbent Mind

The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools

Give Children the Vote

Die Ursulinenschule in Koblenz 1902–1950

Great Relationships and Sex Education

Qualitative Inquiry for Social Justice

Fait de ta vie ce que tu en veux

Yoga e salute Olistica

Reclaiming Democratic Education

At the Center of All Possibilities

Vulnerability, Extremism, and Schooling

The Global Achievement Gap

Emile, or On Education (Annotated)