ISBN: 9780060802233 - excellence : can we be equal and excellent too? (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: reprint ] Publisher: Harper & Row Pub Date: 1/1/1961 Binding: paperback Pages: 206 reprint edition.

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Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Perennial Library, P 223. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. PB 120.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. pb08 4¼"x7"; 206 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details.…

Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Trade PB.

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paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Perennial Library paperback; no writing or tears; lightly tanned pages; s.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Thus 9th Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too? BOOK NUMBER: P223. COVER DESIGN BY: Peter Rauch. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: EQUAL AND UNEQUAL - I. The Decline of Hereditary Privilege; II. Equality and Competitive Performance; III. The Three-Way Contest; PART TWO: TALENT - IV. The Great Talent Hunt; V. The Identification of Talent; VI. Facts and Fancies about Talent; PART THREE: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES - VII. Education as a Sorting-Out Process; VIII. College and the Alternatives; IX. Motivation; PART FOUR: THE INGREDIENTS OF A SOLUTION - X. The Democratic Dilemma; XI. Talent and Leadership; XII. The Idea of Excellence; XIII. The Ideal of Individual Fulfillment; XIV. The Aims of a Free People; XV. The Pursuit of Excellence; Notes; Index. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: After spending five years in Washington as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and as Chairman of the Urban Coalition, John Gardner is now head of Common Cause, an organization he founded to lobby for the interests of the American citizen. REVIEWS: "Mr. Gardner's book has the virtue of going directly to questions that are in the minds of educators, parents, teachers, and students in the schools and colleges and dealing with them sympathetically on the basis of his personal knowledge of the American system as it works."--Harold Taylor, Saturday Review. "Once in a while a book comes along which, if taken to heart, possesses the capacity to lift the whole tone of a nation's thinking. John W. Gardner has produced such a book."--Christian Science Monitor. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …