John Furlong was the leader behind the team that organized and delivered the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to positive reviews the world over. Prior to his appointment as CEO of the Vancouver Olympic Committee in 2004, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer for the Vancouver 2010 Bid, clocking more than 1.2 million miles in his effort to promote Vancouver”s candidacy. Furlong has been involved with athletics all his life, having competed at the international level in basketball, European handball and squash. He became Canadian Squash Champion in 1986. Born in Tipperary, Ireland, Furlong has five children and ten grandchildren.Gary Mason is a national affairs columnist for the Globe & Mail, based in Vancouver. Previously, Mason spent 19 years at the Vancouver Sun in various capacities, including a seven-year stint as a popular sports columnist. He has received the prestigious Jack Webster Award for journalism six times and has won two National Newspaper Awards.
24 E-böcker av John Furlong
John Furlong: Patriot Hearts
A riveting behind-the-scenes account of the transformative 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games—an extraordinary story of visionary leadership, love of country and the ability to dream boldly. Wh …
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€22.99
John Furlong & Stephen Gorard: Adult Learning in the Digital Age
This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic rese …
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€34.96
John Furlong & Martin Lawn: Disciplines of Education
Is there a ’crisis’ in the disciplines of education? In this book, leading scholars consider the changing fortunes of the disciplines as education moved away from the dominance of psychology as a res …
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€96.75
John Furlong & Stephen Gorard: Adult Learning in the Digital Age
This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic rese …
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€55.21
John Furlong & Stephen Gorard: Adult Learning in the Digital Age
This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic rese …
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€55.04
Keri Facer & John Furlong: Screenplay
What are young people really doing on computers at home?Computers feature heavily in the lives of today’s young people, and this book sets out to question commonplace assumptions about the use of tec …
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€41.07
Keri Facer & John Furlong: Screenplay
What are young people really doing on computers at home?Computers feature heavily in the lives of today’s young people, and this book sets out to question commonplace assumptions about the use of tec …
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€40.78
John Furlong & Robert Phillips: Education, Reform and the State
The last quarter of the twentieth century was a very important period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called ’Great Debate’, the period witnessed intense public and political interest …
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€47.34
John Furlong & Robert Phillips: Education, Reform and the State
The last quarter of the twentieth century was a very important period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called ’Great Debate’, the period witnessed intense public and political interest …
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€47.35
John Furlong & Trisha Maynard: Mentoring Student Teachers
In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education. There is thus an urgent need within the profess …
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€60.33
John Furlong & Trisha Maynard: Mentoring Student Teachers
In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education. There is thus an urgent need within the profess …
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€60.12
John Furlong: Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline
Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potential threats to its f …
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€60.33
John Furlong: Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline
Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potential threats to its f …
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€59.91
John Furlong & Alis Oancea: Assessing quality in applied and practice-based research in education.
One of the most persistent features of the research environment in the UK over the last decades has been the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE); now more and more countries are following suit by deve …
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€41.07
John Furlong & Alis Oancea: Assessing quality in applied and practice-based research in education.
One of the most persistent features of the research environment in the UK over the last decades has been the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE); now more and more countries are following suit by deve …
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€40.95
John Furlong & Martin Lawn: Disciplines of Education
Are the disciplines of education ghosts of a productive past or creative and useful forms of inquiry? Are they in a demographic and organisational crisis today?The contribution of the ’foundation dis …
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€62.70
John Furlong & Martin Lawn: Disciplines of Education
Are the disciplines of education ghosts of a productive past or creative and useful forms of inquiry? Are they in a demographic and organisational crisis today?The contribution of the ’foundation dis …
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€62.79
Marie Brennan & Marilyn Cochran-Smith: Policy and Politics in Teacher Education
During the last 20 years, governments around the world have paid increasing attention to the recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers. Teacher supply and teacher quality have become signif …
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€55.46
Marie Brennan & Marilyn Cochran-Smith: Policy and Politics in Teacher Education
During the last 20 years, governments around the world have paid increasing attention to the recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers. Teacher supply and teacher quality have become signif …
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€55.09
John Furlong & Ingrid Lunt: Education in a Federal UK
Britain’s two recent referenda – on Brexit (2016) and on Scottish independence (2014) – have raised in the public mind fundamental questions about the future of the UK. It seems that for the first ti …
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€34.66
John Furlong & Ingrid Lunt: Education in a Federal UK
Britain’s two recent referenda – on Brexit (2016) and on Scottish independence (2014) – have raised in the public mind fundamental questions about the future of the UK. It seems that for the first ti …
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€34.66
John Furlong & Richard Smith: Role of Higher Education in Initial Teacher Training
This text explores the issue of what role, if any, higher education should play in intial teacher training. The authors argue for the continued involvement of higher education in teacher training and …
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€41.16
John Furlong & Richard Smith: Role of Higher Education in Initial Teacher Training
This text explores the issue of what role, if any, higher education should play in intial teacher training. The authors argue for the continued involvement of higher education in teacher training and …
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€41.15
