Educational administration and organization

A fascinating and important history of foreign students in American higher education.

Reforming Lessons provides a first-hand account of the ambitious programme of reform that has led to a transformation in English schools since 2010 and seen pupils rise through the ranks of international comparison tests such as PIRLS and PISA.

Education Game Changers is written for an international readership.

Vera Bastian untersucht den Personalauswahlprozess und entsprechende Kriterien in Einrichtungen der stationären Kinder- und Jugendhilfe.

Originally published in 1994.

Recently there has been much debate over the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive health and sexuality education programs in Massachusetts public schools.

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Nobody denies that trust in schools is key to success in generating any educational outcomes.

This volume explores the tensions between the student affairs foundation of holistic student development and the changing culture of corporatization.

This book focuses on the leadership of practice and, in particular, how to bring about changes which improve practice.

In efforts to improve equity, selective college campuses are increasingly focused on recruiting and retaining first-generation students-those whose parents have not graduated from college.

Compares the current right-wing attack on American higher education to Henry VIII''s Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1535.

This volume critically explores themes of belonging, learning and community, drawing on a range of research studies conducted with adult learners in formal and informal contexts and employing interdisciplinary theory from education, feminist theory, cultural studies and human geography.

How does school leadership differ in different sized primary schools?

This highly practical guide helps education experts of all levels share their knowledge, work, and research beyond their own field and colleagues.

School reform is a top priority for governments today.

By focusing on what students learn rather than what they are taught, schools can redefine their mission and begin the transition to a professional learning community.

This work is a report on the positive impact of parental involvement on their child's academics and on the school at large.

The Road to Tenure offers humorous recollections of the messiness and confusion that fill the days of a pre-tenure academic-from graduate school through the postdoc and into the assistant professor days.

Why has the federal government played an ever-expanding role in our educational system?

Influenced by Erika Lindemann's A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers, A Rhetoric for Writing Program Administrators delineates the major issues and questions in the field of writing program administration and provides readers new to that field with theoretical lenses through which to view those issues and questions.

Too often, students sit compliantly in class and aren't engaged in the learning.

This book explores the role and function of instructional designers in higher education, highlighting the real-world discrepancy between their actual contributions to organizational growth and the official job descriptions provided by universities.

Educational leaders not only face moral and ethical decisions regarding their classrooms, schools, districts, and education institutions, but they also must consider the complexities and threats that impact their communities.

In Putting Students First, the authors argue that colleges can and should invest in holistic student development by recognizing and building on the students search for purpose in life, intellectually, spiritually, and morally.

Each year over a million newly-minted high school graduates enroll in four-year colleges and universities across the country.

Pluralist Publics in Market Driven Education opens a conversation on the nature of the public in education systems weary from market driven educational reform.

Completely revised with updated descriptions, contact information, websites, and available monies, this guide to financing higher education is the only resource students need to fund their pursuit of knowledge.

The second edition of Assessment for Excellence arrives as higher education enters a new era of the accountability movement.

Exploring Consensual Leadership in Higher Education explores the idea that the nature of academic work is both creative and consensual.

This text addresses the reforms in the financial and administrative structure of higher education, government intervention in introducing new managerial techniques and quality audits, and the implications of these changes for both academics and administrators.

Leadership, the practice of focusing and motivating a group or organization to achieve its aims, is a much discussed but often misunderstood concept.

In einer Welt, die von tiefgreifenden sozialen Ungleichheiten geprägt ist, stellt sich eine zentrale Frage: Wie kann Bildung dazu beitragen, Armut zu überwinden und eine gerechtere Zukunft zu schaffen?

Moving beyond the traditional focus on curriculum and pedagogy, this volume explores hidden dimensions of sexuality education in schools and how sexual meanings are produced.

All superintendents are at risk for an unanticipated departure and it can happen at any time in a career.

Este libro es el resultado de una investigación orientada a describir algunas características de los miembros que componen el gobierno universitario en instituciones de educación superior (IES), identificar qué competencias tienen, qué estilo de liderazgo reflejan y cómo estos pueden incidir en el desarrollo de la gestión del conocimiento, el cambio y la cultura de la organización.

The 'Get to Know Me' series is aimed at children with additional needs and those who support them in the classroom.

How can professional development in schools be designed to meet the specific needs of every individual?

This book explores the integral role that student affairs professionals play in the success of international students at higher education institutions in the US.

This book will help you understand how to integrate data-based decisions into the daily work of the school.

Practical Statistics for Educators, Seventh Edition, is a clear and easy-to follow book written specifically for education students in introductory statistics and action research courses.

Discover tools, strategies, and advice for defining, assessing, and transforming your school's culture into one that is positive, forward-looking, and working to enrich students' lives.

Analyses the legislation of five key areas in education; school choice, the secular curriculum, expenditure constraints, falling roles and opting out - putting each into the political context.

First Published in 2004.

This 2004 book examines how ''human capital contracts'' transfer financial risk of higher education from students to investors.

In order to achieve the best outcomes for all children and young people, schools must work in partnership with students, parents, other professionals and the wider community.