Educational administration and organization

This highly detailed study maps four decades of evolution of the concept of what constitutes effective school leadership.

As countries seek to develop their education systems, achieving sustainable improvements amongst students from disadvantaged backgrounds remains a major challenge.

This book explores and theorizes the complexity of network governance in school turnaround in China, drawing on an interpretive qualitative paradigm.

Ideal for use in teacher workshops, this book provides vital coping and problem-solving skills for managing the everyday stresses of the classroom.

The Teacher's Guide to Scratch - Intermediate is a practical guide for educators preparing moderately complex coding lessons and assignments in their K-12 classrooms.

This book provides new information on how various inclusion policies have been implemented in different schools and school districts in North America and in a range of European countries.

With the rapid change experienced by the Early Years Workforce over recent times, this book considers what constitutes professionalization in the sector, and what this means in practice.

Teachers are some of the kindest, most altruistic and smartest people on the planet yet despite the best of intentions, fearful atmospheres can arise organically within schools, leaving people feeling disempowered, anxious, isolated and frustrated.

Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America's urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leadership.

Written by dedicated and active professionals from different areas of the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and medtech sectors, this book provides information on job and career opportunities in various life sciences industries.

The number of homeschooling families has grown in recent years, along with the number of methods for learning at home.

Raising African American Males is comprised of strategies and interventions that can assist and improve African American males' achievement in all areas of academics as well as in their everyday lives.

American schools are undergoing huge changes, among the most significant of which is that their size is increasing rapidly.

Rely on this straightforward guide to help you build the foundation of a true professional learning community (PLC).

A third of all children in our schools are from racially minoritised backgrounds.

School inspections still have the potential to spread fear and panic through even the best-run schools, but this practical book will remove all of the anxiety, with its proven advice to help ensure a successful inspection.

Higher education and innovation policies are today seen as central elements in national economic competitiveness, increasingly measured by global rankings.

This book is a must read for anyone in close proximity to middle schoolers.

After a half-a-century of school reform, a majority of Americans consider the public schools as worse today than when they attended school.

This new book aims at inspiring managers and passionate, influential (new) leaders to re-think how to address communication markets, challenge the way how to orchestrate communication instruments, find new ways to communicate the New, and cultivate a positive communication culture.

Published in 1986 this book considers how relationships within the education system are growing more complicated as staff, pupils and parents are increasingly aware of their legal rights and willing to assert them.

A statue of Horace Mann, erected in front of the Boston State House in 1863, declares him the "e;Father of the American Public School System.

This book describes the practices of principals who develop and maintain purposeful learning communities.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula serves as a standard textbook in graduate and senior level undergraduate classes in colleges and universities to contribute to the existing mass communication and ICT literature.

How does one assess community service, civic engagement, and the impact of service learning on a college campus?

Trente-trois études de cas et trente-quatre situations d’apprentissage par problèmes inspirées de situations vécues ou observées par de jeunes directions scolaires de deux cohortes de finissants (2021 et 2022) au diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) en gestion d’établissement d’enseignement et à partir de situations rapportées par les médias.

'Overall, and as one has come to expect from Fink, this is a readable text that thinks outside the box of leadership theory.

Thank you, teacher, for making a difference!

An expanded, updated version of 1997's Coming Clean About Organizational Change, this version contains 50 percent new references and 40 percent new content including chapters on organizational culture, resilience, new conceptual frameworks on organizational change, and zones of individual performance.

Revised and updated to address shifts in the climate of bullying in schools and online, this timely work suggests anti-bullying approaches that are concrete, practical, and grounded in research.

Louis Pepe does not shy away from providing insight into the more challenging sides of leading a team -what he calls "e;the tougher side of HR"e;-including delivering honest and critical feedback to allow for growth and suggesting someone leave the team to be successful elsewhere.

Offering an in-depth examination of field supervision and the role of the university supervisors in preparing teachers, this book addresses the challenges of providing novice teachers with quality supervision through the support and guidance of teacher education programs.

When implemented effectively, competency-based education (CBE) promotes high levels of learning for every student.

The Relevance of the Humanities to the 21st Century Workplace provides a blueprint for higher education faculty, boards, presidents, senior leaders, parents, students, recent graduates, and other stakeholders.

This book offers an accessible introduction and a comprehensive guide to a range of ideas on creativity in education.

In British society, we celebrate diversity and champion equality across many areas, such as race and religion.

This authoritative book has supported thousands of distance learners, providing accessible support and friendly advice for their studies.

Academics and practitioners examine the developing field of integrated education in conflicted societies, where children who would normally be educated apart are deliberately educated together.

Gaining the skills to critically read a wide variety of informational texts is more important than ever for todays K-12 students.

A comprehensive look at service learning and community engagement including history, best practices, disciplinary approaches, institutional policies, and critical perspectives.

Discover how Bhutan's unique cultural values and aspirations shape its education system in this edited volume.

This collection brings together the research of an eclectic mix of leading names in home-based education studies worldwide.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the role that parents and families play in college students lives through their involvement starting with K 12, moving through the transition to college, and then focusing on the college experience itself.

Deans and chairs, like other leaders everywhere, often rely on narrow views of their organizations that capture only part of the real picture.