Educational administration and organization

This volume covers issues in the sociology of knowledge, the educational system and policy, professional autonomy, vocational education, educational research and teaching, as well as the nature of such disciplines as cultural studies, English, science and the arts.

School leadership and management are fundamental components of school improvement.

In this visionary book, written by six internationally recognized Global Teacher Prize finalists, the authors create a positive and hope-filled template for the future of education.

Leading Holistically explores systems thinking in educational leadership-a comprehensive framework that enables leaders to improve their practice by taking a holistic perspective, instead of relying on a one-size-fits-all solution to discrete aspects of their organization.

Teachers are the most important determinant of the quality of schools.

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme stands in a proud tradition of reflective educators incorporating best practice into international schools.

"e;A convenient, information-rich source for anyone interested in schooling.

Covering a timely topic, which is more and more frequently in the news, this book offers vignettes that will sharpen the reader's ability to recognize and respond to difficult situations sparked by identity differences among faculty, staff, and students in college and university settings.

The complementary areas of comparative, international, and development education occupy a critical part of the landscape in educational policy debates in a global context.

The debate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood continues to be a topical media and political issue, and a contested policy area.

How do students social identities, particularly their gender, influence their leadership practices and development?

Very high rates of family fragmentation in the United States are subtracting from what very large numbers of students are learning in school and forever holding them back in many other ways.

District Leader Internship challenges school district leader interns to develop a rigorous and broad-based experience to prepare for their first job as a superintendent.

This edited volume expands on the existent research on anti-racist educational leadership by identifying what type of capacity building is needed for school administrators to facilitate anti-racist change in their schools.

This timely volume critically assesses the state of education in Palestine, re-framing the discourse on Israel-Palestine through the lens of education and arguing for a paradigm shift in the way education in the region is studied, managed and experienced.

Children in all educational levels are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, bullying, violence in their homes and neighborhoods, and other traumatic life events; research shows that upwards of 70% of children in schools report experiencing at least one traumatic event before age 16.

Excellence Through Equity is an inspiring look at how real-world educators are creating schools where all students are able to thrive.

School board members and superintendents face the reality of providing all students access to a quality education and carefully requesting and allocating public funds to finance excellent educational opportunities.

A conceptual and practical toolkit for creating learning processes with the help of interventions in workplaces, schools and communities.

Online teaching and learning has surged in recent years, and faculty who normally teach in face-to-face settings are increasingly called upon to teach blended, hybrid, and fully online courses.

Set the foundation for a successful, sustainable school turnaround.

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb.

`I waited with great anticipation to receive Jon Prosser's book, School Culture.

This is a thought-provoking and insightful guide written by Black educators, for educators from all backgrounds and at all levels within the education system.

Education Policy Perils provides educators and those interested in the future of public education with research-based and practical analyses of some of the foremost issues facing public schools today.

This book focuses on the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of transnational higher education (TNE).

As colleges and universities in North America increasingly identify "e;internationalization"e; as a key component of the institution's mission and strategic plans, faculty and administrators are charged with finding innovative and cost-effective approaches to meet those goals.

This book focuses on the politics of teacher resistance to the formation and implementation of neoliberal education policies in Australia.

"e;Finally a book about teaching that tells it like it is,"e; NEA Today said about Michael Gose's first edition, What It Means to Be a Teacher.

This book systematically elaborates Scott Eacott's "e;relational"e; approach to organizational theory in education.

'Why study the arts at school?

It is the richest, most influential, most powerful university in the world, but at the beginning of 2001, Harvard was in crisis.

Educational Leadership of Immigrants highlights the educational practices and discourses around immigration that intersect with policies and laws, in order to support K-12 students' educational access and families' participation in schooling.

Public education's character is increasingly under assault as privatization of education is advanced.

This book surveys press relations with the federal government, examines the way official press offices prepare and conduct briefings, and considers criticisms concerning the government's control of information.

The explosion of technology is changing the way people interact, and schools lag behind the rest of the society in connecting and interacting through technology.

This important new book draws lessons from a large-scale initiative to bring about the improvement of an urban education system.

Now in a revised and updated second edition for todays changing K12 landscape, this book gives instructional coaches an innovative framework for building strong relationships and enacting positive change in schools.

The Wiley Handbook of School Choice presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing the wide range of alternatives to traditional public schools available in contemporary US society.

A Dream Defaulted explores how the student loan crisis disproportionately affects Black borrowers and why rising student debt is both a cause and consequence of social inequality in the United States.

EMPOWER students to make school a source of meaning, vitality, and community in their lives.

This provocative new book will help you design and implement the most effective library user education possible--one that builds on basic library use skills through a progressively sophisticated program that is fully integrated into course curriculum at all levels, from the freshman year to graduation and beyond.

Easy-to-use, authoritative, and flexible, the tools in this book and downloadable resources have been developed over the last 15 years and have been field tested in over 500 schools.

In the third edition of this bestselling book, instructional leadership expert Sally Zepeda shares eleven more field-tested, informal classroom observation tools designed specifically for school personnel working with teachers to assist them in developing their instructional strategies.

This book focuses on developing important qualities such as emotional awareness, confidence and self-motivation.

Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives.

Research has shown that adult learners prefer a problem solving approach to learning rather than subject centered.