Educational administration and organization

Impact science education with direct vocabulary instruction.

Die Steuerung und das strategische Ausrichten von Bildungseinrichtungen sind den Tätigkeiten eines Piloten nicht unähnlich.

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.

This book presents a new and refreshing look at student assessment from the perspective of leading educational theorists, researchers, and practitioners.

This book highlights the experiences of feminist early career researchers and teachers from an international perspective in an increasingly neoliberal academy.

This book offers research-based models of exemplary practice for educators at all grade levels, from primary school to university, who want to integrate human rights education into their classrooms.

The revision of this innovative book provides school counseling students, practitioners, leaders, supervisors, and faculty with information and resources regarding the alignment and implementation of school counseling, specifically comprehensive school counseling programs.

K-12 schools and higher education institutions are experiencing steady racial and cultural shifts that are affecting interactions, relationships, and ultimately, school and student success.

Help students improve their mastery of the English language and acquire the keys for understanding thousands of words by studying Greek and Latin word parts (prefixes, root words, and suffixes).

This book has two purposes: To open up the debate on the role of informal education in schooling systems and to suggest the kind of school organizational environment that can best facilitate the recognition of informal learning.

This invaluable guide for principals and classroom teachers contains
practical guidance on tackling truancy in schools.

Generational identity plays a large role in how teachers view educational change and school reform.

Originally published in 1987.

In this book, we describe the online world that youth begin to encounter, often without adult oversight.

In 1957, McMaster was a small Baptist enclave of traditional higher learning on the western outskirts of Hamilton.

Foreign students have travelled to Britain for centuries and, from the beginning, attracted controversy.

This book addresses current changes of education policies in a context of globalisation.

Both practical and inspiring, this book is designed to empower educators and school leaders to make clear and simple adjustments to their practice for a lasting impact on the happiness and well- being of staff and children and ultimately on academic standards.

Many contemporary secondary education standards call for teachers to reach across traditional disciplinary lines and create curricula and instructional techniques that are interdisciplinary in nature (as examples, for mathematics see Principles and Standards for School Mathematics; for science see National Science Education Standards; for foreign language see Standards for Foreign Language Learning; Preparing fro the 21st Century).

`Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal`Educational management has become an important academic subject.

This book brings together selected lectures given by eminent educationalists in memory of Ruth Wong, an influential figure in the field of education.

School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa explores the democratization and modernization of education in South Africa, analyzing the state of school leadership in South African schools from the time of the new democratic education dispensation in 1994 to the present day.

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.

Instructors using the textbook, Supervising Student Teachers: The Professional Way, 7th Edition, will find its companion instructor's guide a helpful resource.

The history of women's education in the United States presents a continuous effort to move from the periphery to the mainstream, and this book examines both formal and informal opportunities for girls and women.

Scholars have questioned every aspect of the story of Mattathias in 1 Maccabees; the revisionist narrative turns Mattathias and his Maccabees from the heroes of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and idealistic fighters for religious freedom, into merely ambitious men who ruthlessly strove for power and usurped the high priesthood of Judaea.

This book addresses the burgeoning interest in organizational learning and entrepreneurship, bringing together for the first time a collection of new papers dealing explicitly with entrepreneurial learning.

Dramatically improve schooling by harnessing the collective power of the High Reliability Schools(TM) (HRS) model and the PLC at Work(R) process.

Originally published in 1982 Resource-Based Learning for Higher and Continuing Education was written with the needs in mind of educationists who are responsible for the support of resource-based learning in higher and continuing education.

The scholars selected from the notoriously competitive Truman Scholarship applicant pool are widely known as energetic leaders from a variety of disciplines who have in common the desire to make a difference, to bring about sustainable positive change, and to serve the greater public good.

Currently, many children are unable to access emotional support services, and other members of a child's support network are required to provide this emotional guidance and support.

The successes of America's public schools are unrivaled throughout the globe providing an opportunity for every American to graduate from high school.

This workbook is designed to be used to facilitate discussion and disseminate awareness amongst all professionals (social workers, teachers and health care professionals) who are required by law to report instances of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

More than ever, secondary curriculum requires greater flexibility and adaptability so young people learn the relevant knowledge and key skills they need for the evolving world of training and employment.

American education is undergoing rapid change.

Some schools are harder than others.

Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools.

In this galvanizing follow-up to the best-selling Teaching with Poverty in Mind, renowned educator and learning expert Eric Jensen digs deeper into engagement as the key factor in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.

This book is a fictionalized account of how a licensed school teacher developed, implemented, and refined the application of Lean principles and applied them to her classroom instructional practice to complete the delivery of her assigned curriculum while at the same time ensuring her students achieved mastery learning of the material presented.

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.

For over a decade the education and employment systems of western industrialized countries have had to adapt to the changes brought about by the post-industrial age.

Written for principals and assistant principals to read and reflect on together, this book describes the most common challenges facing today's assistant principals - and provides practical solutions.

The book offers a well-grounded vision of the significant theory and application of the concept of Capability as a lifecourse and lifespan development.

This book is intended to improve understanding about the complex issues surrounding the national college completion agenda.

In virtually no other country, vocational education and training (VET) has an equally strong position at the upper secondary level as in Switzerland.

According to the most recent report done by The College Board Annual Survey of Colleges, the average rate of tuition at four-year public universities is $19,548, and even more shocking, the average four-year tuition rate for private colleges is $43,921.

A Practical Guide to Career Learning and Development is an essential guide for all those involved in careers education, either with sole responsibility or as part of a team.

The increasing impact of performance based judgments on schools and teachers in the classroom has its critics and supporters.

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.