Educational administration and organization

Hoffman and Summers provide both a conceptual framework and practical approaches relevant to leadership issues in higher education.

This in-depth study of the junior high school years (grades 7-9) in Taiwan, China, compares the Taiwan model with those found in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the urban areas of China.

Politics, language, and culture are three of the most powerful forces affecting education today, yet they have been little discussed in relation to systemic school reform, the new status quo of urban schools.

Armitage taught for one year in a British grammar school from 1971 to 1972 when the school amalgamated with a secondary modern school to form a comprehensive school.

In 1993, Congress created a student loan repayment plan intended to enable high-debt graduates to accept low-income, public service jobs by reducing their loan payments and eventually forgiving part of their debts.

The professional development school (PDS) is a unique educational reform initiative that attempts the simultaneous reform of education at the school and the university.

Private schools resurfaced in China after 1978 when the Chinese government embarked on an economic reform for modernization.

This edited collection is a Festschrift to Helen M.

This book addresses Common Core State Standard curriculum resources to assist the school librarian in collaborating with classroom teachers.

Although schools with an African-centered educational focus have existed for over 200 years, they have most often been independent institutions.

American education and culture are suffering from a terrible, soul-numbing imbalance, in which there is an overemphasis on basic, quantifiable skills and knowledge and a de-emphasis of more creative areas of the humanities, especially the arts and aesthetics.

Written by scholars and professionals from such organizations as the Council of Europe and the European Community, this volume provides a comprehensive examination of education throughout Europe.

This book has gone to great lengths to reveal, through research and practice, the possibilities of addressing and reducing racist practices in our schools.

The political, social, and economic problems of southern Africa cannot be resolved until nations of this critical region effect educational reform.

This comprehensive compendium of research focuses on key aspects of Catholic education in the United States.

Today, traditional illnesses and high risk behaviors of adolescents have become interrelated through the multitude of physical, social and emotional changes young people experience.

With nearly 48 percent of all U.

The editors have collected original papers dealing with the impact of commissions on educational policy and reform.

Believing that current educational policies and practices in American institutions of higher learning contribute to an incoherent, disjunctive, and wasteful four-year experience for many undergraduates, the author provides a sense of new direction to aid in the restructuring and reform of undergraduate education in America.

University faculty members describe their collaborative projects with other faculty members, rsearchers, graduate students, professional educators, and other stakeholders in the educational enterprise.

Goonen and Blechman provide an analysis useful as a desk reference or as a text for practicing and prospective administrators and university counsel.

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

Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to outsourcing of school management to vouchers.

An examination of the growth and development of alternative schools in American society and their role in the public school environment.

A broad survey of secondary schools, their historical origins, and present-day goals, intentions, and practices in educating adolescents.

An exploration of the fascinating and controversial history of girls' education in America from the colonial era to the computer age.

A unique reference work providing information and resources on the main issues concerning the education of African Americans over the past two decades.

The only handbook of its kind to bring together materials from a wide range of authoritative works, providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of reform in American education.

Leadership in Music Technology Education examines the pedagogical, sociocultural, and philosophical issues that affect curriculum, research, and decision-making in music technology in higher education.

Many teachers, support staff and school leaders are tired, stressed and overstretched.

This is the go-to guide for higher education leaders of learning, teaching and the learner experience.

This is the go-to guide for higher education leaders of learning, teaching and the learner experience.

Grad programs in education teach you theory and pedagogy, but where do you learn the logistics of your new teaching role?

Leadership in Music Technology Education examines the pedagogical, sociocultural, and philosophical issues that affect curriculum, research, and decision-making in music technology in higher education.

This book presents critical perspectives on teacher professional learning and professional development as interpreted in 14 countries across Europe.

Many teachers, support staff and school leaders are tired, stressed and overstretched.

This edited collection is a Festschrift to Helen M.

This book presents critical perspectives on teacher professional learning and professional development as interpreted in 14 countries across Europe.

Grad programs in education teach you theory and pedagogy, but where do you learn the logistics of your new teaching role?

"e;Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals"e; is a collection of lectures given by the influential American philosopher and psychologist, William James.

Staff in schools have never been under so much pressure with high stakes accountability leading many teachers to rethink their profession.

Roman Capaul, Hans Seitz und Martin Keller haben aufgrund ihrer langjährigen Erfahrung in der Ausbildung von Schulleitungsmitgliedern und auf der Basis des St.

In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education.

This thematic encyclopedia provides an overview of education in 70 countries worldwide and links educational organization, philosophy, and practice with important global social, economic, and environmental issues facing the contemporary world.

If you've ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you.

As fast-evolving education technology (EdTech) revolutionizes learning, this report examines the evidence for effective digital learning, the key interventions and innovations in education technology, and how best to implement effective digital transformation initiatives in the education sector.

In einer Welt, die von Gewohnheiten und vorgefertigten Denkmustern geprägt ist, wagt ›Die Erfindung einer anderen Welt‹ einen mutigen Schritt hinaus in das Unbekannte.

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