Social research and statistics

The Pursuit of Excellence: Kentucky State University, 1886-2020 is a compelling examination of the most diverse public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The rapid change that higher education is undergoing is impacting all of the core mission elements: teaching and learning, research, service, and engagement with the external world (e.

Organizational science profits from taking new perspectives using a simple model to understand why behaviors of particular types occur within them.

Human Resources Management and Ethics: Responsibilities, Actions, Issues, and Experiences, explores and provides an in-depth look at the responsibilities, actions, issues and experiences related to HRM and ethics for individual employees, organizations and the broader society.

Mathematics teacher education has a critical role to play in preparing teachers to put at center stage goals to support equity in mathematics education and to diversify student interest and participation in mathematics.

Empirical research in HRM has focused on such issues as recruiting, testing, selection, training, motivation, compensation, and employee well-being.

This book is a longitudinal study of a 10-year experimental teacher education program.

Music teachers around the world have positively influenced the lives of children.

Since the term "e;workforce diversity"e; was first coined in the 1990s, the topic has received consistent and increasing attention by researchers.

Memory construction and national identity are key issues in our societies, as well as it is patriotism.

Much has been written about the cognitive and academic language needs of those learning English as a new language (be it a second language in the United States or other English-speaking countries or as a foreign language in all other parts of the world).

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are one of top investment priorities in these days.

Young children are coming of age surrounded by information and communication technology (ICT).

The purpose of this empirical inquiry of state-recognized "e;Honor Schools of Excellence"e; was to explore how these schools of distinction are (or are not) promoting and supporting both academic excellence and systemic equity for all students.

It is evident that organizations are becoming increasingly diverse because of the growing numbers of ethnic minorities in the U.

Succeeding as a Frontline Manager in Today's Organizations, highlights the fact that as the world of work continues to change in response to a variety of trends, issues and opportunities, manages on the frontline will still be expected to see that their organizations operate both effectively and efficiently to not only survive but to thrive.

Why with hundreds and hundreds of books on leadership to choose from, why another one?

Large, comprehensive urban high schools were designed and constructed with the belief that they could meet the needs of all its students, academic and otherwise.

Mathematics teacher education has a critical role to play in preparing teachers to put at center stage goals to support equity in mathematics education and to diversify student interest and participation in mathematics.

Case studies have become a widely-used instructional tool in many educational environments.

Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society in Education founded in 1911.

Recently, a new understanding of creative thought and creative performance has surfaced.

The scope of the book is an integrated discussion of several aspects of the internationalisation process in secondary education in Europe.

The Curriculum and Pedagogy book series is an enactment of the mission and values espoused by the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group, an international educational organization serving those who share a common faith in democracy and a commitment to public moral leadership in schools and society.

Education has rarely been absent from local and national public discourse.

This book sets out to answer the call for the historic turn in organization studies through the development of an alternative methodology for history, one that we call ANTi-History.

(orginally published by Lexington Books, A division of Rowman & Littlefield)Researching and Teaching Social Issues: The Personal Stories and Pedagogical Efforts of Professors of Education is comprised of original personal essays in which notable teacher educators delineate the genesis and evolution of their thought and work vis-a-vis the teaching of social issues.

Richard Clark's observation that "e;.

Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism: The Ultimate Social Justice Crime Fighting Tool takes a penetrating look at the needs and challenges of society's disenfranchised jail populations.

Scholarship related to financial and consumer education largely concerns itself with the acquisition, management, and growth of financial resources.

The main objective of this book is to provide students, scholars, and practitioners a detailed background on the human resource management (HRM) practices in Mexico.

A myth from the colonial period was that Americans could defend themselves by keeping a rifle in the closet and when needed, grab it, and march off to battle in times of crisis.

Women's lives are often written on our bodies.

Yes We Can: Improving Urban Schools through Innovative Educational Reform is a empirically-based book on urban education reform to not only proclaim that hope is alive for urban schools, but to also produce a body of literature that examines current practices and then offer practical implications for all involved in this arduous task.

This edited book highlights the importance and complexity of the assistant principalship.

Thirty-six of the best thinkers on family and community engagement were assembled to produce this Handbook, and they come to the task with varied backgrounds and lines of endeavor.

10 Great Curricula is a collection of stories written by educators who have come to understand curricula differently as a result of their engagement with a graduate course and its instructor.

The twin objectives of the series Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues are: (1) to identify issues in education that are relevant to professional educators and researchers; and (2) to address those issues from research and theory in educational psychology, psychology, and related disciplines.

This book describes the struggles in which inclusive-minded administrators find themselves when they promote equity initiatives.

There is an increasing proliferation of service-learning courses in colleges and universities in the U.

Contemporary science teaching approaches focus on fostering students to construct new scientific knowledge as a process of inquiry rather than having them act as passive learners memorizing stated scientific facts.

Women Leaders: Advancing Careers recognizes that while the majority of students enrolled in educational leadership preparation programs continue to be women; women's advancement to top school executive roles is still not comparable to that of men.

This third book in International Research on School Leadership, focuses on the changing nature of instructional leadership in the 21st century.

How is history represented?

Black Males in Postsecondary Institutions: Examining their Experiences in Diverse Institutional Contexts offers a comprehensive examination of the experiences of Black males in our nation's higher education institutions.

This unique volume of writings by educators in the field working with women's literacy reveals the many ways in which addressing women's empowerment through literacy continues to impact lives.

(This is a condensed version of Inspiring Student Writers: Strategies and Examples for Teachers.

This volume aims to stimulate interest in the under-researched role of silent partners (SPs) in multicultural education.

What makes history difficult to learn is the fact that one has to travel in time.

This book will inspire academics, teachers and trainers to use film and television in their classrooms and to shows them how it might be done.