Sociology and anthropology

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.

The field of strategy science has grown in both the diversity of issues it addresses and the increasingly interdisciplinary approaches it adopts in understanding the nature and significance of problems that are continuously emerging in the world of human endeavor.

This book brings together social sciencists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process.

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.

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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.

The Hispanic population has dramatically grown since the middle of the 20th Century.

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.

This book explores trust in government from a variety of perspectives in the Asian region.

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.

Teaching Again exposes the very human core of the teaching experience.

This book focuses on online pedagogy and the challenges and opportunities incumbent in the transformation of a face-to-face college course.

The number of staff members serving American higher education institutions has more than doubled in the past twenty years, as occupations in technology, development, government relations, and even athletic administration have grown as never before in the history of the academy.

Pressing Forward: Increasing and Expanding Rigor and Relevance in America's High Schools is organized to place secondary education, specifically the goals of preparing young adults to be college and career ready, in contemporary perspective, emphasizing the changing global economy and trends in policy and practice.

This book is a straightforward and entertaining primer on college teaching.

With the national push towards inclusion, more students with disabilities are being placed in general education settings.

This volume of Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice takes a resource perspective toward culture, ethnicity, and race.

Ubiquitous Learning: Strategies for Pedagogy, Course Design, and Technology bridges the gap between digital media and education, by presenting an intriguing look on the future of education.

Transcendental Learning discusses the work of five figures associated with transcendentalism concerning their views on education.

This book focuses on capturing one of the most important elements in successful leadership - giving followers a voice and motivating them to use that voice to help the leader be successful.

This book will interest readers learning about or developing strategies for improving higher education systems and institutions in developing countries.

The purpose of Career Development in Higher Education is to provide a broad and in-depth look at the field of career development as it applies to individuals involved in higher education activities, in a variety of educational and vocational training settings.

This concise monograph addresses the expanding field of family involvement to out of school time (OST).

Leading Research in Educational Administration: A Festschrift for Wayne K.

It is now nearly thirty years since sociocultural theories of learning created great excitement and debate amongst those concerned with learning in diverse contexts.

This book traces the journey of two individuals who have spent their lives on both sides of the teacher/professor's desk.

This book, Human Resources Management in Education, Developing Countries Perspectives, contains eleven chapters.

The late Margaret J.