Society and Social Sciences

The purpose of this book project is to analyze why the workplace is changing so rapidly, identify the enabling factors and understand what we can do to best prepare for the future.

International Perspectives and Research on Social Justice in Mathematics Education is the highly acclaimed inaugural monograph of The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast now available through IAP.

Sally Anderson's book on sport, cultural policy, and "e;civil sociality"e; in Denmark has been a long time in coming, but it's well worth the wait.

The aim of this set of books is to combine the best of current academic research into the use of Communities of Practice in education with "e;hands on"e; practitioner experience in order to provide teachers and academics with a convenient source of guidance and an incentive to work with and develop in their own Communities of Practice.

This book is a landmark in contemporary cultural psychology.

Higher education in America is the best in the world, but it is also desperately in need of reform.

This installment of selected writings by James D.

This book is divided into three parts: integrating the non-work context into theories of organizational justice; non-work reactions to injustice; and commentary.

This edited collection, the first of its kind, marries the two fastest-growing movements in higher education: service-learning and eLearning.

Educational Research, The National Agenda, and Educational Reform examines the origins, history, nature, purposes, and status of educational research by focusing on the relationships among educational research, the national agenda, educational reform, and the social and behavioral sciences.

The influence of culture on learning and motivation has been the topic of much research in recent years.

This volume connects career making to the general social context in which it takes place, careermaking individuals to the large institutional establishment in which they operate, and specifically career academicians to the overall knowledge enterprise from which they draw their intellectual inspiration, on which they build their career achievements, and to which they contribute their personal talents.

This work discusses issues relating to distance education and distributed learning.

According to NCTM's Principles and Standards for School mathematics,"e;Technology is essential in teaching and learning of mathematics; it influences the mathematics that is taught and it enhances students' learning.

This workbook is designed to be used with Recovery the Native Way, a short book in this series that deals with the impact that your Native heritage might have on your substance abuse as well as how your traditions might contribute to a fruitful and positive recovery.

This text is a study of literacy based upon a set of correspondence, the Osborne Family Papers, 1812-1968, housed in the Special Collections Research Center of Syracuse University.

This research project has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, and the Program of Research on Private Higher Education at the University at Albany.

This is the second book in the series examining student achievement.

Peace education is now well recognized within international legal instruments and within critical educational literature as an important aspect of education.

The aim of this book series is to provide a much needed outlet for the wealth of cross-cultural research that has not impacted upon mainstream education.

This volume, edited by L.

This book is written in the belief that many Native substance abusers suffer because their cultural heritage is being swept away or because they have lost contact with it.

This volume of The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education is a significant contribution to the literature on middle level schools because it is written specifically with policymakers in mind.

This is the first in the book series on educational research sponsored by Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (CAERDA, www.

This volume contains the proceedings of the First International Curriculum Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC).

The field of educational technology is exploding in terms of innovations being developed daily.

This book provides an insight into the possibilities that so-called "e;Electronic Government"e; has to offer.

(Published in Co-operation with the National Council of Teacher of Mathematics)According to NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, "e;Technology is essential in teaching and learning of mathematics; it influences the mathematics that is taught and it enhances students' learning.

The purpose of this book is to provide student affairs professionals who work at Catholic colleges and universities a tool for reflection and dialogue on difficult issues they face in their campuses.

This volume, authored by Maurice R.

Broad-based, inclusive decision-making is the historical foundation for determining what should and can be taught, how institutions should grow, and who should become a part of the academic community.

This exciting work offers an entirely new way to address the discipline problems that have become so common in our public schools!

This volume of Research in Social Issues in Management critically examines theoretical underpinnings of organizational justice and corporate social responsibility by identifying motives underlying desires for justice and by considering responses to injustice.

This volume is directed toward research to practice issues related to partnering with families of children birth through age 5.

Maximising self-concept is recognised as a critical goal in itself and a means to facilitate other desirable outcomes in a diversity of settings.

This volume in "e;The Handbook of Research on Middle Level Education"e; gives an introduction to professional preparation and development of middle level teachers and administrators.

This book is about getting organized, establishing clarity of thought, following the guidelines, and taking care to get the application right the first time.

This book is divided into three parts.

This timely and accessible book presents a challenge to accepted wisdoms about both the nature of mathematics and of education.

This volume by Godwin C.

Lack of knowledge about immigrant and minority students' learning outside school has contributed to the difficulties educators encounter when trying to embrace cultural diversity.

Development of this text has been based on the notion that workforce education and development (WFED) systems-such as, secondary and postsecondary vocational and technical education (VTE), career education and guidance, human resource and organizational development (HROD), and adult training and retraining including literacy programs, have essential roles to play in supporting both individual and national efforts to successfully participate in and reap the benefits offered by globalization.

The purpose of this book series is to promote research on educational leadership for social justice.

Cultural psychology is currently in a phase of rapid growth.

The work will explore issues related to educational leadership in various settings in the 21st century.

How can professional development for teachers be more efficient and effective?

Universal Primary Education programs are being promoted around the globe as the solution to poverty and health problems, but very little in-depth qualitative knowledge is available about the experiences of these programs in children's life-worlds.

In this third volume of Research in Education Fiscal Policy and Practice, editors Jennifer King Rice and Christopher Roellke have assembled a diversity of research studies focused on the current policy environment of high stakes accountability and how this context has impacted educators and students at multiple levels of the system.

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

This volume provides examples of current developments on the role of ICT for education, development, and social justice within an international context.