Information Age Publishing imprint: 1717 books
by Samuel Totten, Stephen Feinberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
(Originally Published in 2000 by Allyn & Bacon) Teaching and Studying the Holocaust is comprised of thirteen chapters by some of the most noted Holocaust educators in the United States. In addition to chapters on establishing clear rationales for teaching this history and Holocaust historiography,...
Rethinking Social Studies
Critical Pedagogy in Pursuit of Dangerous Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Like the schools in which it is taught, social studies is full of alluring contradictions. It harbors possibilities for inquiry and social criticism, liberation and emancipation. Social studies could be a site that enables young people to analyze and understand social issues in a holistic way finding...
Beyond Tears, Tirades, and Tantrums
Clinical Simulations for School Leader Development
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Clinical simulations provide school leaders with opportunities to enact and examine their leadership approaches, decisions, and policies, without consequence. Building on medical education’s use of standardized patients, this book introduces standardized individuals and clinical simulations into...
Violence At Work
What Everyone Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Every day we wake up, send our children to school, go to work, attend sports or other entertainment events, etc. Then suddenly the unexpected happens. This day will not end like yesterday and a thousand other days. Our lives are changed forever. Suddenly we realize how precious and fragile life is,...
The Changing Landscape of Youth Work
Theory and Practice for an Evolving Field
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
The purpose of this book is to compile and publicize the best current thinking about training and professional development for youth workers. School age youth spend far more of their time outside of school than inside of school. The United States boasts a rich and vibrant ecosystem of Out?of?School Time...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
(sponsored by the Family School Community Partnership Issues SIG) Promising Practices for Engaging Families in Literacy fulfills the need from parents and teachers to improve home/school assistance in every child’s literacy development. Literacy skills are required and valued in all academic areas...
Adolescence and Education
General Issues in the Education of Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
In this inaugural volume, we solicited chapters from leading scholars in a variety of fields related to education. Our aim was to provide a broad overview of several of the most pressing concerns regarding the education of adolescent students. The volume begins with an historical perspective from Barbara...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Over the last decade, significant changes have occurred in how schools are organized, how educators are prepared and certified, how accreditation policies have shifted both curriculum and content, as well as changes to the demographics of middle school classrooms. This volume, Preparing Middle Level...
Exemplary Elementary Social Studies
Case Studies in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
In many elementary classrooms, social studies has taken a back seat to English Language Arts and Mathematics in the wake of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top This volume is not another handwringing lament. On the contrary, the elementary educators who have contributed to this volume have a positive...
New Knowledge Creation Through ICT Dynamic Capability
Creating Knowledge Communities Using Broadband
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
A volume in International Advances in Education:Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice. Volume 10, E-learning & Social Media: Education and Citizenship for the Digital 21st Century, addresses the use of technology in: developing and expanding educational delivery systems to reach rural...
Theorizing Women & Leadership
New Insights & Contributions from Multiple Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Theorizing Women and Leadership: New Insights and Contributions from Multiple Perspectives is the fifth volume in the Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice series. This cross?disciplinary series, from the International Leadership Association, enhances leadership knowledge and improves...
Education of Students with an Intellectual Disability
Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
This book is designed as a collegelevel textbook introducing readers to all aspects of intellectual disability in children, from birth to the end of schooling, with an educational focus. The book will be of interest to persons training as special education teachers or who are training as regular teachers...
The Demography of the Hispanic Population
Selected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The Hispanic population has dramatically grown since the middle of the 20th Century. Demographers predict that by the year 2050, one in three Americans will of Hispanic origin. But the Hispanic population is not a homogeneous group; it varies by race and ethnicity, culture, economic status, education,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
This volume brings together an impressive array of respected scholars to examine the varied and complex ways in which peers influence adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors in the school context. The breadth of peer influence on academic and social adjustment is evident in the wide variety of topics...