Information Age Publishing imprint: 1717 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Education, Research, Health, Social Security and other “public goods” are organized by a mix of organizations, partly publiclyfunded, partly private enterprises, partly publicprivate partnerships. The quality of the services relies greatly on the coordination and collaboration of these specialized...
StreetWays
Chronicling the Homeless in Miami
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Photographs by Lewis P. Wilkerson StreetWays: Chronicling the Homeless in Miami is a collection of interviews with 28 homeless individuals living in downtown Miami and Miami Beach. Besides extensive photographs of these people and their lives on the street, the book also includes interviews with social...
Can Educators Make a Difference?
Experimenting with, and Experiencing, Democracy in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, and with, democracy. Within the educational context, this is a key concern, and forms the basis of the research presented in this volume within a critical,...
by Deborah A. Colwill
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Organization Development (OD) is a young social science. Little has been written on the intentional development of OD professionals. As a young field of inquiry it is important to understand how the future leaders of the field of OD are being developed. The focus of this work explores the education...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This volume explores the impact of research?practice partnerships in education (broadly conceived) on communities in which such partnerships operate. By invitation, some of the partnerships celebrated in this volume are firmly established, while others are more embryonic; some directly engage community...
Breaking Out of the Box
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Faculty Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
by Jerry L. McCaffery, Lawrence R. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Peace Education Evaluation
Learning from Experience and Exploring Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Practice and research of peace education has grown in the recent years as shown by a steadily increasing number of publications, programs, events, and funding mechanisms. The oftcited point of departure for the peace education community is the belief in education as a valuable tool for decreasing...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Strategic Alliances in a Globalizing World contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 11 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant topics that speak to the growing role of strategic alliances in a globalizing business world. The chapter topics...
Nicholas Murray Butler's The International Mind
An Argument for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes with a New Introduction by Charles F. Howlett
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This new edition of Nicholas Murray Butler's The International Mind marks the 100th anniversary of its publication. Widely read at the time, it has reached the status of classic work. Butler is one of the 20th Century’s most famous college presidents. He transformed Columbia University into a famous...
Improving Student Learning
Action Principles for Families, Schools, Districts and States
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Improving Schools to Promote Learning is a concise and commonsense examination of all the moving parts that drive student learning. The book ties together the research, policies, and practices relative to the state, district, school, classroom, and family, and explains their effects on student learning....
Intersectionality and Urban Education
Identities, Policies, Spaces & Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
In urban education, “urban” is a floating signifier that is imbued with meaning, positive or negative by its users. “Urban” can be used to refer to both the geographical context of a city and a sense of “less than,” most often in relation to race and/or socioeconomic status (Watson, 2011)....
Managing Organizational Complexity
Philosophy, Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005