Age: 1758 books
Leadership from the Ground Up
Effective Schooling in Traditionally Low Performing Schools
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This book chronicles the journey of seven schools serving students of poverty, English Language Learners (ELLs), and students of color, which were able to sustain school improvement for a decade on either state and/or national criteria that measure student performance outcomes. The book shares stories...
Our Stories, Ourselves
The Embodyment of Women’s Learning in Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Women’s lives are often written on our bodies. Yet very little is made of the impacts of embodiment for women in literacy education, both learners and professionals. This volume presents the writings of 26 contributors—teachers, students, and administrators—who examine the rich terrain of personal...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
As the first volume in a series sponsored by SIGResearch on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans of the American educational Research Association and California Association for Asian and Pacific American Education, this book sheds important light on the educational needs of Asian and Pacific...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Management makes the world go round. This is a strong belief of the authors of this volume. The current tumultuous economic and financial crisis and the intensifying threats caused by climate change are symptoms of a global system that is out of balance. It is increasingly assumed that managers share...
Internationalisation in Secondary Education in Europe
A European and International Orientation in Schools Policies, Theories and Research
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
The scope of the book is an integrated discussion of several aspects of the internationalisation process in secondary education in Europe. The European and International Orientation (EIO) in education is dealt with from different national angles and theoretical visions, supported by recently conducted...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Emerging Themes in International Management of Human Resources is the third volume in the Research in Organizational Analysis series. This volume investigates important human resource management (HRM) issues within an international context. The papers in this volume provide insight into several HRM...
by Maria Teresa Tatto
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
(Originally Published in 2007 by Symposium Books) This book seeks to raise the discussion of globalisation's effects on teacher education, development and work, and its reforms and institutions, to a more theoretical and analytical level, and to provide specific examples in the comparative tradition...
Mending Walls
Historical, Socio?Political, Economic, and Geographical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
This volume of the International Social Studies Forum offers papers presented at the 2016 Social Studies Education Forum International Conference that was held in Berlin, Germany in June, 2016. The authors are a cross section of international educators. The issues and research structures noted in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
(Sponsored by the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group and the National Middle School Association) Studies like the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have compared the performance of U.S. middle grade students (i.e., eighth graders) to those in other countries....
Ethnicity and Race
Creating Educational Opportunities Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This volume of Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice takes a resource perspective toward culture, ethnicity, and race. Its purpose is to foster global dialog about race and ethnicity, with an emphasis on sharing strategies and solutions. While one might view problems stemming from racial...
Teachers' Roles in Second Language Learning
Classroom Applications of Sociocultural Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This book is designed to provide practical applications of sociocultural theory with regard to teachers’ roles in second language education. By providing specific examples of teachers’ roles in the classroom, the book aims to help researchers, teacher educators, and classroom teachers make clear...
ProjectBased Second and Foreign Language Education
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Dewey's idea of Projectbased Learning (PBL) was introduced into the field of second language education nearly two decades ago as a way to reflect the principles of studentcentered teaching (Hedge, 1993). Since then, PBL has also become a popular language and literacy activity at various levels and...
Deepening Literacy Learning
Art and Literature Engagements in K8 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Otherness in Question
Development of the Self
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
This book brings to social scientists a new look at how human beings are striving towards understanding others and through that effortmaking sense of themselves. It brings together researchers from all over the World who have suggested a set of new approaches to the basic research issue of how human...