Student category: 717 books
Refugee and Immigrant Students
Achieving Equity in Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The focus of this book is on educational equity issues affecting immigrants and refugees around the world. Chapters highlight educational approaches that build from experiential knowledge, draw upon multiple languages, consider group identity, grapple with the complexities of inclusion, address family...
Educating Asian Americans
Achievement, Schooling, and Identities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The achievement, schooling, and the ethnic identities of Asian American students are among the core areas in the field of Asian American education, yet there is much that remains to be uncovered, verified, contradicted, and learned through sound research, especially as the Asian American population...
Inclusive Physical Activities
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Increasing numbers of children and adolescents internationally are being diagnosed with secondary health problems (e.g., overweightobesity, diabetes, asthma, anxiety, etc.) due in part, or at least related to, a lack of physical activity. Children and adolescents with various forms of special needs (for...
Early and School-Age Care in Santa Monica
Current System, Policy Options, and Recommendations
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
In July 2012, the City of Santa Monica Human Services Division and the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District contracted with the RAND Corporation to conduct an assessment of child care programs in Santa Monica. The project sought to assess how well Santa Monica’s early and school-age care...
by Marlene Bell
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
According to the Institute of International Education, "American higher education continues to be highly valued throughout the world. US campuses offer unparalleled opportunities for creativity, flexibility and cultural exchange. Students from all over the world contribute substantially to their host...
Youth, Education and Risk
Facing the Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Youth, Education and Risk: Facing the Future provides a provocative and valuable insight into how the dramatic social and economic changes of the last twenty years have affected the lives of Western youth. Covering young people's attitudes towards relationships and health, the authors provide a comprehensive...
by Sue Drew and Rosie Bingham
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
This new guide builds on the hugely successful materials the authors have developed over the last 15 years. Along with highly practical guidance on traditional learning skills, The Guide to Learning and Study Skills provides guidance for students on learning in a blended environment; the increased use...
by Sam O Salau
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Have you ever wondered why, after apparently satisfactory preparation for and performance at an examination, you still come out with poor grades? Do you find it difficult to settle down for serious study? Do you easily forget what you read? Do you belong to either the group of students who have problems...
Asian American Education
Acculturation, Literacy Development, and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
This research anthology is the fourth volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIGREAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. This series explores...
Can We Ensure Safe Schools?
A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
This book was written as a guide to practitioners, with input and strategies from police authorities, mental health professional and educators. School safety is an issue for school communities across the country. Collaboration with all stakeholders provide comprehensive strategies that can be applied to all schools and districts.
by Emma Jayne Jone
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
Taking a gap year lets you explore the world, increase your self-development and build lifelong memories before taking your next step in life. But with so many places to see and experiences to choose from, how do you know where to start?
This step-by-step guide takes you through the whole...
Children in the City
Home Neighbourhood and Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
This timely and thought-provoking book explores children's lives in modern cities. At a time of intense debate about the quality of life in cities, this book examines how they can become good places for children to live in. Through contributions from childhood experts in Europe, Australia and America,...
Black Men Teaching in Urban Schools
Reassessing Black Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
This volume follows eleven Black male teachers from an urban, predominantly Black school district to reveal a complex set of identity politics and power dynamics that complicate these teachers’ relationships with students and fellow educators. It provides new and important insights into what it...
Black Feminism in Education
Black Women Speak Back, Up, and Out
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
In Black Feminism in Education: Black Women Speak Back, Up, and Out, authors use an endarkened feminist lens to share the ways in which they have learned to resist, adapt, and re-conceptualize education research, teaching, and learning in ways that serve the individual, community, nation, and all...