Associate Dean: 7 books
Reading Texts, Reading Lives
Essays in the Tradition of Humanistic Cultural Criticism in Honor of Daniel R. Schwarz
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Our culture attempts to separate competing ideological factions by denying relationships between multiple perspectives and influences outside of one’s own narrow interpretive community. The distinguished essayists in this volume find Daniel R. Schwarz’s pluralistic, self-questioning approach to...
by Birley, Graham (Head, Education Research Unit
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Covering all aspects of research methodology, this research tool also deals with planning issues and self-management techniques needed by the researcher. It contains information on data analysis and advice for staff members needing support from their institutions to pursue research.
Tabloid Tales
Global Debates over Media Standards
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2000
Coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky saga followed in a long trail of media exposures of the more personal details of the lives of public figures. Many commentators have seen stories like this, and TV shows like Jerry Springer's, as evidence of a decline in the standards of the mass media. This increasing...
The Politically Intelligent Leader
Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Today's educational leaders are often caught in a world of rising expectations and diminishing resources—the political pressures are enormous. Those in the business of education often feel ill prepared and apprehensive about their ability to deal with a high-stakes political environment. The Politically...
Rethinking Reference for Academic Libraries
Innovative Developments and Future Trends
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The rapid development of the Web and Web-based technologies has led to an ongoing redefinition of reference services in academic libraries. A growing diversity of users and the need and possibility for collaboration in delivering reference services bring additional pressures for change. At the same...
Breaking the Mold of Education
Innovative and Successful Practices for Student Engagement, Empowerment, and Motivation
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Similar to the previous three volumes, Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21**st Century (Honigsfeld & Cohan, 2010), Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21**st...
Breaking the Mold of Classroom Management
What Educators Should Know and Do to Enable Student Success, Vol. 5
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Classroom management is often perceived as the most overwhelming challenge faced by new teachers; it may also continue to confront more experienced educators as they encounter a new group of youngsters or face a new set of demands. Successful classroom management is invariably tied to student engagement...