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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
It is widely recognized that healthy employees are happier and more productive at work. Experiencing stress at work decreases employee’s health and affects their wellbeing. The American Institute of Stress (AIS) estimated that US 300 billion/year are spent on conditions related elevated stress levels....
National Identity
Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
National identity has been the subject of much controversy and debate. Some have even suggested dropping the concept entirely. One group, Essentialists, argue that national identity is fixed, cultural, based on birth and ancestry. Another viewpoint is posited by Postmodernists who argue that national...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
This volume continues to build on the relationship between the Research in Management Consulting series and the intervener-researchers at the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Ecully, France, extending that partnership to our recent work with the French Foundation for...
Blame Teachers
The Emotional Reasons for Educational Reform
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
There is a story going around about the public schools and the people who teach in them—a story about how awful our nation’s teachers are and why we should blame teachers for the poor state of our public schools. But is the story about teachers right or fair? Why do so many people point fingers...
The Pursuit of Sustainable Leadership
Becoming a Successful Strategic Leader through Principles, Perspectives and Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
The Pursuit of Sustainable Leadership: Sustainable Leadership (SL) encompasses the broad roles and responsibilities of leaders that cut across the whole organization and the entire extended enterprise from horizon to horizon. The underpinnings of SL require strategic leaders and professionals to play...
Visionary Strategic Leadership
Sustaining Success through Strategic Direction, Corporate Management and Highlevel Programs
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The book represents a dramatic step forward in discussing the principles, processes, and practices of visionary strategic leadership. While most of the existing literature covers the subject from organizational and management perspectives, the book focuses on a holistic view of the corporation and all...
A Curriculum of Imagination in an Era of Standardization
An Imaginative Dialogue with Maxine Greene and Paulo Freire
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
A Curriculum of Imagination in an Era of Standardization In A Curriculum of Imagination in an Era of Standardization: An Imaginative Dialogue with Maxine Greene and Paulo Freire, a volume in Landscapes of Education [Series Editors: William H. Schubert, University of Illinois at Chicago & Ming...
The Left Handed Curriculum
Creative Experiences for Empowering Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Teaching is not merely a technical process it is one that requires creative and inspirational thinking, not only on the part of students but for teachers themselves as artful, reflective beings. The purpose of this book is to provide educators with creative experiences which unlock their imaginative...
On the Move
Mobile Learning for Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This book integrates research, action research, best practice and case studies detailing how some educators have embraced the opportunities afforded by mobile learning. In particular, it brings together a range of scenarios, solutions and discussions relating to mobile learning in development and other...
Research in Technology and Second Language Learning
Developments and Directions
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
The Public Administration (P. A.) Genome Project
Capturing, Mapping, and Deploying the "Genes" of P. A.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
What is it? The Public Administration Genome Project (PAGP) is a grand attempt to digitally “map” and then usefully employ the full set of topics, variables, and interrelationships that comprise and involve all of the “genes” that make up public administration. It is based on the highly regarded...
The Unfinished Quest
The Plight of Progressive Science Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Modern educators are currently ideologically in one of two camps: those who see American education as heading in the right direction, and those who fear that it has gone tragically astray. For over 100 years the American educational system has been the hope of those who want to level the playing field...
Challenges and Opportunities of Educational Leadership Research and Practice
The State of the Field and Its Multiple Futures
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
As the sixth volume in the International Research on School Leadership series, the contributing authors in this volume consider the history, challenges, and opportunities of the field of research and practice in educational leadership and administration in schools and districts. Ten years after the...
by Alex Molnar, Barbara Lindquist
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
(orginally published by JosseyBass 1990) Changing Problem Behavior in Schools presents an innovative approach to dealing with classroom behavior problems that can be used successfully by teachers as all grade levels, counselors, and administrators. The authors draw on techniques and strategies developed...