Information Age Publishing: 1717 books
Doing Well and Good
The Human Face of the New Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Ethical business creates social value. That’s the theme of this bold new volume, heralding and defending this rapidlygrowing new conception of capitalism making its way into the mainstream. It provides clear and succinct guidelines for how to evaluate what counts as an ethical business as well as how...
by Ronald R. Sims
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
A Contemporary Look at Business Ethics provides a ‘present day’ look at business ethics to include the challenges, opportunities and increased need for ethical leadership in today’s and tomorrow’s organizations. The book discusses current and future business ethics challenges, issues and opportunities...
American Educational History Journal
Volume 40 #1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The American Educational History Journal is a peer?reviewed, national research journal devoted to the examination of educational topics using perspectives from a variety of disciplines. The editors of AEHJ encourage communication between scholars from numerous disciplines, nationalities, institutions,...
American Educational History Journal
Volume 38 #1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The American Educational History Journal is a peer?reviewed, national research journal devoted to the examination of educational topics using perspectives from a variety of disciplines. The editors of AEHJ encourage communication between scholars from numerous disciplines, nationalities, institutions,...
Historically Black College Leadership & Social Transformation
How Past Practices Inform the Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Historically Black College Leadership & Social Transformation Little research has been conducted to identify aspects of effective social transformation leadership in American college and university leadership. The authors of this book argue that while much less has been done at predominantly White...
Reaching the Mountaintop of the Academy
Personal Narratives, Advice and Strategies From Black Distinguished and Endowed Professors
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Since the U.S. Civil Rights era, the racial composition of higher education has changed dramatically, resulting in an increase in the number of African American students and African American faculty in predominantly white institutions (PWI). Nevertheless, the number of African American endowed or...
Poverty, Class, and Schooling
Global Perspectives on Economic Justice and Educational Equity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice is an international research monograph series of scholarly works that primarily focus on empowering students (children, adolescents, and young adults) from diverse current circumstances and historic beliefs and traditions...
by Michael Baffoe, Lewis AsimengBoahene
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
For a long time, many American educators and educational stakeholders have drawn their ideas for educational reforms from ideas generated in Europe and Asia for the changing demographics of America’s diverse classrooms. This book is therefore motivated by a bold attempt at advocating for the revision...
Let the Music Play!
Harnessing the Power of Music for History and Social Studies Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
LET THE MUSIC PLAY! Harnessing the Power of Music for History and Social Studies Classrooms provides readers an accessible introduction to employing music in history and social studies classrooms. Teachers who wish to develop lessons using music as a resource will find coverage of the significant relationship...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This timely and accessible book presents a challenge to accepted wisdoms about both the nature of mathematics and of education. The authors of this groundbreaking volume bring to bear on this intersection a postmodern sensibility that engages with the grand narratives of mathematics education. Thus they...
War, Nation, Memory
International Perspectives on World War II in School History Textbooks
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The Second World War stands as the most devastating and destructive global conflict in human history. More than 60 nations representing 1.7 billion people or three quarters of the world’s population were consumed by its horror. Not surprisingly, therefore, World War II stands as a landmark episode...
by Ralph Grossmann, Klaus Scala, Günther Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Translation by: Laura Grossmann This book presents for the first time in the English language - the concept of systemic organization development and its use in management and consultancy. It demonstrates in a succinct and compact way, how the systemic approach, in its up-to-date version, is well suited...
Beliefs and Mathematics
Festschrift in honor of Guenter Toerner's 60th Birthday
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Beliefs and Mathematics is a Festschrift honoring the contributions of Günter Törner to mathematics education and mathematics. Mathematics Education as a legitimate area of research emerged from the initiatives of well known mathematicians of the last century such as Felix Klein and Hans Freudenthal....
Effective Teaching
Educators Perspective of Meaning Making in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
What is effective teaching and what pedagogical models are being used in teacher education and evaluation? The purpose of this book is for current educators to share their effective practices in higher education—the program demographics, the vision, the preparation, the process, and the outcome....