Information Age Publishing: 1717 books
by Yaacov Iram
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
This volume on "Education towards a Culture of Peace" is a timely undertaking, since the United Nations has proclaimed the years 20012010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and NonViolence for the Children of the World." A culture of peace as defined by the UN...
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
Vol. 12 # 1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding of the AATC on October 1, 1993. The members...
Social Justice, the Common Core, and Closing the Instructional Gap
Empowering Diverse Learners and Their Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
There is little doubt that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a controversial entity. They are provocative for the way in which they have been developed, for the ways they are being implemented and evaluated, for their content, and for their failure to explicitly consider the needs, interests,...
Blurring The Lines
Charter, Public, Private and Religious Schools Come Together
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This book, Blurring the Lines, has immediate appeal to policymakers, and analysis in public and private sectors, as well as legal scholars and practitioners. It will be of interest, too, to university teachers working in the areas of "School Law," "School Policy and Politics,"...
Transforming Government Organizations
Fresh Ideas and Examples from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In 2010 IAP released Change (Transformation) in Government Organizations, edited by Ronald R. Sims. This wellreceived volume described how organizational change methods can be used effectively to make government organizations more effective and efficient and better equipped to serve a demanding citizenry....
Striving for Balance, Steadfast in Faith
The Notre Dame Study of U.S. Catholic Elementary School Principals
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Catholic elementary school principals, speaking out in a major nationwide survey, report faithful commitments alongside acute challenges in the operation of their schools, and they identify financial management, marketing, Catholic identity, enrollment management and longrange planning as their schools’...
Catholic Schools in the Public Interest
Past, Present, and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This book is a study of the contributions of Catholic K12 schools in the United States to the public interest from the 1800’s to the present. It presents seven strategies that have the possibility of leading Catholic schools in positive, new directions. Outsiders often misunderstand the mission,...
Globalizing Minds
Rhetoric And Realities In International Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Globalization has a profound effect on the mission and goals of education worldwide. One of its most visible manifestations is the worldwide endorsement of the idea of “education for global citizenship,” which has been enthusiastically supported by national governments, politicians, and policymakers...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The work will explore issues related to educational leadership in various settings in the 21st century. It will argue that the context for leadership within many nation states and international scenarios involves interaction between multiple and diverse social cultures. A further proposition is that...
The SoJo Journal
Volume 3 #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education is an international peerreviewed journal of educational foundations. The Department of Educational Leadership at California State University, East Bay, whose mission is to prepare and influence bold, socially responsible leaders...
Teaching and Learning About Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Fundamental Issues and Pedagogical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Teaching and Learning About Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Fundamental Issues and Pedagogical Approaches by Samuel Totten, a renowned scholar of genocide studies and Professor Emeritus, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is a culmination of 30...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
(orginally published by Allyn & Bacon 1997) This book provides a powerful and clear picture of some of the outstanding programs designed and implemented in the United States to provide young adolescents with rich, meaningful, and powerful learning activities with community service. The book is...
Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries Vol 1
A Critical Annotated Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st Centuries: A Critical Annotated Bibliography, is comprised of critical essays accompanied by annotated bibliographies on a host of programs, models, strategies and concerns visàvis teaching and learning about social issues facing society. The primary...
Researching and Teaching Social Issues
The Personal Stories and Pedagogical Efforts of Professors of Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
(orginally published by Lexington Books, A division of Rowman & Littlefield) Researching and Teaching Social Issues: The Personal Stories and Pedagogical Efforts of Professors of Education is comprised of original personal essays in which notable teacher educators delineate the genesis and evolution...