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Social Constructivist Teaching, 9 - book by Brophy, Jere DESCRIPTION: This volume is a sympathetic but analytical and critical view of social constructivist teaching, considering both its affordances (what it offers to students when implemented well in situations for which it is well suited) and its constraints (enabling conditions; situations in which th... view more info and the price of this book. |
Exploring Educational Administration - book by Evers, C.W;Lakomski, G. DESCRIPTION: Exploring Educational Administration the second book in a planned 3 volume work, begins the task of extending the authors' ideas into more applied domains. It provides some introductory accounts of their theory, some extension of the theory in new directions, particularly in response to... view more info and the price of this book. |
Genders and Sexualities in Educational Ethnography - book by Walford, G.;Hudson, C. DESCRIPTION: Studies of gender and education have been at the forefront of much ethnographic research for several decades, but the interest in sexualities and education is more recent. Indeed, to study sexualities and schooling is, almost in itself, a challenge to many common assumptions about child... view more info and the price of this book. |
Autonomy and Choice in Context: An International Perspective - book by Shapira, R.;Cookson, P. DESCRIPTION: This book brings together for the first time the most current research about the academic effects and policy implications of the school reform known as parental choice. The topic of choice in education is discussed in terms of why, when, where and how, if at all, it should be implemente... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Scholarly information in all fields of human knowledge is in continuous flux. Educational practices change not only as a result of reforms which are the subject of legislation, but also in response to new societal demands, needs, and changes in the economic conditions in different count... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book will provide practical and educative accountability policies, ie. processes and criteria that will enhance the quality of learning, teaching and leadership in educational institutions and systems.Its scope will be limited to:• a review of the history of ideas and internat... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Indiana Youth Opportunity Study: A Symposium - book by Wong, K.K. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part headings: Schools' capacity to improve workforce preparation. Gender and racial equality in school-to-work transition. AUTHORS: Wong, K.K. PAGES: 272 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/09/1997 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0137-6... view more info and the price of this book. |
Evaluation Research for Educational Productivity - book by Reynolds, A.J.;Walberg, H.J. DESCRIPTION: This volume is the seventh in an annual series of works on educational productivity centered on how more can be accomplished in education without consuming additional human, economic, and social resources. In Evaluation Research for Educational Productivity a key question addressed by t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Optimizing Educational Resources - book by Cooper, B.S.;Speakman, S.T. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part headings: Case Studies of School Equity and Effectiveness: New Jersey, Hartford, Connecticut, and Boston. The Battle for Financial Equity: Federal State, Local District, and Schoolsite. Improving School Productivity from Money to Teachers to Student Learning. ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Covariance in learning disability and behavior disorder: an examination of classification and placement issues (K.A. Kavale, S.R. Forness). Understanding identification, placement, and school completion rates for children with disabilities: the influence of economi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Effectiveness of social skills training for students with behavior disorders: a meta-analysis (K.A. Kavale et al.). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (D.P. Hallahan, E.A. Cottone). Aggressive behavior in children with behavior disorders: a critical review of... view more info and the price of this book. |
Advances in Motivation and Achievement, Volume 10 - book by Maehr, M.L.;Pintrich, P.R. DESCRIPTION: This volume has chapters from leading researchers and scholars on the "state-of-the-art" for different theoretical perspectives in motivation research. The chapters provide an overview of the leading social cognitive motivational theories and the current issues that these models and per... view more info and the price of this book. |
Monitoring the Standards of Education - book by Tuijnman, A.C.;Postlethwaite, T.N. DESCRIPTION: Monitoring the standards of school achievement is a topic which has been subject to increasing attention of late. This book aims to add clarity and fuel to this ongoing debate by answering such questions as: Why should standards of education be monitored? Which are the major steps to be... view more info and the price of this book. |
Early Education and Care, and Reconceptualizing Play, 11 - book by Reifel, Stuart;Brown, Mac H. DESCRIPTION: This volume addresses two major areas of inquiry in the field of early childhood education and care. The first section of the book includes scholarly reviews on early childhood education and care and its conceptual bases. Program curriculum and implementation are explored, including t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Expectations in the Classroom - book by Brophy, J. DESCRIPTION: This volume revisits and updates theory and research on self-fulfilling prophecies and other aspects of the effects of teachers' expectations in classrooms. The introductory chapter describes the waxing and waning of a flurry of research on the self-fulfilling prophecy effects of teache... view more info and the price of this book. |
Advances in Social Science Methodology, Volume 4 - book by Thompson, B. DESCRIPTION: Advances in Social Science Methodology: Volume 4 is separated into two parts: factor analytic methods and non-factor analytic methods. The first section begins with an examination of basic issues in classical measurement and correlation, forming a foundation for subsequent discussions... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: National educational reform: general and special education (F. Litton, J. Fiddler). Linguistically appropriate special education (H. Grossman). Portfolio assessment: an individualized approach for general and special educators (T. Benson et al.). Classroom disrupti... view more info and the price of this book. |
Examining Protege-Mentor Experiences - book by Frierson, H.T. DESCRIPTION: The mentoring of faculty and administrators in higher education (J.W. Holland). Mentoring experiences of African-American Ph.D. chemists (W. Pearson Jr., I.M. Warner). Relationships between mentors and Mexican-American and American Indian doctoral students (M.J. Williamson, R.H. Fenske)... view more info and the price of this book. |
Understanding Schools as Intelligent Systems - book by Crow, G.M.;Leithwood, K. DESCRIPTION: This volume focuses on organizational learning in schools and school systems. The compilation of studies reported in the volume range from developing intellectual capacities in individuals and teams to building intellectual capacity at the school and district levels. The volume also exa... view more info and the price of this book. |
Debates and Developments in Ethonographic Methodology, 6 - book by Walford, Geoffrey DESCRIPTION: What counts as ethnography and what counts as good ethnographic methodology are both highly contested. Volume 6 of this expanding series of books draws together a collection of chapters presenting a diversity of views on some of the current debates and developments in ethnographic metho... view more info and the price of this book. |
Foundations, Adult Dynamics, Teacher Education and Play - book by Reifel, S. DESCRIPTION: The papers appearing in this volume reflect current thinking about the contexts of our thought, methodology, the nature of experience while teaching and program improvement, and how we conceptualize play in the curriculum. TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Series Editor's intro... view more info and the price of this book. |
Explorations in Methodology - book by Massey, A.;Walford, G. DESCRIPTION: The series as a whole recognises that the nature of ethnography is contested, and takes this to be a sign of its strength and vitality. This second volume in the series focuses on debates and developments in methodology and the many ways in which ethnographic work interacts with educat... view more info and the price of this book. |
Families Policy & Practice in Early Child Care - book by Dunst, C.;Wolery, M. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: The family supportiveness of federal early child care and education policy (S.E. Rosenkoetter, N.E. Cohen). Child care and preventing child maltreatment (R.A. Thompson et al.). AUTHORS: Dunst, C.;Wolery, M. PAGES: 272 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/01/1998 ISBN Nu... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Volume 13 of Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities presents a variety of topics relevant to disorders of learning and behavior, from a diverse international group of researchers. In the first chapter, H. Lee Swanson presents a comprehensive discussion and analysis of working ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: University-based child development laboratory programs have a long and rich history. Since their inception in the mid-1920's they have played a vital role in adding to our expanding knowledge base on child development and early childhood education. In addition to their instrumental func... view more info and the price of this book. |
Doing a Doctorate in Educational Ethnography, 7 - book by Walford, Geoffrey DESCRIPTION: Doing a doctorate in education is always a challenging and difficult process. Doing a doctorate in education that is based upon ethnographic research is even more so. This book draws together a series of semi-autobiographical reflexive accounts of the process of doing a doctorate using... view more info and the price of this book. |
Local Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education - book by Teasdale, G.R.;Ma Rhea, Z. DESCRIPTION: During the past three decades there has been a substantial growth in the number of higher education institutions in developing countries. The majority of these institutions have adopted an approach to teaching and research modelled on the universities of the Western world. Consequently,... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Role of Context - book by Urdan, T.C. DESCRIPTION: The chapters in this volume address how different contexts and environments can facilitate or constrain the motivation of individuals. Motivational theory has tended to focus on internal psychological processes, but the chapters in this volume remind us that contextual factors are also ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Theory and Practice in Early Childhood Teaching - book by Reifel, S.;Chafel, J.A. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Academic Perspectives. Theory: an analysis (part 1) (L.E. Beyer, M. Bloch). Theory: an analysis (part 2) (M.C. Hyson). Practitioner Perspectives. Teachable moments: socially constructed bridges (T. Cox). Synthesis. Theory and practice in early childhood teaching: t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Improving Educational Performance: Local and Systemic Reforms - book by Thurston, P.W.;Ward, J.G. DESCRIPTION: Improving Educational Performance: Local and Systematic Reforms, Volume 5 of the series published in 1997, examines improvement of educational performance through state and local reform efforts and through increases in school choice opportunities. Researchers present operational framewo... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Distributed Leadership: School Improvement through Collaboration, Volume 4 of the series published in 1995, focuses on defining leadership and questioning the relationships among leaders and followers through a series of case studies. From data leaders and followers through a series of ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Mentoring and Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 1 - book by Frierson, H.T. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part headings: Concepts of Mentoring. Mentoring Approaches and Models. The Consideration of Countervailing Factors Relative to the Mentoring Experiences of Scholars of Color. AUTHORS: Frierson, H.T. PAGES: 216 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/11/1997 ISBN Number: 0-... view more info and the price of this book. |
Educational Reform in International Perspective - book by Yogev, A.;Rust, V.D. DESCRIPTION: Where is the comparative and international study of education heading in the 21st Century? What are the current theoretical issues, problems, and practices that need to be discussed, reviewed, and debated? How have specific sub-fields fared over the past decade? Our discipline appears p... view more info and the price of this book. |
Children Learning in Context - book by Walford, G.;Massey, A. DESCRIPTION: The papers in this collection are bound together by their ethnographic focus on children learning within a range of contexts. They illustrate the rich and intricate patterns which can be revealed through ethnographic exploration of the diversity of forms and settings for children's lear... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The first edition of this popular reference work was published in 1993 and received critical acclaim for its achievement in bringing together international perspectives on research and development in giftedness and talent. Scholars welcomed it as the first comprehensive volume in the fi... view more info and the price of this book. |
A Transactional Perspective on Teaching and Learning - book by Garrison, D.R.;Archer, W. DESCRIPTION: Published as part of the successful Advances in Learning and Instruction Series, this book provides a comprehensive and coherent perspective on the processes and outcomes of a meaningful and worthwhile educational experience in adult and higher education. Assuming a collaborative constr... view more info and the price of this book. |
The OECD, Globalisation and Education Policy - book by Henry, M.;Lingard, B.;Rizvi, F.;Taylor, S. DESCRIPTION: The increasing significance of the OECD in the development of national education policies has received much attention in recent years. Although it is recognised that certain international agencies such as the OECD as key 'globalising agencies', have acquired the capacity to 'persuade' n... view more info and the price of this book. |
Academic Work and Life, 1 - book by Tight, Malcolm DESCRIPTION: What is it like to live and work as an academic at the end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century? This volume, containing contributions from authors in Europe and Australasia, seeks to provide a diversity of answers to that question. The evidence assembled inc... view more info and the price of this book. |
Subject-Specific Instructional Methods and Activities, 8 - book by Brophy, Jere DESCRIPTION: This volume explores the tension between the search for generic principles of good teaching that cut across school subjects and the belief that portrayals of best practices ought to be framed separately for each subject. Its contributors all favor teaching in ways that encourage student... view more info and the price of this book. |
Ethnography and Education Policy, 4 - book by Walford, Geoffrey DESCRIPTION: This book emphasises the central place that ethnographic work should have in the formulation and evaluation of education policy. Ethnographic studies contribute to a greater understanding of the process formulation, evaluation and critique. First, careful studies of policy initiatives a... view more info and the price of this book. |
The International Handbook on Innovation - book by Shavinina, Larisa V DESCRIPTION: The International Handbook on Innovation is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of what innovation is, how it is measured, how it is developed, how it is managed, and how it affects individuals, companies, societies, and the world as a whole. Leading specialists f... view more info and the price of this book. |
The New Superintendency, 6 - book by Brunner, C. Cryss;Bjork, Lars DESCRIPTION: Recent reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. Yet much of the research attention is focused on the principalship or on state-level policymaking. This volume attempts to correct t... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Long regarded as the premier monographic series in its area of coverage, Advances in Library Administration and Organization offers research perspectives that are both timely and lively. Through its long-standing tradition of bringing to its professional and academic readership a mix of... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Drawing upon research and practice in a number of countries, the contributors to this volume describe recent advances in meeting the needs of children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties. Following the Salamanca agreement and other international treaties sovere... view more info and the price of this book. |
Promoting Evidence-based Practice in Early Childhood Education, 1 - book by David, Tricia DESCRIPTION: Early childhood specialists from Africa, Australasia, the Americas and Europe have contributed to this volume, bringing together research evidence about young children's lives and learning in their homes, communities and early years settings. The chapters include discussions of researc... view more info and the price of this book. |
Critical Ethnography and Education, 5 - book by Walford, Geoffrey;Carspecken, Phil Francis DESCRIPTION: Volume 5 of this expanding series of books draws together a collection of papers based on a particular form of critical ethnography developed by Phil Francis Carspecken and his colleagues at the University of Houston. Each chapter is based on a unique field project conducted in the Hous... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book is concerned with the study of children and adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The book provides theoretical, educational and clinical perspectives related to this disorder. The perspectives discussed are based upon past and present theories of autism, educational ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Schooling and Social Capital in Diverse Cultures, 13 - book by Fuller, Bruce;Hannum, Emily DESCRIPTION: One of the most seductive topics in recent years is the field of social capital - the webs of trust, mutual obligation, and cultural knowledge that flow through local information that yield resources in human-scale associations of individuals. But when we ask about the implications for ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Scholars in international comparative education are calling for a new paradigm - a multilevel qualitative analysis of cross-national data. In response, New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship demonstrates the application of a multi-level analysis to qualitativ... view more info and the price of this book. |
School-Based Evaluation, 8 - book by Nevo, David DESCRIPTION: Divided into two parts, this volume first discusses the concept of school-based evaluation, followed by a presentation of case studies of school evaluation from across the World. In part one, school-based evaluation is examined from three perspectives: (1) School-based evaluation as a ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Latinos in Higher Education, 3 - book by Leon, David DESCRIPTION: America faces a serious challenge: the looming surge in Latino college enrollment. Latinos are now the largest minority in the United States, accounting for 12 percent of the population. Yet their presence is scarce in higher education, just 1.7 percent of first-time, full-time students... view more info and the price of this book. |
Access and Exclusion, 2 - book by Tight, Malcolm DESCRIPTION: International Perspectives on Higher Education Research is a series which aims to feature something of the variety of research being undertaken into higher education systems and issues outside of North America. The theme of this volume covers what is and isn't permitted, included or all... view more info and the price of this book. |
Investigating Educational Policy Through Ethnography, 8 - book by Walford, Geoffrey DESCRIPTION: Within the United Kingdom questions about the relevance of educational research and its relationship to policy have recently been the centre of a prolonged, public and sometimes acrimonious debate.The chapters in this book illustrate the ability of ethnographic work to assist in underst... view more info and the price of this book. |
Identification and Assessment, 16 - book by Mastropieri, Margo A;Scruggs, Thomas E DESCRIPTION: Identification and assessment of learning and behavioural disabilities have long been issues of great concern, and have become increasingly important in recent years. Identification and assessment issues determine how students are characterized as having disabilities, provide implicatio... view more info and the price of this book. |
Between School and Work - book by Tuomi-Grohn, T.;Engestrom, Y. DESCRIPTION: This book opens up new theoretical perspectives and practical possibilities to analyze the learning opportunities emerging in the transitional zones between educational institutions and workplaces. International contributors draw on a range of ideas developed within constructivistic, so... view more info and the price of this book. |
Intergenerational Ambivalences, 4 - book by Pillemer, Karl;Luscher, Kurt DESCRIPTION: This book is an in-depth, cutting-edge report on the intergenerational ambivalence perspective: an innovative framework for understanding parent-adult child relationships that has emerged from work in several disciplines such as sociology, psychology, history, and family therapy in the ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Using Video in Teacher Education, 10 - book by Brophy, Jere DESCRIPTION: This book features contribution from people who have developed and used video in teacher education. The focus is on video as opposed to other technology (e-mail, etc.) and its use in teacher education. The video can be stored on videotapes, CD-Rom, DVD, or computer drives, and it can be... view more info and the price of this book. |
Inequality Across Societies, 14 - book by Fuller, Bruce;Hannum, Emily;Baker, David;Werum, Regina DESCRIPTION: Most societies place great faith in the modern school's power to offer children a more prosperous future, from better jobs to wider social opportunities. In turn, political leaders around the world push to expand western forms of schooling, creating more slots for children, from prescho... view more info and the price of this book. |
Motivating Students, Improving Schools, 13 - book by Pintrich, Paul R;Maehr, Martin L. DESCRIPTION: For nearly two decades, this series has reflected and chronicled the interests, insights, findings and concerns of motivational researchers. This volume is unique in that it grew out of a conference honoring a major contributor to the motivational literature, Carol Midgley. Yet, it too ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Ethnographies of Education & Cultural Conflicts, 9 - book by Jeffrey, Bob;Walford, Geoffrey DESCRIPTION: National Curricular need to be interpreted in terms of the cultures and experience of learners and adjusted accordingly, for example a literacy and history curriculum needs to include perspectives relevant to the local culture. Teachers, learners, families and communities mediate, appr... view more info and the price of this book. |
Community Development and School Reform, 5 - book by Crowson, Robert L DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Crowson, Robert L PAGES: 250 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/06/2001 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0779-x... view more info and the price of this book. |
African American Education, 2 - book by Allen, Walter R;Spencer, Margaret Beale;O'Connor, Carla DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Allen, Walter R;Spencer, Margaret Beale;O'Connor, Carla PAGES: 398 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/07/2002 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0829-x... view more info and the price of this book. |
Between School and Work - book by Tuomi-Grohn, Terttu;Engestrom, Yrjo DESCRIPTION: This book opens up new theoretical perspectives and practical possibilities to analyze the learning opportunities emerging in the transitional zones between educational institutions and workplaces. International contributors draw on a range of ideas developed within constructivistic, so... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Hunter, Richard C;Brown, Frank PAGES: 358 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/12/2002 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0426-x... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword (E.L. Meyen). Foundations of Special Education. Transforming the teaching-learning process in general and special education (F.E. Obiakor). The federal role in transforming general and special education (C.A. Utley, M. Simon). Transforming general and spe... view more info and the price of this book. |
Technological Applications, 15 - book by Scruggs, Thomas E;Mastropieri, Margo A DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Scruggs, Thomas E;Mastropieri, Margo A PAGES: 266 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/10/2001 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0815-x... view more info and the price of this book. |
Teachers Unions and Education Policy, 3 - book by Henderson, Ronald D;Urban, Wayne;Wolman, Paul DESCRIPTION: The American public has increasingly heard that teacher unions and quality education are contradictory terms and that unions are responsible for the ?failure? of public schools. Many critics of the unions would cheerfully channel public funds to largely nonunion private and parochial sc... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Relying on a series of empirical workplace studies as well as an extensive review of psychological, sociological and educational literature, the authors develop a framework for examining human competence as a process of networked expertise. Networked expertise refers to competencies tha... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book addresses prominent trends in learning disabilities in a systematic and comprehensive manner. The book's major premise focuses on the early identification and intervention of learning disabilities which can positively impact a child's academic performance by making achievement... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a diverse and dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and all communit... view more info and the price of this book. |
Competence Perspectives in Managing Internal Processes, 7 - book by Sanchez, Ron;Heene, Aime DESCRIPTION: The competence-based perspective on strategy and management emerged in the 1990s as a new approach to developing strategy and management theory and practice. In the past decade, the focus on organizational competences -- and the resources, capabilities, and processes that create compete... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume revisits a number of themes that have appeared in earlier Advances publications, including Social Contexts of Early Development and Education and Reconceptualizing Play. New social contexts for early education and care often require that we aim our inquiry at social conditi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The prime focus on the social processes of schooling within educational ethnography has tended to marginalise or eschew the importance of other 'informal' educational sites. Other social institutions, such as family, community, media and popular culture, work and prisons are salient are... view more info and the price of this book. |
Families in Eastern Europe, 5 - book by Robila, Mihaela DESCRIPTION: Eastern Europe has been recognized as a region that has experienced major socio-political and economic changes in the last decades. The impact of these transitions on families and their functioning has also been significant. Although understanding of families in different cultures in th... view more info and the price of this book. |
Global Trends in Educational Policy, 6 - book by Baker, David;Wiseman, Alex DESCRIPTION: This volume of International Perspectives on Education and Society highlights the valuable role that educational policy plays in the development of education and society around the world. The role of policy in the development of education is crucial. Much rests on the decisions, suppo... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization offers papers of interest to practitioners and researchers in the library community throughout the world.. All of the papers in one way or another address the tension between what researchers can deliver, what they defin... view more info and the price of this book. |
Cognition and Learning in Diverse Settings, 18 - book by Scruggs, Thomas E;Mastropieri, Margo A DESCRIPTION: Essential to the treatment of learning and behavioral disabilities is an understanding of the cognitive processes brought into play in educational contexts, how they contribute to problems in learning and behavior, and how these processes might be ameliorated. Equally important is a car... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Both traditional and progressive curricula are inadequate for the task of responding to the economic, political, social, and cultural changes that have occurred as a result of globalization. This book documents some of the ongoing work occurring in early childhood settings that is aimed... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Relations, 3 - book by Tight, Malcolm DESCRIPTION: This is the third volume of International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, a series which aims to feature something of the variety of research being undertaken into higher education systems and issues outside of North America. The theme of this volume is International Relation... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: What counts as ethnography and what counts as good ethnography are both highly contested. This volume brings together chapters presenting a diversity of views on some of the current issues and practices in ethnographic methodology. It does not try to present a single coherent view but, ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Learning from Research on Teaching, 11 - book by Brophy, Jere;Pinnegar, Stefinee DESCRIPTION: This volume is designed to accomplish three primary purposes: (1) illustrate a variety of qualitative methods that researchers have used to study teaching and teacher education; (2) assess the affordances and constraints of these methods and the ways that they focus and shape exploratio... view more info and the price of this book. |
Lessons in Leadership, 5 - book by Leon, David DESCRIPTION: A largely unseen phenomenon is shaping the direction of higher education today: the growth of leadership programs. These programs are hidden ladders that help the talented move up toward university presidencies. Their number and importance are rapidly increasing, and they will more and ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Motivation and Religion, 14 - book by Maehr, Martin L.;Karabenick, Stuart A. DESCRIPTION: Considerable evidence indicates that religion is a motivational force in the lives of most of the world's population, and recent social and political events have placed religion center stage. Motivation is considered an essential component of any adequate answer to the question, "Why re... view more info and the price of this book. |
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