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This book makes a much needed contribution to what we know about the role and work of the assistant principal. It offers terri c insights into the different challenges one faces after being appointed assistant principal, and it provides readers with a...

Awarded 2nd Prize, Best Book award, the Society for Education Studies, 2011 Refugees are physically and symbolically 'out of place' - their presence forces governments to address issues of rights and moral obligations. This book contrasts the hostility...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786204128863Author Marta Pérez MartínezFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 95g

The demand and the costs for higher education have risen steeply in recent years. The most common response worldwide has been some form of cost sharing: shifting per-student costs from governments and taxpayers to parents and students. This timely book...

This book analyses selected critical concepts of policy and practice in educational leadership in five European countries. The editors and contributors cover Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Denmark and Norway, spanning a wide geographical region as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639378764Author Dr David ReesFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665749909Author Charles K StallardFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 581g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781412969697Author Corwin PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 285Imprint SAGE Publications IncPublisher SAGE Publications IncWeight(grams) 612g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847338314Author Korada MuraliFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789875614Author Horace MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 104g

This compact resource highlights the essential role of professional development in bringing about systemic change that benefits student achievement. The book offers practical methods for designing, promoting, and assessing change and stresses the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889260738Author Dan M de NoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Manuscripts LLCPublisher Manuscripts LLCWeight(grams) 218g

This second revised edition of "When Race Breaks Out" is a guide for instructors who want to promote honest and informed conversations about race and racism. Based on the author's personal practice and interviews with students and faculty from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948212151Author Sanee BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Times 10 PublicationsPublisher Times 10 PublicationsWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783764309220Author Hartmut BosselFormat PaperbackPage Count 165Imprint Birkhauser Verlag AGPublisher Birkhauser Verlag AGWeight(grams) 308g

Managing difficult employees is one of the most challenging aspects of a headteacher's job. Working With and Evaluating Difficult School Employees is designed to help educational leaders learn and apply specific techniques and strategies for effectively...

Through narrative analysis, Ordinary Theologies highlights the intersectionality of gender, race, and religio-spirituality. It examines the relationship of past and current religio-spiritual leadership understandings that contest the status quo in U.S...

This book explores the complex ways in which belonging, identity and time are entangled in shaping young people engagement with the middle years of school. The authors argue that these ‘entanglements’ need to be understood in ways that move beyond a...

This book proposes that paradox, as a theoretically rich and historically enduring concept, has significant potential for researchers in the field of critical leadership studies. By enriching its general form and infusing it with added complexity and...

This book advocates for an alternative to the hierarchical positioning of leaders. It proposes to value leadership practices which emerge from collective concerns about learning and the realisation that collegial interactions offer opportunities for rich...

This book offers research-based models of exemplary practice for educators at all grade levels, from primary school to university, who want to integrate human rights education into their classrooms. It includes ten examples of projects that have been...

This book presents the outcomes of research and practical endeavour in some of the diverse contexts in which learning takes place: classrooms, schools, professional development settings, community projects and service sector agencies. It invites the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639001693Author Richard DesjardinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639126730Author Margaret DalrympleFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 222g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836437332Author Francis AtuaheneFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 349g

This book explores the complex ways in which belonging, identity and time are entangled in shaping young people engagement with the middle years of school. The authors argue that these 'entanglements' need to be understood in ways that move beyond a...

This book uses practice theory to examine the role of 'middle-leadership'. In particular, it investigates the practices of 'leading in the middle' in the cultural-discursive, material-economic, and social-political domains - i.e., the sayings, doings and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349059041Author Gajendra K. VermaFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 385g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781490773421Author Phd Niel H TimmFormat PaperbackPage Count 586Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 1297g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736998625Author Cathy Owens-OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Dr. Cathy Owens-OliverPublisher Dr. Cathy Owens-OliverWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639275971Author Frank FabriFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659517716Author Kazemian BahramFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639238327Author Frank BillingsleyFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 150g

The third in its series, What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership recognizes that effective headteachers possess a sound ethical and spiritual foundation in their leadership styles. Headteachers influence, promote and...

This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a "lean" theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of...

This book analyses the superintendent position and relations and shows how the well-known policy umbrella, the New Public Management (NPM), is being adapted to national contexts. School superintendents are civil servants at the heart of the governance of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639001822Author Gordon JoughinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836429948Author Ti-Wei ChenFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 304g

This book explores in-depth the unique aspects of school culture and student personalization characteristic of small learning communities in order to offer insights and suggestions to school reformers, particularly those in urban centers, at all levels...

"Makes a groundbreaking, noteworthy, and lasting contribution to the field of public school improvement and reform." -From the Foreword by Wendy D. Puriefoy President, Public Education Network "A must-read book that can change how public...