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This invaluable resource demonstrates how to foster the development of highly qualified teachers through designing and implementing a solid teacher evaluation system. The connection between teacher evaluation fostering school improvement and the...

The global economic meltdown has highlighted the interconnectedness of nations. This book seeks to provide an overview of topics, issues, and best practices related to defining social justice leadership given our increasingly global world. Refugees and...

In the face of today's complex policy challenges, various forms of `joining-up' - networking, collaborating, partnering - have become key responses. However, institutions often fail to take advantage of the full benefits that joining-up offers. In this...

"Without question, Reeves provides readers with insight in evaluating performance for improved individual and organizational results. The book makes a distinct contribution to the field of education."-Kenneth M. Arndt, SuperintendentCommunity Unit School...

This book provides insights into the everyday practices of school leaders as told through the real-life stories of principals. The editors and their contributors blend practice with theory, helping aspiring leaders to discover that school leadership is...

This volume provides a succinct up-to-date summary of global research on principal instructional leadership as it has evolved over the past 50 years. The book's particular focus is on the development and use of the Principal Instructional Management...

Across the United States, schools face the daunting issue of confronting the widespread effects of bullying, which threaten the physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being and development of youth. Creating and Negotiating Collaborative Spaces for...

The 14 chapters in this book address education policy as it is being implemented in three world regions, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. The diverse authors utilise original local data, interpreting it to describe policy development and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659486791Author Hassanein SafaaFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Analyzing School Contexts is the ninth volume in a series of research and theory in school administration dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. The current selection of readings is loosely...

Research has shown that school leadership is second only to classroom teaching in its effect on pupil learning. As the demands on management teams become ever more complex, this volume offers a fresh and expansive view on the challenges to be met in...

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Contemporary Challenges Confronting School Leaders is the eleventh in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Consequently, the chapters include analyses that...

The networks of Tennessee politicians, school leaders, and academics are rife with significant contributors to the national fabric of educational reform. This cadre includes Former White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker, United States Senator Bill Frist...

This book explores the Islamic tradition and Muslim contexts for educational administration and leadership. It addresses the teaching of educational administration and leadership from an Islamic perspective by raising issues of globalised educational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639001808Author Nancy GiganteFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 222g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206772156Author Japjeet KaurFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798224186228Author Rodrigo PalmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Rodrigo PalmaPublisher Rodrigo PalmaWeight(grams) 91g

Democracy can mean a range of concepts, covering everything from freedoms, rights, elections, governments, processes, philosophies and a panoply of abstract and concrete notions that can be mediated by power, positionality, culture, time and space...

For decades, education researchers have understood that school/university partnerships can be beneficial for education reform. K-12 institutions derive benefits from working with professors and university students, and higher education institutions use...

"We shape our tools and then they shape us." With these words, Kenneth Boulding captured one of the great truths of the modern world. In Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips, Gene V Glass analyzes how a few key technological inventions changed culture...

Advanced Theories of Educational Leadership presents recent models of leadership and analyzes their components and implications in the educational context. Each chapter features the scholarly background of each model, its components, antecedents, and...

Schools acting alone cannot achieve the greatest possible improvement and transformation under the conditions that currently prevail. There is a growing appetite among senior leaders in schools for fresh approaches and fresh thinking around the national...

Democracy can mean a range of concepts, covering everything from freedoms, rights, elections, governments, processes, philosophies and a panoply of abstract and concrete notions that can be mediated by power, positionality, culture, time and space...

Education Reform in the American States is a timely evaluation of the accountability movement in American public education, culminating in the No Child Left Behind Act, federal legislation of 2002. The authors treat the current accountability movement,...

Could your staff meetings use a zap of energy? Do you want more participation and less reluctance when you gather your team together? Good teachers know that fun, emotion, meaningful connections, and high expectations drive learning and committed...

'I have not seen anything quite as systematic as this material in guiding the reader through a process for developing a valid and reliable assessment plan. Covers all the areas one would want in designing a system for accreditation or for other purposes'...

The chapters included in this book were commissioned to serve as the background for the national invitational conference sponsored by the LSS at Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education (CRHDE). The conference and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218319700Author Carla M McCulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint College ReunionPublisher College ReunionWeight(grams) 222g

This book provides a deeper understanding of the phone-based composing practices of youth and their implications for literacy learning. In the United States, smartphone use among teens is nearly universal, yet many youth who are avid digital composers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786203660791Author Martha CuevaFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786202814966Author Sukumar MandalFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint 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 9786202788359Author Patience ChituraFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036545486Author Moritz KrellFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 889gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836465656Author Abbey M MathekgaFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206771524Author Kavita RoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786208584757Author Federico Martínez BonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 109g

This book culminates five years of extensive field-based inquiry with teachers and principals in four reforming school contexts. It arises from living alongside teachers and principals, entering into their realities, engaging them in conversations,...

Students, faculty, and community partners alike will find Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities: Learning From Social Justice Partnerships in Action accessible not only because it includes an array of examples regarding Latinx civic engagement,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599047355Author Irene ChenFormat HardbackPage Count 349Imprint Information Science PublishingPublisher IGI GlobalWeight(grams) 783g