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Reflecting on almost three decades of postsocialist transformations, the second edition of Globalization on the Margins explores continuities and changes in Central Asian education development since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639177831Author Latefy SchoenFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 540g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798869355713Author Maria Hwang de BravoFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint S4Publisher S4Weight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 14mm

Issues related to gender and sexual diversity in schools can generate a lot of controversy, with many educators and youth advocates under-prepared to address these topics in their school communities. This text offers an easy-to-read introduction to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460230312Author GoodloeFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 572g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639163360Author Miriam HirschFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 358g

This book draws on the stories of thirty-two young Australians to identify the barriers and obstacles they face in 'getting a job' in precarious times and from their vantage point. It maps the kinds of educational policies and practices that need to be...

Higher education internationally is in a state of transition and transformation, leading to an increase in the level of participation, and a consequent increase in number of non traditional and underprepared students. The appearance of these students...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786203529197Author Anastasia TyulmenkovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Sciencia ScriptsPublisher Sciencia ScriptsWeight(grams) 152g

This book focuses on what school leaders need to know and understand about leadership for learning, and for learning to read in particular. It brings together theory, research and practice on leadership for literacy. The book reports on the findings from...

This book is a longitudinal life history of the lives and work of primary school principals in Ireland. It provides a unique opportunity to peer inside the realities of leading schools in changing times. In a system that until recently did not prepare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639121964Author Vasiliki LagakisFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 304g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639346923Author Marc ShookFormat 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 9786208552114Author Boukar MichelFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 472g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206773467Author Kavita RoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639219722Author Tristan BunnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786138950943Author Ashish Kumar SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354721366Author Sujit SenGuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Blue Rose PublishersPublisher Blue Rose PublishersWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659713668Author Sri Lestari AmbarFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 104g

This revised edition of the bestseller by Douglas B. Reeves contains the information and tools necessary to successfully evaluate all types of educational leaders and improve individual and organizational performance. Based on research, theory, and best...

Foreword by Michael Kirst If board meetings are something you simply "get through" so you can get on with your "real" work, this book is a must. As chair, you can turn board meetings into productive, result-getting events that help...

In the book, we provide snapshots describing this critically important time in our nation when federal educational policy implementation has been at a level previously unheard of in the United States. We present a chapter on the design and method of...

Practitioners in the field of educational technology require a high level of problem solving, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills to deal with learning issues that are often complex and multidimensional. Unfortunately, there are few opportunities...

Schools must ensure that children are granted the greatest opportunity for learning possible. This means not only developing students' academic capabilities, but providing support for their emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs as well. Readers...

This book explores how we approached the issue of community development in the context of competing interests and a differential power imbalance. We used a process-based model for supporting community transformation, a phenomenon in which...

In a new era of education stimulus funds, this book shows school and district leaders how to create a school improvement plan that will qualify them for stimulus funding. Allan R. Odden provides ten research-based strategies which can lead to a dramatic...

'The authors fill a gap in the literature by providing a practical, experience-based look at how superintendents should approach the most important relationship in their professional lives. Working effectively with school boards is what it is all about,...

This book offers a richly observed study of three principals working in some of the most disadvantaged primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It explores their social justice understandings and practices in working to improve the educational outcomes...

This book focuses on special organizational configurations for schools in diverse parts of the world. Some of these new organizational and institutional designs are called multi-service schools, others are called extended service schools and still others...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781961254527Author Timothy KoprowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ink Start MediaPublisher Ink Start MediaWeight(grams) 381g

This book focuses on how school-level features affect student resistance to education from a comparative angle, taking into account cross-national differences. All over the world, policy makers, school administrators, teachers, and parents are dealing...

This book is divided into four parts: overview and scope of the problem; current challenges to funding of school infrastructure; the future of school infrastructure funding; and conclusion.Book InformationISBN 9781931576178Author Faith E. CramptonFormat...

What is a rubric and how are they being used in teacher education and evaluation? When did rubrics become ubiquitous in the field of education? What impact do rubrics have on students, teachers, teacher educators, and the educational enterprise? This...

School District Leadership Matters challenges policy makers, administrators, and academics in the field of educational leadership to reassess their traditional approaches to learning, working, and planning. The authors believe that government...

An outcome of international conferences on the professional practice doctorate has been a continuing conversation amongst scholarly practitioners focused on addressing challenges and issues being encountered concerning in the number and variety of...

Adopting a life story approach, this book explores the memories of those who attended Irish secondary schools prior to 1967. It serves to initiate and enhance the practice of remembering secondary school education amongst those who attended secondary...

The purpose of this book is to examine the tensions, gaps, and intersections between the practices of leadership in educational systems, school leadership preparation programs, and the often different worlds of academia and k12 schools. Voices from both...

This third book in International Research on School Leadership, focuses on the changing nature of instructional leadership in the 21st century. Our goal is to examine instructional leadership from multiple educational and international perspectives...

School districts are experiencing increasing economic, racial, ethnic, linguistic, gender and sexuality, cultural diversity across the United States and globally. With increasing diversity and persistent social inequities widening (National Center for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460230305Author GoodloeFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 726g