Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

Addresses test fairness challenges in the new generation assessment. This book clarifies misconceptions of test fairness including the use of admission test results in cohort comparison, the use of international assessment results in trend evaluation, whether standardization and fairness necessarily mean uniformity, and whether standardization can ensure fairness.

Discusses the lived experiences of queer people of colour on college campuses. This book will create conversations and provide resources to best support students, faculty, and staff of colour who are people of colour and identify as LGBTQ.

Discusses the lived experiences of queer people of colour on college campuses. This book will create conversations and provide resources to best support students, faculty, and staff of colour who are people of colour and identify as LGBTQ.

The Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) model of leadership has shown that effective leader-follower relationships predict employee well-being and performance. Less research, however, has addressed how diversity variables may affect the development of leader-member exchange and outcomes. This book addresses the challenges of how diversity may impact the development of effective working relationships.

The US Department of Defense accounts for over half of federal government discretionary spending and over 3% of GDP. Half of all federal employees work for the Department. This text provides a fully integrated view of defense budgeting. It takes the position that defense budgeting is a specific instance of public budgeting, and public budgeting is a specific instance of public policy.

Provides systemic recommendations for organisations to consider as they work to differentiate themselves from their competition, to look to reinvent themselves, while also creating a great place to work in the 21st century. In addition, the book provides an assessment to use as a guide and to serve as a starting point for discussion and planning among an organisation's leadership team.

The service-learning field is 50 years old in the United States. In this book we hear from individuals who have been involved in service learning for more than 30 years about what they have learned from their experiences and what wisdom they can share with others who will be involved for the next several decades.

The service-learning field is 50 years old in the United States. In this book we hear from individuals who have been involved in service learning for more than 30 years about what they have learned from their experiences and what wisdom they can share with others who will be involved for the next several decades.

Experts in social studies education and gifted education share teacher-tested strategies for differentiating social studies in K-12 classrooms. Chapter authors showcase best-practice and research-based lessons and activities that enrich and expand social studies instruction while building K-12 students' critical and creative thinking.

Experts in social studies education and gifted education share teacher-tested strategies for differentiating social studies in K-12 classrooms. Chapter authors showcase best-practice and research-based lessons and activities that enrich and expand social studies instruction while building K-12 students' critical and creative thinking.

The third volume of this book series concentrates on technological innovation networks, a theme resonating with scholars and practitioners. Authors from around the world approach this theme from many different perspectives and address important questions on how technological innovation touches on our networked social life.

The third volume of this book series concentrates on technological innovation networks, a theme resonating with scholars and practitioners. Authors from around the world approach this theme from many different perspectives and address important questions on how technological innovation touches on our networked social life.

Considers new territory for educational leadership by looking to music for lessons and inspiration that may inform the next generation of schools leaders. Each chapter focuses on an artist or group whose work serves to refine, extend, and challenge our thinking in regards to educational leadership.

This volume includes examples of theory, research, policy, and practice that will advance our understanding of how best to encourage children and adolescents to participate regularly in physical activity, how to maximize the biopsychosocial benefits of involvement in physical activities, and how to ensure that these physical activities are inclusive for children and adolescents with special needs.

Considers new territory for educational leadership by looking to music for lessons and inspiration that may inform the next generation of schools leaders. Each chapter focuses on an artist or group whose work serves to refine, extend, and challenge our thinking in regards to educational leadership.

This volume includes examples of theory, research, policy, and practice that will advance our understanding of how best to encourage children and adolescents to participate regularly in physical activity, how to maximize the biopsychosocial benefits of involvement in physical activities, and how to ensure that these physical activities are inclusive for children and adolescents with special needs.

Challenges the dominant narrative that love trumps race (and racism) in family dynamics, and reasserts the need for critical voices of those most impacted by being cross-racially raised: the very people who face extreme racism that is both similar to, and uniquely different from, that faced by people of colour more broadly.

Features seven OST STEM programs for females from across the United States that run one week to one year in length. In this book, the chapter authors describe their programs, the effectiveness of those programs, and practical implications of their program evaluation data.

Features seven OST STEM programs for females from across the United States that run one week to one year in length. In this book, the chapter authors describe their programs, the effectiveness of those programs, and practical implications of their program evaluation data.

This book is designed with stories of resilience and success in mind. The book is not an attempt to glorify single-parent families, but such families are prevalent and increasing. High divorce rates are impactful. And some parents have chosen to not marry, which is their right. While not glorifying single-parent families, we are also not demonizing them or telling their stories void of context.

The issues and research structures noted in this volume focus on how education can mend the walls dividing societies, both internally and externally, across the globe. Papers on understanding how to use democratic and civic education to off set differences in cultural perspectives to understanding how educational policy influences choice and activism are represented throughout.