Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

Critical inquiry is central to the ethos of service-learning pedagogy, a pedagogy that is built upon community partner participation and active reflection. Within higher education, service-learning offers an important opportunity to enhance practice within the community, allowing students to engage stakeholders and youth.

The theoretical elaboration of the notion of reflexivity can be seen as one of the ways of performing the challenging task of developing an intentional language for Psychology. By working on such a notion one can realize that common sense lies at the core of psychological science. This volume explores these ideas.

The theoretical elaboration of the notion of reflexivity can be seen as one of the ways of performing the challenging task of developing an intentional language for Psychology. By working on such a notion one can realize that common sense lies at the core of psychological science. This volume explores these ideas.

Interdisciplinarity is viewed as a necessary ingredient in the training of future oriented 21st century disciplines that rely on both analytic and synthetic abilities across disciplines. This monograph argues that interdisciplinarity and creativity are related constructs, and that the cultivation of domain general creativity is possible.

Explores issues related to educational leadership in various settings in the 21st century. This title argues that the context for leadership within many nation states and international scenarios involves interaction between multiple and diverse social cultures. It also explores three primary contexts for leadership and intercultural interaction.

A discussion of the academic motivation of adolescents. It addresses: self-efficacy and adolescents' motivation; situating motivation in sociocultural contexts; rewards and intrinsic motivation - a needs-based developmental perspective; and perceived peer norms and the need to be accepted.

By delving into the foundational concepts related to leveraging sales as a tool for organisational profit, this book gives readers important insights into the critical elements of the sales process, including consultative selling, sales force management, qualities of effective leadership in sales, and the use of technological tools.

Addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every learner? It shows how knowledge can be organised to both radically improve learner intellectual performance and significantly decrease the cost of a general education.

Offers honest, engaging, first-person accounts by classroom teachers and university scholars of their successes and challenges connecting a social justice pedagogical orientation to the Common Core State Standards. These authors candidly and passionately share the challenges of navigating between a social justice curriculum and high stakes standards and test driven environments.

Offers honest, engaging, first-person accounts by classroom teachers and university scholars of their successes and challenges connecting a social justice pedagogical orientation to the Common Core State Standards. These authors candidly and passionately share the challenges of navigating between a social justice curriculum and high stakes standards and test driven environments.

Explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1960s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today. How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 1960s still resonate with us? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently?

Explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1960s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today. How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 1960s still resonate with us? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently?

Critically articulates some theoretical and methodological issues of cultural psychology with the research and practical work of psychologists with Amerindian peoples. The book offers a meta-theoretical reflection that aims to bring in new theoretical-methodological and ethical reflections to Cultural Psychology.

Critically articulates some theoretical and methodological issues of cultural psychology with the research and practical work of psychologists with Amerindian peoples. The book offers a meta-theoretical reflection that aims to bring in new theoretical-methodological and ethical reflections to Cultural Psychology.

Draws together critical theoretic contributions on mathematics and mathematics education from leading researchers in the field. Recurring themes include the natures of mathematics and critical mathematics education; ideology, the hegemony of mathematics, ethnomathematics, and real life education; capitalism, globalization, politics, social class, habitus, citizenship and equity.

Repensar la educacion es esencial en un mundo, global, transcultural, cambiante y comunicado. A traves del libro Repensar la Educacion para un Mundo global, Transcultural se argumenta y se analiza como construir relaciones entre la escuela y la sociedad, y las posibilidades de trascender las barreras en diferentes contextos nacionales: Chile, Israel, Mexico, Marruecos, Polonia y Espana.

Repensar la educacion es esencial en un mundo, global, transcultural, cambiante y comunicado. A traves del libro Repensar la Educacion para un Mundo global, Transcultural se argumenta y se analiza como construir relaciones entre la escuela y la sociedad, y las posibilidades de trascender las barreras en diferentes contextos nacionales: Chile, Israel, Mexico, Marruecos, Polonia y Espana.

Draws together critical theoretic contributions on mathematics and mathematics education from leading researchers in the field. Recurring themes include the natures of mathematics and critical mathematics education; ideology, the hegemony of mathematics, ethnomathematics, and real life education; capitalism, globalization, politics, social class, habitus, citizenship and equity.

Philosophy as Disability and Exclusion examines the history of ideas on arts in the education of people who are blind in England, from 1688 to 2010. This book also examines a number of the earlier influences on the enlightenment, and the international context of this topic. The two hypotheses on which this study is based are:(1) Our understanding of blindness in English intellectual culture is less to do with homologous physical characteristics. Instead it is more to do with an ethical philosophy of human capacity.(2) The arts education of people who are blind through touch tells us much about our psychology of mythologies and the intellectual construction of human thought. Furthermore, the myth that people who are blind are incapable of visual arts and have an enhanced capacity for the musical arts is one of the most engrained modern folklores. It is part of our cultural, intellectual and philosophical conscience.In the process of investigating these hypotheses, this book argues that philosophies have linked immorality, intelligence and physical ability. These have become connected in ways that are unrelated to eyesight in order to fulfill broader cultural processes of developing social theory. In this book, the process of knowledge creation is termed passive exclusion and is analyzed through an epistemological model of examining disability and exclusion.

Presents the latest status of the development of two consortium assessment systems. It addresses the most challenging issues related to the next generation of state testing programmes including development of innovative items assessing higher order thinking skills, scoring of such items, standard setting and linkage with the old state specific standards, and validity issues.

Considers how individuals seek a healthy alignment between work and nonwork. In addition to building on the established literature on work/family conflict, this volume also examines the reciprocal positive influences between work and nonwork, considering such issues as balancing work with commitments to others, including spouse/partner, children, elderly relatives, friends, and the community.

Presents the latest status of the development of two consortium assessment systems. It addresses the most challenging issues related to the next generation of state testing programmes including development of innovative items assessing higher order thinking skills, scoring of such items, standard setting and linkage with the old state specific standards, and validity issues.

Considers how individuals seek a healthy alignment between work and nonwork. In addition to building on the established literature on work/family conflict, this volume also examines the reciprocal positive influences between work and nonwork, considering such issues as balancing work with commitments to others, including spouse/partner, children, elderly relatives, friends, and the community.

Offers a political, poetic, and practical handbook for facilitating discussion. Creating more participation and equality during discussions can help create the conditions for social change. Elements of Discussion includes practical tips, techniques, and reflective questions through which it firmly and sensitively suggests to readers how to facilitate discussions across contexts.

Explores early childhood education policies and practices in the Caribbean. Chapters in the book analyse child policies and issues, critically examine progress on alignment between policies and practices, and propose recommendations for advocacy and implementation that may advance the early childhood development agenda throughout the Caribbean.