Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

Managers who focus on time usually concentrate on the wrong things. Quality Time presents a new approach to achieving productivity through time management. Time itself is not what matters but rather how that time is used to achieve individual and organisational goals.

Presents the purposes, processes, practices and outcomes of eleven university/school partnerships focused on school leadership preparation and/or development. Each chapter presents an overview of the partnership, elements that fostered and hindered partnership success, and lessons learned.

Presents the purposes, processes, practices and outcomes of eleven university/school partnerships focused on school leadership preparation and/or development. Each chapter presents an overview of the partnership, elements that fostered and hindered partnership success, and lessons learned.

Effective leadership is the necessary ingredient in achieving educational improvement in schools. For School Leaders of Color, this leadership imperative is more difficult than it is for their White counterparts. The purpose of this educational preparation supplemental text is to share stories of exceptional leaders in the field and in the academy.

The general theme of this book is to present innovative psychometric modelling and methods. In particular, the book includes research and successful examples of modeling techniques for new data sources from digital assessments, such as eye-tracking data, hint uses, and process data from game-based assessments.

Examines co-teaching and integrated service delivery for English learners (ELs). Through research and documentary accounts, the book explores the collaborative instructional cycle - co-planning, co-instruction, co-assessment, and reflection practices - of co-taught programs for ELs.

Examines co-teaching and integrated service delivery for English learners (ELs). Through research and documentary accounts, the book explores the collaborative instructional cycle - co-planning, co-instruction, co-assessment, and reflection practices - of co-taught programs for ELs.

The general theme of this book is to present innovative psychometric modelling and methods. In particular, the book includes research and successful examples of modeling techniques for new data sources from digital assessments, such as eye-tracking data, hint uses, and process data from game-based assessments.

Intended as an uncommon guide for school leaders and a resource they can turn to when confronted with issues they might not normally face in typical practice. The book serves as a bridge between research and day-to-day school leadership, and is intended to help leaders and school communities improve in areas they routinely avoid.

Intended as an uncommon guide for school leaders and a resource they can turn to when confronted with issues they might not normally face in typical practice. The book serves as a bridge between research and day-to-day school leadership, and is intended to help leaders and school communities improve in areas they routinely avoid.

Presents a narrative exploration of three teacher educators' collaborative and transnational inquiry into their practices. Through carefully selected narratives, the authors describe how they enacted a practice-based approach in their teacher education courses.

Explores the significant moments that unfold for young people in their schooling from the perspectives of teachers and school staff. Educators often reflect on 'moments' as being a critical piece of their work with children. This book promotes awareness of these moments, as well as their connected meanings and possibilities.

Explores mindfulness as a tool for personal growth and for intentional action for the purpose of social change. The book focuses on examining privilege, oppression, and difference; intersectional identity mapping; historical racism; social dominance theory; sociological mindfulness; cultural humility; appreciative inquiry; and more.

Focuses on identity and learning within informal settings and life experiences. The contributions showcase the many ways that identity development and learning occur within cultural domains, through developmental and identity challenges or transitions in career or role, and in a variety of places from assisted living facilities to makerspaces.

Explores the co-enactment of both leader and follower, identities, and positions of leader and follower by the same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships.

Focuses on identity and learning within informal settings and life experiences. The contributions showcase the many ways that identity development and learning occur within cultural domains, through developmental and identity challenges or transitions in career or role, and in a variety of places from assisted living facilities to makerspaces.

Explores the co-enactment of both leader and follower, identities, and positions of leader and follower by the same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships.

A follow up to Doing PDS. The first book examined the innovative ways we negotiate school-university collaboration while explaining the development of the SUNY Buffalo State PDS consortium. This second volume strives to explore the impact of PDS at individual school/community sites and collectively as an entire consortium.

Aims at further articulating and developing the cultural psychological interest in community. The book focuses on the processes through which individuals constitute communities and the processes that restrain or enable moving forward with others. This interest is necessary especially now that the world is on the move.

Aims at further articulating and developing the cultural psychological interest in community. The book focuses on the processes through which individuals constitute communities and the processes that restrain or enable moving forward with others. This interest is necessary especially now that the world is on the move.

Explores how female, tenure-track faculty navigate the process of balancing their personal and professional lives. Utilizing a qualitative phenomenological approach, the stories of nine female, full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty as well as four administrators employed in faculty diversity, development, and work-life are explored.

A follow up to Doing PDS. The first book examined the innovative ways we negotiate school-university collaboration while explaining the development of the SUNY Buffalo State PDS consortium. This second volume strives to explore the impact of PDS at individual school/community sites and collectively as an entire consortium.

Focuses on the Uteach program, a STEM teacher education model that is being implemented across the USA in 46 universities. This book provides a forum to disseminate how different institutions have implemented the UTeach model in their local context.

Provides a forum for the diverse voices of scholars and practitioners from across the globe asking questions about transforming the vision of Education 2030 into a reality. Published chapters reflect a variety of formats, free of methodological restrictions, involving disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary inquiries.

Focuses on the Uteach program, a STEM teacher education model that is being implemented across the USA in 46 universities. This book provides a forum to disseminate how different institutions have implemented the UTeach model in their local context.

Uncle Billy's Wine Guide for Novices is not intended for wine experts and others that consider themselves extremely knowledgeable about wine. This book is for the rest4 of us who want to learn more about the pleasures of enjoying wine and talking intelligent about it.