Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

States that learning is a natural idiosyncratic, and continually renewable human trait and survival resource. This book attempts to explain this kind of learning and relates it to schooling, suggesting ways in which traditional or non-traditional learning can be encouraged and improved through new kinds of educational institutions and processes.

Suitable for managers and workers in types of business and government organizations, this title intends to assist organizations and their employees in fulfilling their obligations under US Government regulations to reduce the risks of any and all forms of violence that affect workers during the time they are carrying out their duties as employees.

Demonstrates how college faculty who use Learning Management Systems (LMS) as well as technologies such as Web 2.0 applications and social software can design learning tasks and course assignments that support and promote student: goal setting; self-monitoring and self-evaluation; time management; help seeking; and, motivation and affect.

The must have book for every leader and manager looking to sustain the ultimate workforce. The authors show what works and what doesn't in talent initiatives to drive business outcomes. This book is a call to action to transform how you think about talent, how you develop and retain talent and how you measure the impact of talent initiatives on the bottom line.

Presents ground-breaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology provide rich, detailed evidence and interpretations of the status and experiences of Asian American students, teachers, and programmes.

Provides an array of research-supported practices to reform schools for the benefit of students, teachers, administrators, families and their communities, and which will lead to higher student academic and school satisfaction outcomes.

Provides an array of research-supported practices to reform schools for the benefit of students, teachers, administrators, families and their communities, and which will lead to higher student academic and school satisfaction outcomes.

Contains exemplary research practices, strategies, and findings gleaned from the contributions to the 15 issues of the ""Journal of Critical Inquiry Into Curriculum and Instruction (JCI~>CI)"".

Brings together contributions from leading scholars in different fields of psychology - cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, cultural psychology, methodology of psychology - to discuss methodological issues that were more thoroughly understood

Emphasizes the crucial relationship between education and political participation in Zambia. This book highlights citizenship education as essential for the country's social development. It analyzes the role of the media, women's groups and youth in enhancing the political, educational, and by extension, the economic lives of the Zambian people.

A volume in Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and SocietySeries Editor: Curry Stephenson Malott, Queens College/CUNYThis volume will be a valuable resource to instructors who teach in the fields of teacher education,social studies, educational leadership, social work, social, cultural and philosophical foundationsof education, sociology, political science, and global studies as well as their students. Due to thevolume's international focus, we also expect that it will purchased by a large number of universitylibraries, researchers, educators and others in a number of countries.

Results from quantitative and qualitative research studies have painted countless images of the unique features shaping urban schools including students' experiences and how the surrounding communities affect the entire system. Authors in this compilation share lessons learned about power, privilege, and their meanings as they pertain to conducting research in and with urban settings.

Matthew Arnold, 19th century English poet, literary critic and school inspector, felt that each age had to determine that philosophy that was most adequate to its own concerns and contexts. This study looks at the influence that Matthew Arnold had on John Dewey and attempts to fashion a philosophy of education.

Examines different ways to reflect and conduct teacher inquiry in instructional settings where students speak more than one language. This book intends to delineate a model for conducting classroom inquiry that teachers may follow to pursue important questions about their practice and multilingual students' learning process.

Explores what has been called ""The Dark Side"" of management and organizational behaviour. It includes chapters on a range of topics, including abusive supervision attributions, dysfunctional mentors, destructive executives, social exclusion, public and private deviance, and instrumental counterproductive behaviour.

Despite levels of student excellence, and efforts made by programmes to counter student departure, attrition rates remain alarmingly high. The purpose of this book is to provide a view into doctoral student work-lives and their efforts to find a balance between often seemingly conflicting responsibilities.