Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

This book will be a practical guide to developing and implementing online courses. It is based on a model now in use at Paris Junior College in Paris, TX which has often resulted in retention rates of over 90%. It will be a comprehensive practitioner's guide including information on retention and multimedia support.This book will be a guide to anyone who may wish to teach online in any subject area at any level. The book provides actual examples of problems and solutions concerning online courses and also includes examples of supporting documents. Through a supporting Web site, the book will include actual examples of multimedia support now in use The book might also be used in graduate classes as a curriculum development guide. Readers would use the book as a guide as they actually create online courses. This would take most of the guess work out of course creation and provide a solid foundation for distance learning programs. The book provides a simple yet effective approach to online learning. It uses a model that has been proven to be effective with retention rates to support the contention. It provides information on a retention study and multimedia support as well, two areas that have not been addressed very often to this point.

Offers student affairs professionals who work at Catholic colleges and universities a tool for reflection and dialogue on difficult issues they face in their campuses. This book is intended to be used in staff development sessions, in training sessions with student leaders and resident assistants.

Offers student affairs professionals who work at Catholic colleges and universities a tool for reflection and dialogue on difficult issues they face in their campuses. This book is intended to be used in staff development sessions, in training sessions with student leaders and resident assistants.

Describes that the utilization of ICT based on fixed and mobile wireless broadband communication platforms supports managerial speed and excellence, while making it possible to formulate new business models.

Intends to create a portrait of ways in which electronic portfolios efforts can be evaluated effectively, and to provide examples of efolio evaluation in the form of case studies.

Offers examples of developments on the role of ICT for education, development, and social justice within an international context. This book presents case studies of how ICT can be used to promote sustainable development and social justice.

Offers examples of developments on the role of ICT for education, development, and social justice within an international context. This book presents case studies of how ICT can be used to promote sustainable development and social justice.

Approximately 25 per cent of Latin Americans live on less than $2 a day, and Latin America is the most unequal region of the world. This book derives economic principles for implementing the process of decentralization, and it presents cases that illustrate the principles at work. It is suitable for policymakers and practitioners.

Highlights a number of important factors in the stimulation and implementation of school improvement, including transformational leadership. This book covers change perspectives of teachers, principals, and the community. It includes strategies for instructional change; learning environments and school culture; and dropout prevention.

Examines the patterns of Asian parents' involvement in the education of their children, as well as the direct and indirect effects on children's academic achievement. This book also covers Asian American children's literacy development and learning strategies, and Asian American teachers' motivation to enter teaching profession.

Management consultants range from sole practitioners and those working in small boutique firms to members of global consultancies that literally span the world. This book helps to enhance our understanding of and insight into management consulting and the consulting process from a cross-cultural, global perspective.

Examines the patterns of Asian parents' involvement in the education of their children, as well as the direct and indirect effects on children's academic achievement. This book also covers Asian American children's literacy development and learning strategies, and Asian American teachers' motivation to enter teaching profession.

Features Hiatt-Michael's research and practice during thirty-four years as Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University. This title includes chapters that represent a range of her major thoughts on teaching, curriculum and family-community involvement by the author.

Presents a therapy program for Native people who are substance abusers.

Language is not merely an intrinsic component of the educational process as the medium of instruction in the classroom, but also serves as the mediator of social reality for students and teachers alike. This book addresses language in education.

Presents a compendium of papers that documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries. This title helps to understand and compare ICT-related national policy developments in education.

A compendium of papers that documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries. It helps to understand and compare ICT-related national policy developments in education.

Part of the ""Research in Management Consulting"" series, this title explores the growing complexity associated with the growing demands on boards of directors and the challenges raised by evolving expectations of what constitutes 'good' governance. It focuses on the evolution of expectations and needs in relation to boards and their operation.

Part of the ""Research in Management Consulting"" series, this volume explores the growing complexity associated with the growing demands on boards of directors and the challenges raised by evolving expectations of what constitutes 'good' governance. It focuses on the evolution of expectations and needs in relation to boards and their operation.

Focuses on how to overcome acknowledged inadequacies in learning how to teach writing as well as how to practice principled literacy instruction.

Focuses on how to overcome acknowledged inadequacies in learning how to teach writing as well as how to practice principled literacy instruction.

Educators are ideologically in one of two camps: those who see American education as heading in the right direction, and those who fear that it has gone astray. This book was born of a science teacher's frustration brought on by the standardized testing movement's reliance on high-stakes tests as the sole measurement tool to measure achievement.

The hybridity and dynamism of interconnected, interdependent and culturally diverse world poses challenges and opportunities for learning and communication. This book introduces an approach to facilitate global learning opportunities, while facing these challenges.

Offers a pedagogical model - service-eLearning - defined as an integrative pedagogy that engages learners through technology in civic inquiry, service, reflection, and action. This title demonstrates the potential of the model which acknowledges eLearning as a pedagogy within its own right.

Cultural psychology is in a phase of rapid growth. Innovating Genesis is an example of how the central aspect of any science - its methodology - undergoes revolutionary transformation. By looking to the history of how holistic ideas might help our investigations, this book shows how contemporary science has something to learn from its own history.

Offers a pedagogical model - service-eLearning - defined as an integrative pedagogy that engages learners through technology in civic inquiry, service, reflection, and action. This title demonstrates the potential of the model which acknowledges eLearning as a pedagogy within its own right.

Intends to broaden the educational discourse in order to make room for new visions to educate future generations for peace. This book is suitable for educators at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions to explore multiple ways to conduct effective peace education at various levels of education.

A guide that traces the history and emergence of peace education, highlights foundational concepts, contextualizes peace education practice across international and disciplinary borders, and suggests directions for peace educators.