Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

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.

Discusses the need for strengthening the connections between university-based teacher education programs and schools in various aspects of the education field. This book provides practitioners and researchers with articles on a variety of themes on the developments of the field of professional development schools.

Discusses the need for strengthening the connections between university-based teacher education programs and schools in various aspects of the education field. This book provides practitioners and researchers with articles on a variety of themes on the developments of the field of professional development schools.

With its emphasis upon the crucial early years, this title has special appeal for new grandparents and those with young grandchildren. During this honeymoon period grandparents are typically enthusiastic about their new role and eager to learn all they can to make the most of time spent with their grandchildren. It shows them how.

Intends to flesh out some of the factors - specific dimensions of our n-dimensional hyperspace - important to inquiry in the classroom.

Intends to flesh out some of the factors - specific dimensions of our n-dimensional hyperspace - important to inquiry in the classroom.

Presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006.

Presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006.

Addresses the issue of female entrepreneurship development in the context of globalization. This book provides information on various women entrepreneurship opportunities from different points of view and from different countries and regions.

Addresses the issue of female entrepreneurship development in the context of globalization. This book provides information on various women entrepreneurship opportunities from different points of view and from different countries and regions.

Education institutions and organizations are being held accountable for achieving and maintaining historically unmatched standards of academic quality and performance. This volume aims to explore and understand how these pressures impact a range of social and cultural issues and how these issues impact student motivation and learning.

Attempts to illuminate the developing trends in explaining and understanding the role that affect plays in justice and vice versa. The book is divided in three parts discussing the nature of justice and affect, justice, morality and affect, and justice and affect at work. It is also suitable for students, and researchers in social psychology.

Accreditation bodies; policy makers; boards of trustees; and teacher, parent, and student groups all place educational institutions and organizations under unprecedented accountability pressures. This book explores how these pressures impact a broad range of social and cultural issues, and how these issues impact student motivation and learning.

Attempts to illuminate the developing trends in explaining and understanding the role that affect plays in justice and vice versa. The book is divided in three parts discussing the nature of justice and affect, justice, morality and affect, and justice and affect at work. It is also suitable for students, and researchers in social psychology.

Multilevel modeling techniques allow educational researchers to more appropriately model data that occur within multiple hierarchies. This book represents an instructional resource text on multilevel modeling for quantitative researchers who plan to use multilevel techniques in their work.

Aims to generate discussion not only about how we can create meaningful educational experiences for all learners, but also to challenge systems that necessitate a resilient nature.

Presents an investigation of the state reading policy domain employing multiple theoretical frameworks and research methods. This book explores the policy actors' divergent beliefs on key reading-related issues, the causal stories told, and the policy solutions proposed.

Policy-makers and opinion leaders often confuse the pedagogical desirability of using a 'framework' for studying history with their own efforts to reaffirm the centrality of national identity rooted in a vision of their nation's history as a way of inculcating citizenship and patriotism. This title discusses these issues.

Describes and evaluates school history textbooks from the nations who were affected by World War II including China, France, Germany, Japan, USA, and the United Kingdom. This book examines the very different and complex perspectives offered in many nations and analyses the ways in which textbooks commonly serve as instruments of socialisation.

Presents a picture of some of the programs designed and implemented in the United States to provide young adolescents with learning activities with community service. This book contains 18 essays.

Presents a comprehensive explication of the phenomenal history of Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States and the policy issues and concerns that these colleges and universities face.

Clarifies for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, and society. This book explores the various uses, limitations, and paradoxical consequences of high stakes testing.

Presents a comprehensive explication of the phenomenal history of Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States and the policy issues and concerns that these colleges and universities face.

What is the role of practical laboratory work and active learning in science classroom teaching? This book examines research, theory, and policy related to reform issues and events surrounding the development, status, influence, and future of active laboratory type experiences and the use of technology in science teaching.

What is the role of practical laboratory work and active learning in science classroom teaching? This book examines research, theory, and policy related to reform issues and events surrounding the development, status, influence, and future of active laboratory type experiences and the use of technology in science teaching.

Provides an in depth overview of the history and nature of educational research by focusing on the relationship between educational research and the national agenda in the United States in the twentieth century with implications for the twenty-first century.