Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

The topic of ""dispositions"" is central to teacher education and to teacher educators. This book examines the sources of the concept dispositions, how it evolved in teacher education, what forms it has taken in selected programs, and what challenges remain in this arena for teacher educators.

Provides a comprehensive theory that brings children's education into the 21st century, and offers directions for the development of a new discipline, ""evolutionary educational psychology."" This work develops a taxonomy of evolved cognitive abilities and describes how these abilities are modified and refined during childhood.

The topic of ""dispositions"" is central to teacher education and to teacher educators. This book examines the sources of the concept dispositions, how it evolved in teacher education, what forms it has taken in selected programs, and what challenges remain in this arena for teacher educators.

Provides a comprehensive theory that brings children's education into the 21st century, and offers directions for the development of a new discipline, ""evolutionary educational psychology."" This work develops a taxonomy of evolved cognitive abilities and describes how these abilities are modified and refined during childhood.

Divided into three sections, this volume begins with a chapter that presents an overview of the development of the socio-economic approach to management, and its guiding frameworks and methodology. It also contains a combined glossary and chapter index that provides a definition of key terms and concepts in the SEAM methodology.

Divided into three sections, this volume begins with a chapter that presents an overview of the development of the socio-economic approach to management, and its guiding frameworks and methodology. It also contains a combined glossary and chapter index that provides a definition of key terms and concepts in the SEAM methodology.

In a free, pluralist society, diverse stakeholders with competing moral claims present serious challenges to the strategic momentum of business, government, NGOs, and community organizations. This book draws from a range of scholarship in humanities, business, science, and social sciences to explain the dynamics of human morality.

A work in which biracial women discuss how they are portrayed in the media and how they feel about the census changes. Additionally, they talk about their experiences as biracial women, as opposed to men, and how this impacts their identification choices.

Suitable as a graduate school text for courses in school buildings and facilities, this book opens with a brief overview of the history of twentieth century school buildings and moves from there into a brief discussion of the requirements of school buildings as integral parts of the communities they serve.

Attempts to offer a bird's-eye view of the communities of designers project. This book helps the reader identify broad themes and issues that can inform discussions and policies of technology integration at other institutions.

Aims to describe the approach and process involved in a program designed to assist faculty in acquiring technology skills and to apply these skills in constructing meaningful learning-centered applications. This book is intended for educators who are working to lead the integration of technology into higher education and K-12 environments.

Written by the authors who have been prolific in the arena of Real Data Analysis (RDA) as it applies to the social and behavioral sciences, especially in the disciplines of education and psychology. This work showcases their footprint on real data analysis for professors, researchers, educators, administrators, and graduate students.

Aims to describe the approach and process involved in a program designed to assist faculty in acquiring technology skills and to apply these skills in constructing meaningful learning-centered applications. This book is intended for educators who are working to lead the integration of technology into higher education and K-12 environments.

Written by the authors who have been prolific in the arena of Real Data Analysis (RDA) as it applies to the social and behavioral sciences, especially in the disciplines of education and psychology. This work showcases their footprint on real data analysis for professors, researchers, educators, administrators, and graduate students.

Presents a collection of research that attempts to capture the essence and promise embodied in the concept of ""identity"" and build a bridge to the realm of second language studies. This book talks about the diversity of research in identity and second language studies that are grounded in the notions of community, instructors, students, and more.

Identifies and discusses contemporary and critical issues, challenges and opportunities in HRM. This book attempts to bridge the gap of traditional HRM activities and the possible future state of the HRM field. It reflects both a functional orientation built on theory and models and provides insights into how to translate theory into practice.

Identifies and discusses contemporary and critical issues, challenges and opportunities in HRM. This book attempts to bridge the gap of traditional HRM activities and the possible future state of the HRM field. It reflects both a functional orientation built on theory and models and provides insights into how to translate theory into practice.

Focuses on mathematical knowledge as an aspect or attribute of mathematical performance; that is, mathematical knowing is in the doing rather than attributable to some mental substrate structured in particular ways as conceived by conceptual change theorists or traditional cognitive psychologists.

Focuses on mathematical knowledge as an aspect or attribute of mathematical performance; that is, mathematical knowing is in the doing rather than attributable to some mental substrate structured in particular ways as conceived by conceptual change theorists or traditional cognitive psychologists.

Describes pathways between Eastern and Western education systems. This book explores such topics as child-centered education, differentiated learning, curriculum, and assessment.

K-12 institutions derive benefits from working with professors and university students, and higher education institutions use local schools as sites for teacher training and school improvement research. Partnerships between universities and entire school districts for the explicit purpose of school district turnaround are extremely rare, however.

K-12 institutions derive benefits from working with professors and university students, and higher education institutions use local schools as sites for teacher training and school improvement research. Partnerships between universities and entire school districts for the explicit purpose of school district turnaround are extremely rare, however.

Features essays that are a collection of reflective narratives, rather than traditional scholarly treatises. This work also discusses institutional factors that support and promote civic engagement as well as the importance of community involvement in service learning.

Features essays that are a collection of reflective narratives, rather than traditional scholarly treatises. This work also discusses institutional factors that support and promote civic engagement as well as the importance of community involvement in service learning.

Focuses on the inherent contradiction between bureaucracy, hierarchy, and the vision inspired by the architecture of modern information technology of a more egalitarian culture in public organizations.

Aims to reach out to teachers, parents, coaches, and students who may be hoping to, or just investigating the possibility of, how to get started with robotics. This book provides resources and insight into the exciting field of Classroom robotics. It also provides different perspectives of curricular applications of robotics for student learning.