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Includes 14 chapters and two critical analyses which provide different perspectives on important organizational constructs that offer insights which illuminate the problems for the theory of organizations as well as improving the ability of organizational members to solve practical organizational problems.

Research on stress and coping phenomena has been among the most widely studied topics in social and behavioral sciences during the past several decades. This title focuses on topics pertaining to the conceptual and theoretical aspects of mixed methods research in the study of stress and coping.

Research in the area of mathematics education has flourished over the past two decades. The Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the best research, new developments, and critical conflicts and controversies in mathematics education. Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and written by leading experts in the field of mathematics education, the Handbook is specifically designed to make important, vital scholarship accessible to mathematics education professors, graduate students, educational researchers, staff development directors, curriculum supervisors, and teachers. The Handbook provides a framework for understanding the evolution of the mathematics education research field against the backdrop of well-established conceptual, historical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives. It is an indispensable working tool for everyone interested in pursuing research in mathematics education as the references for each of the Handbook's twenty-nine chapters are complete resources for both current and past work in that particular area. The Handbook's twenty-nine chapters are organized into five major sections. Overview - presents a history of research in mathematics education, an analysis of how mathematics as a discipline has changed over time and how these shifts have influenced research, and a theoretical reconceptualization of one of the most crucial issues in mathematics education - the nature of understanding within the context of learning and teaching. Mathematics Teaching - includes articles on the culture of the classroom, effective teaching, teacher beliefs, classroom organization, andteacher education. Learning from Instruction - comprises chapters organized around mathematical domains that have been the focus of considerable research: additive structures; multiplicative structures; national numbers; problem solving; estimation; algebra, geometry, and spatial reasoning; probability and statistics; and proofs, limits, functions, and infinity. Critical Issues - considers such important issues in mathematics education as affect, evaluation, gender, ethnicity, and technology, while taking into account the evolution of these issues from teaching, learning, and research perspectives. Perspectives - offers viewpoints on international studies of achievement, international research, and reflections on the future of mathematics education.

Analyzes the impact of culture on employee justice judgments and reactions to perceptions of fairness and unfairness. This book begins with the following two questions. Why is a book on culture and organizational justice needed? What does such a book add to the extant literature on organizational justice?

Provides reviews of the research on a number of social and ethical issues of concern confronting managers and organizations. This book is useful for practitioners faced with these issues, as well as researchers and graduate students in management and organizational psychology.

Presents sixteen chapters that explore various perspectives, focusing on knowledge management (KM) within the context of the management consulting industry, the dynamics associated with knowledge sharing and dissemination, methodological approaches to studying knowledge in organizations, and reflections on KM and management consulting.

According to NCTM's ""Principles and Standards for School Mathematics"", technology is essential in teaching and learning of mathematics. This title provides insights into what research suggests about the nature of mathematics learning in technological environments. It also has a dual focus: cases and perspectives.

A volume in Issues in Urban EducationSeries Editors Denise E. Armstrong, Brock University and Brenda J. McMahon, Florida State UniversityThis book is intended to examine in depth the issues surrounding family and community involvement initially presentedin the book, Inclusion in Urban Educational Environments: Addressing Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice. Itcontributes to the ongoing conversations in academia as well as in the profession around effectively engaging all familiesin their children's education, and building relationships with diverse community members around common educationalgoals. The book seeks to address issues related to structure, culture, and the agency of individuals and educational organizations.Structure refers to the external forces that impose upon and attempt to define social action, particularly, the institutionalarrangements that schools, families and communities have traditionally held in relationship to each other and to the district,state and federal government. Education is tied system of class relations that structures racism, classism and sexismin response to the desire of dominant groups to preserve their privilege and power. The consequence is the economic positionof low-income ethnic minority students, the population that we find most frequently in urban schools, is merely reproduced. Students and families from these backgroundsoften feel alienated and marginalized and thus unable to engage actively with schools that are viewed as representing the interests of the white middle class.Understanding the success and failures of school, family and community partnerships also demands an examination of the cultural factors that are involved. By lookingat culture, both that of the school and the community, we gain a better understanding of how the ideologies, beliefs and values held by the various constituents give riseto ideological conflicts that may impede collaborations. Partnerships are driven by the individual actions or agency of those involved. This collection demonstrates howactions or agency are tied to structural and cultural factors, including racial, ethnic, class, linguistic and gendered positions.Through the contributions of a team of authors who examine family and community involvement in education, a compelling argument is made for the need to attend toissues of structure, culture, and agency. Typically applied to school reform and change issues, this framework adds a new perspective to the family and communityinvolvement literature, and may help to explain why strong family-school-community partnerships are not more widespread despite the abundance of literature thatdetails the benefits of partnering for students, school personnel and their partners. By looking at the structures in the schools, districts and broader community that impactfamily and community involvement, the organizational cultures that support or limit their involvement, and the ability for students, their families, the community membersand school personnel to make a difference in education, the book not only demonstrates the importance of these elements, but how they work together or againsteach other. Most importantly, the book illustrates how authentic partnerships - characterized by respectful, two-waycommunication that leads to shared goals and mutually beneficial relationships - can be created and maintained.

Investigating University-School Partnerships: A Volume in Professional Development School Research, the fourth book in the PDS Research Series developed by the same editors, includes a collection of organized papers that represent the best and latest examples of practitioner thinking, research, and program design and evaluation in the field at the national level. A wide variety of authors from the professional community of PDS researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders engage the reader in research or case studies that foreground real-life, authentic contexts, which, in turn, are designed to generate and fashion more questions and ideas. The volume's contents of 26 chapters is divided into five areas: (1) PDS Evaluation (2) Teacher Research and Inquiry, (3) PDS Stakeholders' Studies, (4) Studies for Thought - Ideas for Development, and (5) Teaching Content Areas in PDSs. As a whole, the volume of papers maintains a consistency within a cohesive undercurrent that illustrates the spirited and visionary purpose of professional development schools to advance educational reform that leads to substantive change.

Researchers have found that family and community have a very significant impact on student achievement and on post secondary attainment despite the considerable decline in parental involvement by high school. This volume focuses on family and community connections with education during the high school years.

Focuses on writing journal articles, dissertations, grants, edited books, and other writing in educational settings. This book discusses the writer's craft, including issues of voice, audience, planning, drafting, revision, conventions, style, submitting to journals, editorial review, and editing.

Offers a way to define, formulate and implement a sustainable personal brand identity. This book entails a systematic and integrated journey towards self-awareness, joy, happiness, and marketing success, which is based on several models, guidelines and tools.

Presents a model of research, perspective of how research design develops, reprints of articles based on the related research and assistance in conducting further research in the area of learning activities. This book is suitable for adult education human resource development, psychology and counseling researchers, students and professors.

Compiles the proceedings from the Milken Family Foundation's National Education Conference (NEC), which took place in Washington, DC, in May 2006. This work examines the roles of teachers, the education sector, the government sector and the private sector in enhancing teacher quality.

Presents data collected from articles in the ""Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness"" and its predecessors ""Outlook for the Blind"" and ""New Outlook for the Blind"". The author talks about how he amassed a considerable collection of resources within two years from finding the library at the American Foundation for the Blind.

Dewey's idea of Project-based Learning (PBL) was introduced into the field of second language education as a way to reflect the principles of student-centered teaching (Hedge, 1993). This volume brings together the original work of international scholars from Canada, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the US.

Summarizes the methodologies of a variety of research studies, each situated in the context of school subject areas, such as science, mathematics, social studies, and English/language arts, as well as in the contexts of reading education, special education, and early childhood learning.

Interdisciplinarity is viewed as a necessary ingredient in the training of future oriented 21st century disciplines that rely on both analytic and synthetic abilities across disciplines. This monograph argues that interdisciplinarity and creativity are related constructs, and that the cultivation of domain general creativity is possible.

Presents an examination of educational questions using perspectives from a variety of disciplines. This book aims to encourage communication between scholars from numerous disciplines, nationalities, institutions, and backgrounds.

Examines the educational questions using perspectives from various disciplines. This title attempts to encourage communication between scholars from numerous disciplines, nationalities, institutions, and backgrounds.

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.

Provides a comprehensive critical analysis of the research in mathematics education for young children. This volume focuses on the relationship between mathematics learning in the early years and domain specific approaches to cognitive development.

Presents a critical analysis of reviews of research on science and technology education in early childhood education.

Aims to provide principles for restructuring and improving schools and prepare modules to assist states, districts, and schools in establishing policies, procedures, and support to restructure schools.

Providing principles for restructuring and improving schools, this book aims to prepare modules to assist states, districts, and schools in establishing policies, procedures, and support to restructure schools.