Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

Highlights the teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. This book describes the particular state history tests and examines how teachers respond to them. It analyzes the state's testing efforts and how those efforts are interpreted in the context of classroom practice.

Part of a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing readers' understanding of schools. This volume provides a range of theoretical perspectives. It underscores the significance of educational policy in contemporary public education and in particular the impact of accountability policy on school outcomes.

Part of a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing readers' understanding of schools. This volume provides a range of theoretical perspectives. It underscores the significance of educational policy in contemporary public education and in particular the impact of accountability policy on school outcomes.

This reference book is a guide for helping teachers and students master the techniques of discussing Shakespeare productions on film and television. It makes distinctions between the two media, particularly about the conceptual and physical space available in each and the choices that space, or lack of it, impose on production.

Written by Nordic researchers and teacher educators, this book provides insights into early childhood discourses and practices in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It also explores Nordic themes, trends, and practices as they emerge in the chapters on such topics as Nordic childhoods, children's perspectives, and more.

This volume seeks to deepen our understanding of the role of school districts and system-wide initiatives through a series of case studies that focus on how school districts and system-wide actors facilitate policy innovation and reform initiatives that are designed to improve student achievement.

This volume seeks to deepen our understanding of the role of school districts and system-wide initiatives through a series of case studies that focus on how school districts and system-wide actors facilitate policy innovation and reform initiatives that are designed to improve student achievement.

Social Reconstruction as a philosophy, stream of thought or ""official program"" is often synonymous with Depressioners Progressivism. This is a comprehensive treatment of Social Reconstruction, which examines its proponents, political nature, and social justice programs born of and within the tumultuous context of progressive politics.

Based on lectures that were presented at the International Conference, ""Education towards a Culture of Peace"". This conference was convened on 1-3 December 2003, by the The Josef Burg Chair in Education for Human Values, Tolerance and Peace - UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, Democracy, Peace and Tolerance School of Education, Israel.

Suitable for teacher educators and teacher education programs in the United States and Europe. This book contains national and international adaptations of the ""ABC's of Cultural Understanding and Communication"". It is useful for teacher educators, as well as preservice and inservice teachers.

This third volume in ""The Leadership Horizons"" series delves into implicit leadership theories (ILTs), and opens intriguing new avenues for research on ILTs, but does so while maintaining an eye on the past. It offers useful resource for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in leadership and social cognition in the workplace.

The third volume in the ""Leadership Horizons"" series, which is devoted to the developments in theory and research on leadership within the context of organizational issues. This book offers historical perspectives, and is a useful resource for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in leadership and social cognition in the workplace.

Centered around the theme of 'Focused Changes to Critical Variables Create Superior Value', this book describes what those critical variables are, and how to make focused changes to realize benefits systematically with minimum risk.