Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

Helps readers use the decentralization of government functions to implement a basic needs approach to development. The aim of this book is not to "give the answer," but to provide insight into decentralization as a process and to help practitioners develop skills in designing their own decentralization programs. It also includes case studies.

Unlike most books regarding online education, this book is not about teaching; it is about effectively administrating an online education program. Grounded in existing distance education theory, and drawing from best practices, current research, and an extensive review of current literature, this volume identifies and discusses seven key issues that affect the practice of online education today.

A review of research, theory, and/or policy on specific issues of interactive online learning for K-16 educators, administrators, and students of online learning, this book provides a forum for interactive online learning research. It also includes ideas that enhance both the practical and theoretical aspects of interactive online learning.

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.

A review of research, theory, and/or policy on specific issues of interactive online learning for K-16 educators, administrators, and students of online learning, this book provides a forum for interactive online learning research. It also includes ideas that enhance both the practical and theoretical aspects of interactive online learning.

This work is an examination of educational issues and policies impacting on the blind. Topics include Braille literacy, the teaching of orientation and mobility, adult rehabilitation programmes and policies, and the role of state and federal government in the education and rehabilitation process.

Discusses the role of mathematics in society and the implications for education. This book addresses fundamental issues such as the relevance of school mathematics in people's lives and creating a sense of agency for the field of mathematics education.

Provides a comprehensive view of student involvement in policy formation and decision-making. This volume begins with an overview of the challenges associated with investing students with power. It outlines the benefits and problems associated with student shared governance, and offers recommendations for continuing to work with students.

Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and prior learning experiences. This volume examines research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing the capacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts.

Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and prior learning experiences. This volume examines research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing the capacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts.

Written from a country (New Zealand) that led the world in many aspects of its financial management reforms, this work provides comment on matters of crucial importance, including the constitutional need to carefully monitor and respond to the reform initiatives and motives of executive government.

Written from a country (New Zealand) that led the world in many aspects of its financial management reforms, this work provides comment on matters of crucial importance, including the constitutional need to carefully monitor and respond to the reform initiatives and motives of executive government.

Written with the belief that HRD professionals will continue to learn, change and find ways to reinvent themselves and the profession individually and collectively as we move further into the 21st century. This book provides tested and proven ideas important to demonstrating the value of HRD.

The Milken Family Foundation has been studying the significant impact education technology can have on student learning. The Last Silver Bullet? aims to introduce ideas, methods, and people from the world of education technology that will assist all those who will use learning technology in teaching and learning.

Part of the ""Research on African American Education"" series, this text is divided into three parts: teaching, learning and school achievement; school and political context; and post-secondary schooling and education.

A collection of papers which examine the reinvention of leadership education for the 21st century.

This text is divided into three parts: policy perspectives on urban education reform; the supply, demand and quality of city teachers; and equity and adequacy in urban schools.

This book is divided into seven chapters including: a broad overview of mathematical cognition; development of mathematical cognition; working memory, automaticity and mathematical problem solving; mathematical problem solving; and methematical learning disabilities.

The aim of this book series is to provide a much needed outlet for the wealth of cross-cultural research that has not impacted upon mainstream education. This particular volume is divided into four parts: the motivation context; the learning context; the family context; and the curriculum context.

Presents a qualitative study of how religion and education intersect at one conservative Christian school. This book documents how three students and their teacher struggle to understand a world that challenges their faith. It is considered as an important part of our series on research on religion and education.

Distance Education has become a major topic of interest in the field of educational communications and technology. In response to this interest, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) published the edition of ""Distance Education: Definition and Glossary of Terms"" in 2002.

The National Association for Multicultural Education in Washington, DC, listed a number of issues that the school curriculum should address with reference to multicultural education, including racism, sexism, classism, linguicism, ablism, ageism, heterosexism, and religious intolerance. This book discusses all these issues.

This text covers such topics as: organizational learning in high-stakes accountability environments; bridging and buffering parent involvement in schools; alternative views of the task of teaching; and collective efficacy and school organization.

Focusing on dealing with diversity, this work contains essays by a number of international contributors. Topics addressed include: organizational and social influences on leader-member exchange processes; how LMX can help capitalise on diversity; and the costs and contributions of diversity.

These papers challenge accepted wisdoms about both the nature of mathematics and of education. Each of the chapters develops for mathematics education the importance of insights from mainly French intellectuals of the past: Foucault, Lacan, Lyotard, Deleuze.

This volume in ""The Handbook of Research on Middle Level Education"" gives an introduction to professional preparation and development of middle level teachers and administrators.