Books published by Information Age Publishing

Fran Kochan lives and breathes her words. Even today, she continues to work with scholars, practitioners and others she meets. She offers a guiding hand, she uplifts and she supports all that she meets. This is a volume of highlights of research from top mentoring experts who are peers of Dr Kochan.

Fran Kochan lives and breathes her words. Even today, she continues to work with scholars, practitioners and others she meets. She offers a guiding hand, she uplifts and she supports all that she meets. This is a volume of highlights of research from top mentoring experts who are peers of Dr Kochan.

Examines the problem of confused and misunderstood Christian identity in a post-Christian age. The book suggests ways of shaping Christian identity for the benefit of individuals and for the common good. The importance of well-formed Christian identities is illustrated by research and analysis.

Acts as a springboard to expand discussions surrounding how mobiles might best be situated in contexts relating to young children. With a focus on early childhood and elementary settings, this book both expands the definition of mobiles to encompass digital-physical tools and wearables.

Mediation as an intervention method to use in conflict management can be productive for building leadership capacity and organisational development in higher education. This workbook offers conflict management strategies, models, and processes to support college and university personnel in recognising and managing conflicts.

The coaching profession is growing. According to the International Coach Federation (ICF), coaching earns over $2 Billion per year in US dollars. The proposed readership of this book is both practitioners and scholars of executive coaching. It will also fill the current gap of a universal textbook that can be used in higher education coaching curriculum.The International Coach Federation (ICF) conducts a global study every four years. The 2016 study found that there are over 100,000 practitioners of coaching across the world. It also found that almost all coach practitioners received some form of coach specific training. There are over 1,500 ICF approved coach training programs. Currently, there is not a consistent set of textbooks or resources that are used by these programs.This textbook is for the developing coach practitioner as well as the experienced coach practitioner that would like to develop further. Coaching is an exciting and powerful skillset that allows individuals to empower others and helps individuals to generate awareness that opens the door for great levels of success.The approach of this book is to look at the theoretical framework of coaching as it applies to the actual practice of coaching others and groups. It will also take the approach of covering the comprehensive coaching curriculum that is ingrained in the 11 core competencies of coaching and will also provide an overview of building a coaching culture in an organization as well as how to build an independent coaching business. The International Coach Federation (ICF) 11 core competencies are the most widely accepted coaching framework in the industry and profession of coaching.It is important to ground practice in theory and research to bring together the researched framework to help to inform the approach. There is an old proverb that states: "e;Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why."e; The approach of this book will enable the student with the theory, the processes and the skills to coach in a way that works, and to be able to understand the why behind the success as well as make it replicable.It is the author's hope that the readers of this book will find information that is relevant, helpful and even challenging in ways that increase their personal growth and development as coaches.

Shares the experience and wisdom from a broad cross-section of out-of-school time professionals. Key themes include building support for learning and evaluation within out-of-school time programs, creating and sustaining continuous quality improvement efforts, and authentically engaging young people and caregivers in evaluation.

Examines the structures that affect the perceptions, experiences, performance and practices of Black women administrators. The book examines the nature and dynamics of the conflict within that space and the ways in which they transcend or confront the intersecting structures of power in academe.

Brings together a range of works that grapple with the question of what it means for African American girls to engage in civic identity development and expression. The chapters openly grapple with, and disclose the ways in which Black girls engage with and navigate the spectrum of civics.

Brings together a range of works that grapple with the question of what it means for African American girls to engage in civic identity development and expression. The chapters openly grapple with, and disclose the ways in which Black girls engage with and navigate the spectrum of civics.

Offers resources for education researchers, faculty, and advanced graduate students interested in maximizing the relevance of their research on policy for school improvement. The content of the book serves as a comprehensive guide for how education researchers, in general, can better situate their work to influence policy.

In recognition of the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted American women the right to vote and the subsequent struggle for women of colour to exercise it, this volume features the personal narratives of scholars in the field who have advanced understanding of gender at work.

Offers resources for education researchers, faculty, and advanced graduate students interested in maximizing the relevance of their research on policy for school improvement. The content of the book serves as a comprehensive guide for how education researchers, in general, can better situate their work to influence policy.