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Accreditation bodies; policy makers; boards of trustees; and teacher, parent, and student groups all place educational institutions and organizations under unprecedented accountability pressures. This book explores how these pressures impact a broad range of social and cultural issues, and how these issues impact student motivation and learning.

How do successful teacher education programmes deal with social, cultural and individual differences found within and between students, faculty and administrators? The aim of this work is to implicitly and explicitly explore these and related questions from an international perspective.

How do successful teacher education programmes deal with social, cultural and individual differences found within and between students, faculty and administrators? The aim of this work is to implicitly and explicitly explore these and related questions from an international perspective.

Focuses on issues in typical and disordered developments in auditory processing, literacy, and language across different cultural and linguistic contexts in Asia, Europe and North America. The contributors of this volume offer insightful theoretical and practical ideas to shape future directions in research, assessment, intervention, and education.

Focuses on issues in typical and disordered developments in auditory processing, literacy, and language across different cultural and linguistic contexts in Asia, Europe and North America. The contributors of this volume offer insightful theoretical and practical ideas to shape future directions in research, assessment, intervention, and education.

Presents a diverse range of educational practices from around the world - particularly those practices that directly strengthen and enhance student motivation and achievement in a broad range of sociocultural contexts. This title is suitable for researchers, professionals, educators, teachers, lecturers, policy-makers, and curriculum developers.

Presents a diverse range of educational practices from around the world - particularly those practices that directly strengthen and enhance student motivation and achievement in a broad range of sociocultural contexts. This volume is suitable for researchers, professionals, educators, teachers, lecturers, policy-makers, and curriculum developers.

Education institutions and organizations are being held accountable for achieving and maintaining historically unmatched standards of academic quality and performance. This volume aims to explore and understand how these pressures impact a range of social and cultural issues and how these issues impact student motivation and learning.

This text seeks to revisit major theories of motivation and learning in order to evaluate the relevance of each theory to our complex educational environments. The chapters are written by the renowned authors of theories, or authors who have critiqued theories.

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.

An examination of research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning. The essays are divided into three sections which address: ""Focus on Identity""; ""Focus on Families and Communities""; and ""Focus on Methods"".

There are many teaching and curriculum programs that attempt to make education relevant to the wider sociocultural environment of learners. Volume 5 focuses on research on curriculum and teaching from a sociocultural perspective.

There are many teaching and curriculum programs that attempt to make education relevant to the wider sociocultural environment of learners. Volume 5 focuses on research on curriculum and teaching from a sociocultural perspective.

The cross-cultural transferability and translatability of educational interventions are often assumed rather than critically assessed and adapted before their implementation in other cultures. In this volume, the editors invited scholars to reassess their intervention work from a sociocultural lens.

The cross-cultural transferability and translatability of educational interventions are often assumed rather than critically assessed and adapted before their implementation in other cultures. In this volume, the editors invited scholars to reassess their intervention work from a sociocultural lens.