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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.

Investigates a puzzle: how is it that one and the same system, the system of separate schooling for Latvian and Russian speakers, is seen as a site of occupation during one period (1987-1990) and as a symbol of multiculturalism in the next? This book is the story of a great metamorphosis of one and the same system of separate schooling.

Concerns how we can discover the best means and conditions for teaching the students in school, at home, and in society. Expressed more explicitly, this volume aims to find out how students can learn efficiently or productively as much as possible within a given amount of time and resources.

Concerns how we can discover the best means and conditions for teaching the students in school, at home, and in society. Expressed more explicitly, this volume aims to find out how students can learn efficiently or productively as much as possible within a given amount of time and resources.

Drawn from a conference honoring Gerald L. Thompson, the pioneer of operations research, this volume brings together some of the latest writings of major figures in the field.

The Encyclopedia of Middle Level Education is designed to be a comprehensive overview of the field. This publication will include seven anchor essays and alphabetically organized entries that address important concepts, ideas, terms, people, organizations, and seminal publications related to middle level education.

An assessment of the impacts of technology on teaching and learning, and a consideration of ways in which computer-based technologies can be used to enhance current approaches to student assessment. The increasing reliance on testing to gauge student and school performance is also explored.

Focusing on the self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents, this fifth volume brings together the most prominent voices in the study of self-efficacy, including that of the Father of Social Cognitive Theory and of self-efficacy, Professor Albert Bandura. This is useful for those who play a pivotal role in the education and care of youth.

Focusing on the self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents, this fifth volume brings together the most prominent voices in the study of self-efficacy, including that of the Father of Social Cognitive Theory and of self-efficacy, Professor Albert Bandura. This is useful for those who play a pivotal role in the education and care of youth.

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.

Addressing the expectations towards the science standards of various stakeholders, this book also investigates how the science standards have been translated into practice at the K-12 school district level, addressing issues around professional development, curriculum, assessment/evaluation, and accountability.

Addressing the issue of gender equity in education, this book explores the world of play to show that for young children, play involves issues of hierarchy in ways that parallel the role of gender in society. It also examines the ways in which the adults that staff early child care programs play an important role in the development of children.