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Management consultants range from sole practitioners and those working in small boutique firms to members of global consultancies that literally span the world. This book helps to enhance our understanding of and insight into management consulting and the consulting process from a cross-cultural, global perspective.

Examines the patterns of Asian parents' involvement in the education of their children, as well as the direct and indirect effects on children's academic achievement. This book also covers Asian American children's literacy development and learning strategies, and Asian American teachers' motivation to enter teaching profession.

Features Hiatt-Michael's research and practice during thirty-four years as Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University. This title includes chapters that represent a range of her major thoughts on teaching, curriculum and family-community involvement by the author.

Presents a therapy program for Native people who are substance abusers.

Language is not merely an intrinsic component of the educational process as the medium of instruction in the classroom, but also serves as the mediator of social reality for students and teachers alike. This book addresses language in education.

Presents a compendium of papers that documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries. This title helps to understand and compare ICT-related national policy developments in education.

A compendium of papers that documents educational ICT policies and practices in 37 countries. It helps to understand and compare ICT-related national policy developments in education.

Part of the ""Research in Management Consulting"" series, this title explores the growing complexity associated with the growing demands on boards of directors and the challenges raised by evolving expectations of what constitutes 'good' governance. It focuses on the evolution of expectations and needs in relation to boards and their operation.

Part of the ""Research in Management Consulting"" series, this volume explores the growing complexity associated with the growing demands on boards of directors and the challenges raised by evolving expectations of what constitutes 'good' governance. It focuses on the evolution of expectations and needs in relation to boards and their operation.

Focuses on how to overcome acknowledged inadequacies in learning how to teach writing as well as how to practice principled literacy instruction.

Focuses on how to overcome acknowledged inadequacies in learning how to teach writing as well as how to practice principled literacy instruction.

Educators are ideologically in one of two camps: those who see American education as heading in the right direction, and those who fear that it has gone astray. This book was born of a science teacher's frustration brought on by the standardized testing movement's reliance on high-stakes tests as the sole measurement tool to measure achievement.

The hybridity and dynamism of interconnected, interdependent and culturally diverse world poses challenges and opportunities for learning and communication. This book introduces an approach to facilitate global learning opportunities, while facing these challenges.

Offers a pedagogical model - service-eLearning - defined as an integrative pedagogy that engages learners through technology in civic inquiry, service, reflection, and action. This title demonstrates the potential of the model which acknowledges eLearning as a pedagogy within its own right.

Cultural psychology is in a phase of rapid growth. Innovating Genesis is an example of how the central aspect of any science - its methodology - undergoes revolutionary transformation. By looking to the history of how holistic ideas might help our investigations, this book shows how contemporary science has something to learn from its own history.

Offers a pedagogical model - service-eLearning - defined as an integrative pedagogy that engages learners through technology in civic inquiry, service, reflection, and action. This title demonstrates the potential of the model which acknowledges eLearning as a pedagogy within its own right.

Intends to broaden the educational discourse in order to make room for new visions to educate future generations for peace. This book is suitable for educators at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions to explore multiple ways to conduct effective peace education at various levels of education.

A guide that traces the history and emergence of peace education, highlights foundational concepts, contextualizes peace education practice across international and disciplinary borders, and suggests directions for peace educators.

A guide that traces the history and emergence of peace education, highlights foundational concepts, contextualizes peace education practice across international and disciplinary borders, and suggests directions for peace educators.

Discusses the need for strengthening the connections between university-based teacher education programs and schools in various aspects of the education field. This book provides practitioners and researchers with articles on a variety of themes on the developments of the field of professional development schools.

Discusses the need for strengthening the connections between university-based teacher education programs and schools in various aspects of the education field. This book provides practitioners and researchers with articles on a variety of themes on the developments of the field of professional development schools.

With its emphasis upon the crucial early years, this title has special appeal for new grandparents and those with young grandchildren. During this honeymoon period grandparents are typically enthusiastic about their new role and eager to learn all they can to make the most of time spent with their grandchildren. It shows them how.

Intends to flesh out some of the factors - specific dimensions of our n-dimensional hyperspace - important to inquiry in the classroom.

Intends to flesh out some of the factors - specific dimensions of our n-dimensional hyperspace - important to inquiry in the classroom.

Presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006.

Presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006.

Addresses the issue of female entrepreneurship development in the context of globalization. This book provides information on various women entrepreneurship opportunities from different points of view and from different countries and regions.