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A thought-provoking book that identifies new dimensions in the study of leadership.

Introducing students to key theories and empirical findings of international conflict stemming from scientific research on core facets, this book covers the whole process of interstate war, from causes of conflict to escalation, conduct, resolution and recurrence.

Emphasizes the scope and power of administrative government, as well as how the legal system shapes administrative procedure and practice.

A comprehensive introduction to contemporary public human resource management, this text incorporates analysis of the impact of the private sector-oriented reforms over the last few decades that have aimed to bring greater efficiency and productivity to the public sector.

Bringing together an international spread of contributors from across the UK, US, South America, Mexico and Australia, this Handbook charts the field of television studies from issues of ownership and regulation through to reception and consumption.

This Second Edition provides a clear roadmap to the complexity of action research whilst explaining how action research is defined, its traditions and history, and the rationale for using it.

In this book, renowned experts give novice teachers the self-confidence and empathy they need to address what may be their greatest challenge: guiding disadvantaged students to success in the classroom.

Shouting Won't Grow Dendrites shows teachers how to develop a physical classroom environment conducive to learning, develop a proactive classroom management plan, deliver brain-compatible lessons, and deal with chronic behavior problems.

Building on the successful, proven thinking maps model developed by David N Hyerle, this title focuses on the development of thinking processes for every member of the learning community and on reframing how educators perceive the fundamental purpose of education in a global communications/knowledge age.

Taking a unique perspective in emphasizing an ecological, strengths and cultural perspective, the author aims to make the diversity viewpoint a central theme and will highlight diversity throughout with cases from her clinical practice. The strengths and ecological approach are particularly appealing to social workers, whose aim is to reform the person as a whole, taking into consideration the environmental factors that are contributing to the problem and how they may be overcome.

This comprehensive guide outlines every step of planning, implementing, and maintaining an RTI program at the secondary level.

This book summarizes the most important questions about basic statistics from the simple understanding of summary statistics to more sophisticated inferential statistics

In this book, ELL expert Ivannia Soto demonstrates how oral language development is the key to building writing skills. She offers educators a powerful set of tools for implementation at both classroom and policy levels.

This book is an ideal reference for students and researchers who want to develop a deeper understanding of the current challenges faced by citizens of republican government in the United States.

"Provides an important step in the ongoing evolution of generalist practice in social work. It continues a rich tradition [that] challenges the profession to become more and more explicit about the revolutionary aspect of practice" - Christian Itin, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Rather than limiting itself to a single therapeutic model, this book describes a comprehensive, multi-modal approach to simple and complex trauma presentations. Filled with examples, tools, and interventions, it provides directly applicable information on how to apply different treatment techniques and modalities.

Designed to teach students the fundamental interviewing tools (e.g., empathy, reflection, summarizing, etc.) that comprise professional clinical contact and can be used in all clinical skills courses and practica across the human services.

Now with 20 cases on major events with relevance for intelligence analysis, this text gives readers a hands-on opportunity to apply structured analytic techniques to tackle real-life problems.

This exciting new edition from David A Sousa examines source material on brain research and provides classroom reading strategies for teachers, based on the most current findings.

Offers practical and proven strategies that effectively ensures student success with the Common Core.

Providing up-to-date research on the field of sexual victimization, this book examines the continuum of sex crimes as well as how the victims of such crimes have been perceived by the criminal justice system and society as a whole.

Provides a comprehensive approach for building coalitions of support around student learning and engagement through interconnected classroom community-building effort.

Full of case studies, tips and resources, this book offers overburdened school leaders the guidance they need to create quiet and calm in their work lives so as to positively affect their schools, staff and students.

Provides the practical resources and tools to help inservice and aspiring administrators manage the challenges of leading a learning organization and facilitating school improvement.

An introductory text for students new to the concepts of social science measurement.

The book teaches the basic concepts and vocabulary necessary to do program evaluations and to review the quality of evaluation research so as to make informed decisions about methods and outcomes.

An anthology of both original and reprinted articles on sexuality from a sociological perspective. The readings in this collection focus on the diverse and multi-layered meanings of sexuality, sexual behaviors and sexual identities, while essays explore sexuality as a social process.

25 convenient assessments designed to help secondary mathematics teachers quickly and reliably uncover common maths misconceptions, make sound instructional decisions, and improve student skills and processes in algebra, geometry, statistics, probability, and more.

Provides school principals a series of high-leverage practices to ensure that their choices and actions have a positive impact on both teacher and student improvement.

Looking at intelligence support of the full range of homeland security practitioners, and with a focus on counter-terrorism and cybersecurity, this book provides readers with a thorough picture of why intelligence is seen to be crucial to homeland security missions.