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In this practical guide, an experienced group of contributors provide concrete strategies and real-world examples for implementing this highly successful design for professional learning communities.

In this practical guide, an experienced group of contributors provide concrete strategies and real-world examples for implementing this highly successful design for professional learning communities.

Positive Organizational Behaviour is a contemporary movement within the classic discipline of organizational behaviour. This book studies the states, traits and processes that compromise this exciting science. It also invites noted experts to identify the methodological challenges facing scholars of Positive Organizational Behaviour.

Mixed methods is one of the major areas of growth in social research methodology. Much of the literature on mixed-methods research is widely dispersed across a variety of journals and other publications resulting in much of it being inaccessible. This volume brings together the key articles in this important field.

Examines and compares youth justice systems around the world. This book also examines how youth justice is implemented in practice with a view to promoting change as well as reflection. It includes chapters which addresses the degree of compliance with international law; the extent of repenalistion; adulteration; and, tolerance.

Mobility - flows, movement and migration in social life - has emerged as a central area of sociological debate, yet one of its most dominant forms, automobility, has remained largely ignored. Automobilities presents one of the first examinations of the car and its promise of autonomy and mobility.

Includes contributions from multiple disciplines across the globe that provide a highly reflexive writing style that allows readers to see processes that are rarely visible in finished research reports

The Accrediting Council of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) has added sexual orientation to its revised diversity standards. This volume is designed to satisfy the requirement by the ACEJMC that all journalism departments teach sexual diversity. It includes the history of media coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual issues.

Based on an initiative endorsed by more than 20 professional groups, this guide for leaders provides the learning supports students need to succeed.

Husby provides a job-embedded professional development process that satisfies both individual needs of teachers and organizational demands for academic improvement.

Addresses the significant gap in the family communication literature by bringing together a diverse collection of empirical studies, theoretical essays, and critical reviews of literature on communication within the large category of family relationships. It serves as a resource for information on ten different types of family relationships.

Introduces social research methods that address the growing methods-theory gap within and across the disciplines.

Provides educators with a guide to some of the common mental health issues and symptomatology that they are likely to confront in their daily work with students. It assists educators in recognizing symptoms of crisis and provides them tools that helps them take the proper steps toward addressing the mental health issues of their students.

Supported by case studies of varying complexity, the text enables students to work at their own level and also includes summaries of important research articles and end of chapter questions.

Explains and interrogates these fundamental issues of research practice in the discipline. Concerned with examining the methodological challenges associated with that 'cultural turn', this title explains and discusses: qualitative and ethnographic methodologies; and the role and significance of quantitative and numerical methods.

"Introducing Education: A Case Study Companion" features comprehensive coverage of core educational research topics, including curriculum and teaching, educators (teachers and head teachers), school choice, reform, accountability and international education.

In this updated edition, Speck and Knipe explain how educational leaders can design, deliver, and evaluate collaborative standards-based professional development.

In this updated edition, Speck and Knipe explain how educational leaders can design, deliver, and evaluate collaborative standards-based professional development.

Using survey results and contributions from 35 award-winning elementary school principals nationwide, this essential resource examines over 100 field-based practices recognized as the best for the elementary school principalship.

Examines the laws, regulations, and court rulings affecting broadcasting, cable, satellite, and cyberspace. This book looks at cases from the print media and general First Amendment law, because they often contain important concepts that are relevant to the electronic media.

Author Theresa Kline guides readers through the process of designing and evaluating a test, paying careful attention to ensure that the test meets the highest professional standards. The author uses simple, clear examples throughout and fully details the required statistical analyses.

With its comprehensive framework, this guide offers instruction that will help all children grow and develop along the pathways that support success both in school and in life.

This comprehensive field guide will be an essential resource for every school leader charged with fostering the healthy development and academic success of students.

This comprehensive field guide will be an essential resource for every school leader charged with fostering the healthy development and academic success of students.

Ensure that all school decisions are made in the best interest of children and their success with this first-ever published field guide promoting child development and learning.

Ensure that all school decisions are made in the best interest of children and their success with this first-ever published field guide promoting child development and learning.

Misconceptions about the connection between creativity and giftedness are discussed, as well as how to nurture creativity in students.

Offers an analysis of non-union forms of employee-representation. This book offers a comprehensive overview of non-union systems of representation (NER) in the UK and locates UK practice within an international context. It addresses various issues on both a macro and micro level.

practical, step-by-step guide to all presentation scenarios provides the skills you need to succeed in presenting and will ensure that you never give a bad presentation again!

Going beyond the theory of differentiation to actual classroom practice, this book presents a 10-step framework, examples, and classroom-ready tools for putting differentiation into action.