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In this handbook that combines research and reflective exercises, recognized experts discuss transformative leadership, leadership alternatives, improvements in school reform, and challenges in leadership roles.

Guides readers in thinking for themselves about the values they bring to their task and the values they intend to promote. This book promotes thought and constructive analysis about the values involved with: aims and moral purpose in education; individual qualities in educational leadership; vision in education; and, school ethos and culture.

Presents real-life case studies portraying the challenges that school leaders face, including issues of diversity, school improvement, and limited resources. This book helps to practice resolving complex issues in primary and secondary school settings through reflective questions, activities and authentic assessment tools for skill development.

Based on the authors' research and practical experience, this book contains proven strategies for raising the academic attainment of every learner, especially students from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Offers an introduction to, and critical analysis of, the complex issues involved in child protection work. This book encourages reflection and debate through such features as case examples and interactive exercises. It is comprehensive and addresses professionals involved in child protection work. It is suitable for students and practitioners.

Introduces the issues and debates involved in working with men in a range of professional settings. This book locates academic and popular discourse on masculinities within the specific context of health and social care settings, critically analysing the theory and policy that underpin and inform practice.

Used successfully in culturally, economically, and academically diverse classrooms, these strategies and activities focus on developing students' self-esteem, self-image, and self-responsibility.

Provides an overview of the field of trauma that includes a history of the field, theoretical perspectives and methods that provide a paradigm for stage appropriate, culture-based therapy which can be integrated into existing therapeutic orientations. This book also includes individual approaches in trauma intervention.

How do you survive the university experience? What do tutors want? How can you express yourself best in tutorials, seminars, essays and exams? This book takes a clear-eyed approach to the challenges of university life, offers realistic advice and demonstrates how to acquire transferable skills with a view to future employability.

A truly international (vs. US-focused) text offering a comprehensive overview of the subject and a critical look at its latest issues - including the current economic crisis

This book provides a coherent overview of the role played by working memory in learning during the school years, and uses theory to inform good practice.

Long waited second edition of this popular exploration of media economics. Will be adopted on courses across media management, media policy and the creative industries.

Illustrating applications across all K-12 grade levels, this third edition of a bestseller presents concrete strategies for creating a positive classroom environment for students and teachers alike.

The exposure of children to violence at school is a major concern for educators everywhere and a frequent topic of discussion in the media. This title proposes a whole school approach to reduce the impact of violence on children's development, underpinned by research findings.

A comprehensive book which covers the whole process of doing a research project with children and young people.

A comprehensive introduction to modern public management: from the way globalisation and liberalisation affects public services to the new practices and tools of public management.

The author examines the immense demands faced by ELL educators and offers specific strategies to address these special challenges.

Taking the research and theory of work groups from the social sciences and illustrating the concepts with examples, illustrations, and best practices drawn from schools, this book includes surveys, assessments, instruments for team members and team leaders to measure their skills and target areas for improvement and teambuilding activities.

Funded by the National Science Foundation and successfully field-tested in a variety of settings, the materials presented give teachers the opportunity to grow as learners for the classes they teach.

Demonstrates how to develop a standards-based curriculum, deliver and assess instruction with research-based best practices, and implement capacity-building processes that support a school's daily operation.

A unique book on how violent crimes are profiled.

This updated edition presents ten strategies for solving a wide range of mathematics problems, plus new sample problems.

Written by leadership expert Elaine L. Wilmore, this ideal resource helps aspiring and practicing superintendents attain proficiency in the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards.

Improve students' test-taking success by teaching effective time management strategies, organizational skills, note-taking techniques, ways to handle test anxiety, and methods for taking essay and objective tests.

Assuming no prior knowledge, this book is geared toward social science readers. It illustrates concepts using well known international, comparative, and national examples of spatial regression analysis. Each example is presented alongside relevant data and code, which is also available on a Web site maintained by the authors.

Suitable for teachers in primary and secondary schools, this guide shows teachers how to integrate assessment into their teaching - something that teachers are increasingly being required to do. The book includes lots of activities and training materials, ideal for continuing professional development sessions in schools.