Educational Strategies and Policy Books

The American high school experience is as complex as we are as humans. It takes place at a time when young people are discovering who they are or who they may become. Life in high school is often made more complex as a result of family values mixing with...

The greatest piece of advice ever given to me is this simple statement. "You have got to be the same person up or down." It is a pretty basic statement, but it rings loud and clear in life. A true sign of maturity is when you can be the same type of...

In order to get primary school pupils to read a scientific article, contemporary literature that is written with their age characteristics in mind must be chosen. Every work of art intended for children must be appropriate for their age and level, while...

Inspirational Leader: The Ultimate Guide on How to Be an Exceptional Leader, Learn the Different Effective Ways You Can Truly Inspire Your Team and Watch Extraordinary Things Happen There are some people who feel apprehensive to become leaders. Some...

Восстановление скорбящих, Практическое руководство, Расширенное издание в честь 20-летнего юбилея:  Пошаговая программа как пережить смерть близкого,  развод и другие утраты, включая утрату работы, здоровья и веры. ...

In der Entwicklung des Bildungswesen hatte der Autodidakt einen wichtigen Platz. Heute ist er in unserem hocheffizienten und hochdifferenzierten Bildungssystem an den Rand gedrängt. Aber er ist keineswegs marginal. Im Muster der nicht-curricularen...

Die Autorin untersucht die Zusammenhänge von Mehrsprachigkeit und bilingualem Unterricht. Sie analysiert europapolitische Dokumente, fremdsprachendidaktische Veröffentlichungen sowie die Befragung von Akteur_innen des bilingualen deutsch-französischen...

Educational practice and theory in the 21st century are struggling with the abundance of digital images. In a culture that was for centuries predominantly verbal, images present a difficulty, but they must be recognized as a blessing rather than as a...

In 2012, the ERASMUS programme celebrated its 25th anniversary. It is one of the best-known initiatives of the EU. This interdisciplinary volume examines the role of student mobility within the European integration process and judges its impact on how...

This collection of essays aims to revive the sociological debate on the unintended, unanticipated and unexpected consequences of social action, as started by Robert K. Merton in a classic study of 1936. The contributing authors provide insights on both...

Rufus Jones (1863-1948) helped organize the Quäkerspeisung (Quaker feeding effort), saving millions from starvation after the First World War. In Germany he is best known for having travelled to Berlin to seek a personal meeting with Hitler after the...

Die transzendental-phänomenale Theorie des guten Willens wird vorgestellt, mit der das eigentliche pädagogische Handeln begründet werden kann. Gemeint ist jener Beistand von Erziehern, um Zu-Erziehenden den vernünftigen Willen mit Hilfe des guten Willens...

John Coons is a progressive Berkeley law professor emeritus who in 1978 published a seminal book on the need for private school choice in the United States for children of lesser means. His motivation was and is straightforward. Families of greater means...

You cannot and will not reach Spiritual Efficiency without first dealing with GUILE.These two scriptures (John 1:47,48) inspired me to write this book. We all should want to be like Jesus and this scripture is the key. When there is no GUILE we are...

Lloyd Knight is a school turnaround principal that has been a big part of school improvement in Chicago, Indianapolis, Dayton, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans metro areas. As a trained and certified peacekeeper with restorative practices, he brings a...

Shift your life into high gear!The Servant Leader is jam-packed with practical principles and immediate put-into-practice ways to shift your life into high gear!Filled with proven successful actions and activities, you will be motivated to move into a...

INTRODUCTIONEven a cursory glance at the literature in the science of learning theory alerts us to a flagrant omission which, only gradually, is being corrected. I refer to what many epistemologists, in guarded and hushed tones, speak of as the human...

The New Bullying: How social media, social exclusion, laws and suicide have changed our definition of bullying - and what to do about it" is primarily concerned with the issue of how bullying has changed from about 1997 to 2012. The authors' thesis was...

You know that Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can improve teaching and learning in higher education. You want to share UDL’s innovative best practices on campus and throughout your institution. Yet getting buy-in for trying new approaches can...

Here for the first time is an account of the inner lives of teachers during and immediately after the pandemic lockdown. What is teaching like during a pandemic? How did teachers manage their emotional lives as colleagues became infected, hospitalised,...

I am deeply grateful that so many of you have found this book Courageous Conversations Connect, helpful as you embark on your healing journey.I have learned over the many years of being a therapist as well as being a part of lived and shared experiences...

When a security guard at Bloomingdale's stopped a male shopper and wrongfully accused the African American male of shoplifting, the shopper turned out to be a judge. Oops.Each year, retailers across the U.S. lose more than $40 billion to what they call...

Why do so many capable high schoolers fail to earn coveted college acceptances and scholarships? Why are a lot of competent teenagers not prepared for the transition to college level work? The answer is simple: most students (and their families!) do not...

This Book is based on true real life events . The names of people and places have been changed to protect the identity of those involved. This is the first book in the series.

Il Progetto Diverse ha lo scopo di promuovere le capacità degli insegnanti di gestire le diversità in classe attraverso metodi basati sullo storytelling (teatro scolastico, miti e tradizioni popolari, digital storytelling). L'obiettivo principale del...

This narrative ethnography adopts an aesthetic lens to relay the various lived experiences of a non-traditional, Midwestern public high school during its final year in its original building. Extending upon previous research of high school dropouts, I...

As the inaugural issue in the Leadership for School Improvement (LSI) Special Interest Group (SIG) Book Series, this volume serves as a reflection on the foundations of the field of school improvement.  Contents include connections between school...

This book reflects the lived experience of the author from a phenomenological viewpoint of the Turkey-based educational movement, Hizmet Movement (HM), in addition to Gülen's life, a short history of the Turkish Republic, Gülenian philosophy on education...

This book conceptualizes nonviolence in multiple dimensions and interdisciplinary lenses, centering on nonviolent relationality beyond categorical thinking, bridging inner work and outer work, and aspiring to transcend dualism and divisions to transform...

A volume in Advances in Service-Learning ResearchSeries Editor Shelley H. Billig, RMC Research Corporation, DenverIn this volume in the IAP series on Advances in Service-Learning Research, top researchers presentrecent work studying aspects of program...

A volume in Advances in Service-Learning ResearchSeries Editor Shelley H. Billig, RMC Research Corporation, DenverIn this volume in the IAP series on Advances in Service-Learning Research, top researchers presentrecent work studying aspects of program...

In this unprecedented volume, Professor Thomas Hagood brings together the voices of key dance educators to express their views on the legacy of dance education. The book examines the values and practices dance educators live with, and what values and...

Everyone has their own stories about scars from life's greatest challenges. But what if those scars were meant for a purpose? In her amazing personal testimony, SCARS: Supernatural Circumstances Appointing Rebirth Seasons, Shirley T. McKenzie shares her...

Dear Mom is narrated from the perspective of a fetus from birth to adulthood. What if the unborn could speak? What would their little heart share?Author Lisa P. Robinson is a veteran teacher, mother, community advocate, missionary, and is affectionately...

This book is written in response to the intellectual yearnings of our age when ideological and religious claims are fast overtaking their integrity. Today, we are living in an era when genuine religiosity is muddled up with psycho-tyrannic inclinations...

Barbara Schoener, a proudly proclaimed reformed helicopter parent, saw a need to pass on some practical tips when it comes to navigating the very stressful college admissions process and the ensuing journey that commences once a college selection has...

Intentional Group Counseling: Best Practices for a Multicultural World provides students with essential best practices for conducting group counseling sessions in a diverse society. The text presents students with the latest research in applied...

México como país y cultura fue una colorida, rica y misteriosa fuente de inspiración para el escritor estadounidense John Steinbeck. Un tercio de su obra esta basado en aspectos culturales mexicanos y mexicoamericanos. Steinbeck...

A Christian's Book of Haiku is a compilation of poems designed to promote insight, guidance, and encouragement across a wide range of topics in a concise manner. Written from a Christian perspective with wisdom that rings true for people of diverse...