Emerald Publishing Limited imprint: 1159 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
This book in the International Perspectives on Education and Society (IPES) series describes, synthesizes, and forecasts how large-scale assessments and quantitative data impact evidence-based policymaking worldwide. This volume pays particular attention to the Middle East and North African (MENA)...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Volume 36A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on Bruce Caldwell’s Beyond Positivism after 35 years. Contributors to the symposium include Kevin Hoover, Wade Hands, Tony Lawson, and Peter Boettke. The volume also features general-research essays from...
Governmental Financial Resilience
International Perspectives on How Local Governments Face Austerity
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
This volume provides a unique insight into the ways local governments have maintained financial resilience in the face of the significant challenges posed by the era of austerity. Taking an international perspective, it provides an enlightening and practical analysis of the different capacities and...
by James Reid
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
This book offers a unique and critical explication of teachers' understanding and experience of care during a period of regulatory scrutiny and 'notice to improve'. Written following research in a primary school in the north of England, it draws on the findings of an institutional ethnography to reveal...
Inequalities in the UK
New Discourses, Evolutions and Actions
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
This book addresses the question of the extent of and responses to inequalities in the UK in 2017 in the wake of the 2008 Great Recession. Inequality is the issue that won’t go away, a real world issue affecting all facets of society with political and economic developments such as austerity measures,...
The Century of Science
The Global Triumph of the Research University
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Winner of the 2017 Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education (CIHE/ASHE)
Winner of the 2018 American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence: Education Theory
In The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research provides a forum specifically for higher education researchers to discuss issues of theory and method. This latest collection includes discussion of a variety of theories, including; complex systems theory, organisational identity, curriculum theory,...
by Chris Forlin
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
This volume focuses on professional ethics and the moral dimensions of inclusive education. The significance of ethics in inclusive education has been noted by numerous scholars, however, to date, a comprehensive review does not exist in the field. Grounded in an examination of international conceptualizations...
Working with Families for Inclusive Education
Navigating Identity, Opportunity and Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book explores personal, family and theoretical constructions of inclusion and offers evidence-based strategies and resources to foster parent-professional, home-school collaborative partnerships. It explores working with families to secure identity, opportunity and belonging within school settings...
by Stefinee E. Pinnegar
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Changes in the discipline of english language arts teacher education have produced a much more expansive understanding of literacy and of what teachers of English language arts do.
This volume addresses these changes by featuring innovation—both theoretical and applied—in the field itself....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Rapid changes are underway in mobility systems worldwide, including the introduction of shared mobility solutions, Mobility as a Service and the testing of automated vehicles. These changes are driven by the development and application of ‘smart’ technologies. Transition to these technologies...
Generational Career Shifts
How Matures, Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials View Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Organizations and employers are currently managing an inter-generational workforce, and the most prudent of these are seeking to enhance the careers of new entrants. HRM, careers, and work researchers have begun to explore career-related differences among the four generations of workers currently...
African American Children in Early Childhood Education
Making the Case for Policy Investments in Families, Schools, and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Approximately 45% of young black children in the United States (under the age of six) live in poverty. It is well documented that education and economic security are inextricably linked and that early learning and early reading are undisputed contributors to a successful education. This book presents...
The School to Prison Pipeline
The Role of Culture and Discipline in School
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
This edited volume focuses on the role that school climate and disciplinary practices have on the educational and social experiences of students of color. Drawing from quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical studies, it brings to bear a number of topics such as racialized school experiences; criminology,...