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Small Schools, Education, and the Importance of Community
R&L Education 2011; US$ 27.99This book focuses on three successful approaches for using the school as a catalyst for community development and revitalization, particularly in rural areas. The strategies also work well in suburban and urban areas. Succesful case studies are also included. more...
Education and Corporate Social Responsibility
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013; US$ 114.95This volume examines the practice of embedding corporate social responsibility into academic curricula. more...
After the Bell
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95Since the publication of the Coleman report in the US many decades ago, it has been widely accepted that the evidence that schools are marginal in the grand scheme of academic achievement is conclusive. Despite this, educational policy across the world remains focused almost exclusively on schools. With contributions from such figures as Jeanne Brooks-Gunn,... more...
How to Handle Hard-to-Handle Parents
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 27.95Establish cooperative relationships with all parents?even the most difficult ones?by using the author?s proven communication strategies, supported by sample forms, letters, scenarios, and vignettes. more...
Schools and Community
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 53.95Communitarianism, as a movement, is clearly a dominant theme within New Labour's educational policy. How does this affect education and the life and work of schools? Research has shown that there is a correlation between academic achievement and the strength of community life and awareness within a school. The aim of this book, therefore, is to introduce... more...
Gender and Education in China
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by the Qing dynasty as a means of strengthening the foundations... more...
Building Partnerships for Service-Learning
Wiley 2003; US$ 42.00It is clear that service-learning has the potential to yield tremendous benefits to students, communities, and institutions of higher education. Increased student learning has been well documented. As communities gain new energy to meet their needs and greater capacity to capitalize on their assets, service-learning enables higher education to fulfill... more...
Student Engagement Techniques
Wiley 2009; US$ 40.00Keeping students involved, motivated, and actively learning is challenging educators across the country,yet good advice on how to accomplish this has not been readily available. Student Engagement Techniques is a comprehensive resource that offers college teachers a dynamic model for engaging students and includes over one hundred tips, strategies,... more...
Becoming an Engaged Campus
Wiley 2011; US$ 42.00There is a trend to have universities make a stronger commitment to community engagement. This book offers a how-to resource for campus leaders who want to take a strategic approach to creating change within the university and in relation to the community. It emphasizes what to do to expand community engagement at the university, and explains how... more...
Die dienstliche Beurteilung
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2013; US$ 62.55Hauptbeschreibung Die transparente und rechtlich unangreifbare Leistungsmessung und -bewertung ist eine Daueraufgabe für das gesamte Personalmanagement des öffentlichen Dienstes. Die dienstliche Beurteilung ist aus der Sicht der Rechtsprechung das Schlüsselinstrument, um diese Aufgabe zu erfüllen. Das Buch "Die dienstliche Beurteilung" von Bieler/Lorse... more...









