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This book presents our set of insights and solutions for more effectively integrating corporate social responsibility into management education. Internationally acclaimed authors critically review this multifaceted process in a variety of countries.

Focuses on how peace educators at the collegiate level can more effectively address gender and sexuality. Chapters focus on the classroom and the campus at large, and emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary practice, thoughtful approaches that offer both challenges and safety, and solidarity and support.

Brings together the work of teachers, scholars, and activists from different countries and contexts who are seeking to transform teacher education. Teacher educators examine what it means to be transformative and draw on experiences from different contexts. This book will be useful to all educators seeking alternative and innovative approaches to education and meeting the needs of students.

Brings together the work of teachers, scholars, and activists from different countries and contexts who are seeking to transform teacher education. Teacher educators examine what it means to be transformative and draw on experiences from different contexts. This book will be useful to all educators seeking alternative and innovative approaches to education and meeting the needs of students.

Includes contributions by scholars in the field of behavioural strategy research. They deal with significant issues relating to the intersection of culture and behavioural strategy, including cultural diversity and strategic choice, the cultural intelligence of executives, business model innovation in entrepreneurship, and paradoxical frames in culture and behavioural strategy.

Includes contributions by scholars in the field of behavioural strategy research. They deal with significant issues relating to the intersection of culture and behavioural strategy, including cultural diversity and strategic choice, the cultural intelligence of executives, business model innovation in entrepreneurship, and paradoxical frames in culture and behavioural strategy.

Presents research that points to what ""really matters"" in what is such a complex field of practice. Both formal and informal mentoring programs are examined, from the perspective of both the mentor and mentee. Represented is both a national and international perspective. Questions for chapter reflection are included.

Presents research that points to what ""really matters"" in what is such a complex field of practice. Both formal and informal mentoring programs are examined, from the perspective of both the mentor and mentee. Represented is both a national and international perspective. Questions for chapter reflection are included.

How can the academic world develop and apply a proper concept of corporate social performance to ensure more impact? Authors from different cultures, countries and educational systems present a rich diversity of insights and solutions to this problem. The book combines state-of-the-art international views, which can inspire academia as well as corporate practices.

SUNY Buffalo State is a comprehensive liberal arts public institution serving a large number of first generation college students. One flagship program at the college is the Professional Development Schools consortium. This book shares examples of evidence-based practice of this innovative program to offer ideas for how teacher education might be re-conceptualized and re-energized.

SUNY Buffalo State is a comprehensive liberal arts public institution serving a large number of first generation college students. One flagship program at the college is the Professional Development Schools consortium. This book shares examples of evidence-based practice of this innovative program to offer ideas for how teacher education might be re-conceptualized and re-energized.

How can the academic world develop and apply a proper concept of corporate social performance to ensure more impact? Authors from different cultures, countries and educational systems present a rich diversity of insights and solutions to this problem. The book combines state-of-the-art international views, which can inspire academia as well as corporate practices.

The US Department of Defense accounts for over half of federal government discretionary spending and over 3% of GDP. Half of all federal employees work for the Department. This text provides a fully integrated view of defense budgeting. It takes the position that defense budgeting is a specific instance of public budgeting, and public budgeting is a specific instance of public policy.

Great leaders know that prestigious appointments do not only entail advantages, but also major responsibilities. They also know that it has never been so easy to find inspiration, a reality check, and advice on the development of their situational solutions. This book aims at providing such easy access to crucial insights into sustaining success.

Addresses how to assess and instruct students while also honouring their cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The thesis of this book revolves around the idea that linguistically diverse learners may engage in critical thinking in ways that we may not anticipate. Assessment should measure the new ways that students are interacting with the world.

Highlights how student affairs has grown as a field of practice in response to the growth of student diversity on college campuses, and honours the remarkable career of Melvin C. Terrell. Researchers, practitioners, and key decision makers will equally be empowered to employ the lessons and approaches informed by the evolution of student affairs over the past 30 years.

A rigorously refereed journal publishing articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials dealing with the theories, research, and practices of distance education. The Quarterly Review publishes articles that utilize various methodologies that permit generalizable results which help guide the practice of the field of distance education in the public and private sectors.

The Journal of Character Education is the only professional journal in education devoted to character education. It is designed to cover the field-from the latest research to applied best practices.

Based on the author's work in science and engineering educational research, this book offers broad, practical strategies for teaching science and engineering courses and describes how faculty can provide a learning environment that helps students comprehend the nature of science, understand science concepts, and solve problems in science courses.

Assessment innovation tied to technology is greatly needed in a wide variety of assessment applications. This book adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to learn from advances in developing technology enhanced innovative assessments from multiple fields.

Assessment innovation tied to technology is greatly needed in a wide variety of assessment applications. This book adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to learn from advances in developing technology enhanced innovative assessments from multiple fields.

The first in a series of ten books on American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian education. This volume explores the history of California Indian education as well as current policies on early childhood education, gifted education, curriculum, counselling, funding, and research.

Teachers provide today's youth with the tools to become a positive part of society. Whether they are successful or not determines the fate of our civilization. Unfortunately, teacher training does not completely prepare the individual for this crucial role. The goal of this manual is to provide teachers with tools to quickly correct the negative situations in any teaching scenario.

Provides queer and ally athletes a space to have a voice and share the experiences that have been significant in their identity as an athletic member of the LGBT community. To that end, this book is a collection of autobiographical short stories of LGBT athletes and their experiences in sports and athletics, some who are publicly out and some who are not.

The first in a series of ten books on American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian education. This volume explores the history of California Indian education as well as current policies on early childhood education, gifted education, curriculum, counselling, funding, and research.

A journal for leaders, practitioners, and decision makers in the fields of distance learning, e-learning, telecommunications, and related areas. This is a professional journal with applicable information for those involved with providing instruction to all kinds of learners, of all ages, using telecommunications technologies of all types.

A refereed, peer reviewed journal that publishes original studies providing both empirical and theoretical frameworks that focus on middle grades education. A variety of articles are published quarterly in March, June, September, and December of each volume year.

Provides queer and ally athletes a space to have a voice and share the experiences that have been significant in their identity as an athletic member of the LGBT community. To that end, this book is a collection of autobiographical short stories of LGBT athletes and their experiences in sports and athletics, some who are publicly out and some who are not.

Argues that the current model of education falls short in preparing students to think creatively, to work collaboratively and to engage actively as problem solvers. An educational sea-change is needed more than ever given the problems that face our world now and that threaten to worsen in the next few decades.

Argues that the current model of education falls short in preparing students to think creatively, to work collaboratively and to engage actively as problem solvers. An educational sea-change is needed more than ever given the problems that face our world now and that threaten to worsen in the next few decades.