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Presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006.

Presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006.

Addresses the issue of female entrepreneurship development in the context of globalization. This book provides information on various women entrepreneurship opportunities from different points of view and from different countries and regions.

Addresses the issue of female entrepreneurship development in the context of globalization. This book provides information on various women entrepreneurship opportunities from different points of view and from different countries and regions.

Education institutions and organizations are being held accountable for achieving and maintaining historically unmatched standards of academic quality and performance. This volume aims to explore and understand how these pressures impact a range of social and cultural issues and how these issues impact student motivation and learning.

Attempts to illuminate the developing trends in explaining and understanding the role that affect plays in justice and vice versa. The book is divided in three parts discussing the nature of justice and affect, justice, morality and affect, and justice and affect at work. It is also suitable for students, and researchers in social psychology.

Accreditation bodies; policy makers; boards of trustees; and teacher, parent, and student groups all place educational institutions and organizations under unprecedented accountability pressures. This book explores how these pressures impact a broad range of social and cultural issues, and how these issues impact student motivation and learning.

Attempts to illuminate the developing trends in explaining and understanding the role that affect plays in justice and vice versa. The book is divided in three parts discussing the nature of justice and affect, justice, morality and affect, and justice and affect at work. It is also suitable for students, and researchers in social psychology.

Multilevel modeling techniques allow educational researchers to more appropriately model data that occur within multiple hierarchies. This book represents an instructional resource text on multilevel modeling for quantitative researchers who plan to use multilevel techniques in their work.

Aims to generate discussion not only about how we can create meaningful educational experiences for all learners, but also to challenge systems that necessitate a resilient nature.

Presents an investigation of the state reading policy domain employing multiple theoretical frameworks and research methods. This book explores the policy actors' divergent beliefs on key reading-related issues, the causal stories told, and the policy solutions proposed.

Policy-makers and opinion leaders often confuse the pedagogical desirability of using a 'framework' for studying history with their own efforts to reaffirm the centrality of national identity rooted in a vision of their nation's history as a way of inculcating citizenship and patriotism. This title discusses these issues.

Describes and evaluates school history textbooks from the nations who were affected by World War II including China, France, Germany, Japan, USA, and the United Kingdom. This book examines the very different and complex perspectives offered in many nations and analyses the ways in which textbooks commonly serve as instruments of socialisation.

Presents a picture of some of the programs designed and implemented in the United States to provide young adolescents with learning activities with community service. This book contains 18 essays.

Presents a comprehensive explication of the phenomenal history of Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States and the policy issues and concerns that these colleges and universities face.

Clarifies for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, and society. This book explores the various uses, limitations, and paradoxical consequences of high stakes testing.

Presents a comprehensive explication of the phenomenal history of Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States and the policy issues and concerns that these colleges and universities face.

What is the role of practical laboratory work and active learning in science classroom teaching? This book examines research, theory, and policy related to reform issues and events surrounding the development, status, influence, and future of active laboratory type experiences and the use of technology in science teaching.

What is the role of practical laboratory work and active learning in science classroom teaching? This book examines research, theory, and policy related to reform issues and events surrounding the development, status, influence, and future of active laboratory type experiences and the use of technology in science teaching.

Provides an in depth overview of the history and nature of educational research by focusing on the relationship between educational research and the national agenda in the United States in the twentieth century with implications for the twenty-first century.

Intends to validate teachers for strong efforts in their life's work. This book helps readers see similarities between many of these 'hot topics' - differentiation, multiple intelligences, culturally responsive teaching, 'brain-friendly' strategies, authentic assessment, and ethical classroom management.

TPS-Lean Six Sigma is a continuous voyage of discovery involving continuous personal and organizational improvement, development, and learning. This book emphasizes the introduction of a blueprint, called TPS-Lean Six Sigma, for addressing the primary concerns of manufacturing and service in a more sustainable and humanized way.

A work by educators in the field working with women's literacy that reveals the many ways in which addressing women's empowerment through literacy impacts lives.

Describes web-construction methods and covers web care and repairs. This book outlines systems applications of the web throughout the organization.

Addresses some of the salient issues in American society.

Addresses some of the salient issues in American society.

In North America, 64 per cent of adults and 25 per cent of children are overweight or obese. People with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are an untapped expertise in combatting this problem. This book explores health and wellness, with an emphasis on food drive, as well as disability culture, through the voices of self-advocates with PWS and families.