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Provides clear analysis and legally defensible approaches for addressing common legal challenges that schools face, such as individuals' rights, disciplinary practices, morality, liabilities, teacher dismissal, and NCLB.

This new edition looks at the many recent changes in the arena of Human Sevices Organizations.

This accessible professional development resource offers strategic tools to help teachers respond to change in creative ways that can enhance their career satisfaction and effectiveness as professionals.

Covering various disciplines and accompanied by classroom examples, these strategies help secondary teachers improve students' content learning and literacy skills before, during, and after reading.

Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, Second Edition uses examples and extended case studies from all over the world to craft a compelling, even-handed account of the power and persistence of ethnicity and race in the contemporary world. Known for its conceptual clarity, world-historical scope, and fair-minded treatment of these oft controversial topics, this updated and expanded edition retains all of the core elements and constructionist insights of the original. New to the Second Edition: Provides new concrete examples from around the world: Dozens of new examples have been added, including extended case studies of ethnic/identity construction in the former Yugoslavia, South Africa, and New Zealand. In addition, several new sections discuss treatments of neo-assimilation and segmented assimilation, and the invisibility of racial dominance. Incorporates the latest research and thinking in the field: Motivated by the suburban uprisings of 2005, an extended case study of race, culture, and belonging in contemporary France is fashioned. The theoretical underpinnings of this unique synthesis of race and ethnicity are sharpened throughout the volume, and the authors incorporate some of their own recent work on ethnic and racial analytic frames to sketch out broader implications for the field and possibilities for the future. Discusses the emergence of modernity and globalization: The authors demonstrate why ethnic and racial boundaries over the last 30 years and contrary to earlier, optimistic predictions have become stronger and more strident under the pressures of modernization, mass communication, and secularization. The book concludes by discussing how the downward spiral of hate and separateness can be halted, and even reversed. Intended Audience: This influential text is ideal for advanced undergraduate courses on race and ethnicity such as American Race Relations; Racial and Ethnic Relations; Ethnic Conflict; Comparative Race Relations; Cultural Diversity; Immigration Studies in the departments of Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Global Studies, and Anthropology.

The Handbook of Educational Evaluation brings together the experience of top evaluation leaders around the world to present and discuss the core methods and applications of educational evaluation.

Presents the most influential intellectuals working today on the objects, subjects, media and environments of visual culture

Overviews significant theoretical formulations (on ethnic identity, acculturation, biculturalism) that provide students with a foundation for examining the relationship between ethnicity and human behaviour, adjustment and social conditions.

Grounded Theory is by far the most widely used research method across a range of disciplines and subject areas, including social sciences, nursing and healthcare, medical sociology, information systems, psychology, and anthropology. This book gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of Grounded Theory.

Offers a critical approach to notions of children's citizenship. Drawing on different disciplinary perspectives and including contributions by leading scholars, this book makes connections between theoretical approaches, representations of childhood, the experiences of children themselves, legal instruments, policies and their implementation.

This is a jewel among methods Handbooks, bringing together a formidable collection of international contributors to comment on every aspect of the various central issues, complications and controversies in the core methodological traditions.

Uses a case-study method to teach readers what investigative reporting is, why it is important, and how it is practiced. The case studies are punctuated by reflective questions and answers that systematically guide readers through the narrative. It mimics the path of a reporter gathering information and working on a story.

This book examines mass media representations of AIDS from their inception through to their impact on public understandings. Rejecting approaches which focus only on ownership, discourse or audience reception, the authors examines: promotional strategies; media production; representation and audience responses; as well as broader impacts on policy, culture and society.

This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding the concept of social control, and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe.The contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. They outline its history and politics in both the Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world; they discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess its relevance for contemporary Europe.

"Written by some of the leading thinkers in the field, the book is an excellent resource for longstanding and contemporary issues in cultural theory. Comprehensive and well-written."- David Oswell, Goldsmiths CollegeThis timely volume provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory and cultural analysis. It reveals the significance of Marxist humanism, Georg Simmel, the Frankfurt School, Stuart Hall and the Birmingham School, Giddens, Bauman, Foucault, Bourdieu and Baudrillard. Readers receive a dazzling, critical survey of some of the primary figures in the field. However, the book is much more than a Rough Guide tour through the ''great figures'' in the field. Through an analysis of specific problems, such as transculturalism, transnationalsim, feminism, popular music and cultural citizenship, it demonstrates the relevance of cultural sociology in elucidating some of the key questions of our time.

The Practitioner's Handbook is an essential guide to professional development written for qualified practitioners as well as those nearing the end of their training. Written in a friendly and informal style by contributors from a range of professional backgrounds, this new text addresses those concerns and questions most frequently raised by practitioners.

Anthony Woodiwiss re-examines the political, economic and social life of the United States over the past 60 years. The result is both a novel history of post-war America and a significant contribution to the idea of postmodernism as a social and cultural form.

For students, academics and professionals in international relations and politics and Soviet and Eastern European studies, this book examines the decline of the internal empire and the disintegration of the external one. It outlines the development of current structural problems in Eastern Europe.

Examines ways of improving public administration. This book looks at management and efficiency in government, decentralization and the influence of the marketplace. The author lists developments in the field, such as the creation of agencies for operational management within the civil service.

This volume shows how public agencies can be made more efficient and humane, providing practical guidance to enhance both service quality and client satisfaction at local, state and national levels. Examples focus on the issues of quality management, improving service delivery, job reorganization and worker empowerment.

A unique collection of humorous anecdotes, stories, and jokes, this entertaining book will lighten the day for educators and promote fun in the school environment.

This updated edition of I Can Learn offers the best practices and policies that enable students with learning disabilities to excel in the general education classroom.

This easy-to-navigate resource gives novice teachers carefully phased-in coverage of ESL/EFL lesson planning, classroom management, and skill building.

"Inventive Life" demonstrates how and why vitalism - the idea that life cannot be explained by the principles of mechanism - matters now. The selected chapters guide readers through the introduction of understandings of information, complexity and cybernetics in the economy, science and art.

Written by the mother of a child with Asperger's syndrome, this book covers diagnosis and recognizing the difference, o providing support and understanding, and communication.

The author takes a hard look at the state of high school reform and identifies the elements that keep us "running on the wheel." Includes built-in book study and facilitator's guide.

Boost lifelong achievement with these practical strategies and passionate insights that enrich your vital role as a moral leader.

Set the tone for success and harness the power of school culture to boost achievement with this user-friendly, one-stop resource.

Improve instructional leadership with research-based practices and examples in the areas of quality teaching, enhanced curriculum, supportive supervision, and professional development.

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