This book is a collection of scholarly works that give us an overview of how theory, research, and practices in the field of multiculturalism and m...

'Multiculturalism in the Age of the Mosaic: Essays in Honor of Rudolph G Wilson' is a festschrift that takes scholarship in multiculturalism one st...

Advances in media, technology and psychology have had an enormous effect on how students learn and how teachers teach. This book presents new media...

Musical engagement has functioned as a sociological activity for humans over centuries, with choirs and music-making groups having existed in diffe...

Many scientific studies confirm the positive effects of music education in prenatal and earliest phases of life on childrens' holistic development....

When children and adults come together to make music, they express and interpret the powerful intermingling of sound, thought, feeling, and action....

Rehtaeh Parsons was a gifted teenager with boundless curiosity and a love for family, science, and the natural world. At 15, she aspired to become ...

Education is the key to America's economic growth and prosperity and to our ability to compete in the global economy. It is the path to higher earn...

Today's increasingly complex financial services market offers consumers a vast array of products, services, and providers to choose from to meet th...

This book presents an overview of teacher preparation and initial state credentialing in America, with a focus on providing Congress, aspiring teac...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports both basic research and education in the nonmedical sciences and engineering. Congress established t...

Illustrated with 150 enchanting paintings and historical photographs, some from as early as 1922, the author describes the history and motivation b...

Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is responsible for providing quality education opportunities to Indian students. It currently oversees 185 schools...

There are students who, because of a wide range of impediments (disability, long-term illness, temporary or permanent home care, particular syndrom...

This books presents research and issues related to reading and writing acquisition and problems in its acquisition, contributing as a basis for stu...

The theme of this book is how to transmit topical knowledge and recent findings in neurosciences to the needs of music educators. The authors offer...

This series spans the globe presenting leading research in economics. It is perhaps a sign of the times that economic weapons such as sanctions see...

This book presents leading research and new developments in science education. Topics include developing a research programme in science education ...

Higher education is a complex package of issues which never seems to leave the limelight. The primary wedge issues are tuition cost, access, accoun...

Educational technology is a creative blending of 'idea' and 'product' technologies with subject-matter content in order to engender and improve tea...

Concerning the on-going political debate about the direction of strategic decisions in economic developments and world systems theory, this book ad...

This book brings an overview of the Slovene system of music education in general and music schools and compares it to the situation in some other E...

In a broad sense, education refers to any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individua...

Early Childhood Education spans the human life from birth to age 8. Infants and toddlers experience life more holistically than any other age group...

Teaching is a profession which is so enormous and so packed with significance that the issues related to it have a consistently high ranking with m...

Those who operate in physics education frequently ask research operators for suggestions, reference models, updated content and answers for their p...

What is the essence of leadership? Richard Larkins, a major figure of Australian science, medicine, and university administration, including as vic...

This book presents the latest developments related to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, legislation to extend and revise the Elementary and Sec...

Book & CD. On 8 January 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, legislation to extend and revise the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...

We are all born with the propensity to achieve, succeed, and thrive in our endeavours. We have certain skills, talents and abilities that can be nu...

Observations upon Liberal Education, the first modern edition, arose from a longing for a liberty of mind and tried to lay the groundwork for a soc...

Since the turn of the century the phenomenon of learning has received increasingly more attention. Within the theoretical field, a variety of theor...

This book contains leading important research on the forefront of research on educational psychology. The papers relate to four topics: (1) Learnin...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of onboarding library staff, paraprofessionals, and student workers in academic libraries. This book de...

"The miracle of the preserved word, in whatever medium--print, audio text, video recording, digital exchange--means that it may transfer into new t...

In 2012, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The book highlights the inadequate attention given to pedagogical frameworks and educational development perspectives in discussions about online l...

The aim of this book is to enrich the knowledge of educators, specifically academics in higher education with regard to online learning. The text d...

"Make yourself big when you enter a room, when you meet a bear in the woods. Make yourself big. Meet the eyes." Roger Epp's poetic meditations abou...

Access to higher education and the prospect of obtaining a higher education qualification through full-time contact institutions seems a remote rea...

Access to higher education in South Africa poses a number of challenges. First, South Africa is said to be one of the most unequal societies in the...

Over the last few years there has been a raft of initiatives involving the use of information communication technology (ICT) in various learning en...

Organisational learning is the process of creating, retaining and transferring knowledge within an organisation. This book aims to examine the rela...