Education Studies Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. Reviewing Research in Special Education

   Making the Evidence Work for Practitioners

   Edited by Jennifer Doran, Seamus Hegarty

   This innovative collection combines research reviews in special education and an exploration of the findings from these reviews from practitioner and policy maker perspectives. It consists of five sets of papers, the first of which in each set presents a summary of a conventional research review,...

   Published May 16th 2013 by Routledge
2. Innovative Business School Teaching

   Engaging the Millennial Generation

   Edited by Elaine Doyle, Patrick Buckley, Conor Carroll

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Self-Regulation and Early School Success

   Edited by Megan McClelland, Shauna Tominey

   Self-regulation has been identified as an important predictor of school readiness and academic achievement in young children. Children who struggle with self-regulation are at risk of experiencing peer rejection and academic difficulties. Teachers report that there is high variability in children’s...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
4. Enabling Reflective Learning in Lifelong Career Guidance

   Edited by Ruggiera Sarcina, Simona Marchi, Furio Bednarz, Massimo Tomassini, Galina Markova, Francesco Consoli

   This book is based on a fieldwork intensive, EU funded project, aimed at sustaining the empowerment processes of career guidance practitioners by developing their awareness and use of their individual, organizational and networking resources. The field work activity was carried out in three...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
5. World Yearbook of Education 1969

   Examinations

   Edited by Joseph A. Lauwerys, David G. Scanlon

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. World Yearbook of Education 1967

   Educational Planning

   Edited by George Z. F. Bereday, Joseph A. Lauwerys, Mark Blaug

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
7. Disability, Poverty and Education

   Edited by Nidhi Singal

   This book is a succinct and distinctive presentation of current research addressing educational issues in relation to children and young people with disabilities in Southern contexts. Even though people with disabilities are disproportionately over-represented in the majority world, there is a lack...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
8. Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

   Edited by Susan Jackson

   The connections and interactions of lifelong learning and social justice are complex and contested. Both are seen as a means to unconditional good, with little account taken of the inequalities and equalities located in constructions of power. This book develops critical ways to engage with...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
9. New Directions in Social Theory, Education and Embodiment

   Edited by John Evans, Brian Davies

   This book exemplifies the nurturing spirit of inter-discursive debate with a view to opening up new theoretical and empirical insights, understanding, and engagement, with debates on issues relating to pedagogy, policy, equity and embodiment. From a variety of social science perspectives, an...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
10. International Perspectives on Veteran Teachers

    Edited by Miriam Ben-Peretz, Gary McCulloch

    What is a veteran teacher, and how do veteran teachers contribute to schools and education? This international volume contributes to our understanding of veteran teachers with new conceptual studies and empirical research from different countries around the world. It is explores what we mean by a ‘...

    Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge