The desire for corporate growth and an attention to environmental concerns are no longer viewed as mutually exclusive. This handbook shows that today s industries can actually enhance their long-term viability by observing the environmental regulations that govern them.... Lees meer.

Presents gay lesbian and transgender youth issues through the words of the adolescents themselves along with clear up-to-date essays about LGBT youth programs policies and practices around the world. Understand the challenges from the voices involvedtoday s LGBT... Lees meer.

This book investigates the goals and policy aspects of cyber security education in the light of escalating technical social and geopolitical challenges. The past ten years have seen a tectonic shift in the significance of cyber security education. Once the preserve of... Lees meer.

This book examines socioeconomic inequality and student outcomes across various Western industrialized nations and the varying success they have had in addressing achievement gaps in lower socioeconomic status student populations. It presents the national profiles of co... Lees meer.

This new book from internationally renowned education scholar Pasi Sahlberg and his colleagues focuses on some of the most controversial issues in contemporary education reform around the world. Each educational change question sheds much-needed light on today s large... Lees meer.

This book provides the first detailed history of the Bilingual Education Program in the Northern Territory of Australia. The book offers valuable insights as it examines in detail the policy settings that helped and hindered bilingual education in the context of minorit... Lees meer.

This book explores how universities as organizations influence and construct the production of academic elites and elitist institutions. It analyzes the role played by the reorganization of higher education HE institutions stimulated by new performance-based narrativ... Lees meer.

Legal Issues in Special Education provides teachers and school administrators with a clearly written well-organized and understandable guide from the perspective of the practitioner without formal legal training. Even though over 50 percent of students with disabiliti... Lees meer.

Exploring the interplay between globalization education and international development this comprehensive introduction surveys the impact of global education policies on local policy in developing countries. With chapters written by leading international scholars in th... Lees meer.

Presents research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of implementing the processes of internationalization as well as its political economic historic and organisational barriers. The book features coverage on a broad range of topics including systems t... Lees meer.

This book provides robust insights into the current policies trends challenges and possibilities in the internationalisation of higher education in East and Southeast Asian countries revealing emergent and new models and practices in this area and discussing implica... Lees meer.

Health and Education in Early Childhood presents conceptual issues research findings and program and policy implications in promoting well-being in health and education in the first five years of life. Leading researchers in the multidisciplinary fields of early learn... Lees meer.

The book provides new research highlighting perspectives perceptions and practices regarding human rights and human rights education in China. It traces the emergence and evolution of the human rights conception and human rights education from comparative perspectives... Lees meer.

This bookpresents the theoretical basis and practical steps involved in using Statement Archaeology an innovative method that enhances understandings of policy development exemplifying its use in relation to one curriculum subject Religious Education. The book is the... Lees meer.

The book analyzes worldwide changes in school organization and the teaching profession and how the profession has been impacted by education policies that promote assessments and accountability. It also identifies some shifts in professional positions statuses and pro... Lees meer.