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Esimaje, Alexandra, Ed.; van Rooy, Bertus, Ed.; Jolayemi, 'Demola, Ed.; Nkemleke, Daniel, Ed.; Klu, Ernest, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023
This book brings together the work of African scholars and educators directly involved in initiatives to improve the teaching and learning of English in higher education across Africa. Offering alternative perspectives across different African countries with examples of decolonised practice in research, the book provides a critical discussion and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Bollinger, Christopher, Ed.; Flintoft, Rebecca, Ed.; Nicoletti, John, Ed.; Spencer-Thomas, Sally, Ed.; Dvoskina, Mariya, Ed. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2018
This updated and expanded new edition continues the theme of the second edition that presents a framework by which the reader can gain a broader and deeper understanding of the issues involved with campus violence incidents. In order to understand the current state of campus violence, two sources of information must be considered--the factual and…
Descriptors: Guides, Campuses, Violence, Sexual Abuse
Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Morrell, Ernest, Ed.; Casey, Heather Kenyon, Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
This authoritative text and PreK-12 teacher resource is now in a substantially revised seventh edition with 80% new material, foregrounding advances in inclusive, equitable instruction. Teachers are guided through every major component of reading, as well as assessment, motivation, teaching bilingual learners, strengthening connections with…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Inclusion
Panicker, Sangeeta, Ed.; Stanley, Barbara, Ed. – APA Books, 2021
A rich guide for understanding the evolving research landscape in psychology, including changes to core research ethics concepts such as informed consent, privacy, and risk of harm. This handbook offers a thorough and authoritative discussion of the ethical issues in conducting research with human participants. Each chapter poses an important…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Psychological Studies, Psychology, Ethics
Larzelere, Robert E., Ed.; Morris, Amanda Sheffield, Ed.; Harrist, Amanda W., Ed. – APA Books, 2013
Psychologist Diana Baumrind's revolutionary prototype of parenting, called authoritative parenting, combines the best of various parenting styles. In contrast to previously advocated styles involving high responsiveness and low demandingness (i.e., permissive parenting) or low responsiveness and high demandingness (i.e., authoritarian parenting),…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Power Structure, Child Rearing, Discipline
Cleland, Jennifer, Ed.; Durning, Steven J., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2022
"Researching Medical Education" is an authoritative guide to excellence in educational research within the healthcare professions presented by the Association for the Study of Medical Education and AMEE. This text provides readers with key foundational knowledge, while introducing a range of theories and how to use them, illustrating a…
Descriptors: Guides, Medical Education, Educational Research, Health Services
Welner, Kevin, Ed.; Orfield, Gary, Ed.; Huerta, Luis A., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2023
This authoritative book examines the long-standing campaign that resulted in today's school voucher policies. Advocates of private school vouchers promulgated a vision of service to low-income families, students of color, and other marginalized student populations. Vouchers were sold as a way to advance civil rights. But as voucher policies grew…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Equal Education, Misconceptions, Private Schools
Fenning, Pamela, Ed.; Johnson, Miranda, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2022
The decades-long problem of disproportionate school discipline and school-based arrests of students with disabilities, particularly those who also identify as Black or Native American, is explored in this authoritative book. A team of interdisciplinary scholars, attorneys, and education practitioners focus on how disparities based on disability…
Descriptors: Discipline, Students with Disabilities, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
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Billett, Stephen, Ed.; Stalder, Barbara Elisabeth, Ed.; Aarkrog, Vibe, Ed.; Choy, Sarojni, Ed.; Hodge, Steven, Ed.; Le, Anh Hai, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This book addresses what is, perhaps, the single most important issue for vocational education; its relatively low standing in an era of high aspiration. The work explores the nature, extent and consequences for an educational sector that whilst having an increasingly important role in contemporary societies is seen to be of low standing across…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Role of Education, Aspiration, Government Role
Fincher, Sally A., Ed.; Robins, Anthony V., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
This Handbook describes the extent and shape of computing education research today. Over fifty leading researchers from academia and industry (including Google and Microsoft) have contributed chapters that together define and expand the evidence base. The foundational chapters set the field in context, articulate expertise from key disciplines,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Educational Research, School Business Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Alexander, Karl, Ed.; Pitcock, Sarah, Ed.; Boulay, Matthew C., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2016
This book is an authoritative examination of summer learning loss, featuring original contributions by scholars and practitioners at the forefront of the movement to understand--and stem--the "summer slide." The contributors provide an up-to-date account of what research has to say about summer learning loss, the conditions in low-income…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Achievement Gap
Brown­ Chidsey, Rachel, Ed.; Andren, Kristina J., Ed. – National Professional Resources, Inc., 2015
Problem-­solving assessment is an essential component of multi-­tiered systems of support such as response to intervention (RTI) and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS). This authoritative work provides a complete guide to implementing a wide range of problem­-solving assessment methods, including: (1) functional behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Intervention, Response to Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports
Sanetti, Lisa M. H., Ed.; Kratochwill, Thomas R., Ed. – APA Books, 2014
Treatment integrity, in its broadest sense, is the extent to which an intervention is implemented as intended. Over the past 3 decades, understanding of treatment integrity has greatly evolved. This book summarizes the current state of our knowledge of treatment integrity on such topics as: (1) how it fits into the larger contexts of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice, Ethics
Wilkinson, Lee A., Ed. – APA Books, 2014
School professionals and clinicians share the challenge of identifying and providing interventions for the increasing number of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This book is an authoritative resource that presents up-to-date research and evidence-based tools for accurate assessment and intervention. It includes procedures to help…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evaluation
Skidmore, David, Ed.; Murakami, Kyoko, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2016
This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in teaching and learning. Departing from the more traditional teacher-led mode of teacher-student communication, the dialogic approach is more egalitarian…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Social Theories
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