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Ellen H. Reames, Editor; Noelle A. Paufler, Editor – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2025
"Educational Leadership Program Coordinators: Partnership Creators Through Social Connectedness" is an edited volume of chapters which focus on the social bonds and connections formed as program coordinators develop partnerships with K-12 school districts, other higher education institutions, and agencies which support learning in…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Coordinators, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Raisa Ahtiainen Ed.; Eija Hanhimäki Ed.; Jaana Leinonen Ed.; Mika Risku Ed.; Ann-Sofie Smeds-Nylund Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2023
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth coverage of contemporary aspects of leadership in the field of education in Finland. It brings together Finnish scholars to critically explore and discuss leadership in education in the context of the Finnish education system and in relation to international discourses around the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Education, Leadership Styles
Hayes, Sonya, Ed.; Abdelrahman, Nahed, Ed.; Irby, Beverly, Ed.; Nafukho, Fredrick. M., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
Training School Principals as Talent Developers: An International Perspective focuses on how to prepare school principals to lead their schools by training and supporting teachers in their craft. The main goal of schools is improving teaching and learning in order to maximize students' potential to be college ready and career ready. Principals…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Training, Talent Development
Fuller, Alison, Ed.; Heath, Sue, Ed.; Johnston, Brenda, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Extending the chance for people from diverse backgrounds to participate in Higher Education (HE) is a priority in the UK and many countries internationally. Previous work on widening participation in HE however has focussed on why people choose to go to university but this vital new research has focussed on looking at why people choose not to go.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Networks, Social Capital, Foreign Countries
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Melnick, Carol R., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1991
Seven papers present research perspectives on how schools can nurture a collaborative relationship between parents and teachers to enhance student learning. Topics include the ways schools involve parents; the ways schools draw on home learning; programs in action; studies of parents, children, and teachers; and contextual and organizational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Finlay, Ian, Ed.; Niven, Stuart, Ed.; Young, Stephanie, Ed. – 1998
This book identifies how consensus on vocational education and training (VET) policy is sought in a number of countries where interesting models have emerged. The focus of the book is on the principles of stakeholding and consensus applied to policy formulation and implementation in vocational education and training. The international case studies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Policy
Emery, Merrelyn, Ed. – 1989
This four-part volume addresses design principles for introducing democratic forms in workplaces, educational institutions, and social institutions, based on a trend toward participative democracy in Australia. Following an introduction, part I sets the context with two papers: "The Agenda for the Next Wave" and "Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Conferences, Democracy
Shere, Waris, Ed.; Duhamel, Ronald, Ed. – 1987
Present trends and future directions in postsecondary education in Canada and the United States are addressed in 15 essays and an introduction by Ron Duhamel. Authors and titles are as follows: "Traditional Values in the Contemporary University" (Robin H. Farquhar); "Facing the Future" (R. J. Duhamel); "Challenges to the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Ntiri, Daphne W., Ed. – 2001
This book contains four papers, each a chapter, that share in the discourse of Paulo Freire and provide varying perspectives on the ways to advance social transformation and achieve a politically literate citizenry as a democratic enterprise. The following four papers are included: "Exploring the Limits of Participatory Democracy: Prudent and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Black Education
Wever, Kirsten S., Ed. – 2001
This book explores how two nations with widely divergent political economies, Germany and the United States (U.S.), embraced change in four contemporary settings. "Mutual Learning with Trade-Offs" (Kirsten Wever) discusses mutual learning and the distinguishing characteristics of the political economies of Germany and the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis