English is learnt, internationally, in a range of diverse settings. This book examines processes of language acquisition in English, as well as what it means to learn English in different parts of the world.

This book deals with leadership in all sectors from primary to higher education.

Les Bell gives practical advice to teachers, looking in particular at planning, staff development and appraisal.

Incorporating research and theory in social cognition, developmental psychology, philosophy and the history of ideas, this book explores the most basic and important assumptions in the psychological construction of reality.

Keeping the focus clearly on learning and teaching, the authors explore the practical issues for managers at the institutional level, within the context of their need to understand and analyze key educational values and principles.

This book explores the connections between school-based management, school effectiveness and school improvement, bringing together studies completed in Australia and New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the USA.

This collection explores historical and present-day issues in education management, the training and development of leaders, and their roles in leading people and managing resources, and provides a focus on the major management issues which ...

This book describes recent developments in both legislation and practice in Scotland, drawing comparisons with the English system.

This fully revised Second Edition ofOther Cultures, Elder Yearsis not onlythetextbook on the anthropology of aging, but also the most comprehensive, comparative study available on worldwide patterns of ageing. `Provides an excellent summary ...