21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook
Author/Editor: Thomas L. Good
Publication Date: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications
21st Century Education: A Reference Handbookoffers
100 chapters written by leading experts in the field that highlight the
most important topics, issues, questions, and debates facing educators
today. This comprehensive and authoritative two-volume work provides
undergraduate education majors with insight into the rich array of
issues inherent in education.
Credo Reference
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Publisher: Credo Reference
More than 550 highly regarded, current reference works, including general and subject-specific encyclopedias, images, dictionaries, atlases, and directories; covers many subject areas.
Oxford Reference Online
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Publisher: Oxford
More than 100 reference works published by Oxford University Press, including academic encyclopedias, dictionaries, and directories covering all subject areas.
Education
Author/Editor: Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, Lana Collet-Klingenberg, and Gary L. Albrecht
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications
This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores education issues for people with disabilities. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and implications of research and practice for others whose current or future work involves the care and/or study of those with disabilities, as well as for the disabled themselves.
Encyclopedia Britannica - Academic Edition
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Publisher: Britannica
A combination of the Encyclopædia Britannica plus
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and
periodicals, and many other research tools. Britannica’s contributors include an
extensive network of renowned scholars (including former U.S. presidents
and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners), advisers, content specialists,
and writers—whose job it is to ensure that Britannica is current,
accurate, unbiased, comprehensive, relevant, international in scope, and
engaging to college-level learners, researchers, and faculty.
Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education
Author/Editor: James A. Banks
Publication Date: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Presents research and statistics, case studies, and best practices, policies, and programs at pre- and post-secondary levels.
Encyclopedia of Education
Author/Editor: James W. Guthrie
Publication Date: 2003
Publisher: Gale
Offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles,
and philosophies in educational practice in the United States and
throughout the world. Features biographies of influential educators;
profiles of historic colleges and universities and of organizations
active in the field; and an appendix of full text source documents,
including education related legislation, international treaties, and
testing methods.
Encyclopedia of Education Law
Author/Editor: Charles J. Russo
Publication Date: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications
The Encyclopedia of Education Law is a compendium of information
drawn from the various dimensions of education law that tells its story
from a variety of perspectives. Anchor essays by leading experts in education law provide more detailed examination of selected topics. The Encyclopedia also includes selections from key legal
documents such as the Constitution and federal statutes that serve as
the primary sources for research on education law. At the same time,
since education law is a component in a much larger legal system, the Encyclopedia includes entries on the historical development of the law that impact on its subject matter.
Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society
Author/Editor: Rodney P. Carlisle
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications
The Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society explores the concept of play in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. Its scope encompasses leisure and recreational activities of children and adults throughout the ages, from dice games in the Roman Empire to video games today. With more than 450 entries, these two volumes do not include coverage of professional sports and sport teams but, instead, cover the hundreds of games played not to earn a living but as informal activity. All aspects of play—from learning to competition, mastery of nature, socialization, and cooperation—are included.
Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
Author/Editor: Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications
The Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
provides a comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural
foundations of education. With more than 400 entries, the three volumes
of this indispensable resource offer a thorough and interdisciplinary
view of the field for all those interested in issues involving schools
and society.
Green Education: An A-to-Z Guide
Author/Editor: Julie Newman & Paul Robbins
Publication Date: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Green Education: An A-to-Z Guide explores the environmental movement’s proliferation in the field of education, from elementary school classroom efforts to the university curriculum to building sustainable campuses. Focusing on the critical role of education in building a sustainable future, approximately 150 signed entries, written by scholars and experts in a variety of disciplines, examine school and college courses in green education, the structures of educational institutions, the challenges of reducing their ecological footprint, administrative policies, green campus organizations, and student and faculty participation.
Issues That Concern You: Learning Disabilities
Author/Editor: Arthur Gillard
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: Gale
Explores the issues surrounding learning disabilities. Presents
diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and
liberal points of view in an even balance.
Psychology of Classroom Learning
Author/Editor: Eric M. Anderman and Lynley H. Anderman
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: Gale
Examines the fundamental psychological aspects of learning such as
cognition, motivation, and emotion, as well as individual and
environmental factors at work in the classroom. Explores how instruction
and learning are affected by factors such as classroom management,
multiculturalism, learning styles, home schooling, peer relationships,
school culture, discipline, self-esteem, socioeconomic status, and more.