Administrator Preparation
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 6570 words.
Administrator preparation refers to leadership education graduate programs in universities, granting master’s and doctoral degrees in educational administration or educational...
Art Education
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 11490 words.
This bibliography contains a selection of papers and volumes on themes under discussion in the field of art education. The topics presented here are but a sampling of issues that noted...
Assessing School Leader Effectiveness
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 11123 words.
The urgency in the first decade of the 21st century to scrutinize American student achievement, compared with global competition, has resulted in a greater emphasis in the literature on...
Character Education
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 11836 words.
The story of character education is a complex one, deeply implicated in the intellectual and institutional narratives of particular historical contexts. Some argue character does not...
Coaching and Feedback for Leadership Development
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 6328 words.
The use of coaching and feedback to develop leaders has grown dramatically in recent years in private-sector organizations and has become generally accepted as a valuable method of...
College Athletics
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 6593 words.
The topic of “college athletics” refers specifically to the intercollegiate varsity sports competitions among and between undergraduate student teams in the United States. Indeed,...
Community Relations
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 9193 words.
Community relations refers to the environmental connections and interactions characterizing and influencing the management of local school districts and individual schools. Major topics...
Creativity
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 7279 words.
Although creativity has been debated and discussed by all types of scholars throughout history, it has only been since the 1950s that the topic has emerged as a genuine field of study....
Curriculum Design
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 9079 words.
Curriculum design (also curriculum organization) refers to the ways in which we arrange the curriculum components. Regardless of the underpinning curriculum model, all curriculum designs...
Economics of Education
in Education
Published online December 2011.
Article. Subjects: education; organization and management of education; philosophy and theory of education; schools; teaching skills and techniques. 7916 words.
The economics of education is a rapidly growing and evolving field that applies a diverse array of economic theories, models, and quantitative methodologies to understand, analyze, and...