"Managing effectively across national and cultural boundaries is critical to the success of today's organisations, given the global environment of business and the increasing diversity of workforces. A keen awareness and a high degree of cross-cultural competence in management a…
In Australia, cross-cultural research suggests that Australian Muslims have surpassed Asians as one of the countrys most marginalised religious and ethnic groups. Muslims and people from the Middle East are thought to be unable to fit into Australia, with more than 50% of Austra…
This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading devel…
"Respecting Difference" demonstrates how teacher educators in the uk and worldwide can attract, recruit and support black and minority ethnic students to become much needed and valued future teachers and educational leaders. This accessible guide presents insights into the insti…
We are active with our mobile devices; we play games, watch films, listen to music, check social media, and tap screens and keyboards while we are on the move. In Mood and Mobility, Richard Coyne argues that not only do we communicate, process information, and entertain ourselve…
This book presents an overview of intellectual and cognitive assessment, with a focus on practical applications. Authors describe major theories of intelligence and guidance on using the latest measures of cognitive abilities with individuals of all ages, from toddlers to adults…
"This book examines online interactions from different national, cultural, linguistic, legal, and economic perspectives, exploring how the increasingly international and intercultural Internet affects the ways users present ideas, exchange information, and conduct discussions on…
"This book examines online interactions from different national, cultural, linguistic, legal, and economic perspectives, exploring how the increasingly international and intercultural Internet affects the ways users present ideas, exchange information, and conduct discussions on…
Student voice in mathematics classrooms around the world
by Clarke, David, Pepin, Birgit, Zhu, Yan, Huang, Rongjin, Kaur, Berinderjeet, Anthony, Glenda, Ohtani, Minoru, Kaur, Berinderjeet, (ed), Anthony, Glenda, (ed), Ohtani, Minoru, (ed), Clarke, David, (ed), Barlow, Angela T., Bergem, Ole Kristian, Cao, Yiming, Cronberg, Florenda Gallos, Ding, Liping, Emanuelsson, Jonas, Guo, Kan, Hospesova, Alena, Mok, Ida Ah Chee, Novotna, Jarmila, Nyman, Rimma, Wan, May Ee Vivien, Xu, Li Hua, Yau, King Woon
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The Learner's Perspective Study, of which this book is the fourth volume, ascribes to the premise that the investigation of social practice within the mathematics classrooms must attend to the learners' practice with at least the same priority as that accorded to the teachers' p…
A popular line of thinking in feminist educational policy and practice is that girls have low self esteem and that this has a debilitating effect on their school achievements. This collection seeks to refine some aspects of the argument and challenge others. It does so first by …
De Mooij argues that differences in consumer behaviour across countries are not decreasing, but increasing. This book provides empirical evidence that the need to understand culture to explain differences in consumer behaviour is greater than ever.
How can schools be better designed to enable equitable academic outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse children from communities lacking in economic, political and social power? Putting forward a robust "science of performance" model of school change based on a speci…
Objectivity and Social Anthropology:J.H.M BEATTIE. Emotions Across Cultures: Objectivity and Cultural Divergence: PAUL HEELAS. Understanding Art and Understanding Persons: FRANCES BERENSON. The Devil's Disguises: Philosophy of Religion, 'Objectivity' and'Cultural. On Being T…
During the past two decades, Taiwan's Ministry of Education has responded to globalization by restructuring school curricular, instructional, and decision making practices along western lines in an attempt to attain legitimacy on the world stage. As a result, Taiwanese principal…
Management practices and processes frequently differ across national and regional boundaries. What may be acceptable managerial behaviour in one culture may be counterproductive or even unacceptable in another. As managers increasingly find themselves working across cultures, th…