Product Description: Personalization of learning and instruction is the most critical issue facing contemporary education_not state testing or vouchers or even aging schools. Personalization is an attempt on the part of a school to take into account individual student characteristics and needs and flexible instructional practices in organizing the learning environment...read more

Product Description: It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This book analyses leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, Outdoor Recreation Management : clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource management ceviews contemporary outdoor recreation management and concepts critically examines approaches to outdoor recreation planning and management in diverse recreational settings considers the future of outdoor recreation and the potential influences of economic, social, political and technological developments The wide ranging analysis considers such issues as provision for people with special needs, the impact of outdoor recreation on the environment and outdoor recreation in both urban and rural contexts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book provides practical implementation strategies for principals, other administrators, counselors, teachers, and parents who strive to make their school a place where students feel they belong.

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Product Description: For leaders of elementary, middle, or high schools, this book shows how your school can excel in reaching students with diverse learning styles; providing "authentic" instruction and performance assessment; applying constructivist learning methodologies; and enhancing learning through alternative scheduling...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A practical guide to restructuring the high school in all areas: organization, curriculum, instruction, scheduling, and student management. Oriented to individual student learning and related to national curriculum standards and cognitive science...read more

Product Description: Using international case studies this introductory study looks at the key factors which influence government tourism policy-making, including: the effect of tourism organizations on policy; value in the tourism policy-making process; the role of interest groups; aspects of power in policy making; and evaluating tourism policy...read more