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  • The Gifted Disadvantaged

    A Ten Year Longitudinal Study of Compensatory Education in Israel

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Education
    Originally published in 1979. This study was supported by a grant from the Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands. The Gifted Disadvantaged is the result of a ten year study, and presents an innovative program in the education of the more gifted among the socially disadvantaged, demonstrating the merit of such a program designed and implemented in Israel. ... Read more

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  • Evaluation in Decision Making

    The case of school administration

    Series Book 19 - Evaluation in Education and Human Services
    This book is about the practice of decision making by school principals and about ways to improve this practice by capitalizing on evaluation dimensions. Much has been written on decision making but surprisingly little on decision making in the school principalship. Much has been also written on evaluation as well as on evaluation and decision making, but not much has been written on evaluation in ... Read more

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    Series series The Macat Library
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  • An Analysis of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman's Judgment under Uncertainty

    Heuristics and Biases

    Series series The Macat Library
    Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman’s 1974 paper ‘Judgement Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases’ is a landmark in the history of psychology. Though a mere seven pages long, it has helped reshape the study of human rationality, and had a particular impact on economics – where Tversky and Kahneman’s work helped shape the entirely new sub discipline of ‘behavioral economics.’The paper investigates ... Read more

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  • Multicultural Social Work Practice

    A Competency-Based Approach to Diversity and Social Justice

    A thorough exploration of diversity and social justice within the field of social workMulticultural Social Work Practice: A Competency-Based Approach to Diversity and Social Justice, 2nd Edition has been aligned with the Council on Social Work Education's 2015 Educational Policy and Standards and incorporates the National Association of Social Workers Standards of Cultural Competence. New chapters ... Read more

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  • The Psychology of Diversity

    Beyond Prejudice and Racism

    The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides.Goes beyond prejudice and discrimination to discuss the personal and social implications of diversity for both majority and minority group membersConsiders how historical, political, economic, and societal factors shape the way people think about ... Read more

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  • Social Dominance

    An Intergroup Theory of Social Hierarchy and Oppression

    This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this oppression so mind numbingly difficult to eliminate? The answers to these questions are framed using the conceptual framework of social dominance theory. Social dominance theory argues that the major forms of intergroup conflict, such as racism, ... Read more

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  • Learning in the Global Era

    International Perspectives on Globalization and Education

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    An international gathering of leading scholars, policymakers, and educators takes on some of the most difficult and controversial issues of our time in this groundbreaking exploration of how globalization is affecting education around the world. The contributors, drawing from innovative research in both the social sciences and the neurosciences, examine the challenges and opportunities now facing ... Read more

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  • Open versus Closed

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    Debates over redistribution, social insurance, and market regulation are central to American politics. Why do some citizens prefer a large role for government in the economic life of the nation while others wish to limit its reach? In Open versus Closed, the authors argue that these preferences are not always what they seem. They show how deep-seated personality traits underpinning the culture ... Read more

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  • Intractable Conflicts

    Socio-Psychological Foundations and Dynamics

    This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and holistic analysis of the socio-psychological dynamics of intractable conflicts. Daniel Bar-Tal's original conceptual framework is supported by evidence drawn from different disciplines, including empirical data and illustrative case studies. His analysis rests on the premise that intractable conflicts share certain socio-psychological ... Read more

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  • The Occupational Experience of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers

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  • Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities

    National and International Perspectives

    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    Social inclusion is often used interchangeably with the terms social cohesion, social integration and social participation, positioning social exclusion as the opposite. The latter is a contested term that refers to a wide range of phenomena and processes related to poverty and deprivation, but it is also used in relation to marginalised people and places. This book consists of two parts: the ... Read more

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