A collection of cutting edge essays from leading international names in social theory, social movement studies, political sociology and social contestation.

Behavior and Classroom Management in the Multicultural Classroom provides general and special education teachers with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to make the proactive, active, and reactive interventions necessary to create a positive classroom environment in which all students can learn.

Provides a modern perspective on the most pressing issues for counseling clients with diverse cultural backgrounds and ethnicities, while simultaneously including the impact of long-standing patterns of discrimination and oppression in American society.

For beginning ELLs, a picture really is worth a thousand words! Using classroom-friendly techniques, this practical guide shows how to design lessons, select appropriate books, and more.

With an emphasis on qualitative research as a process, and with new chapters on researching social mass media and writing a research project, this book takes a holistic approach to research and provides readers with a clear, step-by-step guide

Taking school leaders on a reflective journey, this book will develop an awareness of the courage required to meet the high expectations placed on leaders by students, parents and staff and will empower them to take charge of building the courage required to do the job well every day.

In this book, Norman Denzin combines one of the oldest techniques in the social sciences with one of the newest.

Discussing contemporary theories, current practices and key processes and functions in the field, this handbook provides readers with the means to gain a firm understanding of this area of education and allows them to develop and improve approaches to their own work and research.

A state-of-the-art reference work in the field of interpersonal communication. Well-known experts summarize theory, research, and address key issues such as personal relationships, computer-mediated communication, language, personality, skills, nonverbal communication, and communication across the life span.

Presenting readers with key research concepts, feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods as well as up-to-date debates in the field, this handbook provides students and researchers with a key resource for understanding and engaging with this field.