Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and priorlearning experiences. In order to be effective, schools must directly address these complex histories in meaningful, relevant and creativeways. The aim of this volume is to examine research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing thecapacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of important topics as listedbelow

Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and priorlearning experiences. In order to be effective, schools must directly address these complex histories in meaningful, relevant and creativeways. The aim of this volume is to examine research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing thecapacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of important topics as listedbelow.

Education institutions and organizations throughout the world are currently being held accountable for achieving and maintaining historically unmatched standards of academic quality and performance. Accreditation bodies; policy makers; boards of trustees; and teacher, parent, and student groups all place educational institutions and organizations under unprecedented accountability pressures. The aim of this volume is to explore and better understand how these pressures are impacting a broad range of social and cultural issues and, subsequently, how these issues impact student motivation and...

The aim of this book series is to provide a much needed outlet for the wealth of cross-cultural research that has not impacted upon mainstream education. This particular volume is divided into four parts: the motivation context; the learning context; the family context; and the curriculum context.