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This volume advocates the importance of narrative for public servants, exemplifies it with a rigorously selected and analyzed set of narratives, and imparts narrative skills politicians and public servants need in their careers.

There is intense interest in computer games. A total of 65 percent of all American householdsplay computer games, and sales of such games increased 22.9 percent last year. The averageamount of game playing time was found to be 13.2 hours per week. The popularity and marketsuccess of games is evident from both the increased earnings from games, over $7 Billion in2005, and from the fact that over 200 academic institutions worldwide now offer game relatedprograms of study.In view of the intense interest in computer games educators and trainers, in business, industry, thegovernment, and the military would like to use computer games to improve the delivery ofinstruction. Computer Games and Instruction is intended for these educators and trainers. Itreviews the research evidence supporting use of computer games, for instruction, and also reviews the history of games in general, ineducation, and by the military. In addition chapters examine gender differences in game use, and the implications of games for use bylower socio-economic students, for students' reading, and for contemporary theories of instruction. Finally, well known scholars ofgames will respond to the evidence reviewed.

Focuses on capturing one of the most important elements in successful leadership - giving followers a voice and motivating them to use that voice to help the leader be successful. This book is based on taking real stories of effective versus ineffective leaders from around the world, and sharing the lessons learned.

"In cooperation with GION, Institute for Educational Research, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands."

Investigates important human resource management (HRM) issues within an international context. The papers in this volume provide insight into several HRM areas. This volume provides a good basis for understanding how HRM practices are affected by cross-cultural differences and provides insight into best HRM practices for the international organisation.

Sixteen teachers. Sixteen journeys. All on a quest to become outstandingteachers of writing. All taking different paths to acquire and hone those skillsthat make a teacher effective. From kindergarten to college, teachers are facedwith the daunting task of instilling the art of writing in their students. Fromcreative writing to research, the art of writing incorporates the writing process tocreate the inking of our thinking. These 16 teachers from across the nation havetraveled a long and arduous path to seek and to reach for the methods andstrategies that will make them successful writing teachers. This is their stories.

Sixteen teachers. Sixteen journeys. All on a quest to become outstandingteachers of writing. All taking different paths to acquire and hone those skillsthat make a teacher effective. From kindergarten to college, teachers are facedwith the daunting task of instilling the art of writing in their students. Fromcreative writing to research, the art of writing incorporates the writing process tocreate the inking of our thinking. These 16 teachers from across the nation havetraveled a long and arduous path to seek and to reach for the methods andstrategies that will make them successful writing teachers. This is their stories.

A volume in Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and LearningSeries Editor: Dennis M. McInerney, The Hong Kong Institute of EducationIt is now nearly thirty years since sociocultural theories of learning created greatexcitement and debate amongst those concerned with learning in diverse contexts.Since that time significant advances have been made in sociocultural theory andresearch. Various sociocultural approaches to the understanding of learning (forexample, sociocultural psychology, sociocultural discourse, cultural historical activity theory) have been developedand consolidated and new challenges are currently being addressed. In the motivational arena socioculturalapproaches deriving from Vygotsky have only begun to emerge relatively recently. In this Volume we examineand evaluate the achievements of past sociocultural theory and research, and consider the future directions ofsociocultural theory and research in the domains of learning and motivation.

A volume in Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and LearningSeries Editor: Dennis M. McInerney, The Hong Kong Institute of EducationIt is now nearly thirty years since sociocultural theories of learning created greatexcitement and debate amongst those concerned with learning in diverse contexts.Since that time significant advances have been made in sociocultural theory andresearch. Various sociocultural approaches to the understanding of learning (forexample, sociocultural psychology, sociocultural discourse, cultural historical activity theory) have been developedand consolidated and new challenges are currently being addressed. In the motivational arena socioculturalapproaches deriving from Vygotsky have only begun to emerge relatively recently. In this Volume we examineand evaluate the achievements of past sociocultural theory and research, and consider the future directions ofsociocultural theory and research in the domains of learning and motivation.