This book discusses current research in education, focusing on training techniques for educators and improvements in educational settings. Key topics include connecting ethnic minority parents to schools, the role of mobile phones in education, and the effects of diversity on student outcomes. The book includes various studies and practical suggestions for enhancing educational practices.

1. Education Research: Challenges, Training Techniques and Improvements
Editors: Benita Montaño and Aaron Chacón
Book Description:
This book presents current research in the study of education,
with a particular focus on the training techniques for
educators and educational improvements. Topics discussed
include connecting ethnic minority parents to school; school
development in Hong Kong early childhood education;
examining students' attitudes to the mobile phone as an
educational tool; relevant literature to the training of
educators; instructional expenditures and accountability
ratings; school and classroom diversity effects on cognitive
and non-cognitive student outcomes; problem-solving as a
component of the constructivist view of learning and the call
for educational game design patterns. (Imprint: Nova)
Table of Contents:
Preface pp. i-x
Mothers’ Perspective on Caring for School-Aged Children With Chronic Health
Problems
(Cecilia Obeng and Julie James)pp. 1-8
Connecting Ethnic Minority Parents to School: From Empirical Research to
Practical Suggestions
(Geert Driessen, Frederik Smit and Cees Klaassen) pp. 9-20
School Development in Hong Kong Early Childhood Education: Understanding
Progress Eight Years After the Implementation of School Improvement Initiatives
pp. 21-32
(Yuen-ling Li)
Examining Students' Attitudes to the Mobile Phone as an Educational Tool
(Norazah Mohd Suki) pp. 33-46
Communication and Conflict: A Review of the Literature Relevant to the Training
of Educators pp. 47-68
(Jennifer Mahon)
Instructional Expenditures and Accountability Ratings: A Multi-Year Statewide
Study

2. (Timothy B. Jones and John R. Slate)pp. 69-78
School and Classroom Diversity Effects on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Student
Outcomes
(Eddie Denessen, Geert Driessen and Joep Bakker) pp. 79-90
Problem-Solving as a Component of the Constructivist View of Learning (Michael
Gr. Voskoglou)pp. 91-110
On the Awareness of UAE University Engineering Students with
ABET Accreditation
(Abdel-Hamid I. Mourad and Mohamed Y.E. Selim) pp. 111-126
Call for Educational Game Design Patterns
(Kristian Kiili) pp. 127-140
A Step-by-Step Guide To Students: How To Avoid Plagiarism
(Rakesh Sharma)pp. 141-152
Iranian Secondary Schools: Challenges for Using ICT in 21st Century (Bibi Eshrat
Zamani) pp. 153-182
Index pp. 183-194
Series:
Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World
Binding: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2013- January
Pages: 204, 7 x 10 (NBC - M)
ISBN: 978-1-61470-315-0