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Queer Studies in English Language Education - Paperback

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by Esteban F. L?pez-Medina (Volume Editor), Griselda Beacon (Volume Editor), Mariano Quinterno (Volume Editor)"In the vast majority of language education literature, it seems as if we have been collectively imagining a monosexual community of interlocutors," denounced Cynthia Nelson in 2006. Nearly two decades later, her statement still seems widely true, despite marginal attempts to challenge this situation, not yet fully addressed by mainstream publishers, educators or policymakers. The ai...

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Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University - Hardcover

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by Pero G. Dagbovie (Author)Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University offers a sweeping overview of the Black experience at America's first agricultural college from the 1890s through the late twentieth century. In exploring the personalities, important events, and key turning points of Black life at the university, this book deftly blends intellectual history, social history, educational history, institutional history, and the African American biographical tradit...

Mentoring for Wellbeing in Higher Education - Hardcover

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by Benjamin Kutsyuruba (Editor), Frances K. Kochan (Editor)This volume of the Perspectives on Mentoring Series focuses on the connections between mentoring and wellbeing in organizational cultures within higher education institutions. Increasing competition, societal pressures, and the changing nature of the cultures within the United States and Canada, the countries represented in this volume's chapters, have created complex personal, social, and institutional problems that have negatively a...

Celebrating Syed: Independent in functional use - Paperback

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by Luke Thompson (Created by)Celebrating Syed is part of the Switch Heroes series, social stories created to support switch users with their switch progression. The Switch Heroes series is part of the Seven Stages of Switch Development, created by Occupational Therapist and AT specialist Luke Thompson.Celebrating Syed is the stage where you will learn to use switches to functionally control multiple software and devices across your day. For example, you can use switches for communication usin...

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Feedback: Strategies to Support Teacher Workload and Improve Pupil Progress - Paperback

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by Kate Jones (Author)Strategies, techniques and ideas come and go in education, but feedback will always be an important aspect of effective teaching, learning and assessment. Feedback should be helpful and actionable, and pupils must embrace it, but the reality is that this doesn't always happen. Pupils receive feedback on a daily basis, from their teachers and peers, so how can we make sure it helps rather than hinders learning? This book aims to answer that key question and provide a wide...

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by Beverlee McGrath (Author)Cleo, the pig, was severely burnt in the 'Thomas Fire' (Ventura County lost 280,000 acres in the fire) and she lost her skin and her eyesight. With of years medical treatments, her skin recovered and SOME of her eyesight was restored.Stumpy, the little goat, arrived here with a crippled left leg and was unable to go up and down his stairs. in a twist of fate, he somehow discovered that maneuvering the stairs BACKWARDS enabled him to handle the stairs. In this photo...

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by Kate Butler (Author)30 stories to empower your heart and mind. Authors include Kate Butler, Teresa Huggins, Adreina Adams, Rosalyn Baxter-Jones, MD, MBA, Cathleen Elle, Antonia Gimenez, Dr. Donna Marie Hunter, Laurel Joakimides, Stacy Kuhen, Laurie Maddalena, Carla Pascoe, Kristi Ann Pawlowski, Michelle A. Reinglass, Lisa Marie Runfola, Heather Boyes, Michele Marie Copeland, Ellen Craine, Jan Edwards, Deborah Faenza, Wendy Gallagher, Pamela Harris, Jaaz Jones, Genia Hale, Debbie N. Silver,...

Lived Experience and Educational Research Methodology: Reflections on the PhD Journey - Paperback

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by Michael Corbett (Editor)Most education and social science research methodology texts offer detailed and often prescriptive advice to higher degree students generally following established paradigmatic frameworks for qualitative and/or qualitative research. Lived Experience and Educational Research Methodology: Reflections on the PhD Journey offers instead a set of retrospective narrative accounts of the complex lived process of developing a thesis project in the field of education. Challen...

Teaching History: A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers - Paperback

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by Jonathon Dallimore (Author)Teaching History: A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers offers educators a clear and concise guide to navigating the unique challenges of history education. Providing a balanced approach that combines practical strategies with thoughtful insights into the nature of historical thinking, it will help teachers develop both their understanding of the subject and their instructional techniques.Grounded in current research and real-world experience, this insi...

Manicuring and Pedicuring Mastery: Upgrade Your Manicure & Pedicure - Paperback

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by Janet McCormick (Author) Manicuring and Pedicuring Mastery is a practical and systematic approach toward learning a new protocol in manicuring and pedicuring, called skincare-based manicures and pedicures, that takes these services to a new level of success. This book serves as the primary resource for the new protocol and introduces the new skills in a way that every person performing manicures and pedicures can understand and then see improved results with the techniques immediately. Cli...

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by Penelope Gardner-Chloros (Author)Author BiographyPenelope Gardner-Chloros is Professor Emerita in Sociolinguistics and Language Contact at Birkbeck, University of London. She formerly worked as a conference interpreter for the European Union and the Council of Europe. She is the author of Code-switching. Number of Pages: 250 Dimensions: 0.69 x 6.97 x 5.19 IN Publication Date: February 04, 2025

A Conference of Birds in the time of COVID - Paperback

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by Regi Weile (Author), L. Ladendorf (Designed by)A Conference of Birds collects, in book form, over a dozen connected exercises in thinking and drawing which were developed during the Covid lockdown by Axiom Maxiom Drawing Center. When the sudden distancing by quarantine threatened the curtailment of in-person communication the Center engaged in a process for correspondence by mail or postal carrier. This presented options for the continuance of civilized dialogic writing, drawing, painting,...

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Social Work and Antisemitism: Issues and Interventions - Hardcover

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by Carole B. Cox (Author), Dana B. Marlowe (Author)Back JacketThis timely book on social work and antisemitism fills an important gap in social work education and in the profession. The ethics and framework of the social work profession demand that it confronts oppression and prejudice while working for a socially just society. However, education on antisemitism is seldom included in social work curriculum or in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. This text addresses this need fo...

What's Your Story?: Questions that Lead to Authentic, Powerful Writing - Paperback

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by Rachel Renee Smith (Author)Some of the most memorable moments in life are when we obtain the answers to our burning questions. What's Your Story? is a guide written by editor and writing coach Rachel Renee Smith, packed with questions to keep your creativity flowing and ensure that your writing connects powerfully with your readers. Learn how to capture and organize your ideas, how to create and use an outline, how to use different resources to gain material and supporting data for your pr...

Mentoring for Wellbeing in Higher Education - Paperback

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Meet Every Learner's Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Students Can Succeed - Paperback

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by Robert Barnett (Author)Classroom-tested strategies to inspire true student learning Meet Every Learner's Needs delivers research-backed techniques to transform classrooms into dynamic learning environments in which all students are appropriately challenged--and appropriately supported--every day. Based on teacher and Modern Classrooms Project cofounder Robert Barnett's experience training thousands of teachers worldwide, this book provides a methodology for K-12 educators to design lessons...

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Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African-American Students - Hardcover

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by Theresa Perry (Author), Claude Steele (Author), Asa Hilliard (Editor)3 leading Black scholars radically reframe the debates surrounding the academic achievement of African American students in this groundbreaking essay collection A limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette The unique social and cultural position Black students occupy--in a society which often devalues and stereotypes African American identity--fundamentally shapes student...

Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum - Paperback

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by Heather L. Reynolds (Editor), Eduardo S. Brondizio (Editor), Jennifer Meta Robinson (Editor)To prepare today's students to meet growing global environmental challenges, colleges and universities must make environmental literacy a core learning goal for all students, in all disciplines. But what should an environmentally literate citizen know? What teaching and learning strategies are most effective in helping students think critically about human-environment interactions and sustainability...

The Cross, the Candle, and the Crown: A Narrative History of Morehouse College, 1867-2021 - Hardcover

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by Marcellus Chandler Barksdale (Author)Author BiographyMarcellus Chandler Barksdale is a graduate of Morehouse College, Atlanta University, and Duke University. He began his teaching career in the public schools of Gainesville, Georgia. Barksdale has taught at Emory University and was a professor of History and Africana Studies at Morehouse College for forty years. He is the author of BLACK GEORGIANS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. His scholarship appears in journals and book chapters, and he is a...

The Positive Classroom Field Guide (K-5) 2nd Edition: Hands-on Resources for Effective Classroom Management - Paperback

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by Catherine L. Rand (Illustrator), Muriel K. Rand (Author)The Positive Classroom Field Guide provides everything an elementary teacher needs for excellent classroom management. Based on The Positive Classroom Method, The Positive Classroom Field Guide provides hands-on lessons, activities, posters, teaching cards, templates, worksheets, and other resources to help you easily develop classroom management strategies. These resources will save hundreds of hours of work while helping you establi...

More Than Words: How to Think about Writing in the Age of AI - Hardcover

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by John Warner (Author)A veteran writing teacher makes a "moving" (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can't be replaced by AI In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay...

Wairaka Point: The Paradox of Truth - Hardcover

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by Trevor Watkin (Author)Wairaka Point is a gripping narrative based on actual events. The subjects and settings are diverse: New Zealand, legal investigation, rabies, fathers, US Marines, heroic women, Maori, ambiguity, possum trapping, advertising, Zimbabwe, families, World War II, adolescence, Melbourne, military coups, rugby, Afrikaans history, literature, Ghana, infidelity, rescue missions, British colonialism, rural life, trading commodities, letters, the Acadians, Wellington, racism, f...

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by Rachael Bush (Author)In this book, you'll learn why some plants have cones, basic cone anatomy and function, the diversity in the four living phyla of gymnosperms, and about some of the most amazing plants on Earth, holding records in height, mass, and age. In the back of this book, the activity with an adult will show you how to make a pine cone bird feeder. The two-page glossary has definitions and IPA pronunciation guides for new terminology so you can feel confident when reading this b...

Theories of Tribalism: Debates, Controversies, and Afrodemocracy - Paperback

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by Gael Clavis Johnson (Author)This book maintains that theories of tribalism are the benchmark for African political scientific knowledge. With a focus on Afrodemocracy, this volume presents Afro Tribalism as an approach to neotribalism. Gael Clavis Johnson argues on the question of Afrodemocracy through a review of black socio-political reasons and the introduction of a new model of leadership for Africans. The author posits that if Pan-Africanism wants groundbreaking change in Africa, then...

Ethics, Reason, & Excellence: A Simple Formula for Leadership - Revised and Extended Second Edition - Paperback

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by Kevin Unruh (Author)The title speaks for itself. Ethics, Reason, & Excellence very effectively delivers a unifying and universal perspective on leadership based on keen observations of human nature, insightful applications of human psychology, and an astute examination of three foundational principles that are certain to transform any manager into a successful leader.This book is a revised and extended second edition that includes significant additions in the areas of communications, l...

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Separating Church and State: How the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union Led the Nation in Religious Liberty - Paperback

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by Bruce J. Dierenfield (Author)"Dr. Bruce Dierenfield's new book is a pleasure to read, a real page-turner. He has marshalled an incredible body of historical data into a truly compelling account of the MCLU's work under the late Dr. Matthew Stark, its former president and executive director. Stark was like an army general, totally dedicated to winning. He would map out his strategy, gather intelligence about the enemy from newspaper clippings and surveys sent to schools, and send his troops...

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Propel Your PLC at Work(r): Leadership and Coaching Activities for Enriching the Process (Collaborate to Propel Teams Through the PLC at Work(r) Proce - Paperback

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by Rob J. Meyer (Author)Whether you are new to professional learning communities (PLCs) or experienced in collaborative work, author Rob J. Meyer's guide aims to deepen your understanding and commitment. Based on the fourth edition of DuFour's Learning by Doing, Meyer provides step-by-step guidance, handouts, and keys for facilitators. Through practice scenarios and applications, this resource equips K-12 district and school leaders to effectively propel their teams through the PLC at Work(R)...

Portraits of Academic Life in Higher Education: From Hiring to Retiring - Paperback

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by Dianne Conrad (Volume Editor), Walter Archer (Volume Editor)The academic experiences and emotions shared in these chapters can be described as thoughtful, courageous, insightful, and worrisome. Collectively, authors draw a troubled higher education landscape that has evolved over the years from, to put it mildly, a "more pleasant" working environment in more generous times, to a less pleasant working environment in today's more restrictive, more competitive, and more financially difficult ...

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by Laurie Edwards (Volume Editor)This book surveys the landscape of embodied approaches to mathematical thinking, teaching, and learning. It presents cutting edge empirical findings and brings into intellectual contact the most influential theoretical frameworks that center the role of the body in mathematics education. Number of Pages: 348 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9.18 x 6.21 IN Publication Date: January 16, 2025

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by Ewa Blaszczak (Volume Editor), Malgorzata Cebrat (Volume Editor), Jakub Jernajczyk (Volume Editor)This book is the outcome of an original and interdisciplinary undertaking by the Academy of Young Scholars and Artists based in Wroclaw, Poland. One of the fundamental objectives of the Academy is to improve and foster communication between outstanding representatives of various fields of science, the humanities and art. In this regard to close the gap between the sciences, humanities and the ...

Knowing the Mind: The Key to Promoting Well-Being in Education - Paperback

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by Yau Yan Wong (Author)This book is about Yau Yan Wong's experiences as a teacher-researcher in practicing, teaching, and researching mindfulness practice in Thailand over the past 13 years. After learning from several Buddhist masters from different wisdom traditions, she introduced mindfulness practice to the students and teachers in an international school to nurture a healthier and more compassionate culture within the community. This book includes Wong's years of research findings on th...

The Language of Digital Education: An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts - Paperback

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by Pascal Hohaus (Volume Editor)This book presents concise definitions and illustrative contexts for many approaches, ideas, and paradigms related to digital education. Unlike existing glossaries that often focus solely on technical terminology, this resource uniquely integrates pedagogical, technological, and socio-cultural perspectives. It not only defines terms but also critically examines their implications for teaching and learning, providing a more holistic understanding of digital educ...