- Table View
- List View
We're Doing It Wrong: 25 Ideas in Education That Just Don't Work—And How to Fix Them
by David Michael SlaterAn unapologetic critique of major flaws in the American education system. David Michael Slater’s We’re Doing It Wrong is a thought-provoking dissection of the issues plaguing American public schools. Each chapter identifies a major problem in the education system, exploring its roots and repercussions. A teacher himself, Slater opens up and gives readers an insider’s perspective on topics that have been at the center of ongoing debates as well as recent hot button issues, such as: • Standardized testing • Teacher evaluation practices • Helicopter parents • Class size • Poverty’s effect on performance • Anti-bullying programs • Writing proficiency • Curriculum goals Slater explains why our current approaches simply aren’t working—for students, for teachers, for the colleges that these students may eventually attend, and for society at-large. Unafraid to ruffle a few feathers, We’re Doing It Wrong highlights defects in policy and theory, calls out administration, and questions long-held beliefs. Every chapter concludes with a suggestion for improvement, offering light at the end of the tunnel. Administrators, teachers, and concerned parents will come away with a better understanding of the current state of education and ideas for moving toward progress—for themselves and for the students they support.
We're Engaged!
by Bob Davis Dawn DavisToday's brides- and grooms-to-be have grown up inundated by world-class photography on the Internet, television, magazines, and social networking sites. Therefore, it's no surprise that these savvy, image-conscious consumers have high expectations when commissioning their engagement portraits. They want unique, innovative images that make them look great and reflect their personal style as individuals and as a couple. In this book, acclaimed photographers Bob and Dawn Davis show you how to rise to that lofty goal and deliver memorable, personalized images from each session. Covering the process from start to finish, you'll learn how to select locations, work with clients on their styling, get great poses even from camera-shy subjects, and find (or create) amazing lighting indoors and out-all day long. Lighting diagrams paired with each final image selection, along with supporting image variations from the same session, make it easy to learn!
We're Gonna Keep On Talking: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Elementary Classroom
by Matthew Kay Jennifer OrrWhat should conversations about race look and sound like in the elementary classroom?How do we respond authentically and truthfully to children's questions about the world?And how can we build classroom communities that encourage these meaningful conversations about race?Matthew Kay and Jennifer Orr take on these questions and more in We're Gonna Keep On Talking: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Elementary Classroom . A companion work to Kay's Not Light, But Fire , this book focuses on the unique and powerful role discussions about race can play in the elementary classroom.Drawing its title inspiration from the lyrics of the freedom song Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,- sung by hundreds of children marching against segregation in what came to be known as the Children's Crusade of 1963, We're Gonna Keep On Talking is written for teachers who are willing to match children's courage and brilliance, and who believe that a foundation in meaningful race discourse will help [children] to seek justice for themselves and their neighbors, to be kinder, [and] more thoughtful.-Writing with the humility and honest storytelling of two career classroom teachers, Matthew Kay and Jennifer Orr share: Strategies for building safe and supportive classroom and school spaces for productive discourseDozens of practical teacher moves for facilitating race conversationsClassroom stories that allow readers to envision ways into the work through picture books, art, graphs, historical photographs, and current eventsTips for aligning the work of race conversations to your grade-level standardsWhether you are unsure of where to begin or looking to deepen your practice, We're Gonna Keep On Talking will be your guide to the important work of race conversations in the elementary classroom.
We’re Losing Our Minds
by Richard P. Keeling Richard H. HershAmerica is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education.
We're Never Getting Home
by Tracy BaduaHBO’s Insecure meets Dazed and Confused in this messy, tender YA novel about a friendship breakup, set against the backdrop of a chaotic night at a music festival, from rising talent Tracy Badua.Jana Rubio and her best friend, Maddy Parsons, have an epic senior year finale queued up: catching their favorite band at the Orchards, an outdoor music festival a two-hour drive away. When a blowup over Maddy’s time-sucking boyfriend exposes a rift that may have already been growing between them, Jana calls off their joint trip and gets a lift to the festival from her church friend Nathan…only to realize Maddy and her boyfriend are along for the ride, too.All Jana wants is to enjoy the concert and get home as soon as possible. But then Nathan loses his car keys crowd-surfing, and it’s up to Jana and Maddy to find them. As they navigate stolen phones and missing friends, scale Ferris wheels and crash parties, the two of them are forced to reckon with the biggest obstacle of all: repairing their friendship.Will Jana and Maddy find their way home—and also back to each other?
Were They Pushed Or Did They Jump?: Individual Decision Mechanisms In Education (Studies In Rationality And Social Change Ser.)
by Diego GambettaLike few other decisions in life, educational choices must be made by virtually every-one growing up in industrial societies. The consequences of these choices for individual lives are momentous, yet decisions about schooling can be treacherous. They are made during the teen years, at a time when personal preferences are unstable and there is littl
Weregirls: Birth of the Pack
by Petru PopescuWhen sixteen-year-old Lily Willison and her friends Nikki, Arielle, and Grazia start up a girls' soccer club and name their team the Weregirls, they soon find themselves drawn into a battle between good and evil. Lily's father, a supernatural guardian, makes contact with Lily after his death and reveals that she has magical powers--as do her friends. As the girls learn more about their powers, they inadvertently awaken the Breed, sworn enemies of the Weregirls. To fight the Weregirls, the Breed Master calls upon Lily's soccer rival--the rich, conceited, and arrogant Andra Hewlit. Desperate for powers of her own, Andra will do anything she can to destroy Lily and the Weregirls.
Werewolves Don't Go To Summer Camp (The Adventures of the Baily School Kids #2)
by Debbie Dadey Marcia Thornton JonesThe new director at Camp Lone Wolf seems like a nice guy. But when the kids learn the legend of a local boy who disappeared and the wolf that prowls the campgrounds howling in the night, they start to wonder if Camp Lone Wolf is more than just a name. Mr. Jenkins is covered in hair, eats his meat almost raw, and has an obsession with wolves. But could he really be a werewolf?
Werken in de zorg - leerboek
by C.A.M. Hutten-Groot J.G.M. Hutten De Jong Consulting B.V.Het pakket Werken in de zorg is bestemd voor kwalificatieniveau 1 (zorghulp) en vormt een onderdeel van het leer- en vormingsgebied verzorging. Werken in de zorg bestaat uit de volgende onderdelen: een bronnenboek (leerboek) voor de theorie, een vaardighedenboek en een werkboek. Uitgangspunt is het werkboek. Via vragen en opdrachten wordt verwezen naar de bronnenboeken. Het werkboek 'loodst' de leerlingen als het ware door de opleiding. De boeken volgen de vijf onderdelen van de deelkwalificatie Zorghulp en bijbehorende eindtermen uit de deelkwalificatiestructuur: 101 Werken als zorghulp 102 Uitvoeren van huishoudelijke zorg 103 Helpen bij dagelijkse bezigheden 104 Omgaan met de zorgvrager 105 Mens en samenleving. Recente ontwikkelingen op het gebied van sociale wetgeving alsmede nieuwe informatie van de Stichting Voedingscentrum (o.a. de nieuwe "Schijf van Vijf') zijn in de deze tweede druk verwerkt.
Werken in een therapeutisch milieu: Naar samenhangend behandelen in de GGZ
by C. Janzing J. KerstensIn deze zesde druk van Werken in een therapeutisch milieu ligt het accent op het nastreven van samenhang in de hulpverlening. Het behandelprincipe is daarbij een sleutelbegrip. Dit boek bespreekt het therapeutisch milieu als opzet en organisatie van psychiatrische en psychotherapeutische behandeling. Het geeft aan hoe hulpverleners samenhang in hun bijdragen kunnen nastreven, door vast te houden aan een gekozen behandelprincipe. De eerste delen belichten het therapeutisch milieu en de plaats van de patiënt en de behandelgroep daarin. Vervolgdelen richten zich op de praktijk van groepen, milieutherapeutisch werken en management.Door de vele praktische voorbeelden en oefeningen is Werken in een therapeutisch milieu een toegankelijk leerboek en naslagwerk. Het boek is primair bestemd voor verpleegkundigen en sociaalpedagogisch hulpverleners. Daarnaast is het bruikbaar in diverse opleidingen en als handboek voor hulpverleners en leidinggevenden binnen de Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg in Nederland en Vlaanderen.
Werte, Sinn und Tugenden als Steuerungsgrößen in Organisationen: Für Fach- und Führungskräfte (essentials)
by Michaela BrohmMichaela Brohm stellt Konzepte und Strategien effektiver, wohlbefindlicher und lukrativer Organisationen vor. Sie erläutert, warum sich integre Führungskräfte mutig, gerecht und menschlich verhalten, und gibt Impulse für die werte- und sinnorientierte Individual- und Organisationsentwicklung. Wertvolle Anregungen, inspirierende Beispiele und ein umfassendes Inventar zu den Strategien werteorientierter Steuerung regen zum Transfer in die Praxis an.
Werte. Sprache. Integration: Zur Konstruktion von Werten in DaZ-Lehrmaterialien
by Michael Hofer-RobinsonMit dem neuen Integrationsgesetz 2017 wurden Werte verpflichtender Bestandteil von Integrationskursmaßnahmen in Österreich. In dieser Studie werden Lehrbücher untersucht, die vom Österreichischen Integrationsfonds (ÖIF) für den Einsatz in ,Deutschkursen mit Werte- und Orientierungswissen‘ empfohlen werden. Es werden Möglichkeiten und Perspektiven betrachtet, die das didaktische Material eröffnet und danach gefragt, wie Werte in den Materialien konstruiert werden, wie Lernende (und Lehrende) durch Lehrmaterialien adressiert werden (können), welche Vorstellungen von gesellschaftlicher Wirklichkeit und Subjekten rekonstruierbar sind und welche gesellschaftliche Positionen Lernenden gegenüber angeregt werden. Bei der Analyse wird eine migrationspädagogisch, rassismuskritisch und subjektivierungstheoretisch informierte Perspektive eingenommen und mit dem Ansatz der Thematischen Diskursanalyse verschränkt, um das Wissen aus den Werte-Materialien zu rekonstruieren. Auf der Grundlage der theoretischen und methodischen Vorannahmen werden Lehrbücher von drei Verlagen analysiert und anhand dieser Rekonstruktionen typischer Adressierungen und Konstruktionen von Wirklichkeit dargestellt.
Wertorientierungen und organisationale Werte in Laufbahnen: Eine rekonstruktive Studie in einem Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmen
by Katharina AgostiniKatharina Agostini untersucht in dieser qualitativ-rekonstruktiven Studie die Bedeutsamkeit von Wertorientierungen und organisationalen Werten für das Alltagshandeln von Akteuren und Akteurinnen eines öffentlich-rechtlichen Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmens. Die Autorin setzt verschiedene theoretische Sichtweisen in Bezug zueinander und eröffnet Perspektiven auf handlungspraktische, organisationale sowie geschlechts-, hierarchie- und laufbahnbezogene Aspekte. Die Ergebnisse aus qualitativen Interviews mit Mitarbeitenden und Führungskräften liefern einen wichtigen Beitrag für den Diskurs um die Bedeutung individueller Wertorientierungen sowie organisationaler Werte im Kontext beruflichen Handelns und Erlebens.
Wesleyan University, 1910–1970: Academic Ambition and Middle-Class America
by David B. PottsIn Wesleyan University, 1910-1970, David B. Potts presents an engaging story that includes a measured departure from denominational identity, an enterprising acquisition of fabulous wealth, and a burst of enthusiastic aspirations that initiated an era of financial stress. Threaded through these episodes is a commitment to social service that is rooted in Methodism and clothed in more humanistic garb after World War II.Potts gives an unprecedented level of attention to the board of trustees and finances. These closely related components are now clearly introduced as major shaping forces in the development of American higher education. Extensive examination is also given to student and faculty roles in building and altering institutional identity. Threaded throughout these probes within in the analytical narrative is a close look at the waxing and waning of presidential leadership. All these developments, as is particularly evident in the areas of student demography and faculty compensation, travel on a pathway through middle-class America. Within this broad context, Wesleyan becomes a window on how the nation's liberal arts colleges survived and thrived during the last century. This book concludes the author's analysis of changes in institutional identities that shaped the narrative for his widely praised first volume, Wesleyan University, 1831-1910: Collegiate Enterprise in New England. His current fully evidenced sequel supplies helpful insights and reference points as we encounter the present fiscal strain in higher education and the related debates on institutional mission.
Wesleyan University (College Prowler)
by John CusickNo university affiliations. No half-truths. No out-of-touch authors who haven't been in school for decades. A class project turned company, College Prowler produces guidebooks that are written by actual college students and cover the things students really want to know. Unlike other guides that jam everything into a five-pound book and devote only two pages to each college, our single-school guidebooks give students only the schools they want and all the information they need. From academics and diversity to nightlife and sports, we let the students tell it how it is. In addition to editorial reviews and grades for 20 different topics, more than 80 percent of each guide is composed of actual student reviews of their school. Whether readers are looking for "Best and Worst" lists, "Did You Knows?" or traditions, College Prowler guides have it all. Our books are the only place for local slang, urban legends, and tips on the best places to find a date, study, or grab a bite to eat.
The Wesleyan Way: A Faith That Matters (The Wesleyan Way)
by Scott J. JonesIn this exciting and inspiring new study, Scott J. Jones helps seekers and believers to envision and practice discipleship as a way of life. Presenting Christianity from a Wesleyan perspective, Jones invites participants into a deeper, more thoughtful, more active commitment to Christ. This Leader Guide includes everything a group leader needs to plan and facilitate the 8 sessions, helping participants to explore what they have read, to view a video, and to discuss the reading and video with the group. The guide walks leaders through the study format and provides options for tailoring sessions to the time-frame and style of each group.
The Wesleyan Way | Student Book: A Faith That Matters (The Wesleyan Way)
by Scott J. JonesIn this exciting and inspiring new study, Scott J. Jones helps seekers and believers to envision and practice discipleship as a way of life. Presenting Christianity from a Wesleyan perspective, Jones invites participants into a deeper, more thoughtful, more active commitment to Christ. This 8-session study helps participants focus on how, through discipleship with Jesus Christ, we become part of God's work in transforming the world. Each week a different presenter shares their personal faith experience. Presenter include Adam Hamilton, Olu Brown, Felicia Hopkins, Jessica Moffat Seay, Jorge Acevedo, Rob Fuquay and author Scott Jones. Mini-videos conclude each week with an interview or ministry story from the presenter's home church. Participants then read on their own from the student book and the Bible and then once a week the group comes together to explore what they've read and to view another video.
West-East Reciprocal Learning in Teacher Education: From Knowing to Doing (Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and Western Education)
by Shijing Xu Yibing Liu Zuochen Zhang Michael Connelly Chenkai ChiDuring this uncertain time, teacher education has never been more needed for West-East dialogues and Reciprocal Learning. Xu and Connelly’s concept of reciprocal learning aims to harmonize the West-East dichotomy and foster appreciation in education and understanding of each other’s culture and history. This book focuses on the field work done by the Teacher Education Research Team with chapter contributors from Canadian and Chinese professors, graduate students and pre-service teachers who have been deeply engaged in the RLP. Following Xu and Connelly’s conceptual framework of “Reciprocal Learning as Collaborative Partnership,” the book begins with knowing the Teacher Education RLP followed by doing the West-East reciprocal learning through the program. It concludes with a discussion of the envisioned future of the RLP and commentaries from distinguished scholars in teacher education, one from the West and the other from the East.
West Germany and the Global Sixties
by Timothy Scott BrownThe anti-authoritarian revolt of the 1960s and 1970s was a watershed in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The rebellion of the so-called '68ers' - against cultural conformity and the ideological imperatives of the Cold War; against the American war in Vietnam; in favor of a more open accounting for the crimes of the Nazi era - helped to inspire a dialogue on democratization with profound effects on German society. Timothy Brown examines the unique synthesis of globalizing influences on West Germany to reveal how the presence of Third World students, imported pop culture from America and England and the influence of new political doctrines worldwide all helped to precipitate the revolt. The book explains how the events in West Germany grew out of a new interplay of radical politics and popular culture, even as they drew on principles of direct-democracy, self-organization and self-determination, all still highly relevant in the present day.
The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools: Challenges and Responses (Routledge Revivals)
by Viv EdwardsFirst published in 1979. The performance of West Indian children in British schools has been the subject of enquiries by both a parliamentary select committee and the Department of Education. It is widely believed that an important factor in the relative failure of West Indian children is the language they use, West Indian Creole, and while teachers and others who work with them are aware that their language is often very different from British English, they seldom understand the nature of the differences, or their implications. The aim of this book is to provide the non-specialist with an account of the language of West Indian children and to examine how linguistic ‘interference’ can affect their level of reading, writing and understanding, even when they have been born in Britain. It also considers the worrying possibility that negative attitudes towards them and their language may have an adverse effect on their motivation to learn standard English. Viv Edwards places great stress on the fact that, although Creole is different from British English, it is in no way deficient as a language. She emphasizes the importance of familiarity with the structure of Creole, since it is only in this way that the teachers can discriminate between real mistakes and Creole ‘interference’. Attention is drawn to the relationship between language attitudes and social stereotypes and the danger that these might be translated into reality. Different strategies available to the teacher are examined, drawing on American experience in this field, and various initiatives taken by British teachers are described, thus making the study a work of practical value to teachers and others.
West Liberty State College (Campus History)
by Robert W. SchrammLocated in a charming community in West Virginia's northern panhandle is West Liberty State College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the Mountain State. The school was chartered by the State of Virginia as an academy in 1837 and has seen its share of changes since that time. Arguably the foremost change arrived in 1863 when West Virginia became the 35th state in the Union, thereby making the college older than the state. The school took its name from the community in which it resides, which, at the time of the American Revolution, was the frontier settlement farthest west of the Appalachian Mountains and therefore appropriatelynamed "West Liberty." Since that time, West Liberty State College has been organized and reorganized as a normal school, a state teacher's college, and, finally, a state college. It has maintained its stated mission "to launch our graduates into community, work, and academic environments ready tobe viable contributors with skills and knowledge needed to meet future opportunities and challenges." West Liberty State College celebrates the history and traditions of the school, spotlighting academic, social, and athletic events over the past 163 years.
West Point Military Academy (College Prowler)
by Ryan Peter PeckynoNo university affiliations. No half-truths. No out-of-touch authors who haven't been in school for decades. A class project turned company, College Prowler produces guidebooks that are written by actual college students and cover the things students really want to know. Unlike other guides that jam everything into a five-pound book and devote only two pages to each college, our single-school guidebooks give students only the schools they want and all the information they need. From academics and diversity to nightlife and sports, we let the students tell it how it is. In addition to editorial reviews and grades for 20 different topics, more than 80 percent of each guide is composed of actual student reviews of their school. Whether readers are looking for "Best and Worst" lists, "Did You Knows?" or traditions, College Prowler guides have it all. Our books are the only place for local slang, urban legends, and tips on the best places to find a date, study, or grab a bite to eat.
West Slide Story: A Lesson in Making Peace (Big Idea Books / VeggieTown Values)
by Doug PetersonJunior Asparagus and Laura Carrot teach their friends that a little cooperation means more fun for everyone.
WESTERN CIVILIZATION: Passbooks Study Guide (College Level Examination Program Series (CLEP) #Dantes-60)
by National Learning CorporationThe College Level Examination Program (CLEP) enables students to demonstrate college-level achievement and earn college credit in various subject areas based on knowledge acquired through self-study, high school and adult courses, or through professional means. The CLEP Western Civilization Passbook® prepares you by sharpening knowledge of the skills and concepts necessary to succeed on the upcoming exam and the college courses that follow. It provides a series of informational texts as well as hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Western Civilization: Since 1300 (Ninth Edition) (Updated AP® Edition)
by Jackson J. SpielvogelThis book is a useful instrument for introducing students to the history of Western civilization.