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Religion and Culture in Native America will provide a comprehensive introduction to the variety of Native cultures and religious practices in North America

This book provides an in-depth view of the roles and responsibilities of the chief diversity officer, diversity strategic planning, and examines the various roles of diversity leaders at community colleges and will significantly benefit those interested in learning more about diversity and inclusion at community colleges.

This book will discuss how to be productive and effective teacher while teaching ways to increase relational skills while simultaneously developing assertiveness traits and maintaining one's values, integrity, and establishment of cultural competence and communication skills.

Offers insights into the Global Justice Movement - an influential transnational movement and predecessor of the recent struggles for economic and social justice and against austerity.

This book explores the role of narratives in building collective identity - a vital element in activists' continued commitment.

This book offers a radical reappraisal of the intellectual affinities between Theodor W. Adorno and Samuel Beckett, in particular with regard to freedom and its reconceptualization by Adorno.

Dr. Rona Leach McLeod has over forty years of experience in the field of education. She presently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Education at St. Andrews University - A Branch of Webber International University in Laurinburg, North Carolina.

Using scenarios and scholarly research this book follows a coach's journey from her first day as an instructional or academic coach through her experiences helping other new coaches.

Helping Kids Live Mindfully: A Grab Bag of Classroom Activities for Middle School Students helps students enhance their lives by using Mindfulness, giving them the tools to cope with anger, frustration, and stress, while learning how to talk and listen to get positive results and maximize their school experience academically and socially.

Personal and probing, evocative and wide-ranging, the letters that compose this book ask and attempt to answer some timeless-and timely-questions: What makes a teacher or a class memorable? How can the teacher-student relationship be supported and strengthened? What does being "educated" truly mean?

It is the goal of Drop that Chalk! A Guide to Better Teaching at Colleges and Universities to answer some of the most common questions facing new instructors and what they need to consider when designing, updating or teaching a new course.

Sleep is essential to our health but it can be hard to get enough. Here, a seasoned neurologist reveals best practices, realistic approaches, and practical tips to help us all get a better night's rest. He reviews the latest studies, considers technologies and products that can help us, and offers advice for those who suffer from various disorders.

This book presents an innovative system for coaches to prepare for basketball games. It challenges coaches to think differently about what they emphasize in practice, placing greater value on preparing for specific game situations, crafting strategies by assessing the odds, and creating a culture that elevates how players think about the game.

The primary focus of the book is to emphasize the major changes in the leadership responsibilities of directors of human resources in education.

Risk Taking in Higher Education includes authors from numerous academic disciplines to emphasize both the importance of risk-taking across higher education and to highlight the varied approaches to incorporate risk-taking into classroom practices.

Teachers, Mindset, Motivation and Mastery summarizes the research on teaching literacy and then works to make it applicable to the classroom, with charts, examples of effective teacher talk and stories, and explanations from both practitioners and researchers.

William Hazelgrove explores the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who would beat Capone at his own game, as well as the construction of the 1933 World's Fair and the rags to riches story of Sally Rand.

This book fully prepares test takers with the content knowledge and strategies to pass the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA). The review manual and comprehensive study guide includes a thorough content review, targeted strategies for every question type, and two full-...

Teaching critical thinking requires sustained, finely tuned teaching and assessment methods. This book lays out a blueprint to do just that. Specifically, it outlines the necessary components of a critical thinking classroom and provides assessment techniques and ample exercises adaptable to any student's field, age, or level of education.

This book offers an accessible introduction to religion in world politics, highlighting its growing importance and analyzing its multifaceted interaction with other key factors. Hunter's work will be essential reading for anyone needing a better understanding of why and, more important, how, religion influences the behavior of international actors.

This clear and accessible text provides a comprehensive survey of women's history in China from the Neolithic period through the Qing Dynasty (10,200 BC-1911 AD).

State Tax Policy is the only book that provides students and professionals with a concise, approachable, and up-to-date introduction to the intricacies of state tax policy.

More Americans are religiously unaffiliated than ever before, but secular parents face particular challenges raising children outside religion. This book balances a personal story with research and exploration, using nonreligious sources to cover topics traditionally answered for by religion, including morality, awe, death, meaning, and tradition.

This third edition of The Art of Communication (previously titled Creating Communication) provides a brief, practical, and reader-friendly introduction to speech communication; Fujishin emphasizes face-to-face interactions while also addressing the role of technology and its influence on daily communication.