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Author(s): Jordan Bass
In the rapidly changing sport space, a textbook that serves the specific needs of the students in an introductory sport management course is imperative. The overarching aim of Introduction to Sport Management is to combine basic theoretical concepts with the knowledge and expertise of University of Kansas Jayhawk professionals in the sporting field.
Author(s): ANDREW R. MCGLENN, Melanie C Healy
Creating a Healthy & Active Lifestyle Lab Manual is a wonderful text to use for any health and wellness lab. This manual is meant to be used in a participatory setting where instructors teach the exercise labs to all students. Creating a Healthy and Active Lifestyle encourages participants to simply move, and to move in a variety of ways: at home or at a fitness center, through strength, flexibility, mindfulness, cardiovascular workouts, and more.
Author(s): Adetokunbo Fatoke
Accepting Greatness: Planning for Success on Your College Journey introduces and prepares students for college. This textbook was designed to be a step-by-step guide to encourage, support, and motivate students as they matriculate though the first semester of their college journey. A tool for entering and retuning students, the chapters in this textbook offers an innovative approach to student development though life skills, study strategies, and methods for overcoming obstacles.
Author(s): Cindy Jarvis
The competition in the sports field is fierce! It’s to every student’s advantage to get as much information as possible before they take the leap into the industry.
Sports Internships: How to Survive in the Industry takes away the mystery about interning in the sport industry. The book fuses in-depth material from the industry side with the personal/business experience from the author - a former student, educator and current professional in the sports industry.
Author(s): Craig Rand
Stress Management: A Guide to a Healthier Life looks at stress which has been linked to between 60-75% of illness and disease in this country. The focus is two fold—to examine stress using the components of wellness and trying to have the reader try new techniques through an experiential and interactive journey.This text touches on the physiological aspect of stress, but the main goal is to increase one’s wellness.
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Author(s): Jaime Diaz
The profound effect that certain drugs have on behavior has ignited popular curiosity and has prompted a scientific search for the brain mechanisms that might be altered with drugs.
Written by Jaime Diaz, an active neuroscientist, the new third edition of How Drugs Influence Behavior: A Neuro-Behavioral Approach helps readers learn and understand how drugs alter behavior.
Author(s): Ann Marie Kinnell, Roseanne Mirabella, Norman Dolch
Nongovernmental Organization Cases Studies in Leadership from Around the World is a sequel to Leadership Cases in Community Nonprofit Organizations. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are the equivalent of US nonprofit organizations. This book is the result of several academic colleagues and NGO professionals working together to produce these cases.
Nongovernmental Organization Cases Studies in Leadership from Around the World:
Author(s): Gayle Wells
You only have one body, and how well you take care of it will determine how you feel later in life. Health and wellness are important for everyone—not just as a way to prevent disease, but also as a way to live better by making healthier choices.
This manual will work in tandem to your health and wellness course. This guide contains presentations, readings, activities, and discussions related to key elements of health and wellness such as:
Author(s): Janice L. Nath, Irene Chen
Technology in the Classroom: For Now and the Future is written to strength instructional technology, content areas, and other areas of teaching and learning coupled with technology. This text is divided into three parts: The first section is, Educational Technology Supporting Content Areas, section two, Using Educational Technology for Best Practices in Schools and for Teacher Education, and last is, Technology Supporting Educational Phycology and Culturally Responsive Teaching.
