Hospitality Information Technology: Learning How to Use It

Author(s): Galen R Collins, Cihan Cobanoglu, Anil Bilgihan, Katerina Berezina

New Ninth Edition Now Available!The hospitality industry is quickly becoming automated, leading to greater efficiency, better customer service, and ultimately, increased profits. As a result, it is imperative that a person wishing to enter the hospitality business be familiar with the technology pro...

Introductory Plant Science: Investigating the Green World

Author(s): Cynthia Mckenney, Ursula K. Schuch, Amanda Chau

As concerns for our environment have increased globally, the study of plants has evolved to address these issues.The updated course content of the 2nd edition of Introductory Plant Science: Investigating the Green World introduces students to some of the NEW cutting edge discoveries and updates in n...

Getting Hired: A Student Teacher's Guide to Professionalism, Resume Development and Interviewing

Author(s): WILLIAM COGHILL BEHRENDS, REBECCA ANTHONY

This book targets the primary goals of any student teaching program -- professionalism, interviewing, and getting hired. Getting Hired is designed to accompany a student teaching experience and provides step-by-step guidance through student teaching, interviewing, and into a job.This book is set up ...

Law for Recreation and Sport Managers

Author(s): John Wolohan

Since 1997, Law for Recreation and Sport Managers has been the leading recreation and sports law book for undergraduate and graduate sport management and recreation programs.Key Features:Up-to-date on current court casesEach chapter is written by leading recreation and sport law professors and exper...

Conflict between Persons: The Origins of Leadership

Author(s): Ronald C. Arnett, Leeanne McManus, Amanda McKendree

We live in an age of ethical disputes, making conflict inevitable as we meet others with contrasting ethical positions and contrary communicative expectations. An ethical position held with conviction frequently generates conflict when one encounters another with a differing ethical standpoint embra...

Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice

Author(s): Mark Nagel, Richard Southall

Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice bridges the theoretical-practical divide by providing students with practical perspectives on today’s sport management issues, based upon sound theoretical frameworks. Introduction to Sport Management introduces readers to the complex nature of t...

Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms

Author(s): Eileen Ariza, Noorchaya Yahya, Carmen Morales-Jones, Hanizah Zainuddin

Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms helps teachers effectively educate ELL students in their classrooms. This book provides English learners with the methodology to improve English and academic content proficiency as well as provide a vehicle...

The Excellent Instructor and the Teaching of Dance Technique

Author(s): Nora Ambrosio

Dance educators have the responsibility to provide students with excellent and positive dance experiences.The Excellent Instructor & the Teaching of Dance Technique provides practical, detailed information that covers multiple facets of dance pedagogy. Author Nora Ambrosio uses her experience as dan...

Becoming a Critic: An Introduction to Analyzing Media Content

Author(s): Rebecca Curnalia, Cary Wecht, Amber Ferris

Filling a void in the media theory, methods, and literacy market, Becoming a Critic is an introduction to current and approachable theory and research on media content. By addressing undergraduate readers as student scholars, the reader is taught to objectively assess the content and implications of...

African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance

Author(s): Stan L Breckenridge

African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance begins with an exploration of specific music and dance activities among Africans, in Africa, which is followed by a comparative analysis of their musical activities during the African Diaspora. Following this is a study of Colon...