Lift Your Voice: Public Speaking in the HBCU Classroom

Author(s): Kyle Fox, Felicia R. Stewart

While there is a myriad of texts, articles, videos, and more to demonstrate good speeches, there has never been an emphasis on being true to our cultural selves and using the tools of our identities to help make us effective communicators.Lift Your Voice: Public Speaking in the HBCU Classroom encour...

History of Rock and Roll

Author(s): Thomas E Larson

Here’s your backstage pass to the history of rock and roll.Thomas Larson’s History of Rock & Roll connects music and the culture in which it interacted. Designed for the college non-music major, History of Rock & Roll fuses a text, website, and online music library to cover the music’s story of cont...

Not for ESOL Teachers

Author(s): Eileen Ariza

Not for ESOL Teachers: What every classroom teacher needs to know about the linguistically, culturally, and ethnically diverse student provides the basics and background information needed to teach English learners in the classroom. This publication continues to be a labor of love for the student wh...

Brave Space-Making: The Poetics & Politics of Storytelling

Author(s): Brittany L. Peterson, Lynn M. Harter

Storytelling is a meaning-making process with catalytic capacity.Brave Space-Making: The Poetics & Politics of Storytelling explores the generative potential of storytelling by focusing on its centrality in brave space-making. Brave spaces are spheres of possibility where participants undo in order ...

Golf's Rebirth: Rapidly Evolving Applications in Hospitality and Sport Management

Author(s): Christopher Cain, Lisa N. Cain

What an exciting time for the golf industry!Never before has there been so much interest in playing the game, and active participation in both on-course and off-course offerings. This $84 billion industry, in the United States alone, is truly seeing a rebirth and this text offers an introductory ove...

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...

A Customized Version of Restaurant Management: A Best Practices Approach, Created for Middlesex County College

Author(s): Robert Grimes, Frederick DeMicco, Joseph Dunbar, Chen Chen, James R Keiser, Cihan Cobanoglu

Fluency: Questions, Answers, and Evidence-Based Strategies

Author(s): Patricia Smith, Melanie Walski, Jerry Johns, Roberta L. Berglund

Are you trying to help your students become more fluent readers?Are you doing progress monitoring? Do you think that differentiating fluency interventions can help you respond to individual differences among your students?Help is on the way. This easy to use resource is written with teachers in mind...

Basic Reading Inventory: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve and Early Literacy Assessments

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Laurie Elish-Piper, BETH JOHNS

Basic Reading Inventory provided valuable information that other district and state tests did not. Thank you for making this test available to our students!” Dr. Linda J. Button, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs  "I use Jerry Johns’ Basic Reading Inventory because I can assess any K-12 stud...

Training & Talent Development: Intersecting Communication, Human Performance Improvement, and Organizational Effectiveness

Author(s): Jason S Wrench, Maryalice Citera, Danette Johnson

New Second Edition Now Available!Training and Talent Development: Intersecting Communication, Human Performance Improvement, and Organizational Effectiveness explores two basic factors related to the T&D world: training and performance improvement.Training and Talent Development is informative, scho...