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Insights for School Art and Imagination

Author(s): Karen Goldman

The words in this book bear the fingerprints of the thousands of students, hundreds of colleagues, as well as the significant people in the author’s life. Written from decades of experience in the classroom, this is a practical guide to developing insights and imagination in an art classroom. It con...

Caring for Yourself is Caring for Your Child: Helping Parents of Children with Eating Disorders Seek Health Care for Themselves

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Abstract It is not always easy to change health behaviors. Just imagine how many times you have been told to do something “good” for your health, and you have ignored the message. The purpose of the “Caring for Yourself Is Caring for Your Child” case study is to demonstrate that formative researc...

Essential Drafting Using AutoCAD: Drafting in the Real World

Author(s): Catherine Stark

What sets this book apart from other finely written and illustrated AutoCAD drafting books? It is the call to Think. No, this book will not teach you how to think.  You already do that quite well!   For this point in your life, with all the successes and challenges you’ve experienced, you are ...

Hawksbill Turtle Conservation in the Eastern Pacific: Weighing Biodiversity and Livelihood Risks

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Sample In this chapter we explore the rhetorical strategies that community members use to (a) define risk, (b) prioritize various aspects of risk, and then (c) motivate responses to risk that seem appropriate. This case illustrates the usefulness of Tansey and Rayner’s (2010) cultural approach to...

"What Do You Expect from Me?": Family and Marital Coping after a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Abstract Cancer diagnoses are stressful, atypical events for families. When a family member is diagnosed with cancer, the nature of family relationships often transform as a result. The additional stress and uncertainty that accompanies cancer treatments may also create or intensify family confli...

OpenStax Chemistry hardcover

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"Chemistry is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course. The textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. The b...

A Tender Song for Tough Times: When Crisis Communication Goes Viral

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Sample In early December 2011, McNeil PCC, a Canadian pharmaceutical subsidiary of U.S. corporate giant Johnson and Johnson (J&J), responded to Internet consumer outrage at the disappearance of the ultra-absorbent o.b. tampon. Comments on Internet sites such as Jezebel, ipetitions, and Write the ...