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Author(s): Anita Pankake, Jesus Abrego Jr., Michelle Abrego
The Fifth Edition of The Administration & Supervision of Special Programs in Education (2022) is designed to provide both practicing and aspiring school leaders an overview of many of the programs and services operating in most schools today. The book is organized so that readers can immediately apply the content to real-life scenarios encountered in schools as well as examine the topic in-depth through current research and challenges such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. The book is a must read to support the complex work of school leaders.
Author(s): Jack A Chambless
Some people would rather perform root canal surgery on a rabid wolverine than sit through a discussion of Federal Reserve policies.
Author(s): Jennifer Chambers, Anna Lori Hollen
Becoming a Culturally Competent Educator provides educators with a step-by-step guide to cultural competency in education. What does that look like? Being able to understand, communicate, and interact with people from various cultures. It covers Cultural Identities, Avoiding/Overcoming Bias, Inclusive Language, Intercultural Communication, Culturally Inclusive and Responsive Instructional Strategies, and much more!
Author(s): Joyce Burstein, Gregory D Knotts
Reclaiming Social Studies for the Elementary Classroom is a new text that defines the core philosophy of viewing social studies from the cultural anthropological perspective. This perspective allows children to bring their own prior knowledge and experiences from their home culture to the social studies curriculum. This curriculum is a logical place to allow students the freedom to demonstrate learning through the arts. It is also a place where people show their cultural identities in celebration of traditions, ideals, rituals, and creative products.
Author(s): Paul Gannon
Human society has never before faced challenges like the present. Population has more than doubled since 1970; currently over 7 billion and growing fast. Much of this growth occurs in regions with developing infrastructure, placing increasing demands on natural resources and taxing ecosystem services. Coupled with continued growth in more developed, and more demanding regions, global energy consumption is projected to increase nearly three-fold by mid-century.
Author(s): Mark Letourneau
English Linguistics: An Introduction is an e-book offering an advanced introduction for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses. At just over 200 pages, it is meant to be completed in one-semester courses which present the core areas of the discipline: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. It includes two prefatory chapters which answer the questions “What is language?” and “What is linguistics?”
Author(s): Elizabeth Jordan
Small Footprint Big Impact is an accessible, user-friendly, resource for non-majors who are interested in examining environmental problems and solutions. The book accelerates major environmental issues to the forefront of discussion and offers insight that enables students to think critically and make informed decisions about such issues. It comprehensively and candidly examines issues from both a scientific and social justice standpoint. Students learn the impact of human consumption and lifestyle on the planet, and who bears the brunt of it.
Author(s): Maribeth Schlobohm, Christopher Ryan
Business and Technical Communication: A Guide to Writing Professionally provides a communication foundation for professionals in business and technical industries. This text aims to guide those whose roles do not exclusively require writing and editing but whose day-to-day responsibilities demand that they focus in technical or business careers in which a professional level of communication is required.
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Author(s): Roger Lightner, JOSHUA BURNS
The 2nd edition of the Microbiology Lab Manual by Mr. Roger Lighter and Dr. Joshua Burns is designed specifically for the General Microbiology course at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Laboratory exercises have been designed and organized to provide students hands on experience with the tools and techniques of microbiological investigation. Biology majors will learn valuable lab skills that will help prepare them for upper level lab and research activities.
