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A Mindfulness Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: New D…
This book presents emerging research on the effectiveness of mindfulness methods in reducing behavior problems associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children. The volume synthesizes current research and theories on the therapeutic uses of mindfulness, specifically for people living with developmental disabilities. In addition, it examines a promising new study in which mothers of c…
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- 978-3-319-18962-8
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- Mindfulness in Behavioral Health
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- 370.15 HWA m
A Man Comes from Someplace: Stories, History, Memory from a Lost Time
A Man Comes from Someplace: Stories, History, Memory from a Lost Timeis a cultural study of a multi-generational Jewish family from a shtetl in southwestern Ukraine before World War I to their international lives in the 21st century.The narrative, told from multiple perspectives, becomes a transformative space for re-presenting family stories as cultural performance. The studydraws from many so…
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- 978-94-6300-190-8
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- Transgressions
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- 370 SUM m
Generation Z
This book argues that the mythic figure of the zombie, so prevalent and powerful in contemporary culture, provides the opportunity to explore certain social models – such as ‘childhood’ and ‘school’, ‘class’ and ‘family’ – that so deeply underpin educational policy and practice as to be rendered invisible. It brings together authors from a range of disciplines to use contemp…
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- 978-981-287-932-5
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- XIII, 187
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- 301 Gen
Environment, Ethics and Cultures Design and Technology Education’s Contrib…
"This collection engages environmental, ethical and cultural values perspectives to show how Design and Technology (D&T) Education actively contributes to the significant educational goal of attaining sustainable global futures. An international collection of authors representing all levels of education articulate how D&T research, curriculum theory, policy, and classroom practices can synergis…
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- 978-94-6209-938-8
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- VI, 326
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A Guide to Teaching Elementary Science: Ten Easy Steps
Nationally and internationally, educators now understand the critical importance of STEM subjects—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Today, the job of the classroom science teacher demands finding effective ways to meet current curricula standards and prepare students for a future in which a working knowledge of science and technology will dominate. But standards and goals don…
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- 978-94-6300-367-4
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- 370 GRE g
A Girl's Education: Schooling and the Formation of Gender, Identities and Fut…
This book argues that educators and the general public have become complacent about girls’ education as a consequence of the more recent fuss about problems for boys. After an analysis of persistent disquiet about girls’ lifestyles, it uses theories of gender and education to demonstrate that girls are being produced in contradictory ways in current schooling. Many girls develop a sense o…
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- 978-1-137-52487-4
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- Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
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- 301 GIL g
A Discipline-Based Teaching and Learning Center: A Model for Professional Dev…
This book describes the design and implementation of a discipline-specific model of professional development: the disciplinary Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). TLC was born from a strong commitment to improving undergraduate science education through supporting the front-line educators who play an essential role in this mission. The TLC’s comprehensive approach encompasses consultation, se…
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- 978-3-319-01652-8
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- 507 MAR d
A Decade of Research on School Principals: Cases from 24 Countries
This book provides a unique map of the focus and directions of contemporary research on school leadership since 2000 in 24 countries. Each of these directions has its own particular cultural, educational and policy history. Taken together, the various chapters in the volume provide a rich and varied mosaic of what is currently known and what is yet to be discovered about the roles and practices…
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- 978-3-319-23027-6
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- Studies in Educational Leadership
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- 320 DEC d
A Cultural-Historical Study of Children Learning Science: Foregrounding Affec…
This book moves beyond the traditional constructivist and social-constructivist view of learning and development in science. It draws upon cultural-historical theory in order to theorise early childhood science education in relation to our currently globalised education contexts. The book argues that concept development in science for young children can be better theorised by using Vygotsky’s…
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- 978-94-017-9370-4
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- Cultural Studies of Science Education
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- 507 FLE c
A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy
A Critically Compassionate Approachto Financial Literacy offers a unique approach to conceptualizing financial literacy. Differentiating between notions of financial worth and personal self-worth, the authors present a description of financial literacy tenets founded in principles of self-awareness and cooperative community that are rooted in principles of compassion. Basing their work on princ…
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- 978-94-6300-130-4
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- 370 LUC c
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