Student life Books

Education is an important tool for the development of human potential. Organizations and individuals interested in development consider knowledge, skills and attitudes, obtained through formal, non-formal and incidental learning, as invaluable assets...

International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice is aninternational research monograph of scholarly works that are seeking to advance knowledge andunderstanding of a diverse range of Indigenous or First Peoples across...

The focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptivedefinitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept.As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists,...

International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice is aninternational research monograph of scholarly works that are seeking to advance knowledge andunderstanding of a diverse range of Indigenous or First Peoples across...

A wizard waves his wand, a magician produces a rabbit, a fairy godmother casts her spells; themagic of mentoring comes from connections! Ask a person you respect, "How did you get towhere you are today?" Chances are there were important people who guided...

This book is an excellent resource for students who need help with their writing assignments. It provides numerous sample papers to help you jumpstart your brain and eliminate writer's block no matter what course you are taking. Research shows that...

Failure Pedagogies examines how failure has been wittingly and unwittingly appropriated to advantage those most likely to be insulated from risks associated with pursuing or embracing failure as a creative strategy.

Prepare yourself spiritually for the best years of your life!You are entering a time of transition in your life, like none other you have ever experienced before. As you prepare to leave the comforts of your high school to enter college, what will you...

Bringing together narratives and theory-based analyses of practice, this volume illustrates collaborative curricular and co-curricular approaches to promoting vocational discernment amongst students in a Catholic university setting.Drawing on cultural,...

The Solution to Managing Your Greek Organization's Chapter Finances is a book from GreekMentor.com: The Treasurer's Guide.This book is the complete reference manual for handling the finances of fraternities and sororities. It is required reading for...

The widespread view that girls are succeeding in education and are therefore 'not a problem' is a myth. By drawing directly on girls' own accounts and experiences of school life and those of professionals working with disaffected youth, this book offers...

A volume in Critical Constructions: Studies on Education and SocietySeries Editor: Curry Stephenson Malott, Queens College/CUNYThis volume will be a valuable resource to instructors who teach in the fields of teacher education,social studies, educational...

"You tryin' to change us?"A few seconds into my first class ever, a student asked a question that had no answer. Then, he walked out.It was a fitting introduction to City High, inner-city education, and what would soon become the most challenging...

Peer Relationships in Classroom Management offers pragmatic, empirically validated guidance to teachers in training on issues pertaining to students' interpersonal relationships. Concepts such as bullying, popularity, and online friendships are...

Moving beyond Western philosophical and political frameworks, this text engages with and centers Arab-Islamic ontologies, pupil voice, and gender, alongside the role of double-shift schools, poverty, forced migration, and unrest, to explore citizen...

Encourage your graders to practice writing their alphabets using this reliable notebook. Provide the right tool such as this to allow your child's penmanship to develop and pencil control. Teach your child to position the pencil on the blue line cues and...

Writing down notes is a way of maintaining focus and attention to your professor during class. When you jot down notes, you process the information prior to absorption. You will only choose the parts of a discussion that you believe matter most. When...

Go back to basics with this college ruled notebook! Take down notes, review them and when you're needing some distraction, go ahead and doodle. This smooth and wide notebook is also ideal for to-do lists and class schedules. College lined notebooks offer...

Use this notebook journal not only to jot down notes while your professor speaks but also for to-do, shopping and chores lists. This notebook journal is very versatile so you have the freedom to use it how ever you see fit. With its wide paper surface...

Service-learning is entering a post-initiatory phase. At tertiary institutions of all types and sizes,service-learning programs are common and service-learning requirements for graduation aregrowing in popularity. Taken together -- alongside continued...

We are surrounded by voices, but how often do we actually stop and listen to the stories they have to tell? Martha E.Casazza and Sharon L. Silverman have been listening to the stories of students for the past five years, and they share how high achievers...

How To Play & Win The College Game is based on the curriculum for the award-winning Freshman Seminar Sharon Padilla-Alvarado designed at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California (which has been identified as one of the top 10 most diverse public...

Winner of the National Reading Conference 2005 Edward Fry Book AwardBased on more than two years of fieldwork conducted in a Yemeni community in southeastern Michigan, this unique study examines Yemeni American girls' attempts to construct and make sens

Moral and citizenship education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond. This book addresses some of the central issues in...

The primary aim of this text is to provide educators with specific strategies for engaging in equity and inclusion work on college campuses. We include the perspectives of faculty and staff with a range of experiences and expertise to address current...

It is true that religious scriptures and silver-tongued teachings are always inspiring, guiding and constructive. The latent energy hidden in such words have the capability of lighting up the human life. They inspire us, provide us energy and excite us...

"Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Living Your Life!"For those who want to design their own destiny and path, this book may be one of the most helpful resources available anywhere!Do you take charge of your life, or does it...

A community is a place where people bring their best selves, find the resources they need to thrive, and collaborate with others. Through conversations, activities, and guided self-reflections, Conversations That Transition to Community helps individuals...

If you want to be successful in school, then you have to be extremely productive in everything you do. And how do you make that happen? You plan and you make sure them become reality. You can use this planner to help remind you of your goals. At least...

One of the most effective ways of preparing for a test is to create your own reviewer. Doing so involves reading and writing efficiency. When you rewrite what you read, there is a higher tendency of better remembering the information because you're...

Here's an idea: why don't you use this planner to divide your schedule and to make sure you have enough time to study all your subjects. The beauty of keeping your own planner is that the schedule is never imposed on you. You create your own timeline and...

Welcome to college! By now, you will be very confused with the culture, the people and the whole idea of moving ever so closer to your dream. But to allow all these factors to cloud your mind and prevent you from hitting your goals will only pull you...

Research shows that students need support beyond academics in order to be successful in college and beyond. This book is an invaluable resource for higher education professionals who seek a holistic approach to improving students' health and well-being...

A good Academic Planner and Subject Notebook makes a valuable tool for effective study. When you write your schedules down, there is less possibility of you forgetting them. That means you will be able to divide your time well and even have the chance to...

Ever wondered why some graduates spend weeks or months looking for a job post graduation while others get multiple job offers much earlier in their degree?The GradGate takes you through the graduate journey. It explains how a graduate's employability is...

All societies contain ethnic divisions. Traditionally, education has acted to promote social integration, but with the acknowledgement of diversity do we know which system best promotes positive inter-community relations? Education in Divided Societies...

Public Interest in Higher Education explores the evolution of student activism on college campuses, how students, staff and faculty work together to identify collective problems they experience, and what challenges they must face to determine the best...

¿No estás seguro si la universidad es para ti? ¿Te estás preguntando si estás preparado para ello? ¿Sabes cuándo y cómo debes comenzar a ahorrar para la universidad? ¿Estás confundido...

Many are asking, what is wrong with teaching, learning, schooling, and education, and what can be done? You will get the answers (panacea) from the letters of a mad public school teacher: intrepid, irascible, cantankerous, provocative, passionate,...

In Contemporary Urban Youth Culture in China: A Multiperspectival Cultural Studies of Internet Subcultures, Jing Sun explores contemporary Chinese urban youth culture through analyses of three Chinese Internet subcultural artifacts--A Bloody Case of a...

The Misadventures of Nick is a collection of true stories of how Floyd W. Gill, a Deputy Sheriff and School Resource Officer in Alameda County, California of 28 years, worked to change the direction of many young lives. The stories follow the...

A volume in the Chinese American Educational Researchand Development Association Book SeriesSeries Editor Jinfa Cai, University of DelawareThis is the first in the book series on educational research sponsored by Chinese American EducationalResearch and...

Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines Vietnamese American youth gang formation in Southern California, with an emphasis on the experiences of those heavily involved in the 1990s. Lam traces the genealogy of the Vietnamese American youth gang...

The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them that knowledge. The claim in this book is that first-hand research experiences with families allow one...

The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many...