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Book SynopsisInformation acquisition and management has always had a profound impact on societal and organizational progression. This is due to higher education programs continuously expanding, students and academics being engaged in modern research, and the constant evaluating of current processes in education for optimization for the future. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Techniques, Trends, and Analysis for Optimized Research Methods is a comprehensive reference sources focused on the latest research methods currently facing educational technology and learners. While highlighting the innovative trends and methods, readers will learn valuable ways to conduct research and advance the understanding of ideas based on the results of their research. This publication is an important asset for teachers, researchers, practitioners, and graduate students looking to gain more knowledge on research trends and their applications.

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Book SynopsisIn an increasingly data-centric world, we all need to know how to read and interpret statistics. But where do we begin? This book breaks statistical terms and concepts down in a clear, straightforward way. From understanding what data are telling you to exploring the value of good storytelling with numbers, it equips you with the information and skills you need to become statistically literate. It also: Dispels misconceptions about the nature of statistics to help you avoid common traps. Helps you put your learning into practice with over 60 Tasks and Develop Your Skills activities. Draws on real-world research to demonstrate the messiness of data and show you a path through it. Approachable and down to earth, this guide is aimed at undergraduates across the social sciences, psychology, business and beyond who want to engage confidently with quantitative methods or statistics.It forms a reassuring aid for anyone looking to understand the foundations of statistics before their course advances, or as a refresher on key content.

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Book SynopsisThe student-focused guide to grounded theory, this book takes you step by step through the whole research process, from creating a research proposal to sharing your findings. Packed with tools to help you understand how grounded theory can be applied at each stage of your research project, the book includes: •Interactive activities and critical thinking questions in every chapter so you can put your knowledge into practice •Case studies written by a wide variety of researchers so you can learn how to navigate real world research from people who have been in your shoes •Templates and checklists to help guide your writing and ensure you don’t miss a step in the research process. Clear, accessible and applied, this book will help you get to grips with the philosophy of grounded theory, understand the nuts and bolts of designing and carrying out your research project, and manage any hurdles along the way. Explore the accompanying online resources, which include PowerPoint slides, additional templates, and weblinks to videos and journal articles relevant to the key concepts in each chapter. Table of ContentsPreparing For Grounded Theory Research Introducing Grounded Theory Philosophical Perspective In Grounded Theory Quality Grounded Theory Processes And Products Planning A Successful Grounded Theory Study Thinking Like A Grounded Theorist Proposing Your Grounded Theory Research Managing Yourself And Others In Grounded Theory Research Producing Grounded Theory Generating And Collecting Data Data Analysis In Grounded Theory From Analysis To Theory Maximising Grounded Theory Impact

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Book SynopsisAs he has done for each presidential campaign since 1992, Robert E. Denton, Jr. gathers a diverse collection of communications scholars to analyze specific areas of the most recent campaign season. Topics include early campaign rhetoric, the nomination process and conventions, candidate strategies, presidential debates, political advertising, the use of new media, news coverage of the campaigns. This volume looks at the 2020 Presidential campaign from three categories. The first section addresses the major political campaign communication areas to include pre-primary/candidate surfacing, the conventions, the debates, political advertising, social media and news coverage of the campaign. The second section includes two unique aspects of political branding and the politics of food in the 2020 campaign. The final section of the volume provides the broad overviews of campaign spending and finance as well as the national perspective of explaining the vote. Thus, the chapters cluster around the themes of campaign communication, studies of unique or special topics relevant to the campaigns.

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Book SynopsisWhether you re gathering information for a department report or planning a website redesign, easy access to meaningful, actionable data is critical. Farney and McHale address the distinctive needs of libraries educational mission with specific advice on how to use Web Analytics in a library setting. Users are given clear explanations of terminology, a glossary for future reference and effective communication tips for reporting results and recommending changes or improvements. Also included: Eight examples of semi-custom and custom reporting Four case studies showing project-specific applications Advice on how to use tools such as Percent Mobile and Google Analytics to complement one another

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Book SynopsisQuality researchuniquely enhanced by the author’s personal experience! In one of the first books to examine machismo from the perspective of Latin American and Latino men, Chris Girman relies on a compelling combination of ethnographic research and personal experience to explain how macho menmen like the author himselfregulate and sustain same-sex erotic encounters. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid description that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. While most of the literature on Latin American male same-sex desire ignores the significance of the male body in its investigation, this book shows why it is essential to focus on the macho male body and re-evaluates so-called machismo to forge a more nuanced description of Latin American masculinity. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin American men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid descriptions that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. With this book, you’ll become familiar with various kinds of Latin-American homosexual behavior. Here’s a glimpse at what you’ll find inside: Machismo, Practice Theorists, and Macho Performance summarizes previous research on Latin American male [homo]sexuality and defines the author’s concept of machismo and Latin American masculinity. Head, Hands, Balls, and Ass shows why focusing on the body as living matter, rather than metaphor (as is done in so many other books on sexuality), is the ideal point of entry into the study of Latin American male [homo]sexuality and masculinity. This chapter focuses on specific regions of the macho bodyhead, hands, balls, and assto explain how machismo actually promotes, rather than denies, sexual encounters between men. It also shows the importance of the Latin American family as a variable that structures the manner and frequency in which [homo]sexual encounters occur. The Dominican Tíguere and Hegemonic Masculinities takes a specific look at a very peculiar form of hegemonic masculinityrelying on cunning more than strength to come out on topthat is indigenous to the Dominican Republic. This chapter also tells the stories of five of the author’s sexual encounters in that nation and discusses the tiguere style of masculine performance. Desire in a Costa Rican Prison analyzes the ways in which desire, power, and pleasure are constituted in the Latin American prison environment. Historical Representations of Same-Sex Desire examines two short storiesEl Matadero (Esteban Echeverria) and Comienza el Desfile (Reinaldo Arenas), which highlight male eroticism as important concepts within discourses on national identity. Both stories conceptualize same-sex desire within specific historical moments and demonstrate how male [homo]sexuality emerges and represents itself not in contrast to the dominant discourse, but within that discourse itself. Familiar, Familial Voices: Latino Men Speak Out documents the voices of gay-identified Latino men living in Central Texasmen who have come to love other Latin, Black, and Anglo men in the context of very full lives. These men reveal their conceptions of identity, race, performance, resistance, family, pleasure, desire, masculinity, silence, and place. Performing Matter[s]-Masculinity, the Male Body, and the Evocation of the [non]real defies the notion that written representations can capture the lived realities of Table of Contents Foreword (Robert A. Fernea) Acknowledgments Introduction Is Latin America a Coherent Entity? Marking My Position Orientation Some Caveats Chapter 1. Machismo and Macho Performance Male [Homo]Sexual Encounters in Latin America Deconstructing Machismo Uniting System and Self: From Habitus to Performance Queer Performativity Conclusion Chapter 2. Head, Hands, Balls, and Ass From a Theory of the Body to the Body As Theory The Macho Body Structural and Psychological Variables Conclusion Chapter 3. The Dominican Tíguere and Hegemonic Masculinities Introduction El Tíguere Tígueres, Conejos, y Patos [Tigers, Rabbits, and Ducks]: Dominican Tíguere Sexuality The Kid, the Cop, the Thief, and My Lover: Five Stories Conclusion Chapter 4. Desire in a Costa Rican Prison Introduction Junior Hegemonic Masculinity in San Sabastián Phallocentrism and Desire Pleasure Desire As Identification Cacherismo and Resistance/Alternative Discourses Conclusion Chapter 5. Historical Representations of Same-Sex Desire in Esteban Echeverría’s El Matadero and Reinaldo Arenas’s Comienza el Desfile Introduction Los Hermanos Sodomitas: Masculinity and [Homo]eroticism in Echeverría’s El Matadero La Busqueda del Huerfano: Disenchantment and [Homo]eroticism in Arenas’s Comienza el Desfile A Carnivalesque Critique Chapter 6. Familiar, Familial Voices: Latino Men Speak Out Introduction Forming the Chicano Other Speaking of Family Masculine Assumption[s] Conclusion Chapter 7. Performing Matter[s]: Masculinities, the Male Body, and the Evocation of the [Not] Real Introduction Performative Writing The Male Body Emergent Ethnography and the Emergence of the Body Toward a Performative Ethnography Desde Santo Domingo hasta San Antonio: Putting My Own Body on the Line Conclusion The Final Act: Why It All Matters Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat constitutes lesbian identity?The term homonormativity describes current prevailing idealized assumptions about lesbian identity. This concept, however, marginalizes subgroups within the greater lesbian population. Challenging Lesbian Norms: Intersex, Transgender, Intersectional, and Queer Perspectives dynamically confronts homonormativity in lesbian communities by presenting expert multidisciplinary discussion about what is a definable lesbian identity. This text sensitively explores difficult issues about gender policing and the viewpoints in lesbian communities that hold that transgender, intersectional, and queer individuals are considered to have 'false consciousness.' Consequences of lesbian normativity, both for lesbian communities and for marginalized groups are examined through literary criticism, lesbian, feminist, and queer theories, corporeal philosophy, film, television, cultural criticism, personal narratives, public health, and field research.The issue of the authenticity of lesbian identity causes rifts between some lesbian communities and the groups that strive to be included, yet are still marginalized. Challenging Lesbian Norms directly exposes practices and beliefs within lesbian communities that lead to the assumption of the prototypical lesbian. The book courageously reveals the similarities of lesbian normative stances with other views such as Christian conservative rhetoric, and reviews the health consequences of being marginalized within the lesbian communities. This text actively challenges the foundational notion within lesbian communities that a stable, immutable lesbian sex exists.Topics in Challenging Lesbian Norms include: human physiology, the flexibility of sexuality, and biologic determinism marginalization within lesbian communities transexualism and Lesbian Theory gender and sexual identity construction, partnering practices, and issues involving queer-identified youth demystification of the gay vibe from a femme queer woman’s perspective lesbian feminism, gender policing, and casting butch, FTM, and transgendered subjectivities as false conciousness representations of lesbians in television movies Native-American two-spirit women teaching transgender, and its transformative effect identity modeling inclusion of transgender and intersex individuals within the lesbian communities transgender characters in film Latina lesbians and mental health Challenging Lesbian Norms is stimulating, eye-opening reading that is perfect for activists, educators and students in LGBT and women’s studies, and public health professionals.Table of Contents Introduction: Challenging Lesbian Normativity (Angela Pattatucci-Aragón) Fleshy Specificity: (Re)considering Transsexual Subjects in Lesbian Communities (Kelly Coogan) The Invisible Body of Queer Youth: Identity and Health in the Margins of Lesbian and Trans Communities (Dorinda L. Welle, Sebastian S. Fuller, Daniel Mauk, and Michael C. Clatts) Gee, I Didn’t Get That Vibe from You Articulating My Own Version of a Femme Lesbian Existence (Robbin VanNewkirk) Gender Please, Without the Gender Police: Rethinking Pain in Archetypical Narratives of Butch, Transgender, and FTM Masculinity (Madelyn Detloff) Household Remedies: New Narratives of Queer Containment in the Television Movie (Cait Keegan) My Spirit in My Heart: Identity Experiences and Challenges Among American Indian Two-Spirit Women (Karina L. Walters, Teresa Evans-Campbell, Jane M. Simoni, Theresa Ronquillo, and Rupaleem Bhuyan) Teaching Transgender in Women’s Studies: Snarls and Strategies (Sara E. Cooper and Connor James Treba) Developing an Identity Model for Transgender and Intersex Inclusion in Lesbian Communities (Christopher Robinson) An Other Space: Between and Beyond Lesbian-Normativity and Trans-Normativity (Myfanwy McDonald) In Another Bracket: Trans Acceptance in Lesbian Utopia (Jamie Stuart) Debating Trans Inclusion in the Feminist Movement: A Trans-Positive Analysis (Eli R. Green) I Don’t Know Who I Am: Severely Mentally Ill Latina WSW Navigating Differentness (Sana Loue and Nancy Méndez) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book presents new historical, legal, sociological, psychological, and cross-disciplinary research on male intergenerational intimacy. Experts thoroughly document and further the discussion about this area of research through historical and ethnological examples from different times and places, and aim to clarify how controversies about the subject have evolved in modern Western society. The editors of Male Intergenerational Intimacy have solicited original research and literature reviews which do not digress into emotional arguments for or against intergenerational intimacy but instead aim to establish the basics for a research-based scholarship.The contributors address the implications of intergenerational intimacy on a variety of levels--from friendship and companionship through sexual dimensions--and further analyze personal accounts to illustrate how individuals involved in intergenerational intimacy understand themselves and how they construct their concepts of intimacy and sexual identity. Contributors also deal with intergenerational intimacy behaviors that require counseling, treatment, and psychotherapeutic interventions from a positive approach. Finally, separate chapters deal with criminology issues and penal codes as they relate to the subject area.Table of ContentsContents Foreword: The Debate on Pedophilia Man-Boy Relationships: Different Concepts for a Diversity of Phenomena Pederasty Among Primitives: Institutionalized Initiation and Cultic Prostitution The Thera Inscriptions--Ritual or Slander? The Historic Origins Statues Concerning Sexual Activities Involving Children and Adolescents Man-Boy Friendships on Trial: On the Shift in the Discourse on Boy Love in the Early Twentieth Century Boys in Art. The Artist and His Model: Ferdinand and Hector Hodler. A New Approach Ephebophilia and the Creation of a Spiritual Myth in the Works of Ralph-Nicholas Chubb “The Main Thing Is Being Wanted”: Some Case Studies on Adult Sexual Experiences With Children Boy-Lovers and Their Influence on Boys: Distorted Research and Anecdotal Observations Man-Boy Lovers: Assessment, Counseling, and Psychotherapy A Model for Group Counseling With Male Pedophiles Tolerance at Arm’s Length: The Dutch Experience Understanding Childhood Sexualities Man/Boy Love and the American Gay Movement The Study of Intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia Objectivity and Ideology: Criticism of Theo Sandfort’s Research on Man-Boy Sexual Relations Response to Bauserman Response to the Bauserman Critique

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Book SynopsisSlote shows you how to identify the core collections versus the weedable items. After reviewing current weeding practices and standards, he discusses a variety of traditional and computer-assisted methods for weeding.Based on the author's ongoing research, field observations, and interviews with library professionals, this edition thoroughly updates the previous one and simplifies the process of weeding. Slote shows librarians how to identify the core collections versus the weedable items. After reviewing current weeding practices and standards, he discusses a variety of traditional and computer-assisted methods for weeding. His approach is based on the new understanding of the relationship between in-library use and circulation use. A section dealing with reference (noncirculating) collections has been added, and the chapter on computer-assisted weeding has been completely rewritten to help librarians streamline the weeding process. All forms have been redesigned.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of twelve interviews with brief therapy experts and some of the field's most influential innovators (O'Hanlon, de Shazer, White, and Meichenbaum to name a few). The interviews, conducted to explore technical, theoretical, and ethical aspects of the theory and practice of brief therapy, offer the give-and-take spontaneity that can only be found in an interview style. The selection of the content is based on both the expertise of the interviewees as well as those issues of most concern to the field: managed care and economics, ethics, and being solution-focused.Trade Review"The unifying themes of these conversations are a concern with the potential of psychotherapy to dehumanize and demoralize through the use of pathologically based language and an awareness of how the intrinsic power imbalance in the therapeutic relationship may lead to the imposition of agendas that are inconsistent with a client's goals." -- Psychiatric Services"Twelve interviews with psychotherapists address the technical, theoretical and ethical aspects of their craft." -- SciTech Book NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction. On the Importance of Keeping It Simple and Taking the Patient Seriously: A Conversation with Steve de Shazer and John Weakland. Welcome to PossibilityLand: A Conversation with Bill O'Hanlon. On Ethics and the Spiritualities of the Surface: A Conversation with Michael White and Gene Combs. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from a Narrative Constructivist Perspective: A Conversation with Donald Meichenbaum. Contact, Contract, Change, Encore: A Conversation about Redecision Therapy with Bob Goulding. Constructing Therapeutic Realities: A Conversation with Paul Watzlawick. Solution Building and Language Games: A Conversation with Steve de Shazer (and Some after Words with Insoo Berg). Postmodernism, the Relational Self, Constructive Therapies, and Beyond: A Conversation with Kenneth Gergen. About Constructivism (or, If Four Colleagues Talked in New York, Would Anyone Hear It?): A Conversation with Scott Miller, Barbara Held, and William Matthews. Brief Therapy and Managed Care: A Conversation with Michael Hoyt and Jon Matthew Carlson. Honoring Our Internalized Others and the Ethics of Caring: A Conversation with Karl Tomm and Stephen Madigan. Direction and Discovery: A Conversation about Power and Politics in Narrative Therapy with Michael White and Jeff Zimmerman.

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Book SynopsisDespite controversies over current educational practices, Texas boasts a rich and vibrant bilingual tradition - and not just for Spanish-English instruction, but for Czech, German, Polish, and Dutch as well. Over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Texas educational policymakers embraced, ignored, rejected, outlawed, and then once again embraced this tradition. In ""The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981"", Carlos Kevin Blanton traces the educational policies and their underlying rationales, from Stephen F. Austin's proposal in the 1830s to ""Mexicanize"" Anglo children by teaching them Spanish along with English and French, through the 1981 passage of the most encompassing bilingual education law in the state's history. Drawing on primary materials, Blanton presents the Texas experience in light of national trends and movements, such as Progressive Education, the Americanization Movement, and the Good Neighbor Movement. By tracing the many changes that eventually led to the re-establishment of bilingual education in its modern form in the 1960s and the 1981 passage of a landmark state law, Blanton reconnects Texas with its bilingual past.

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Book SynopsisUsing shaggy dog stories based on classic literature, the Polettes address common spelling and grammatical errors and the ways in which children can be taught to read critically to recognize them. Stories such as Rapunzel, Alice, The Hare and the Tortoise, and King Arthur, purposely embedded with common errors, have been pretested in teacher workshops given by Nancy Polette and in Dr. Keith Polette's classes at the University of Texas, El Paso. Teachers found them specific enough to be used directly in the writing instruction curriculum and fun for students to read and try to figure out.Each full-page reproducible story and its corrected counterpart focus on common errors (incorrect use of quotation marks, end marks, capitalization, apostrophes, semicolons, run on sentences, homophones, verb usage, etc.). An appendix offers answer explanations, rules to be learned and taught, and more. Grades 3-8.Trade Review"Reproducible passages with built-in errors are designed to help upper-elementary and middle-school students hone in on specific grammatical concepts through proofreading. The stories are goofy and familiar, with punny punch lines guaranteed to elicit groans." - Curriculum Connections"Keith Polette and Nancy Polette, an author, presenter, and speaker, provide 45 reproducible stories that contain spelling and grammatical errors, with corrections, to teach children in grades three to eight editing skills. These are Shaggy Dog stories based on classic literature humorous versions of them that end with a joke or pun. The stories, such as Rapunzel, The Yellow Brick Road, and The Frankenstein Monster, instruct students what usage errors to watch out for and each has the same narrative structure." - Reference & Research Book News

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Book SynopsisThe rise of peace education both in scholarship and in practice has yielded numerous documents, websites, and publications with often divergent perspectives on what the field is, does, and means. The Encyclopedia of Peace Education provides a comprehensive overview of the scholarly developments in the field to date, so as to provide a common denominator for the various actors involved in advancing peace education internationally. Thus, this edited volume serves as an essential reference guide that traces the history and emergence of the field, highlights foundational concepts, contextualizes peace education practice across international and disciplinary borders, and suggests new directions for peace educators. From core conceptual perspectives to the moral and spiritual foundations of the field to the role of the United Nations, the Encyclopedia grounds peace education in a solid theoretical and practical framework through the writings of the field's most renowned scholars. This volume will target undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars and practitioners working in international and non-governmental organizations in the field of peace education.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Monisha Bajaj.; Section I: The Historical Emergence of and Influences on Peace Education. History of Peace Education, Ian Harris. John Dewey and Peace Education, Charles Howlett. Maria Montessori and Peace Education, Cheryl Duckworth. Paulo Freire and Peace Education, Lesley Bartlett.; Section II: Foundational Perspectives in Peace Education. From and Content of Peace Education, Johan Galtung. Conceptual Perspectives in Peace Education, Magnus Haavelsrud. The Moral and Spiritual Foundations of Peace Education, Dale Snauwaert. The United Nations and Peace Education, James Page.; Section III: Core Concepts in Peace Education. Caring and Peace Education, Nel Noddings. Countering Militarism Through Peace Education, Carl Mirra. Human Rights Education, Felisa Tibbitts. Global Citizenship Education, Lynn Davies.; Section IV: Frameworks and New Directions for Peace Education. Comparative and International Education and Peace Education, Robin Burns. Futures Studies and Peace Education, David Hicks. ""Critical"" Peace Education, Monisha Bajaj. Unity-Based Peace Education, H. B. Danesh. About the Authors. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn an attempt to organize the swiftly-growing diversity in Christianity during the nineteenth century, the author compiled a learned compendium of the known religious groups of his day. A unique glimpse into the history of early-modern religious thought, this reference work includes extensive articles on the various collections of believers both Christian and non-Christian. Blunt, in a move that presaged the more comprehensive modern studies of the phenomenon of religious diversification, included exotic religions that were beginning to be taken seriously during his century.

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Book SynopsisWatch the excitement ripple through your classroom as students use their intellect to find out who committed the "crime" at your school. Enliven your students as they practice critical thinking skills. Students are often taught skills such as the scientific method, scientific research, critical thinking, making observations, analyzing facts, and drawing conclusions in isolation. Studying forensic science allows students to practice these skills and see theories put into practice by using circumstances that model real-life events, meanwhile letting students explore a variety of career options.This exciting unit includes: background information on forensics, exploration of careers in forensic science and law enforcement, a simulation involving a fire in the school library, and instructions for writing your own crime scene simulation. To crack the case, students examine evidence left at the scene, interview suspects (staff members), and use critical thinking to connect all of the clues and eliminate suspects. Students will feel like real investigators with this true-to-life simulation.Let your students solve more mysteries with Mystery Disease, Mystery Science, Detective Club, and The Great Chocolate Caper.Grades 5-8Trade ReviewThis book presents a highly engaging unit combining criminal investigation, careers in forensic science, and types of evidence. In the culminating activity, students and faculty participate in a simulation of a school-wide arson investigation. Critical analysis of evidence, inference in questioning suspects, determining reasonability of relevant information, and drawing conclusions are among the critical thinking skills honed by students as they work to crack the case and discover the true criminal. This workbook is so well thought out that if a teacher had the time and cooperation of the [school] staff to conduct the simulation, it would undoubtedly be an educational experience students would not only benefit from but also remember for a lifetime.,Tina Forester,Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, 5/1/04Table of ContentsGeneral Information Information for the Instructor Lesson Plans Pre-Simulation Information Criminal Investigations Criminal Investigations Information Forensic Careers Forensic Career Presentation Forensic Career Worksheet Forensic Career Assignment All Kinds of Evidence Assignment Planning Guide Grading Rubric Crime Scene Simulation The Case of The Blazing Books Overview and Motive Preparing Materials Gathering Evidence Setting up the Labs Setting up the Scene Viewing the Crime Scene Student Procedures Questioning Procedures Teacher’s Role Examining Evidence Charging a Suspect Supporting Materials Chart of Roles Sample News Article Witness Role Description Suspect Role Description Suspect Evidence Request Suspect Handwriting Sample Suspect Identification Card Suspect and Witness Profiles Detective Report Forensic Laboratory Materials Evidence Request Card Evidence Log Blood Evidence Procedures Blood Report Procedures for All Other Labs Fingerprint Report Arson Report Shoe Print Report Hair Report Handwriting Report Creating Your Own Simulation Customizing the Simulation Appendix Arson Motives Fast Facts on Fires

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Book SynopsisThis methods book will guide the reader through the process of conducting and producing an autoethnographic study through the understanding of self, other, and culture. Readers will be encouraged to follow hands-on, though not prescriptive, steps in data collection, analysis, and interpretation with self-reflective prewriting exercises and self-narrative writing exercises to produce their own autoethnographic work. Chang offers a variety of techniques for gathering data on the self—from diaries to culture grams to interviews with others—and shows how to transform this information into a study that looks for the connection with others present in a diverse world. She shows how the autoethnographic process promotes self-reflection, understanding of multicultural others, qualitative inquiry, and narrative writing. Samples of published autoethnographies provide exemplars for the novice researcher to follow.Table of ContentsPart 1 Conceptual Framework; Chapter 1 Culture: A Web of Self and Others; Chapter 2 Self-Narratives; Chapter 3 Autoethnography; Part 2 Collecting Autoethnographic Data; Chapter 4 Getting Ready; Chapter 5 Collecting Personal Memory Data; Chapter 6 Collecting Self-Observational and Self-Reflective Data; Chapter 7 Collecting External Data; Part 3 Turning Data into Autoethnography; Chapter 8 Managing Data; Chapter 9 Analyzing and Interpreting Data; Chapter 10 Writing Autoethnography;

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Book SynopsisThe use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research. They offer the basic principles of conducting this kind of study, then examine a wide variety of design options available to the researcher, including their strengths and weaknesses and when to use them. Providing examples from a variety of disciplines, examining potential threats to validity, and showing the relationship between method and theory, the book will be a valuable addition to the methodologist’s library and a useful text in courses in research design.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Mixed Method Design: Who Needs It?; Chapter 2 The Nuts and Bolts of Mixed Method Design; Chapter 3 Theoretical Drive; Chapter 4 Pacing the Components; Chapter 5 The Point of Interface; Chapter 6 Sampling for Mixed Method Designs; Chapter 7 Planning a Mixed Method Project; Chapter 8 Qualitatively-Driven Mixed Method Designs; Chapter 9 Quantitatively-Driven Mixed Method Designs; Chapter 10 Complex Mixed and Multiple Method Designs;

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Book SynopsisQualitative researchers are increasingly being called upon to become human rights advocates, to help individuals and communities honor the sanctity of life, and to promote the core values of privacy, justice, freedom, peace, and human dignity. In this volume of plenary papers from the Fifth International of Qualitative Inquiry in 2009, leading qualitative researchers show the various dimensions of the human rights work being done by scholar/activists in the social sciences, education, health care, social services, cultural studies, and other fields.

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Book SynopsisNEW FOR 2022: Questions and answers in four separate tests-plus detailed explanations for each right and wrong answer, keyed to the page of the latest official state Study Guide-help coach students for the difficult exam. This unofficial resource at last takes notary prep to the next level by revealing the tricks of questions and formats, tactics for the test, and the law behind it.Louisiana civil law notaries have unmatched functions, responsibilities, and opportunities-but the exam averages a 20% pass rate. Candidates need all the help they can get. The best prep classes and study groups recommend multiple practice questions to understand the format, content, and coverage of the actual exams the Secretary of State administers each year. Yet even the best workbooks and study aids are costly but barebones in the answers they provide. Their questions help, but students are left matching answers to page numbers. There''s no guidance on why they''re right-and even less about why other good options aren''t "best."This book fills that void with 130 questions and detailed clarifications, plus tactics illustrated by specific formats and options. Explanations are keyed in detail to the 2022 Fundamentals (state study guide). Dr. Childress, author of a best-selling supplemental book decoding the state study guide and teacher of Tulane''s undergraduate course in notary law, explains every twist he can think of that the examiners may try. Whether as a recommended supplement to a prep class, as spelled-out lagniappe to other available workbooks, or as a new tool for self-study, this workbook should become standard fare for anyone contemplating becoming a commissioned notary.An affordable addition to the Self-Study Sherpa Series from Quid Pro Books, in quality trade paperback.

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Book SynopsisProvides a solid, foundational understanding of creativity that enables readers to elicit creative performance from their students. The first book of its kind in the school library field, The Creative Imperative: School Librarians and Teachers Cultivating Curiosity Together assists educators, school librarians, school counselors, and parents in learning about creativity and inquiry as well as how to foster these desired processes in school settings and beyond. The work begins by addressing the foundational aspects of creativity, and then discusses creativity within the educational setting, exploring how educators can be more creative themselves and coax creative performance from their students. The final part of the text focuses specifically on school libraries and the role of librarians in developing environments and opportunities for inquiry that nurture creativity.Trade Review[D]edicated to helping professionals foster creativity in the educational setting . . . some of the best moments of the collection are when authors offer valuable insights into using technology to aid in creativity. . . . [T]he editors promise from the start that this collection will not rely on traditional (and often false) ideas of creative education, making this a valuable resource for professionals. * VOYA *Table of ContentsForeword Vera John-Steiner Acknowledgments Introduction Jami Biles Jones and Lori J. Flint SECTION I UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF CREATIVITY 1 Looking and Leaping: An Introduction to Creativity Research Sarah E. Sumners and Garrett J. Jaeger 2 Creativity Theory and Educational Practice: Why All the Fuss? Michael Hanchett Hanson 3 The Dark Side of Creativity in the Classroom: The Paradox of Classroom Teaching Arthur Cropley and David Cropley 4 The Creativity Crisis, Possible Causes, and What Schools Can Do Kyung Hee Kim and Stephen V. Coxon SECTION II THE COMPONENTS OF CREATIVITY 5 Inside-the-Box: An Expertise-Based Approach to Creativity in Education Robert W. Weisberg and Michael Hanchett Hanson 6 Motivation Is Everything Beth A. Hennessey 7 The Creative Tapestry: Collaborative Partnerships Gail Bush 8 Encouraging Creative Achievement: How to Develop the Habits of Mind Necessary for Creative Production Lori J. Flint 9 Acting on Curiosity: What's Changed, What Hasn't, and What Educators Can Do Marilyn P. Arnone and Ruth V. Small SECTION III CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE SCHOOL LIBRARY OF CURIOUS DELIGHT 10 Creativity in the Classroom: Teachers and Librarians Together Alane Jordan Starko 11 The Application of Common Core State Standards to Foster Creativity and Curiosity Carolyn Coil 12 The Potential of Technology to Foster Creativity Brian C. Housand 13 Fostering Creativity through Inquiry Jami Biles Jones 14 The Role of the School Librarian in Developing Creativity through Future Problem Solving Bonnie L. Cramond and Suehyeon Paek 15 Bibliocreativity: How Books and Stories Develop Creativity Brian Sturm Appendix A: Creative Solution and Diagnosis Scale (CSDS) Appendix B: Future Problem Solving International Topic Lists Resources Index About the Editors and Contributors

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Book SynopsisHere is everything you need to promote your library as a center for genealogical study by leveraging your collection to help patrons conduct research on ancestors, document family stories, and archive family heirlooms. Websites, social media, and the Internet have made research on family history accessible. Your library can tap into the popularity of the do-it-yourself genealogy movement by promoting your role as both a preserver of local community history as well as a source for helping your patrons archive what's important to their family. This professional guide will teach you how to integrate family history programming into your educational outreach tools and services to the community. The book is divided into three sections: the first introduces methods for creating a program to help your clients trace their roots; the second provides library science instruction in reference and planning for local collections; and the third part focuses on the use of specific types of resources in local collections. Additional information features methods for preserving photographs, letters, diaries, documents, memorabilia, and ephemera. The text also includes bibliographies, appendices, checklists, and links to online aids to further assist with valuating and organizing important family mementos.Trade ReviewReaders will appreciate the plethora of programming ideas presented throughout the work as well as the tips for creating a guide of other local organizations supporting family history research. . . . Anyone who wishes to develop or expand a family history program will turn to this resource again and again. * Library Journal, Starred Review *Offers practical advice, with bibliographical notes, on how to establish a family history service within the framework of existing programming and outreach. * American Libraries *When libraries face budget concerns and changes in technology and consumerism, embracing family history offers a significant opportunity. Some hesitate, uncertain of how to help researchers in an unfamiliar field. Fostering Family History Services aims to help these professionals and volunteers. . . . Fostering Family History Services is a welcome addition to a subject that receives little notice in library science education. It shows libraries paying more attention to the value of local history and genealogy collections. * National Genealogical Society Quarterly *Fostering Family History Services lays important groundwork for helping information providers understand how best to serve the needs of their patrons. . . . Chapters are meticulously documented with citations from the professional literature, and include lists of other print and electronic resources for further reference. The book also includes program ideas that librarians and archivists may utilize to enhance the services they provide. While Fostering Family History Services is intended for information service providers, it is suited to anyone seeking to understand how librarians, archivists, and volunteers serve the needs of local history researchers. * History News *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Introduction: Why Providing Family History Services is a Great Idea Chapter 1: Thinking Outside the Collection Box Chapter 2: Record It: Preserving Family and Community History Chapter 3: Tell It: Oral History for the 21st Century Chapter 4: Sort It: Assessing and Storing Home Sources Chapter 5: Picture It: Gathering, Analyzing and Storing Family Photographs Chapter 6: The Negotiators: Asking and Answering Questions Chapter 7: Maximizing Access to Family History Materials Chapter 8: Mining the Riches Chapter 9: Pooling Our Resources: The Digital Portal Appendix A: Annotated Lists of Family History Titles Appendix B: The Locality Guide Appendix C: Associations Related to Local Studies Appendix D: Forms Index

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Book SynopsisThis professional primer provides the blueprint to help you create a school library program, covering all aspects of library management such as budgeting, eBook use, purchasing, and teacher collaboration. Advice and strategies from experts in the field will help you master collection development, library administration, recruitment, and staffing. This handbook is the perfect introduction to school library management for both novice and seasoned professionals. The authors—both experienced school librarians—provide basic guidelines for overseeing an effective library program, practical examples that can be used to implement quality lessons, comprehensive coverage of key topics including daily tasks and human resource management, and ideas for the future of school library management. The provided strategies make setting up and running a program easy for professionals at any level. The second edition includes updated information on the latest trends, terminology, and technologies current in the field. The book is organized into three sections: focusing on daily operations; your role as a teacher collaborator and visionary; and methods for managing a collection. Included resource lists, sidebars, charts, and pictures offer tips and ideas for successfully implementing your plans.Trade ReviewThis is a helpful overview of the many practical considerations involved in running a school library and building a school library program for those new to the field. . . . This work could serve as a text for a school library management course or could be a helpful primer for new school librarians. . . . [I]t would certainly be an informative resource for those new to library work. * VOYA *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Part I. Day-to-Day Basics Chapter 1: Your Role as a School Library/Media Specialist Chapter 2: Understanding Library Organization Chapter 3: Circulation Policies and Mechanics Chapter 4: Using Media Management Systems Chapter 5: Scheduling: Philosophy and Practicality Chapter 6: Staffing Your School Library Chapter 7: Arranging Your School Library Part II. The School Librarian as Teacher/Collaborator Chapter 8: Identifying Standards – State and National Chapter 9: Developing and Promoting Your Library Program Chapter 10: Research and You Chapter 11: Television Production and You Part III. Long-Term Vision Chapter 12: Collection Development Chapter 13: Resources for the Journey Chapter 14: Budgeting and Purchasing Chapter 15: Cataloging and Processing Part IV. Equipping Your Library/Media Center Chapter 16: Equipped to Run! Appendix A: National Level Professional Organizations Appendix B: State Level Professional Organizations Appendix C: Helpful Resources Appendix D: Awards for Children and Young Adult Literature Appendix E: Library 101 Vocabulary: A Glossary of Terms Index

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Book SynopsisThis catalogue is a brief report of Arabic and Syriac manuscripts found at Saint Catherine's Monastery, compiled by Margaret Dunlop Gibson and her sister.

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Book SynopsisA comic masterpiece of medieval French literature, Aucassin and Nicolette is categorized by its anonymous author as a “chantefable”, or “song-story”, and is the only known work of this kind. This edition includes the thirteenth-century French text and a modern English translation on facing pages.An introduction outlines the text’s background, genre, literary relations, historical contexts, major themes, and relevance to a contemporary audience. Its alternating sections of verse and prose recount a story of love between the aristocratic but distinctly unheroic young lord Aucassin and his beloved Nicolette. Despite familial disapproval, class and ethnic differences, imprisonment, and geographical separation, Nicolette’s single-minded pursuit of Aucassin raises interesting questions about gender roles and their depiction in the Middle Ages.The issue of identity is also addressed, as the identity of Nicolette shifts in terms of class, religion, and ethnicity: born a Muslim princess, she becomes both a slave and a Christian convert, and is eventually recaptured by her Saracen family, much to her displeasure. With its daring escapes, its descriptions of travel to exotic lands, its separations, and its happy reunions, Aucassin and Nicolette is both a classic romantic comedy and an entertaining parody of the romance genre.

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Book SynopsisBy integrating cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories, this groundbreaking book presents empirical studies on selected grammatical and semantic aspects that are challenging for second/foreign language learners. Through in-depth studies exploring eight different languages, this book offers insights generated through the synergy between cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories that can be readily incorporated into teaching.

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on a relatively neglected area of management consulting, the education of consultants. In today's business world, we find training programs provided by consultancies, certification programs provided by professional organisations, on-the-job training of consultants with formal or informal supervision, self-taught professionals, and some academic programs and courses. Is that enough? No, better consultants are needed to handle the complexity and changing nature of business. Academe is in the best position to provide the critical thinking preparation necessary. Yet, academic institutions have been slow in embracing this challenge. The role of academia needs to grow in magnitude and in certain directions that educate consultants beyond industry training practices. Chapter authors provide examples of innovative programs, topical approaches for courses, and thoughtful reflections on the role academia can play in preparing better consultants. There are lessons for business schools, consultancies, and aspiring and practising consultants.Table of ContentsPreface, Anthony F. Buono. Introduction, Susan M. Adams and Alberto Zanzi. PART I: PROGRAM INNOVATIONS. Upgrading Problem-Based Learning by Involving Consulting Professionals, G. M. (Bud) Smith, Jr. and Deborah Good. Bridging the Divide: Enhancing the Real-World Experience in a Management Consulting Course, Tom Cooper and Dennis Hanlon. A Springboard for Further Learning: Teaching Seasoned Practitioners by Harnessing Their Experience, Hans Vermaak. The IFF-M/O/T Master Program in Organisation Development, Ralph Grossmann, Klaus Scala, and Kurt Mayer. Preparing and Training Better Consultants Through the Socioeconomic Approach to Management Curricula, Henri Savall, Véronique Zardet, Marc Bonnet, and Michel Péron. Want Higher Impact Consulting? Use Yourself as an Instrument of Change, Miriam Y. Lacey. PART II: TOPICAL APPROACHES. Intervening and Interventions: An Overview, Léon de Caluwé. Consultants and Persuasive Argumentation, Onno Bouwmeester. Academic Storytelling Consultancy Supporting a Local Arts Scene: An Agential Realist and Socioeconomic Approach to Management Perspective, David M. Boje and Joe Gladstone. Virtual Project Consultants: A Time-Driven Decision-Making Model, Velvet Weems-Landingham.

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Book SynopsisBlind pigs, speakeasies, coffin varnish, and tarantula juice were all a part of the Roaring 20s. Making alcohol illegal didn''t get rid of bars and taverns or crime bosses: They just went underground. Secret joints were in almost every large city and could be entered if you knew the right code words. Discover the crazy language and secret codes of the Prohibition Erawhy you should mind your beeswax and watch out for the gumshoe talking to the fuzz or you might end up in the cooler! It''s all part of the true stories from the Top Secret Files: Gangsters and Bootleggers. Take a look if you dare, but be careful! Some secrets are meant to stay hidden . . . Ages 9-12

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