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Book SynopsisMany resources exist to help new doctoral investigators to understand and engage with the tenets and philosophies that underpin doctoral-level research to allow for a sample of self-as-subject research. Every day, new forms of researcher-participant data collection and analysis protocols and contributions to the respective discipline in the use of these methods are designed by doctoral researchers and other scholars for heuristic inquiry and autoethnography. Autoethnography and Heuristic Inquiry for Doctoral-Level Researchers: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential research publication that explores the conventions of autoethnography or heuristic research within the specific context of doctoral-level research. In contrast to similar resources, this book presents various and unique systematic methods and procedures used within current research for data collection, analysis, interpretation and representations of data, and study contributions to illustrate the varied nuances and many choices doctoral-level researchers have when their research design is founded on the principles and tenets of autoethnography or heuristic inquiry. Thus, this book is ideal for doctoral research supervisors, doctoral students, independent researchers, and academicians.

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Book SynopsisIn higher education, case studies can be utilized to have students put themselves into problems faced by a protagonist and, by doing so, address academic or career-related issues. Working through these issues provides students with an opportunity to gain applied perspective and experiences. Professors in higher education who choose this method of teaching require navigational tools to ensure that students achieve stated learning objectives. Case Study Methodology in Higher Education is an essential research publication that focuses on the history and theories relating to case study methodology including techniques for writing case studies and utilizing them in university settings to prepare students for real-life career-related scenarios. This publication features a wide range of topics such as educational leadership, case writing, and teacher education. It is essential for educators, career professionals, higher education faculty, researchers, and students.

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Book SynopsisNew Edition Now Available!Career Development and Planning: A Comprehensive Approach provides content from cognitive psychology, sociology, and economics that can be used to solve career problems and make career decisions. Career Development and Planning is an inclusive, integrated system of career learning activities intended to improve instruction and enhance learning outcomes. Career Development and Planning features three knowledge domains: cognitive and social foundations, the occupational world and work behavior, and career choice and development in individuals and organizations.Career Development and Planning includes theoretical work in cognitive psychology and relevant knowledge from the applied behavioral sciences: Part I focuses on the theory base in cognitive information processing, with detailed, practical examples of the application of the theory in typical career situations, including self-knowledge, occupational knowledge, and decision making. Part II provides a multidisciplinary overlay of issues that affect career decisions, such as economic trends, organizational culture, new work styles, and dual careers. Part III focuses on concrete steps for executing a strategic career plan and seeking employment, including an examination of familiar topics such as interviewing, resume writing, negotiating, and work adjustment, from a cognitive and multidisciplinary perspective. Career Development and Planning: A Comprehensive Approach can be re-ordered, appended with your content, and customized to fit any existing course structure! In addition, the text also comes with a comprehensive instructor manual that includes activities related to course content and PowerPoint presentations for each chapter.In addition to meeting general education requirements, this text fulfills five criteria cited by the American Psychological Association. The text embraces and builds upon the following APA professional development guidelines for the undergraduate psychology major:""Apply psychological content and skills to career goals."" (APA 2016)The text focuses on the topic of self-knowledge and helps students apply this information to career decision-making. Students assess and evaluate their Values, Interests, and Skills, providing them with vital information for career planning. Utilizing cognitive information processing theory and Holland's RIASEC theory, students learn about self-knowledge for educational and career planning.""Exhibit self-efficacy and self-regulation."" (APA 2016)The text provides valuable information from cognitive psychology to aid students in making proactive, self-directed decisions about their futures. It presents a five-phase career decision-making model and explains how one's metacognitions can be changed to enhance decision-making effectiveness.""Refine project-management skills."" (APA 2016)The text guides students through concrete, measureable steps for meeting their career goals, providing them with an understanding of how to break down complex tasks into smaller, manageable actions. It features a conceptual framework based on theory and research, the CASVE Cycle, which empowers students with a schema for executing educational, occupational, or employment plans.""Enhance teamwork capacity."" (APA 2016)The text explains how individual careers may unfold in the context of organizational behavior; the global economy; new ways of working; and the relationships among supervisors, co-workers, and family members. The text prompts readers to network in their communities and draw upon the knowledge of others as mentors and advisors.""Develop meaningful professional direction for life after graduation."" (APA 2016)All aspects of the text are written to help students develop professional goals and maximize opportunities for discovering and executing post-graduation plans. Through the presentation of resources and strategies that help students explore their interests and options, the text gives them the tools to pursue meaningful careers in further education, employment, or community engagement.(American Psychological Association. (2016). Guidelines for the undergraduate psychology major: Version 2.0. American Psychologist, 71, 102-111.)

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Book SynopsisThe Music Theory for Singers Series is geared specifically for voice students and singers. The series helps students understand the fundamentals of theory related to voice, apply it to the varied repertoire they learn throughout the year and become not only better singers, but also educated musicians.Music Theory for Singers Level 2 includes: Review of concepts in Level 1 Symbols on the Staff Notes on the Grand Staff Notes on ledger lines Dotted Half note/rest Rhythm & Note Review Key Signatures Triads Intervals (4ths/5ths) Rhythmic & Melodic Sight-singing Diction/IPA Musical terms Composers Review Test Terms Levels 1-2 Table of Contents Review of Concepts in Level 1 Lesson 1: Musical Symbols on the Staff Review: Lesson 1 Lesson 2: The Repeat Sign/1st & 2nd Endings Review: Lesson 2 Lesson 3: Note & Rest Values Review: Lesson 3 Lesson 4: Ledger Lines Review: Lesson 4 Lesson 5: Key Signatures Review: Lesson 5 Review: Lessons 1-5 Lesson 6: Triads Review: Lesson 6 Lesson 7: Intervals (4ths & 5ths) Review: Lesson 7 Lesson 8: Vocal Diction & IPA Review: Lesson 8 Lesson 9: Sight-Singing Review: Lesson 9 Lesson 10: Musical Terms Review: Lesson 10 Lesson 11: Spotlight on Composers (Frederick Loewe & Irving Berlin) Review: Lesson 11 Level 2 Review Test Level 2 Review Test: Answers References

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Book SynopsisThe Music Theory for Singers Series is geared specifically for voice students and singers. The series helps students understand the fundamentals of theory related to voice, apply it to the varied repertoire they learn throughout the year and become not only better singers, but also educated musicians.Music Theory for Singers Level 3 includes: Review of concepts in Level 2 The Natural Sign Eighth Notes/Rests Music Rhythm Tree Rhythm & Note Review Key Signatures Triads Intervals (6th/7th) Rhythmic & Melodic Sight-singing Diction/IPA Musical terms Composers Review Test Terms Levels 1-3 Table of Contents Review of Concepts in Level 2 Lesson 1: The Natural Sign Review: Lesson 1 Lesson 2: Note & Rest Values Review: Lesson 2 Lesson 3: Notes on the Staff (Review) Review: Lesson 3 Lesson 4: Key Signatures Review: Lesson 4 Lesson 5: Triads Review: Lesson 5 Review: Lessons 1-5 Lesson 6: Intervals (6ths & 7ths) Review: Lesson 6 Lesson 7: Vocal Diction & IPA Review: Lesson 7 Lesson 8: Sight-Singing Review: Lesson 8 Lesson 9: Musical Terms Review: Lesson 9 Lesson 10: Spotlight on Composers (Beethoven & Bach) Review: Lesson 10 Level 3 Review Test Level 3 Review Test: Answers References

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Book SynopsisThis Anthology, Our Stories in Our Voices, examines American history, education, ethnic identity, and the continued struggle for social justice through the lens of people of color in the United States. The chapters in this publication begin to bring to the forefront topics that have been largely ignored but are essential for students to learn so that they can serve their own communities.Table of Contents Introduction to Our Stories in Our Voices by Dale Allender Introduction to the Ethnic Studies Discipline ""We're Going Out. Are You With Us?"" The Origins of Asian American Studies by Gregory Yee Mark Why Ethnic Studies Was Meant for Me by Rosana Chavez-Hernandez Unit I Inventing Images, Representing Otherness 1. California History: Depth and Breadth From Original American Indian Tribal Nations: Beyond a Mere 250 Years by Crystal Martinez-Alire and Rose Borunda With Susan Olsen 2. Mixed-Race Individuals: A Solution for Race Relations in America? by Darryl Omar Freeman 3. Californios: Beyond What We Learned in Fourth Grade by Mimi Coughlin 4. ""Imaginary Indians"" Are Not Real by Brian Baker 5. Implicit Bias: Schools Not Prisons! by Rita Cameron Wedding and Jon Wedding 6. Innocent American Life: My Experience as a Muslim Woman by Aaminah Norris 7. Perspective by Abner Minor Ms. Sims' Ethnic Studies Class 8. Don't use that Tone with Me! Intonation and Identity: An Interview with Dr. Nicole Holliday and Gretchen McCulloch 9. Learning Arabic by Dan West 10. ""Hyphiachi"": Finding Inspiration In My Bay Area Blend of Cultures by Michael Diaz 11. That Special Relationship—Puerto Rico and the United States by Daisy Diaz-Granados Unit II Ghosts of the Past 12. My Father's Labor: An Unknown, but Valued History by Julie L??pez Figueroa and Macedonio Figueroa 13. Self-Silhouette by Carolina Corona Ms. Sims Ethnic Studies Class 14. A Story of the People: The Hmong, in CIA's Secret War in Laos During the Vietnam Conflict by Chao Vang 15. About Me by Mikala Her Ms. Sims Ethnic Studies 16. Haitano by Molaundo Jones 17. Iu Mien—We the People by Fahm Khouan-Saelee Saetern 18. Filipino Americans: From ""Indians"" to ""Asians"" in America by James Sobredo Unit III A Glimpse of California 19. No Utopia: The African American Struggle for Fair Housing in Postwar Sacramento From 1948 to 1967 by Damany Fisher 20. From Golden Empire to Valley High: A Mixed Girl's Education in Sacramento by Toni Tinker 21. Growing Up Mixed in Sacramento by Tiaura McQueen Ms. Sims Ethnic Studies 22. Japanese Americans—Incarceration to Redress by Masayuki Hatano 23. Double Happiness: Chinese American History—Through the Lens of Family, CommUnity, and Food by Gregory Yee Mark and Christina Fa Mark 24. The Story of California, Ishi, and NAGPRA by Vanessa Esquivido-Meza 25. The Angel Island Story: Asian Immigration, Paper Sons, and Poetry of Resistance by Gregory Yee Mark and Christina Fa Mark 26. Sacramento Teen On Stephon Clark's Death: ""My CommUnity Is Hurting"" by Rachael Francois Unit IV Solidarity 27. Capitol City Civics and the Black Panther Party by Dale Allender 28. Ifa in Oshogbo by Charles Vincent Burwell and Molaundo Jones 29. Fiji and Fijians in Sacramento by Mitieli Rokolacadamu Gonemaituba, Neha Chand, Darsha Naidu, Jenisha Lal, Jonathan Singh, Shayal Sharma, and Gregory Yee Mark 30. Move on the 45 by Dale Allender and Molaundo Jones 31. Danos un corazon fuerte para luchar (Give Us a Heart Strong Enough to Struggle): Living Undocumented by Rhonda R?¡os Kravitz, Marisela Hernandez, Ernesto Gutiérrez Topete, Violeta Urizar, and Oscar Sarabia 32. Danza Azteca: Movement, Music, and Memories by Sohnya Castorena 33. Unmasking the Spirit: Danza at Sol Collective A Photo Essay by Arya Dawn Allender-West 34. The Legacy of MLK Is Alive Today In These Young Activists by Youth Radio Editors Glossary compiled by Dr. Dale Allender Index

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Book SynopsisWhy TESOL? Fifth Edition, provides classroom and preservice teachers with a knowledge base to effectively teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms in today's global environment. It provides in depth theoretical background, legal information, and application for teachers to address the needs of English learners. Why TESOL? is written so teachers from various backgrounds and experiences can readily apply ESOL concepts to their individual mainstream classroom settings.Featured topics:Describes the legal rights of English language learners (ELs); provides an historical overview of laws (e.g., ESSA) in the United States that affect the education of EL students, and provides a clear classification of English as a second/new language (ESL/ENL) programs available in the United States. Helps readers understand the complexities of acquiring an additional language by providing a basic grounding in the core areas of linguistics and other related areas, such as non-verbal communication, dialectal variation, English language use, development, translanguaging, and literacy. Discusses first and second/new language theories and models, including processes and non-linguistic factors that affect second or additional language acquisition. Includes national statistics that illuminate the global nature of American society in the twenty-first century. Includes classroom experiences of new and experienced teachers, and provides examples adapting teaching strategies to better measure the academic success of second language learners in mainstream classrooms. Includes new chapters on literacy development, and family engagement for EL students. Includes learning objectives for each chapter, discussion and reflection questions, and activities. Each chapter also provides web resources and links for extended learning.

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Book SynopsisCommunication Across Contexts: A Listening-Centered Approach is an introductory text designed to give students of all majors a broad skill set in communication. By exploring what it means to take a listening-centered approach to communication, students learn that communicative congruence is not just about getting what you want, but is also about acting in ways that build positive relationships and respect the wants and needs of others. The text prepares students to develop public speaking, interpersonal, and small group communication skills to succeed in college and the workplace. Since listening is a crucial part of the communication process, this text incorporates listening concepts across each of the following contexts: public speaking, interpersonal, and small group communication.Communication Across Contexts: A Listening-Centered Approach: Frames each Chapter with provocative questions that encourage students to explore how listening, in addition to language and nonverbal skills, work together across communication contexts. Reinforces the importance of communicative congruence through relevant examples for college students. Includes guidelines for managing group meetings and negotiating conflict within groups. Streamlines content to the basics, which encourages students to engage with the text and focus on the application of skills. Instructors may add further readings or information to complement the content of the text.

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Book SynopsisNew Publication Now Available!Casing Communication Theory exposes readers to some of the most cited, most prolific, most important theories within the dynamic field of communication. The edited collection features 24 case studies that analyze communication theories in different contexts. Casing Communication Theory, edited by Corey J. Liberman, Andrew S. Rancer, and Theodore A. Avtgis: embeds a theory within each case that empowers the reader to see the mutual relationship between the two: how the theory comes to explain the case study and how the case study, in turn, comes to shape the theory, presents and analyzes classic and emerging communication theories such as identity, self-efficacy, humor communication, social penetration, and more. includes readings from 35 experts in the communication field. These experts specialize in various aspects of communication and feature a myriad of different perspectives. emphasizes that all theories can be questioned, are testable, are parsimonious, and useful.

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Book SynopsisCase Studies in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: An Internal Perspective is designed to serve as a resource and guide for students studying leadership, higher education, student affairs, and/or ethnic studies. The goal is to connect equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice theories to practice and allow students to actively engage through grappling with diverse issues within a variety of institutional contexts. This collection of cases includes both hypothetical situations and cases highlighting real experiences, programs, and events, Cases illustrate faculty, staff, and students with intersected identities navigating the challenges of the structural inequities inherent in higher education institutions. Using the cases in the classroom or in campus-based training will facilitate the application of theory to practice in small group discussions. Each case also has a written application prompt to allow for deeper research, examination and reflection about the intersections of race, ethnicity gender, class, sexual orientation, immigration status, and position power dynamics created as increasingly diverse groups of students, faculty and staff enter and try to succeed in the academy.

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Book SynopsisGeographic Information Science (GIScience) is the knowledgebase that supports the exploration and analysis of geospatial data. In Geographic Information Science: Introductory Concepts & Applications, the authors have designed an introductory textbook that uses language that is student-friendly to those outside the discipline of geography to emphasize the basic theoretical concepts supporting this knowledgebase. In a series of chapters, the authors present topics related to cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing, using an historical perspective as the link that ties the technologies both to each other and to GIScience. Each topic is paired with a laboratory exercise that familiarizes students with the hands-on application of methods used to acquire, store, represent, analyze and interpret geospatial data. The laboratory exercises were designed using Purdue University's MultiSpec and ESRI's ArcGIS Pro.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Geography and Geographic Information Science Exercise 1: Introducing ArcGIS Pro Chapter 2: Spatial Representation Exercise 2: Visualizing Spatial Features Chapter 3: The Geographic Coordinate System Exercise 3: Latitude and Longitude Chapter 4: Projected Coordinate Systems Exercise 4: Map Projection Basics Chapter 5: Mapping Location Exercise 5: Digital Topographic Mapping Chapter 6: Thematic Mapping Exercise 6: Creating a Choropleth Map Chapter 7: Spatial Data in the Digital Environment Exercise 7: Spatial Data, Digital Environment Chapter 8: Basic Spatial Analysis Exercise 8: Solving Spatial Problems Chapter 9: Aerial Photography Exercise 9: Concepts in Photogrammetry and Landscape Interpretation Chapter 10: Remote Sensing Exercise 10: Exploring Satellite Imagery Index

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Book SynopsisBackflow Prevention: Theory and Practice? is a comprehensive education in the fundamentals of backflow that serves as both textbook and reference manual for working with potable and non-potable water supply systems. Chapters include coverage of the essentials of backflow and an exploration of the associated hazards, federal and state laws, prevention, troubleshooting, and more. Through detailed explanation, Backflow Prevention equips students with the information and instruction necessary to maintain existing systems and to create their own cross-connection control programs.Robin L. Ritland's Backflow Prevention: Theory and Practice features: End-of-Chapter summaries that emphasize crucial points. Interactive review sections to test and solidify student knowledge. A list of supplementary readings for continued learning. A Glossary, Index, and detailed Table of Contents for quick reference.

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Book SynopsisCuranderismo: The Art of Traditional Medicine without Borders presents a way of studying humanity, where one can recognize and connect with the entire global family. In this text, the primary sources described come from the Mexican indigenous traditions and from Spain, including its North African heritage.The primary goals of Curanderismo are to: guide the reader toward an understanding of the concepts of Curanderismo. serve as a reference guide, indexing the healing modalities that define Curanderismo. bridge the gaps between Western modern medicine and traditional healing. Curanderismo is divided into two parts: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico emphasizes the traditional healing ways of Mexico and the Southwest. Global Perspectives emphasizes perspectives and influences in curanderismo and begins with discussions by a group of traditional healers from Uganda, Africa. Table of Contents Author's Biography Acknowledgments Introduction PART 1 CURANDERISMO IN THE SOUTHWEST AND MEXICO CHAPTER 1 El Ultimo: Chenchito, the Last of the Fidencista Healers CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Medicinal Plants 2.1 Plants of the Southwest 2.2 Medicinal Plants for the Digestive System 2.3 Medicinal Plants for the Nervous System 2.4 Tinctures and Microdosis CHAPTER 3 Juice Therapy (Jugoterapia) CHAPTER 4 Introduction to Spiritual/Energetic Cleansings and the Evil Eye 4.1 Spiritual Cleansing with Laurencio 4.2 Healing Fright and Shock (Susto) 4.3 Spiritual Cleansings with Velia 4.4 Burning Incense for Harmonizing CHAPTER 5 Intestinal Blockage (Empacho) CHAPTER 6 Shawl Alignment (Manteadas) CHAPTER 7 Introduction to Healing with Fire, Earth, and Oils 7.1 Fire Cupping (Ventosa) 7.2 Geotherapy 7.3 Healing with Herbal Oil CHAPTER 8 Temazcal 8.1 The Native American Sweat Lodge 8.2 The Temazcal Experience in Mexico 8.3 The Temazcals in New Mexico 8.4 For Men and Women 8.5 A Temazcal Experience by Rita Navarrete CHAPTER 9 Healing with Laughter, Sound, and Music 9.1 Laugh Therapy (Risaterapia) 9.2 Healing through Sound 9.3 Healing with MusicPART 2 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 10 Introduction to the Influences of African Folk Healing 10.1 African Traditional Medicine from Uganda 10.2 African Healing through Music from Gabon CHAPTER 11 Contributions of Afro-Latino Healing 11.1 Introduction to Afro-Latino Traditional Healing 11.2 Afro-Latino Healing through Music and Dance 11.3 Afro-Cuban Healing Techniques 11.4 Afro-Puerto Rican Healing Modalities CHAPTER 12 Sacred Tobacco of Peru/Medicinal Plants for Women CHAPTER 13 Herbal Smoke for Healing CHAPTER 14 Creating Sacred Spaces for Healing CHAPTER 15 Native American Feather Healing CHAPTER 16 Bonesetter (Huesero) CHAPTER 17 Mayan Traditional Healing 17.1 Introduction to Mayan Traditional Medicine 17.2 Mayan Acupuncture 17.3 Mayan Abdominal Massage CHAPTER 18 Introduction to Traditional Body Work 18.1 Body Adjustment 18.2 Spinal Adjustment CHAPTER 19 Hydrotherapy (Healing with Water) CHAPTER 20 Tonalli Cleansing CHAPTER 21 Traditional Healing for Infants and the Aging Community 21.1 Introduction to Traditional Healing for Infants and the Aging Community 21.2 Traditional Healing for Infants 21.3 Traditional Healing for the Aging Community CHAPTER 22 Healing Grief through Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Conclusion References Index

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