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John Wiley & Sons Prison Pedagogies Learning and Teaching with
Book SynopsisThousands of teachers have entered prisons, many teaching writing or relying on writing practices when teaching other subjects. Yet these teachers have few pedagogical resources. This groundbreaking collection of essays provides such a resource and establishes a framework upon which to develop prison writing programs.
£48.60
John Wiley & Sons The Black Box of Governmental Learning The Learning Spiral A Concept to Organize Learning in Governments
£20.85
John Wiley & Sons Inc Fabled Service Participant Workbook
Book SynopsisDevelop standard-setting customer service! Based on the best-selling book Fabled Service by BetsySanders! This program will help you develop exceptional customer servicethat puts your organization above your competition. InspiringFabled Service helps you assess your needs and select activities toimprove weak areas in your current customer service. Teach others vital customer service skills, such as how to: * Positively represent the organization * Satisfy customers so they will buy the product or service * Encourage customers to return * Understand what motivates people and initiates action * Solve problems immediately and effectively... and more! Simply written, this program includes all necessary materials tocreate results-oriented, customized customer service training. ATrainer''s Guide includes specific direction for administering theCustomer Service Survey, which assesses individual strengths andweaknesses in three learning aTable of ContentsA Message to the ParticipantCustomer Service SurveyParticipantMaterials for Activities Commitment: To Make Service Everything Your Company Is andDoes Commitment: To Be of Service in All That You Do Commitment: To Act on the Belief That You Are in Business to ServeCustomers Commitment: To Serve Those Who Serve the Customer Commitment: To Design Every Part of Your Business With Service Asthe Desired Outcome Commitment: To Be in Business to Serve Society Commitment: To Create and Sustain the Vision
£24.69
John Wiley & Sons Inc ScenarioBased ELearning
Book SynopsisScenario-Based e-Learning Scenario-Based e-Learning offers a new instructional design approach that can accelerate expertise, build critical thinking skills, and promote transfer of learning. This book focuses on the what, when, and how of scenario-based e-learning for workforce learning. Throughout the book, Clark defines and demystifies scenario-based e-learning by offering a practical design model illustrated with examples from veterinary science, automotive troubleshooting, sales and loan analysis among other industries. Filled with helpful guidelines and a wealth of illustrative screen shots, this book offers you the information needed to: Identify the benefits of a SBeL design for learners and learning outcomes Determine when SBeL might be appropriate for your needs Identify specific outcomes of SBeL relevant to common organizational goals Classify specific instructional goals into one or more learning Table of ContentsForeword xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1: What is Scenario-based e-learning 1 Scenario-Based e-Learning: A First Look 2 What Do You think? 4 Scenario-Based e-Learning Defined 5 Scenario-Based vs. Directive Training Environments 7 What Scenario-Based e-Learning Is Not 10 Six Reasons to Consider Scenario-Based e-Learning Now 12 What Do You Think? Revisited 14 Coming Next 15 Additional Resources 15 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Why Now? 16 Chapter 2: When to Use Scenario-based e-learning 17 Consider Scenario-Based e-Learning for Strategic Tasks 18 What Do You Think? 18 Situations That Call for Scenario-Based e-Learning 19 Eight Scenario-Based Learning Domains 22 Scenario-Based Multimedia Interfaces 26 Meet the Scenario-Based e-Learning Samples 31 Coming Next 31 Additional Resources 31 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Your Scenario-Based e-Learning Opportunities 32 Chapter 3: Design of Scenario-based e-learning 35 Overview of a Scenario-Based e-Learning Design Model 35 Modes and Media in Scenario-Based e-Learning 42 Coming Next 44 Additional Resources 44 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Your Draft Design Model 45 Chapter 4: Defining Scenario Outcomes 47 Outcome Deliverables for Learning Domains 48 Assess the Complexity of your Outcome Responses 48 What Do You Think? 52 Translate Your Learning Objectives 53 Scenario Outcomes and Multimedia Interfaces 56 What Do You Think? Revisited 58 Coming Next 59 Additional Resource 59 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Translating Your Objectives 60 Chapter 5: Designing the Trigger Event and Case Data 63 What Do You Think? 64 Planning the Trigger Event 64 Defining Case Data 66 What Do You Think? Revisited 69 Coming Next 70 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Defining Your Trigger Event and Case Data 71 Chapter 6: Building Guidance in Scenario-based e-learning 73 What Do You Think 73 What Is Guidance? 75 Option 1: Fade Support from High to Low 77 Option 2: Move from Simple to Complex 79 Option 3: Consider Open vs. Closed Response Options 79 Option 4: Consider Interface/Navigation Design 80 Option 5: Add Training Wheels 81 Option 6: Incorporate Coaching and Advisors 82 Option 7: Embed Worksheets 83 Option 8: Adjust Feedback 84 Option 9: Make Learning Collaborative 85 What Do You Think? Revisited 85 Coming Next 86 Additional Resources 86 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Defining Guidance 87 Chapter 7: Putting the “L” in Scenario-based e-learning 89 What Do You Think? 89 Integrating Knowledge and Skill Resources 90 Tutorials 93 Reference 94 Examples 96 Instructors 97 What Do You Think? Revisited 98 Coming Next 99 Additional Resources 99 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Defining Instructional Resources 100 Chapter 8: Designing Feedback and Reflection 103 The Power of Feedback 103 Learning from Mistakes 104 Instructional vs. Intrinsic Feedback 104 What Do You Think? 105 Feedback in a Nutshell 106 Feedback and Reflection in Learning Domains 109 What Do You Think? Revisited 115 Coming Next 116 Additional Resources 116 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Defining Feedback 117 Chapter 9: Evaluation of Scenario-based e-Learning 119 What Do You Think? 122 Focusing Your Evaluation 122 Back to the Basics: Test Reliability and Validity 126 Test Items for Scenario-Based e-Learning 126 Did I Pass the Test? 128 Testing with Online Scenarios 131 What Do You Think? Revisited 132 Coming Next 133 Additional Resources 133 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Planning Your Evaluation 134 Chapter 10: Does Scenario-based e-learning Work? 137 Does It Work? 137 Is It Efficient? 138 Does It Motivate? 138 What Features Make a Difference? 138 What Do You Think? 139 Limits of Research 139 Discovery Learning Does Not Work 140 Guided Discovery Can Have Learning Advantages over “Traditional” Instruction 141 Learner Scaffolding Is Essential for Success 143 Guided Discovery Can Be More Motivating Than “Traditional” Instruction 149 Feedback and Reflection Promote Learning 149 Visual Representations Should Be Congruent with Your Learning Goals 150 Can Scenario-Based e-Learning Accelerate Expertise? 151 Research on Scenario-Based e-Learning—The Bottom Line 153 What Do You Think? Revisited 154 Coming Next 155 Additional Resources 155 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Evidence-Based Decisions 156 Chapter 11: Eliciting Critical Thinking Skills for Scenario-based e-learning 157 What Is Knowledge Elicitation? 158 What Do You Think? 158 Three Approaches to Knowledge Elicitation 158 Which Elicitation Method Should You Use? 162 Types of Knowledge and Skill to Elicit 164 Incorporating Critical Thinking Skills into Your Lessons 168 Guidelines for Success 171 What Do You Think? Revisited 172 Coming Next 172 Additional Resources 173 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Eliciting Tacit Knowledge 174 Chapter 12: Implementing Scenario-based e-learning 177 What Do you Think? 178 Four Steps to Project Success 178 Step One: Present a Strong Business Case 178 Step Two: Plan Your Project 184 Step Three: Design Your Approach 187 Step Four: Develop Your First Scenario 188 What Do You Think? Revisited 190 Coming Next: Your Scenario-Based e-Learning Project 191 Additional Resources 191 Scenario-Based e-Learning and You: Planning Your Implementation 192 Appendix A: An Introduction to the Scenario-Based e-Learning Examples 197 Appendix B: Repeated Figures 207 Appendix C: Reliability and Validity for Learning Measures for Scenario-Based e-Learning 215 List of Figures and Tables 221 Glossary 225 References 229 About the Author 233 Index 235
£57.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Strategies for Mentees
Book SynopsisLois Zachary and Lory Fischler created these five toolkits on crucial aspects of mentoring as quick references that mentors and mentees can use to refresh their understanding, prepare for mentoring sessions, grasp key concepts of the process, and improve their overall experiences and strengthen their mentoring relationships.
£9.49
John Wiley & Sons Inc Active Training
Book SynopsisThe all-time bestselling training handbook, updated for new technologies and roles Active Training turns instructional design on its head by shifting the emphasis away from the instructor, and on to the learner. Comprehensively updated to reflect the many developments in the field, this new fourth edition covers the latest technologies and applications, the evolving role of the trainer, and how new business realities impact training, advancing new evidence-based best practices for new trainer tasks, skills, and knowledge. Up to date theory and research inform the practical tips and techniques that fully engage learners and help them get the most out of sessions, while updated workplace examples and revised templates and worksheets help bring these techniques into the classroom quickly. You''ll gain insight into improving training evaluation by using Return on Expectations (ROE), learn how to extend the value of training programs through transfer of learning, and develTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Preface xiii The Goals of This Book xiv How This Book Is Organized xv Part One Introducing Active Training 1 The Nature of Adult Learning 2 The Social Side of Learning 6 Concerns About Active Training 7 The Delivery of Active Training 10 Part Two Designing an Active Training Program 13 Steps for Designing Active Training 15 What’s in the Part Two Chapters? 17 Chapter One Assessing Training Needs 19 Why Do Assessment? 20 What Information Should Be Collected? 23 How Can Information Be Collected? 29 What If There Is No Time to Do a Proper Assessment? 38 Chapter Two Developing Active Training Objectives 41 Setting Learning Goals 42 Selecting Objectives 44 Specifying Objectives 47 Expressing Objectives 48 Communicating Training Objectives to Others 49 Chapter Three Creating Opening Exercises 53 What Opening Exercises Accomplish 53 What to Keep in Mind When Creating Opening Exercises 67 Ten Ways to Open an Active Online Virtual Training Session 68 Ten Ways to Obtain Participation 69 Chapter Four Preparing Brain-Friendly Presentations 75 Five Ways to Gain Your Audience’s Interest 75 Five Ways to Maximize Understanding and Retention 82 Five Ways to Involve Participants During a Presentation 88 Five Ways to Reinforce Presentations 94 An Example of a Well-Designed Presentation 99 Chapter Five Finding Alternative Methods to Presenting 103 Demonstration 103 Case Study 105 Guided Teaching 109 Group Inquiry 110 Information Search 113 Study Group 115 Jigsaw Learning 118 Learning Tournament 121 Applying the Alternatives to a Common Topic 123 Chapter Six Using Experiential Learning Approaches 129 Role Playing 130 Games and Simulations 139 Observation 144 Mental Imagery 148 Writing Tasks 152 Action Learning 155 Chapter Seven Designing Active Training Activities 165 The Three Major Ingredients of Any Design 165 Basic Questions About Any Design 169 The Remaining Details 170 Three Tips for Creative Designs 172 Chapter Eight Sequencing Active Training Activities 177 Basic Sequencing Guidelines 178 Applying Sequencing Guidelines 181 The Finer Side of Sequencing 188 Experiential Learning Sequences 193 Chapter Nine Planning Active Training Programs 199 The Macrodesign of an Active Training Program 199 Chapter Ten Incorporating Active Learning in All Training 207 Asynchronous E-Learning 208 Group-Based E-Learning 212 Virtual Classrooms 216 Blended Learning 218 Social Media Expands Active Training and Development 220 M-Learning Offers Instant Options 223 Part Three Conducting an Active Training Program 229 Chapter Eleven Beginning an Active Training Program 233 Preparing Yourself Mentally 233 Arranging the Physical Environment 236 Greeting Participants and Establishing Rapport 242 Getting the Best from the First Thirty Minutes of Training 245 Reviewing the Agenda 246 Inviting Feedback to the Agenda 248 Chapter Twelve Gaining Leadership of the Group 253 Setting Group Norms 253 Controlling Timing and Pacing 255 Increasing Receptivity to Your Leadership 257 Handling Problem Situations 258 Chapter Thirteen Giving Presentations and Leading Discussions 267 Knowing Your Group 267 Organizing Your Presentation 271 Watching Your Body Language 273 Adding Visuals 275 Making Smooth Transitions 277 Facilitating a Lively Discussion 279 Chapter Fourteen Facilitating Structured Activities and Promoting Team Learning 287 Structured Activities 287 Team Learning 298 Chapter Fifteen Concluding an Active Training Program 307 Reviewing Program Content 307 Obtaining Final Questions and Concerns 309 Promoting Self-Assessment 312 Focusing on Back-on-the-Job Application 315 Expressing Final Sentiments 316 Part Four Extending The Value of an Active Training Program 319 Chapter Sixteen Providing for Back-on-the-Job Application 321 Prior to the Training Program 321 During the Training Program 323 At the End of the Training Program 324 Obstacle Assessment 328 Peer Consultation 329 Self-Monitoring 330 Follow-Up Coaching and Support 340 Chapter Seventeen Evaluating an Active Training Program 343 Expanding the Four Evaluation Levels 344 Designing Evaluations 354 Obtain Feedback Along the Way 355 Part Five The Evolving Role of Trainers 359 Chapter Eighteen Expanded Roles for Trainers 361 Onboarding 362 Leading Change 364 Coaching Managers 367 Mentoring Programs 368 Internal Consulting 371 Building Teams 373 Chapter Nineteen New Business Realities for Trainers 379 Doing More with Less 380 Globalization 382 Working with Multigenerational Workforces 384 Working with the C-Suite 386 Vendor Management 388 Working with Subject Matter Experts 390 We’ve Reached the End—Or Is It the Beginning? 391 References 395 About the Authors 399 Index 401
£32.30
John Wiley & Sons Inc Michael Allens Guide to eLearning
Book SynopsisExplore effective learning programs with the father of e-learning Michael Allen''s Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company, Second Edition presents best practices for building interactive, fun, and effective online learning programs. This engaging text offers insight regarding what makes great e-learning, particularly from the perspectives of motivation and interactivity, and features history lessons that assist you in avoiding common pitfalls and guide you in the direction of e-learning success. This updated edition also considers changes in technology and tools that facilitate the implementation of the strategies, guidelines, and techniques it presents. E-learning has experienced a surge in popularity over the past ten years, with education professionals around the world leveraging technology to facilitate instruction. From hybrid courses that integrate technology into traditional classroom instruction to fulTable of ContentsForeword by Tony Bingham xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter 1 What’s New? 1 PART I THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE 15 Chapter 2 Plain Talk 17 Chapter 3 What You Don’t Know Can Kill (Your e-Learning) 29 Chapter 4 Making Success Possible 41 Chapter 5 Executive’s Guide to Good e-Learning 73 Chapter 6 Where Does e-Learning Fit? 83 PART II GREAT E-LEARNING DESIGN 95 Chapter 7 Seven Simple Success Strategies 97 Chapter 8 The Serious e-Learning Manifesto 109 Chapter 9 Motivation in Learning 121 Chapter 10 Seven Magic Keys to Motivational e-Learning 131 Magic Key 1: Build on Anticipated Outcomes 133 Magic Key 2: Put the Learner at Risk 144 Magic Key 3: Select the Right Content for Each Learner 156 Magic Key 4: Use an Appealing Context 171 Magic Key 5: Have the Learner Perform Multistep Tasks 192 Magic Key 6: Provide Intrinsic Feedback 198 Magic Key 7: Delay Judgment 201 Chapter 11 Navigation 211 Chapter 12 CCAF and Interactive Instruction 235 Chapter 13 Interactivity Paradigms That Work 267 Chapter 14 Successive Approximation and SAM 297 PART III SERIOUS LEARNING GAMES 327 Chapter 15 Serious Learning Games: Where Rules Rule 329 Chapter 16 Integrating Instructional Content and Games 341 Chapter 17 Learning Games, Serious or Not? 357 About the Author 379 References 381 Additional Resources 387 Index 389
£30.40
John Wiley & Sons Inc ACFT Army Combat Fitness Test For Dummies
Book SynopsisThe best standalone resource for the Army Combat Fitness Test As the Army prepares to shift to the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) from the Army Physical Fitness Test, hundreds of thousands of new and current servicemembers will have to pass a more rigorous and demanding set of physical events to prove they have what it takes to meet the physical demands of an army job. Utilizing the accessible and simple approach that has made the For Dummies series famous the world over, ACFT For Dummies is packed with everything you need to train for and ultimately crush the ACFT. Topics include: An overview of the test, including how it fits into your army role How the test is administered (location, equipment, etc.) Instructions on how to perform each of the six events How the ACFT is scored Training for the ACFT on your own time The importance of recovery, including essential stretches HowTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting to Know the ACFT 5 Chapter 1: Army Physical Fitness: The Cornerstone of Combat Readiness 7 Saying Goodbye to the Old APFT 8 Sculpting a Fit and Lethal Force 8 Picking Up Performance Basics 10 Range of motion and flexibility 11 Balance 11 Agility 12 Explosive power 12 Muscular strength and endurance 12 Aerobic exercise for cardiovascular endurance 13 Anaerobic exercise for short-term muscle strength 14 PRT: Love it or Hate it, It’s Here to Stay 14 Understanding How the ACFT Fits into Your Army Role 15 Making the grade 15 Training on your own time — and helping your team 16 The Army Performance Triad 16 Chapter 2: Getting an Overview of the ACFT 17 Reading Up on the Army’s Resources and Requirements for the ACFT 18 Checking out Army regs and training resources 18 Surveying site and equipment requirements 18 Getting used to gender- and age-neutral scoring requirements 19 Diagnostic ACFTs versus record ACFTs: Pinning down test frequency 19 Breaking Down the Six Events and Their Scoring 20 The Preparation Drill 22 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift 23 Standing Power Throw 25 Hand Release Push-Up – Arm Extension 28 Sprint-Drag-Carry 30 Leg Tuck 33 Two-Mile Run 36 The Recovery Drill 37 Biking, Rowing, or Swimming Your Way through the Alternate Events 37 Bike 38 Row 38 Swim 39 Chapter 3: Understanding How the Army Administers the ACFT 41 Counting Down the Minutes 42 Doing Your Homework before the Test 43 Having the Right Tools for the Job: Required Equipment 43 Looking at Helpful Test-Day Details 46 Equipment on the lanes 47 Soldier testing order 47 Card-carrying ACFT-takers: Scorecards 47 Stylin’ and profilin’: What you can’t use during the ACFT 48 Making the Grade to Score the ACFT 48 Level I ACFT graders 48 Level II ACFT graders 49 Level III ACFT grader-instructors 49 Chapter 4: Breaking Down ACFT Instructions and Scoring 51 Following the Rules: The Official ACFT Instructions 52 Lifting with your legs: 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift instructions 52 Trying MDL tips and techniques 53 Watching for trouble spots on the MDL 53 Exercising explosive power: Standing Power Throw instructions 55 Surveying SPT tips and techniques 55 Watching for trouble spots on the SPT 56 Letting it go: Hand Release Push-up – Arm Extension instructions 56 Harping on HRP tips and techniques 57 Watching for trouble spots on the HRP 59 Showing your combat moves: Sprint-Drag-Carry instructions 59 Sorting out SDC tips and techniques 60 Watching for trouble spots on the SDC 61 Considering core strength: Leg Tuck instructions 62 Looking for LTK tips and techniques 63 Watching for trouble spots on the LTK 64 Welcoming an old friend: Two-Mile Run instructions 65 Marking 2MR tips and techniques 65 Watching for trouble spots on the 2MR 66 Addressing the ACFT’s Scoring Scale 66 Perusing Physical Demand Categories 66 Weighing your score on the scale 74 Tallying up your score on the new ACFT scorecard 75 Accounting for the ACFT MOD 77 Sailing through the 5,000-Meter Row 77 Braking for the 15,000-Meter Bike 77 Soaking up the 1,000-Meter Swim 78 Taking Another Shot: Army Policy on ACFT Failures 78 Part 2: Training for the ACFT on Your Own Time 81 Chapter 5: Putting the (Mandatory) “Fun” in Functional Fitness 83 Mastering the Science of Movement Training 83 Distinguishing muscle training from movement training 84 Playing with planar movement 85 Sectioning off the 4Q model 86 Finding Functional Fitness Basics 88 Core strength 91 Leg strength 91 Back strength 94 Chest strength 95 Bicep, tricep, forearm, and shoulder strength 95 Chapter 6: Stacking Up the Army’s Physical Fitness Components 99 Tracing the Origins of PRT and the ACFT 100 Counting on the Army’s Ten Fitness Components 101 Muscular strength 101 Muscular endurance 102 Power 102 Speed 102 Agility 103 Aerobic endurance 103 Balance 103 Flexibility 104 Coordination 104 Reaction time 104 Getting Heart Smart for Aerobic Exercise 105 Calculating your resting heart rate 105 Finding your target heart rate for aerobic exercise 106 Fitting FITT Principles into Your Workout 108 Frequency 108 Intensity 108 Type 110 Time 110 Powering Your Way through Life with Anaerobic Exercise 110 Chapter 7: Examining P3, PRT, H2F, and the ACFT 113 Cornering the Army’s Performance Triad 113 Sleep 114 Activity 114 Nutrition 115 Reading Up on PRT Documentation 115 Matching PRT Drills and ACFT Events 116 Maximizing PRT for the 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift 118 The sumo squat 118 Alternate staggered squat jump 119 Forward lunge 120 Stepping up PRT for the Standing Power Throw 122 Power jump 122 Overhead push-press 123 Tuck jump 125 Practicing PRT for the Hand Release Push-Up – Arm Extension 126 Supine chest press 127 8-count T push-up 128 Incline bench 130 Surveying PRT for the Sprint-Drag-Carry 132 Straight-leg deadlift 132 Bent over row 133 300-meter shuttle run 135 Looking at PRT for the Leg Tuck 135 Bent-leg raise 136 Leg tuck and twist 137 Alternating grip pull-up 139 Tackling PRT for the Two-Mile Run 141 Sprint intervals (30:60s and 60:120s) 141 Release run 141 Hill repeats 142 Taking a Closer Look at PRT and Its Drills 143 Preparation Drill 144 4 for the Core 145 Conditioning Drills 1, 2, and 3 145 Climbing Drills 1 and 2 147 The Guerilla Drill 147 The Hip Stability Drill 147 The Push-Up and Sit-Up Drill 147 The Shoulder Stability Drill 147 Running, Endurance and Mobility Activities: Military Movement Drills 1 and 2 148 The Strength Training Circuit 148 Recovery Drill 149 Using PRT to Train for the ACFT 150 Chapter 8: Training to Standard on the ACFT 151 Getting the Basics Down Before You Exercise 152 Back and Legs: Maxing the 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift Score 154 Sumo squats 155 Staggered squats 156 Lunges 157 Conventional deadlifts 157 Bent over rows 160 Grip work 162 Explosive Power: Training for the Standing Power Throw 162 Power jumps 162 Overhead push presses 163 Tuck jumps 166 Romanian deadlifts 167 Kettlebell swings 168 Medicine ball power jumps 169 Standing front shoulder raises with bands 170 Practice Makes Perfect: Doing More Hand Release Arm-Extension Push-Ups 171 Supine chest presses 171 Incline bench presses 172 Chest flys 174 Renegade row push-ups 175 Medicine Ball push-ups 177 Training for the Sprint-Drag-Carry to Boost Your Battlefield Skills 178 Shuttle runs 178 Straight-leg deadlifts 179 Zercher carries 180 Planks 181 Glute-hamstring raises 182 Grip, Hips, Shoulders, and Elbows: Training for the Leg Tuck 184 Bent-leg raises 184 The leg tuck and twist 184 Mixed-grip pull-ups 186 Rope climbs 187 Isometric hangs 189 Side pillar holds 190 The contralateral dead bug 190 Is, Ys, and Ts 192 Kettlebell pull-throughs 193 Internal, external, and elevated shoulder rotations 194 When My Granny Was 91: How to Improve Your Two-Mile Run Time 197 Sprint interval training 198 Hill repeats 198 Walking lunge 199 Barbell squats 200 Calf raises 202 Glute bridges 203 Chapter 9: Stretching for Recovery and Peak Performance 205 Bouncing Back Stronger through Recovery 206 Getting back on your feet after training with active recovery 206 Discovering delayed-onset muscle soreness 207 Building in recovery days and taking care of injuries 208 Avoiding overtraining syndrome 209 Stretching Out Your Workout Recovery 209 Attending to Army Stretches 211 Overhead arm pull 211 Rear lunge 212 Extend and flex 213 Thigh stretch 213 Single-leg over 215 Loosening up Your Legs and Hips 216 Standing hamstring stretch 216 Piriformis stretch 217 Frog stretch 217 Butterfly stretch 219 Lunging hip flexor stretch 220 Lying quad stretch 221 Calf stretch 221 Examining Essential Arm Stretches 222 Triceps stretch 222 Standing bicep stretch 224 Seated bicep stretch 224 Wrist extension and flexion 225 Forearm flexor stretch 226 Beefing up Your Neck, Shoulder, and Back Stretches 227 Seated shoulder squeeze 227 Upper back stretch 228 Knee to chest stretch 229 Seated back rotation 230 Side-lying thoracic rotation 231 Upper trap stretch 232 Cross-body shoulder stretch 233 Priming the Pecs: Chest Stretches 234 Lying chest stretch 234 Elbow-to-elbow grip 235 Bent-arm wall stretch 236 Stretching out Your Six-Pack 237 Sphinx 237 Child’s pose against a wall 238 Doing Dynamic Stretches for Multiple Muscles 239 Lunge with spinal twist 239 90/90s 240 Side bends 241 Extended child’s pose with sphinx stretch 242 Standing figure 4 244 Quadruped rotation 245 Dynamic shoulder stretch from child’s pose 246 Cat/cow 247 Chapter 10: Focusing on the ACFT for Females 249 Factoring Female Physiology into Common ACFT Challenges 250 Cycling your way through workouts 251 Introducing the female athlete triad 252 Balancing Pregnancy and Physical Training 253 Profiling pregnant soldiers 253 Perusing the P3T program 255 Your (Kid’s) Mom Wears Combat Boots: Working Out Postpartum 256 Chapter 11: Surveying ACFT Training for Seasoned Soldiers 259 Safety First: Taking Workout Precautions 260 Kicking around Exercises for Knee Issues 260 Straight leg raises 261 Hamstring curls with dumbbells 262 Wall squats 262 Step-ups 263 Side leg raises 264 Avoiding Certain Exercises for Back Issues 265 Chapter 12: Dealing with Injuries 269 An Ounce of Prevention: Avoiding Injury with P3 269 Sleep and injury prevention 270 Actively preventing injury 271 Fueling up for injury prevention 272 Covering Common Injuries across the Army 273 Rub Some Dirt on It? Knowing When to Go to Sick Call 275 When RICE Isn’t a Carb: Treating Injuries at Home 276 Rest as a home remedy 277 Putting an injury on ice 277 Keeping your injury under (compression) wraps 277 Elevating an injured extremity 278 Part 3: Structure, Form, and Functional Fitness 279 Chapter 13: Wising Up to Workout Wisdom 281 Following Eight Habits of Highly Successful Exercisers 282 Make health a lifestyle 282 Have fun with it 282 Look at what you’re doing as training, not exercising 282 Get back on track as soon as you can 283 Ask for help when you need it 283 Keep it simple 283 Don’t use weight loss as an indicator of your workout’s effectiveness 283 Mix endurance and strength training 284 Optimizing Your Breathing for Your Activity 284 Breathing while running 285 Breathing during strength training 285 Breathing to relax 285 Resting between Workouts 286 Chapter 14: Understanding Your Body’s Muscular Structure 287 Putting Your Skeletal Muscles on the Map 288 Getting to know your skeletal muscles 288 Adding up antagonistic pairs 289 Zeroing in on the Cardiovascular System 290 Chapter 15: Strength Training to Get Army Strong 293 Bulking up Your Weight-Training Vocab 293 Following Safety Principles 296 Testing Your Strength 298 Checking out upper-body strength with push-ups 298 Crunching the numbers on abdominal strength 299 Muscling your way through a leg strength test 300 Switching It up with Periodization 301 Appreciating the Real Worth of Free Weights and Weight Machines 302 Looking at Group Strength Training 303 Chapter 16: Pumping Some Heart-Smart Aerobic Exercise 305 Understanding the Cardiovascular System’s Role in Exercise 305 Starting with resting heart rate 307 Linking heart efficiency and exercise 308 Identifying why the Army measures cardiorespiratory fitness 308 Finding Your VO2 Max 309 Astrand Treadmill Test 309 2.4-km Cooper Run Test 312 Multistage Beep Test 312 Queuing up the Cardio 312 Hitting your target and max heart rates 313 Going beyond minimum cardio recommendations 314 Chapter 17: Trying Functional Fitness Concepts for Your Core 315 Introducing Your Core Muscles 315 Strengthening Your Core with Beginner Core Exercises 318 Hip lifts 318 Crunches 320 Bicycle kicks 321 The Superman 322 Pulling Your Own Weight During Core Training 323 V-ups 323 Scissor kicks 324 Side planks 325 Trying Out the Army (Core) Ball — No ASUs Necessary 326 Ab rolls 326 Stability ball knee raises 327 Stability ball hip thrusts 328 Perusing Core Exercises for Pregnancy Profiles 329 Cat/cow 330 Modified side plank 330 Side lunges 331 Pregnancy core stretch 332 Stretching and Toning Your Core with Pilates and Yoga 333 Pilates 333 Yoga 334 Chapter 18: Personalizing Your Workout Routine 335 Building Your Own Workout Routine 335 Identifying your personal goals and resources 336 Weight a minute: Figuring out your reps and intensity 337 Supersetting 338 Making time to stretch 338 Marking training days on your calendar 338 Scheduling recovery days into your routine 339 Charting your progress 340 Sneaking in Daytime Workouts You Can Do Anywhere 340 Chair dips 341 Calf raises 342 Single-leg squats 343 Bicep presses 344 Seated hip thrusts 344 Part 4: Nutrition and the “Whole Soldier” Concept 347 Chapter 19: Surveying Army Standards for Height and Weight 349 Taking Stock of Army Height and Weight Requirements 350 Going into the Army Body Composition Program 353 Distinguishing BMI from Body Fat Measurements 354 Chapter 20: Becoming a Lean, Green, Fighting Machine: Principles of Nutrition 357 Dishing on Hunger and Appetite 358 Distinguishing hunger from appetite 358 Hobnobbing with hunger hormones 359 Eating Pre- and Post-Workout 360 Fueling up before working out 360 Getting the right foods after your workout 362 Making ACFT-Smart Dietary Changes 363 Promoting fitness by avoiding diets 363 Incorporating healthier eating habits (without dieting) 363 Chapter 21: Identifying the Building Blocks of Nutrition 365 Choosing the Right Food Groups 365 Setting the table with MyPlate 366 Keeping less healthy options in check 366 Taking Vitamins for a Spin 367 Getting vitamins the old-fashioned way 368 Gauging DRIs and ULs for vitamins 369 Considering special conditions for vitamins 371 Minerals: Mining for Your Body’s Essentials 371 Eating your major minerals 372 Moderating minerals: DRIs and ULs 374 Recognizing who needs more minerals 374 Chewing on Carbs 374 Breaking down simple and complex carbs and dietary fiber 375 Putting your carbs to work for you 375 Addressing Amino Acids and Antioxidants 376 Chapter 22: Drink Water: It’s More Than a Basic Training Chant 379 Understanding How Your Body Uses Water 379 Water is a Necessity, Not a Crutch: Avoiding Dehydration 380 Recognizing the warning signs of dehydration 381 Looking at the effects of dehydration 382 Eyeing Electrolytes 383 Chapter 23: Making Sure Everything You Take In Counts 385 Understanding Metabolic Equivalents 386 Examining How Dietary Changes Can and Can’t Help You Drop Weight 387 Safely slashing calories to lose weight 389 Ignoring the crowd following popular diets 390 Getting the Skinny on Cholesterol and Unhealthy Fats 391 Cholesterol 391 Are you a good fat or a bad fat? 392 Taking a Drive through Fast Food 393 Nutritional composition of fast foods 393 Eating smart while dining out 395 Considering Coffee, Energy Drinks, and Alcohol 396 The best part of waking up (and the rest of the day): Savoring coffee’s benefits 396 Loading up on caffeine through energy drinks 397 Thinking before you drink: Alcohol’s effects on your system 397 Cracking Down on Supplements 399 Protein pow(d)er: Scrutinizing protein supplements 399 Shunning pre-workout supplements 400 Chapter 24: Eating Right 403 Dishing up Basic Dietary Guidelines for Soldiers 404 Helping Yourself to Healthy Eating Patterns 405 Putting the brakes on sodium, saturated and trans fats, and added sugars 406 Playing with portion control 407 Treat yo’ self: Giving yourself a pass to indulge sometimes 408 Part 5: The Part of Tens 409 Chapter 25: Ten Surefire Ways to Fail the ACFT 411 Choosing Not to Work Out 411 Failing to Know How to Do Each Event 412 Falling off the Fitness Wagon before the Test 412 Practicing for the Wrong Events 412 Drinking Alcohol the Night before the Test 413 Forgetting to Hydrate 413 Forgetting to Fuel Up 413 Missing the Mark on Height and Weight 414 Taking Pre-Workout or Other Potentially Unsafe Supplements Before the Test 414 Committing Safety Violations or Faults 414 Chapter 26: Ten Tips for Maxing Out Your Score on the ACFT 415 Putting in Extra Effort and Committing to Getting a 600 415 Training As You Test 416 Doing Cardio and Strength Training Leading Up to the Test 416 Getting Hard-Core with Your Core 416 Practicing at Least One Event Every Day 417 Tracking Your Progress 417 Using High-Quality Fuel 417 Hydrating before and during the ACFT 417 Getting Enough Sleep before the Test 418 Using All the Info You Have to Your Advantage 418 Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Change up Your Exercise Routine 419 Using (Or Ditching) the Buddy System 419 Mixing up Your Personal Speed 420 Getting Creative with Exercises 420 Playing Mood Music 420 Going Backward Once in a While 420 Switching Locations 421 Dialing up the Intensity 421 Trying Group Fitness 421 Downloading an App 421 Playing Games 422 Chapter 28: Ten Ways to Cut Calories without Starving 423 Don’t Drink Your Calories 423 Fill Your Water Reserves Before You Eat 424 Switch to Lowfat Versions of Your Favorite Foods 424 Don’t Buy Junk Food 424 Cook at Home 424 Lighten up on the Condiments 425 Set the Table with Smaller Plates 425 Try Low-Cal Appetizers at Home 425 Never Eat out of the Container 425 Don’t Force Yourself to Clean Your Plate 426 Appendix: Fill-In-The-Blanks Workout Calendar 427 Index 429
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Palgrave Macmillan The Grants Register 2026
Book Synopsis.- Preface.- How to Use The Grants Register.- The Grants Register.- Subject and Eligibility Guide to Awards.- Index of Awards.- Index of Discontinued Awards.- Index of Awarding Organizations.
£474.99
Bristol University Press Supporting Struggling Students on Placement
Book SynopsisPractical guidance that will further knowledge and engender confidence for any teachers, assessors and supervisors on courses with a practice learning component, based on the authors first-hand experience and international multi-disciplinary research and literature.Trade Review"Student social workers are the profession's future. Ensuring they have the right learning experiences, and that they are right for the job is crucial. In this book, Jo Finch helps all involved in placement learning to negotiate the rocky terrain to make this happen." Jonathan Parker, Bournemouth University"Full of insights from theory and research, this much-needed, accessible book is a rich resource." Elizabeth Beddoe, University of Auckland"This fascinating read is a must for everyone involved in student placements. It is based on sound research and written by an expert in the field." Mark Doel, Emeritus Professor, Sheffield Hallam University"I would recommend this book to all who are involved in field education with students." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work“This book is an excellent addition to the practice educator’s toolkit… an easy-to-follow guide that has relevance for practice educators and university tutors at both national and international levels.” British Journal of Social Work, Oxford University Press.Table of ContentsIntroduction The context of practice learning and assessment across professions How do we know when a student is failing to achieve the required standards? The emotional impact of working with a struggling student Assessment and strategies for working effectively with struggling students Working constructively with key stakeholders in social work education Conclusion
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John Wiley & Sons Primer on LargeScale Assessments of Educational Achievement
Book SynopsisThis primer was written in response to an increase in large-scale assessment activity around the world and to provide answers to some of the most critical questions posed by countries about the most effective approaches to the design, implementation, and use of these assessments.
£34.15
Stanford University Press The College Devaluation Crisis: Market
Book Synopsis Employers are stepping in to innovate new approaches to training talent that increasingly operates independently of the higher education sector. The value proposition of the college degree, long the most guaranteed route to professional preparation for work, is no longer keeping pace with rapidly evolving skill needs that derive from technological advancements impacting today's work force. If the university system does not engage in responsive restructuring, more and more workplaces will bypass them entirely and, instead, identify alternative sources of training that equip learners with competencies to directly meet dynamic needs. The College Devaluation Crisis makes the case that employers and other learning and development entities are emerging to innovate new approaches to training talent that, at times, relies on the higher education sector, but increasingly operates independently in order to satisfy talent needs more agilely and effectively. Written primarily for managers, the book focuses on case studies from leading companies, including Google, Ernst & Young, and General Assembly, to illustrate their innovative strategies for talent development across varying levels of individual education, age, and background. The book also addresses professionals on the university side, urging readers to consider the question: Will higher education pivot and adapt, or will it resist change and, therefore, be replaced?Trade Review"This book is powerful, with fascinating case studies used throughout to unravel the forces prompting transformation within the university. A must-read for both academics and those interested in strategy and transformation in business and higher education."—Tanya Menon, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University"This book provides a refreshing blend of academic analysis, historical context, and contemporary trends to address the challenges facing higher education institutions to adapt to the rapidly changing needs of the work environment. A must-read for university faculty, staff, and administrators."—Laura Galloway, Associate Dean, University of Massachusetts Global"Few outlays today, for individuals and families, are larger than a college education. Getting the effectiveness of the output re-calibrated to the investment is a critical question for kitchen tables and board rooms alike. The College Devaluation Crisis brings rigor, vision, and practical solutions to the debate."—Bill Strahan, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Comcast"Unlike most contemporary critiques, The College Devaluation Crisis does not stop at recounting all that is wrong with formal higher education but indicates where the solutions may lie. Drawing from his unique professional journey, Dr. Jason Wingard explores a number of innovative solutions and partnerships that are helping increase the value of higher education for students and employers and issues a much-needed call to change."—Ángel Cabrera, President, Georgia Institute of Technology"The slow-moving student debt disaster and the emerging skills gap issues underscore that our higher education system needs a new measuring stick: outcomes. Dr. Jason Wingard has focused on that for years, which instantly makes The College Devaluation Crisis an essential part of this reimagination."—Randall Lane, Editor and Chief Content Officer, Forbes"The College Devaluation Crisis provides a thought-provoking examination of higher education and job readiness against the backdrop of a rapidly shifting labor market. Dr. Jason Wingard leaves corporations and institutions with potential solutions to provide employees with the relevant skills to succeed in today's economy."—Gregory Davis, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Vanguard"Dr. Jason Wingard asks important questions about how well American higher education prepares students for the demands of our twenty-first century economy. Filled with instructive case studies, his analysis highlights the emergence of a complicated educational ecosystem—one filled with pitfalls and opportunities that educators should understand and watch closely."—Daniel Colman, Dean, Continuing Studies, Stanford University"Companies who consistently and effectively enable their employees to embrace lifelong learning as a superpower will be the ones to lead the pack. Dr. Jason Wingard fearlessly investigates: how best will that happen? In traditional spaces? Or through more innovative approaches? This book asks the hard questions necessary to inspire you to find just the right answer."—Pamay Bassey, Chief Learning & Diversity Officer, Kraft Heinz"[The College Devaluation Crisis] is well written, and the model for evaluating the programs described allows for an 'apples to apples' comparison of programs and their complementary elements, contributing to broader solutions to meet the challenges institutions face.... Recommended."—D. E. Williams, CHOICETable of Contents1. The College Degree:False Panacea or Freighted Promise? 2. The Arc to the "Golden Age" and Emerging Decline 3. Competitive Models: Traditional Versus Alternative 4. College Partnerships 5. Employer Partnerships 6. Solo Disruptors 7. Bridge-Builders 8. Emergent Themes in Alternative Learning 9. Evolving Trends in the Future of Learning
£23.39
Bristol University Press Transitioning Vocational Education and Training
Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The transition to more just and sustainable development requires radical change across a wide range of areas and particularly within the nexus between learning and work. This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training that goes beyond the narrow focus of much of the current literature and policy debate. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban settings in Uganda and South Africa, the book offers a new way of seeing this issue through an exploration of the multiple ways in which people learn to have better livelihoods. Crucially, it explores learning that takes place informally online, within farmers’ groups, and in public and private educational institutions. Offering new insights and ways of thinking about this field, the book draws out clear implications for theory, policy and practice in Africa and beyond.Trade Review"This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the future of vocational education and training on the African continent. The book is beautifully written by a team of leading experts on VET in Africa. Rich in empirical evidence and theoretical insight, the book develops an important argument about the urgent need to radically transform VET so as to achieve more sustainable futures on the continent." Leon Tikly, University of Bristol"This is a thoughtfully detailed and committed edited volume which employs the “social ecosystem for skills” model as a basic foundation for successful transition of vocational education and training in Africa, in the spirit of lifelong learning. Readers in African countries will find this book useful and timely for application in VET institutions." International Review of EducationTable of Contents1. Introducing VET Africa 4.0 - Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Simon McGrath 2. VET and Skills in Africa: A Historical Sociology - Simon McGrath 3. Water, Transport, Oil and Food: A Political–Economy–Ecology Lens on Changing Conceptions of Work, Learning and Skills Development in Africa - Heila Lotz-Sisitka 4. Towards an Expanded Notion of Skills Ecosystems - Presha Ramsarup and Jo-Anna Russon 5. Social Ecosystem for Skills Research: Inclusivity, Relationality and Informality - Luke Metelerkamp and David Monk 6. Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems - Jo-Anna Russon and Volker Wedekind 7. Challenges in Transition Processes - Presha Ramsarup and Jo-Anna Russon 8. The Role of the University as Mediator in a Skills Ecosystem Approach to VET - Heila Lotz-Sisitka, George Openjuru and Jacques Zeelen 9. Implications for VET Research, Policy and Practice - Simon McGrath Afterword: Towards a More Just and Sustainable Research Practice - VET Africa 4.0 Collective
£23.74
John Wiley & Sons Inc Successful Training Strategies: Twenty-Six
Book SynopsisA publication of Work in America Institute Detailed case studies of leading companiessuch as Xerox, GeneralElectric, Goodyear, and Manpower, Inc.show how innovative trainingpractices make organizations more competitive. Illustrates howeffective programs can help companies utilize the latestmanufacturing, production, communication, and service technologies.A companion to Training The Competitive Edge.Table of ContentsPrefaceThe Authors Introduction: How Leading Companies Are Reshaping Their TrainingStrategies Part One: Aligning Training Strategy with Corporate Goals 1. The Travelers Corporation: Expanding Computer Literacy in theOrganization 2. Keeping Track of Training Quality and Costs: New-EnglandTelephone 3. The Motorola Training and Education Center: Keeping the CompanyCompetitive 4. Corning Glass Works: Total Quality as a Strategic Response 5. American Transtech: Learning as Part of the Job 6. Improving Operations and Employee Opportunity Through TechnicalTraining: Gilroy Foods, Inc. Part Two: Continuous Learning for All Employees 7. A Participative Approach to a Technological Challenge: GeneralElectric's Aerospace Electronic Systems Department 8. Training and Development at General Foods: A ParticipativeProcess 9. Training in a Team Environment: S. B. Thomas, Inc. 10. Pacific Bell and Communications Workers of America: Retrainingfor the Computer Age Part Three: Manufacturer-User Training Partnerships 11. Learning from Customers: Control Data Corporation's TrainingAdvisory Board 12. A Proactive Approach Toward HighTechnology Training: GeneralMotor's Linden, New Jersey, Plant 13. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company: Building a TrainingCommitment into the Contract 14. Ford Sharonville: An Emphasis on User-VAndor Cooperation 15. The VAndor's Role in Training to Support Computer IntegratedManufacturing: Caterpiller Inc. 16. Miller Brewing Company and Amatrol: A Succesful Partnership inTraining for New Technology Part Four: Designing and Delivering Training Cost-Effectively 17. Achieving Cost Savings and Quality Through Education: IBM'sSystems Approach 18. Manpower Temporary Services: Keeping Ahead of theCompetition 19. Reducing Maintenance Costs Through Supervisory Education andInvolvement: Travenol Laboratories, Inc. 20. A Training Consortium: General Motors' Automative ServiceEducational Program 21. National Technological University: Learning by Satellite Part Five: Combining Continuous Learning and EmploymentSecurity 22. Xerox's Critical Skills Training Program: A Commitment toRetraining Pays Off 23. Linking Retraining with Job and Income Security: The PackardElectric Experience 24. General Electric, Fort Wayne, Indiana: High Tech Comes to theRust Belt 25. Pacific Northwest Bell: A Job Skills Bank 26. Hewlett-Packard: Partnerships for New Careers ReferencesIndex
£45.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Training The Competitive Edge: Introducing New
Book SynopsisA Publication of Work in America Institute Draws on an extensive three-year study of successful corporatepractices to show how to incorporate training into anorganization's strategic planning so that new technologies aresmoothly integrated into the daily work lives of employees. Offerspractical advice on the financing, content, and delivery ofeffective training.
£42.75
John Wiley & Sons Inc Training for Impact: How to Link Training to
Book SynopsisDocument your efforts in terms management will understand Are your employee training efforts really paying off? In thishands-on guide, two top human resources consultants present aresults-oriented, twelve-step approach that directly links trainingto specific organizational goals. Here is all the information andguidance you need to create a work environment that reinforces newskills and maximizes training results. You'll also learn todocument the effect your efforts have on the bottom line, tracksubtle but important changes in employee values and beliefs, anddemonstrate increased sales and productivity. It's THE definitivehandbook for tracking and cost justification of training anddevelopment efforts.Table of ContentsPart One: Moving from Activity Training to Impact Training . 1. The Training-for-Activity Trap. 2. The Training-for-Impact Approach. Part Two: Creating Strategic Partnerships with Management. 3. Identifying Business Needs and Clients. 4. Forming a Collaborative Relationship with Clients. 5. Conducting Initial Project Meetings. Part Three: Diagnosing Organizational Needs and Making TrainingDecisions. 6. Assessing Performance Effectiveness. 7. Analyzing Causes of Performance Gaps. 8. Tabulating, Interpreting, and Reporting Results toClients. Part Four: Building Evaluation and Tracking Systems into TrainingPrograms. 9. Participant Reactions: Going Beyond "Smile Sheets". 10. Participant Learning: Assessing Development of Knowledge andSkills. 11. Behavioral Results: Evaluating Transfer of Learning to theJob. 12. Nonobservable Results: Identifying Changes in Values, Beliefs,and Cognitive Skills. 13. Operational Results: Measuring Impact on the Business. Part Five: Using the Training-for-Impact Approach. 14. How and Where to Begin.
£49.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Workplace Basics, Training Manual: The Essential
Book SynopsisPresents the findings of a three-year ASTD/U.S. Department of Labor nationwide study on how to develop a skilled workforce capable of meeting today's business requirements. Explains how to implement training programs that develop the new basic skills workers will need.Trade Review"As the first comprehensive analysis of modern job-skill requirements, the volume earns a unique place in the literature." --ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceThe Authors Workplace Basics Advisory Panel and Skills Network Part One: Setting Standards for Competency at Work 1. The Economic Impact of Basic Skills 2. The Skills Employers Want Part Two: The Foundation: Learning How to Learn 3. Learning to Learn: Strategies for Acquiring Skills Part Three: Basic Competency Skills: Reading, Writing andComputation 4. Reading for the New Workplace 5. Writing with Impact 6. Computation in a Technological Workplace Part Four: Communication Skills: Speaking and ListeningEffectively 7. Oral Communication Skills 8. Principles of Good Listening Part Five: Adaptability Skills: Solving Problems and ThinkingCreatively 9. Resourcefulness 10. Creative Thinking: New Ideas for Old Problems Part Six: Developmental Skills: Managing Personal and ProfessionalGrowth 11. Self-Esteem: Confidence Leads to Competence 12. Motivation and Goal Setting: Developing a Personal GamePlan 13. Career Development: Planning for Today and Tomorrow Part Seven: Group Effectiveness Skills: Working With Others 14. Interpersonal Skills 15. Teamwork 16. Negotiation Part Eight: Influencing Skills: Making A Difference 17. Understanding Organizational Culture 18. Sharing Leadership Part Nine: A Blueprint for Success 19. Guidelines for Establishing an Effective Workplace BasicsProgram
£45.12
John Wiley & Sons Inc Self-Directed Learning: A Practical Guide to
Book SynopsisYou can develop your own training materials with the aid of this detailed, but easy-to-use guide. You'll learn how to develop self-directed learning (SDL) packages that are applicable in any situation, from basic industrial and technical skills training to academic classroom training. This practical guide shows you how to: * Match training needs with organizational needs * Determine tasks that must be learned to meet those needs * Develop objectives and design materials that are in line with those needs Plus, you'll get practical learning aids and simulations that illustrate how to make theory a reality.Trade Review"If you are looking for a book with useful information about self-directed learning, this is it! The author's approach to the topic is Practical with a capital 'P'." --Dr. Angus Reynolds, professor of instructional technology, New York Institute of Technology "Expanding our capacity to develop ourselves and to learn on the job is one of the keys to meeting the challenges of today's complex economic environment. Self-Directed Learning provides human resource development professionals with a practical tool to address this issue." --Katharine C. Weldon, director of educational methods, Ernst & YoungTable of Contents1. Why Self-Directed Learning? Part One: Developing Effective Programs 2. When to Use Self-Directed Learning (SDL) 3. Creating an SDL Package: How to Develop Trainee Objectives and Organize Your Material 4. Formatting Your Material: How to Choose the Right Medium for Your Message 5. Evaluating Trainees: How to Assess Cognitive Mastery and Performance Improvement 6. Debugging Your Package: How to Make Sure It Works Part Two: Ensuring Successful Implementation 7. Preparing Your Organization for Self-Directed Learning 8. Distributed Implementation: The Challenge of the On-the-Job Training Site 9. Managing the Distributed Implementation: How to Facilitate Delivery, Control, and Evaluation 10. Implementation Through Learning Centers: Pros and Cons of Centralized Training Facilities 11. Building a Learning Center: What to Do to Make It Work 12. The Best It Can Be: Evaluating and Improving Your Self-Directed Learning System
£49.50
PennWell Books Situational Awareness for Emergency Response
Book SynopsisSituational awareness is more complex than simply noticing what is happening around you. An emergency responder must capture clues and cues in the emergency environment, make sense of the information, and predict what will happen next.In Situational Awareness for Emergency Response, Richard Gasaway establishes the foundation of decision making and the role of situational awareness in high-risk public safety environments. He explains his original research on command decisions and the barriers that challenge a commander's situational awareness, and offers lessons learned and best practices that can assist responders in preventing or overcoming the situational awareness barriers. Situational Awareness for Emergency Response is an ideal resource for incident commanders, line personnel who make high-stress decisions, and students learning to develop and maintain situational awareness. Features and benefits: Realise how decisions are made in high-stress, high-consequence, and time-compressed situations Understand situational awareness and its role in making good and bad decisions Identify barriers that challenge a commander’s situational awareness Improve your decision making with the lessons learned and recommended best practices Use the 25-point checklist as an incident evaluation tool to improve safety
£62.25
PennWell Books Step Up and Lead
Book SynopsisIn his new book Step Up and Lead, Frank Viscuso—author, speaker, and career deputy chief—shares the secrets of effective fire service leadership, introduces the traits and skills essential for successful fire service leaders, and discusses the importance of customer service. Designed to help you reach the top of your profession, this new book is considered must-read material for anyone who is ready to step up and lead!Contents: Foreword by Vincent Dunn; Acknowledgments; A leader of one; Leadership traits; Leadership skills; Customer service; Call to action; Index.Features and Benefits: Utilise the talents, skills & abilities of others Effectively delegate tasks Deal with subordinate problems Critique others Prevent freelancing Create a mentorship programme Improve workplace morale Provide praise and recognition Conduct effective meetings Tackle administrative tasks Create programmes Communicate and present Lead on the fireground Set and achieve goals Provide exceptional customer service Make high pressure decisions Gain a competitive advantage with promotions
£53.25
Harvard Educational Publishing Group The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools,
Book SynopsisSince its publication in 2012, The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students has helped countless classroom teachers, special educators, and others implement an effective, new approach to teaching focused on skill-building, practical interventions, and purposeful, positive interactions with students who have mental health disorders.Based on the success of the previous book, author Jessica Minahan has written this companion guide for educatorsseeking additional guidance for creating and implementing successful behavior intervention plans (“FAIR Plans”) for the students teachers worry about the most: those with anxiety-related or oppositional behaviors.Minahan takes readers step-by-step through the process of understanding and practicing the components of a FAIR behavior intervention plan so that they or a team can immediately customize it and put it to work in classrooms. Additional tips on creating interventions, as well as checklists to help with implementation and monitoring progress, are also included.Packed with brainstorming and reflection exercises, planning activities, templates, case studies, recommended apps, and other technology resources, The Behavior Code Companion will help educators create optimal classroom environments for all students.Table of ContentsCONTENTSIntroduction 1 CHAPTER 1Cracking the Code 7Embracing a New Perspective on Behavior REFLECT: How Do You Think About Behavior? 10 REFLECT: Examining Your Assumptions 12 CASE STUDY: Julian, a Student with Anxiety 13 CASE STUDY: Malik, a Student with Anxiety 15 PRACTICE: Reframing Our Understanding of Behavior 17 CHAPTER 2The FAIR Behavior Intervention Plan 19Practicing the Fundamentals PRACTICE: Functional Communication 23 PRACTICE: Replacement Behavior 24 PRACTICE: Writing Target Behaviors 28 PRACTICE: Analyzing Stan's ABC Notes 31 PRACTICE: Analyzing Juanita's ABC Notes 33 PRACTICE: Analyzing Raul's ABC Notes 35 PRACTICE: Analyzing ABC Notes for Your Students 37 PRACTICE: Structured ABC Data Sheet 38 CHAPTER 3Key Interventions for Successfully Supporting Students 41 REFLECT: Supporting Student Work Initiation 47 REFLECT: Transitions and Your Students 49 CASESTUDY: Xavier, a Fourth-Grade Student 53 CASESTUDY: Trevor, a First-Grade Student 54 PRACTICE: Making a Transition Support Plan 55 REFLECT: Evaluating Breaks in Your Classroom 59 PRACTICE: Brainstorming Breaks 62 PRACTICE: Evaluating Break Data 64 REFLECT: Finding Islands of Competence 68 PRACTICE: Planning Islands of Competence 71 PRACTICE: Brainstorming Barriers to Alternative Lunches 71 CHAPTER 4"Get Away From Me!" 73Strategies and Interventions for Students with Anxiety-Related Behaviors CASE STUDY: Analyzing Harry’s Behavior Plan 78 CASESTUDY: Analyzing Chandra’s Behavior Plan 80 REFLECT: Analyzing Your Student's Behavior Plan 82 PRACTICE: Creating a Writing Checklist 87 PRACTICE: Creating a "How I Feel About Writing" Sheet 88 REFLECT: Prioritizing Skills and Strategies 91 PRACTICE: Creating a Visual Self-Regulation Sheet 99 REFLECT: Planning a Check-In 104 REFLECT: Creating Check-In and Check-Out Sheets 106 CASESTUDIES: Catching It Early with Sophia and Sam 109 CASE STUDY: Prioritizing Strategies for Omar 113 CASESTUDY: Prioritizing Strategies for Stacey 113 CHAPTER 6Creating FAIR Behavior Intervention Plans 147 CASE STUDY: Aton, Grade 3 151 CASE STUDY: Devan, Grade 6 154 CASE STUDY: Angela, Grade K 157 CHAPTER 7Tools for Monitoring Progress and Implementation 161 REFLECT: Creating Data Sheets for Your Student 165 PRACTICE: Making an Implementation Checklist 177 PRACTICE: Putting It All Together 178 APPENDIX AIndividualized Education Program Goals and Objectives 183 APPENDIX BProtocols: Safety, Bolting, Threat, and Self-Harm 187 APPENDIX CHelpful Apps 207 APPENDIX DFAIR Behavior Intervention Plan Template 217 APPENDIX EUpdated FAIR Behavior Intervention Plan for Students with Anxiety-Related Behavior 221 APPENDIX FUpdated FAIR Behavior Intervention Plan for Students with Oppositional Behavior 227 APPENDIX GAnswer Key 235Notes 255Acknowledgments 259About the Author 261Index 263
£28.86
University of Massachusetts Press Getting Out: Youth Gangs, Violence, and Positive
Book SynopsisFor eight years Keith Morton codirected a safe-space program for youth involved in gang or street violence in Providence, Rhode Island. Getting Out is a result of the innovative perspectives he developed as he worked alongside staff from a local nonviolence institute to help these young people make life-affirming choices. Rather than view their violence as pathological, Morton explains that gang members are victims of violence, and the trauma they have experienced leads them to choose violence as the most meaningful option available. To support young people as they ""unlearned"" violence and pursued nonviolent alternatives, he offered what he calls a ""Youth Positive"" approach that prioritizes healing over punishment and recognizes them as full human beings. Informed by deep personal connections with these youth, Morton contends that to help them, we need to change our question from ""What is wrong with you?"" to ""What happened to you?
£21.80
Information Age Publishing Educating a Working Society: Vocationalism in
Book SynopsisThe future looks promising for the field of career and technical education (CTE). The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 eases the way to create multiple pathways for high school students to get to college and careers. Philanthropic foundations are funding innovations in career preparation. State departments of education are revamping program guidelines and graduation requirements. In many states, governors have made career preparation a priority.While people plan CTE’s future, Educating a Working Society looks to its past. This book explores twentieth-century efforts to bring schooling and work closer together. Chapters feature timely topics, such as public controversy over vocational programs, the influences of racism in philanthropic giving, students’ choices in course taking, teachers’ efforts to combine the academic and vocational missions of schooling, and contemporary trends in college and career readiness initiatives. Using schools to prepare youth for work has a long and troubled history. The contributors to this book dive into that history, bringing up compelling issues that challenge conventional wisdom about the history of education.Table of Contents Preface. Introduction, Glenn P. Lauzon. Partitioning Schools: Federal Vocational Policy, Tracking, and the Rise of Twentieth-Century Dogmas, Michael Thier, Joshua Fitzgerald, and Paul Beach. “Fitted to Serve Their Community”: Race and Power at Penn School and the Transition to Vocational Education, Mary-Lou Breitborde. A School of their Own: Movements to Provide Industrial Education in Columbus, Georgia for Marginalized Students on Both Sides of the Color Line, Lauren Yarnell Bradshaw. Disentangling the Triumph of Vocationalism from the Institutionalization of Vocational Education: A Reexamination of the Douglas Commission Report, Social Efficiency, and the Cooley Controversy, Stephen Provasnik. More Than Mere “Book-Learning”: Democracy and Vocational Education in the Territory of Hawai`i, 1900–1959, Michelle M. K. Morgan. The Give and Take of Vocationalism at the Local Level: Administrative and Student Perspectives on Milwaukee’s Interwar High Schools, Kyle P. Steele. Striving for a Unity of Opposites: The General Education Movement, Vocationalism, and Secondary Education, Kevin S. Zayed. Trending Toward “New Vocationalism” in College and Career Readiness Definitions, Matthew J. Benus and Catherine L. Livesay. Cutting-Edge (and Dull) Paths Forward: Accountability and Career and Technical Education Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Paul Beach, Michael Thier, Joshua Fitzgerald, and Christine M. T. Pitts. Afterword. Glenn P. Lauzon. About the Editor. About the Contributors.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Educating a Working Society: Vocationalism in
Book SynopsisThe future looks promising for the field of career and technical education (CTE). The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 eases the way to create multiple pathways for high school students to get to college and careers. Philanthropic foundations are funding innovations in career preparation. State departments of education are revamping program guidelines and graduation requirements. In many states, governors have made career preparation a priority.While people plan CTE’s future, Educating a Working Society looks to its past. This book explores twentieth-century efforts to bring schooling and work closer together. Chapters feature timely topics, such as public controversy over vocational programs, the influences of racism in philanthropic giving, students’ choices in course taking, teachers’ efforts to combine the academic and vocational missions of schooling, and contemporary trends in college and career readiness initiatives. Using schools to prepare youth for work has a long and troubled history. The contributors to this book dive into that history, bringing up compelling issues that challenge conventional wisdom about the history of education.Table of Contents Preface. Introduction, Glenn P. Lauzon. Partitioning Schools: Federal Vocational Policy, Tracking, and the Rise of Twentieth-Century Dogmas, Michael Thier, Joshua Fitzgerald, and Paul Beach. “Fitted to Serve Their Community”: Race and Power at Penn School and the Transition to Vocational Education, Mary-Lou Breitborde. A School of their Own: Movements to Provide Industrial Education in Columbus, Georgia for Marginalized Students on Both Sides of the Color Line, Lauren Yarnell Bradshaw. Disentangling the Triumph of Vocationalism from the Institutionalization of Vocational Education: A Reexamination of the Douglas Commission Report, Social Efficiency, and the Cooley Controversy, Stephen Provasnik. More Than Mere “Book-Learning”: Democracy and Vocational Education in the Territory of Hawai`i, 1900–1959, Michelle M. K. Morgan. The Give and Take of Vocationalism at the Local Level: Administrative and Student Perspectives on Milwaukee’s Interwar High Schools, Kyle P. Steele. Striving for a Unity of Opposites: The General Education Movement, Vocationalism, and Secondary Education, Kevin S. Zayed. Trending Toward “New Vocationalism” in College and Career Readiness Definitions, Matthew J. Benus and Catherine L. Livesay. Cutting-Edge (and Dull) Paths Forward: Accountability and Career and Technical Education Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Paul Beach, Michael Thier, Joshua Fitzgerald, and Christine M. T. Pitts. Afterword. Glenn P. Lauzon. About the Editor. About the Contributors.
£82.80
Information Age Publishing Professional Development for In-Service Teachers:
Book SynopsisComputer science is increasingly becoming an essential 21st century skill. As school systems around the world recognize the importance of computer science, demand for teachers who have the knowledge and skills to deliver computer science instruction is rapidly growing. Yet a number of recent studies indicate that teachers report low confidence and limited understanding of computer science, frequently confusing basic computer literacy skills with computer science. This is true for both teachers at the K-8 level as well as secondary education teachers who frequently transition to computer science from other content areas, such as mathematics. As computer science is not yet included in most teacher preparation programs, professional development is a critical step in efforts to prepare in-service teachers to deliver high-quality computer science instruction. To date, however, research on best practices in computer science professional development has been severely lacking in the literature, making it difficult for researchers and practitioners alike to examine effective in-service preparation models.This book provide examples of professional development approaches that help teachers integrate aspects of computing in existing curricula at the K-8 level or deliver stand-alone computer science courses at the secondary school level. Further, this book identifies computational competencies for teachers, promising pedagogical strategies that advance teacher learning, as well as alternative pathways for ongoing learning including microcredentials. The primary audience of the book is graduate students and faculty in educational technology, educational or cognitive psychology, learning theory, curriculum and instruction, computer science, instructional systems and learning sciences. Additionally, the book will serve as a valuable addition to education practitioners and curriculum developers as well as policy makers looking to increase the number of teachers who are prepared to deliver computing education.Table of Contents Introduction: Examining Professional Development Models for Computing Education - Chrystalla Mouza, Anne Ottenbreit- Leftwich, and Aman Yadav Acknowledgments PART I: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTENT AREA TEACHERS Computational Thinking in Elementary Classrooms: A Toolkit to Scaffold Teacher Learning - Aman Yadav, Kathryn M. Rich, Christina V. Schwarz, and Rachel A. Larimore Teacher Co-Design in a CSforALL Research–Practice Partnership: Curriculum Development and Teacher Learning - Florence R. Sullivan, W. Richards Adrion, Catherine Tulungen, and Emrah Pektas Professional Development Supporting Middle School Teachers to Integrate Computational Thinking Into Their Science Classes - Quentin Biddy, Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, Jennifer Jacobs, William Penuel, Mimi Recker, and Tamara Sumner Teachers' Knowledge and Skills in Computational Thinking and Their Enactment of a Computationally Rich Curriculum - Irene Lee, Ling Hsiao, and Emma Anderson Looming Code: A Model, Learning Activity, and Professional Development Approach for Computer Science Educators - Heidee Vincent, Victor R. Lee, Aubrey Rogowski, and Mimi Recker PART II: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Re-Making Education in STEM Classrooms With Computational Play - Brian E. Gravel, Maria C. Olivares, and Eli Tucker-Raymond Culturally Responsive Methods for Engaging All Students in Computer Science Principles - S. Megan Che, Rhoda Latimer, Eileen Kraemer, and Murali Sitaraman E-Books for High School Computer Science Teachers - Barbara J. Ericson and Mark Guzdial Implementing a Professional Development Framework to Assist the Rollout of Computer Science in Second-Level Schools in Ireland - Oliver McGarr, Merrilyn Goos, Clare McInerney, Keith Johnston, and Una Flemming PART III: ONGOING AND SCALING- UP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES Supporting Ongoing Teacher Capacity and Development: Moving Beyond Orientation Professional Development to Support Advanced Teacher Learning - Leigh Ann DeLyser, Stephanie Wortel-London, and Lauren Wright Leveraging Collective Impact to Scale Computer Science Teacher Professional Development and Certification - Carol L. Fletcher and Jayce R. Warner Expanding Computer Science Opportunities: A Personalizable, Flexible Model for Professional Learning - Dave Frye, Mark Samberg, and Ha Nguyen Code Savvy Educators: A Professional Development Model for In-Service Educators - Lana Peterson, Cassandra Scharber, Sarah Barksdale, Andrea Wilson Vazquez, and Tom Cozzolino PART IV: ALTERNATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES: UNIVERSITY COURSES AND MICROCREDENTIALS Supporting In-Service Teachers in Understanding the Potential of Data and Artificial Intelligence to Influence and Impact Learning - Justin Olmanson, Jennifer Davis, and Matthew Kilbride Credentialing Computation: Empowering Teachers in Computational Thinking Through Educator Microcredentials - Quinn Burke, Colin Angevine, Chris Proctor, Josh Weisgrau, and Kerri Ann O'Donnell From Clock-Based to Competency-Based: How Micro-Credentials Can Transform Professional Development - Melissa A. Rasberry, Gretchen Weber, and Joseph P. Wilson About the Editors About the Contributors
£60.35
Information Age Publishing Professional Development for In-Service Teachers:
Book SynopsisComputer science is increasingly becoming an essential 21st century skill. As school systems around the world recognize the importance of computer science, demand for teachers who have the knowledge and skills to deliver computer science instruction is rapidly growing. Yet a number of recent studies indicate that teachers report low confidence and limited understanding of computer science, frequently confusing basic computer literacy skills with computer science. This is true for both teachers at the K-8 level as well as secondary education teachers who frequently transition to computer science from other content areas, such as mathematics. As computer science is not yet included in most teacher preparation programs, professional development is a critical step in efforts to prepare in-service teachers to deliver high-quality computer science instruction. To date, however, research on best practices in computer science professional development has been severely lacking in the literature, making it difficult for researchers and practitioners alike to examine effective in-service preparation models.This book provide examples of professional development approaches that help teachers integrate aspects of computing in existing curricula at the K-8 level or deliver stand-alone computer science courses at the secondary school level. Further, this book identifies computational competencies for teachers, promising pedagogical strategies that advance teacher learning, as well as alternative pathways for ongoing learning including microcredentials. The primary audience of the book is graduate students and faculty in educational technology, educational or cognitive psychology, learning theory, curriculum and instruction, computer science, instructional systems and learning sciences. Additionally, the book will serve as a valuable addition to education practitioners and curriculum developers as well as policy makers looking to increase the number of teachers who are prepared to deliver computing education.Table of Contents Introduction: Examining Professional Development Models for Computing Education - Chrystalla Mouza, Anne Ottenbreit- Leftwich, and Aman Yadav Acknowledgments PART I: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTENT AREA TEACHERS Computational Thinking in Elementary Classrooms: A Toolkit to Scaffold Teacher Learning - Aman Yadav, Kathryn M. Rich, Christina V. Schwarz, and Rachel A. Larimore Teacher Co-Design in a CSforALL Research–Practice Partnership: Curriculum Development and Teacher Learning - Florence R. Sullivan, W. Richards Adrion, Catherine Tulungen, and Emrah Pektas Professional Development Supporting Middle School Teachers to Integrate Computational Thinking Into Their Science Classes - Quentin Biddy, Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, Jennifer Jacobs, William Penuel, Mimi Recker, and Tamara Sumner Teachers' Knowledge and Skills in Computational Thinking and Their Enactment of a Computationally Rich Curriculum - Irene Lee, Ling Hsiao, and Emma Anderson Looming Code: A Model, Learning Activity, and Professional Development Approach for Computer Science Educators - Heidee Vincent, Victor R. Lee, Aubrey Rogowski, and Mimi Recker PART II: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Re-Making Education in STEM Classrooms With Computational Play - Brian E. Gravel, Maria C. Olivares, and Eli Tucker-Raymond Culturally Responsive Methods for Engaging All Students in Computer Science Principles - S. Megan Che, Rhoda Latimer, Eileen Kraemer, and Murali Sitaraman E-Books for High School Computer Science Teachers - Barbara J. Ericson and Mark Guzdial Implementing a Professional Development Framework to Assist the Rollout of Computer Science in Second-Level Schools in Ireland - Oliver McGarr, Merrilyn Goos, Clare McInerney, Keith Johnston, and Una Flemming PART III: ONGOING AND SCALING- UP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES Supporting Ongoing Teacher Capacity and Development: Moving Beyond Orientation Professional Development to Support Advanced Teacher Learning - Leigh Ann DeLyser, Stephanie Wortel-London, and Lauren Wright Leveraging Collective Impact to Scale Computer Science Teacher Professional Development and Certification - Carol L. Fletcher and Jayce R. Warner Expanding Computer Science Opportunities: A Personalizable, Flexible Model for Professional Learning - Dave Frye, Mark Samberg, and Ha Nguyen Code Savvy Educators: A Professional Development Model for In-Service Educators - Lana Peterson, Cassandra Scharber, Sarah Barksdale, Andrea Wilson Vazquez, and Tom Cozzolino PART IV: ALTERNATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES: UNIVERSITY COURSES AND MICROCREDENTIALS Supporting In-Service Teachers in Understanding the Potential of Data and Artificial Intelligence to Influence and Impact Learning - Justin Olmanson, Jennifer Davis, and Matthew Kilbride Credentialing Computation: Empowering Teachers in Computational Thinking Through Educator Microcredentials - Quinn Burke, Colin Angevine, Chris Proctor, Josh Weisgrau, and Kerri Ann O'Donnell From Clock-Based to Competency-Based: How Micro-Credentials Can Transform Professional Development - Melissa A. Rasberry, Gretchen Weber, and Joseph P. Wilson About the Editors About the Contributors
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Information Age Publishing Instructional Design Fieldbook
Book SynopsisFrom a field developed out of the need to train military personnel at scale to its current role in enabling virtual learning and training experiences, instructional design has developed into a complex, multifaceted discipline. The modern instructional design process goes by many names (e.g., learning experience design, learning engineering, training and development, organizational development) and continues to adapt with continual changes in society and skill development needs. From mobile to remote learning as well as online and traditional classrooms, instructional designers are faced with meeting the learner where they are to design authentic and engaging learning experiences. Additionally, learning development needs have expanded outside of formal learning into professional development, on the job training, and continuous learning.Table of Contents Foreword - Luke Hobson Introduction - Kathryn A. Wolfe-Burleson, Josh Herron, and Wanda V. Chaves SECTION I: CURRENT TOPICS Introduction A Case Study in Connecting Students and Learning in a Pandemic Era: Enhancing Student Engagement and Persistence - Melanie Morgan Jackson Navigating Buy-In: Implementing a University-Wide Accessibility Initiative - Amy Ostrom and Jeremy Dickerson SECTION II: K–12 EDUCATION Introduction The Making of Makerspaces in the Elementary Classroom - Maghan Evans Churchill Bringing Instructional Design and Educational Technology to K–12 - Kathryn A. Wolfe-Burleson SECTION III: HIGHER EDUCATION Introduction Team-Based Design: A Case Study - Gary Chinn, Kate Miffitt, and Katrina Wehr Is Pedagogy as Important as We Think - JeVaughn Lancaster SECTION IV: BUSINESS Introduction Development Rich-Time Poor: How Game Based Developmental Experiences Provide Impactful Performance Interventions for Corporate Learners - Allyson L. Copeland, Madhura Sarkar, Brooke B. Saldivar, and Elaine C. Tricoli Changing Processes, Changing Minds: Achieving Radical Results in Manufacturing - Ed Cucinelli and Wanda V. Chaves A University Partnership to Develop a Family-Owned Enterprise Training Program - Josh Herron, Andria Carpenter, and Scott Whitaker SECTION V: ENTERTAINMENT Introduction The Creation of Cirque du Soleil's Acro-Artistic Training Program - Caitlan Maggs, Bernard Petiot, and Wanda V. Chaves Building Multicultural Strength to Enhance Customer and Employee Experience - Angie Sola and Wanda V. Chaves SECTION VI: HEALTHCARE Introduction Urgent Medical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Natalie Budesa Implementation of EHR in an Ophthalmic/Optometric Office - LaToya C. Ligon About the Authors
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Information Age Publishing Instructional Design Fieldbook
Book SynopsisFrom a field developed out of the need to train military personnel at scale to its current role in enabling virtual learning and training experiences, instructional design has developed into a complex, multifaceted discipline. The modern instructional design process goes by many names (e.g., learning experience design, learning engineering, training and development, organizational development) and continues to adapt with continual changes in society and skill development needs. From mobile to remote learning as well as online and traditional classrooms, instructional designers are faced with meeting the learner where they are to design authentic and engaging learning experiences. Additionally, learning development needs have expanded outside of formal learning into professional development, on the job training, and continuous learning.Table of Contents Foreword - Luke Hobson Introduction - Kathryn A. Wolfe-Burleson, Josh Herron, and Wanda V. Chaves SECTION I: CURRENT TOPICS Introduction A Case Study in Connecting Students and Learning in a Pandemic Era: Enhancing Student Engagement and Persistence - Melanie Morgan Jackson Navigating Buy-In: Implementing a University-Wide Accessibility Initiative - Amy Ostrom and Jeremy Dickerson SECTION II: K–12 EDUCATION Introduction The Making of Makerspaces in the Elementary Classroom - Maghan Evans Churchill Bringing Instructional Design and Educational Technology to K–12 - Kathryn A. Wolfe-Burleson SECTION III: HIGHER EDUCATION Introduction Team-Based Design: A Case Study - Gary Chinn, Kate Miffitt, and Katrina Wehr Is Pedagogy as Important as We Think - JeVaughn Lancaster SECTION IV: BUSINESS Introduction Development Rich-Time Poor: How Game Based Developmental Experiences Provide Impactful Performance Interventions for Corporate Learners - Allyson L. Copeland, Madhura Sarkar, Brooke B. Saldivar, and Elaine C. Tricoli Changing Processes, Changing Minds: Achieving Radical Results in Manufacturing - Ed Cucinelli and Wanda V. Chaves A University Partnership to Develop a Family-Owned Enterprise Training Program - Josh Herron, Andria Carpenter, and Scott Whitaker SECTION V: ENTERTAINMENT Introduction The Creation of Cirque du Soleil's Acro-Artistic Training Program - Caitlan Maggs, Bernard Petiot, and Wanda V. Chaves Building Multicultural Strength to Enhance Customer and Employee Experience - Angie Sola and Wanda V. Chaves SECTION VI: HEALTHCARE Introduction Urgent Medical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Natalie Budesa Implementation of EHR in an Ophthalmic/Optometric Office - LaToya C. Ligon About the Authors
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Brookes Publishing Co Picture Inclusion!: Snapshots of Successful
Book SynopsisPicture one guidebook that gives you the fundamentals of inclusion, proven practices for teaching everyone, and dozens of student profiles and sample lesson plans. That’s what you’ll get in Picture Inclusion!, your theory-to-practice guide to teaching every learner in a diverse inclusive classroom. You’ll begin with a reader-friendly introduction to the why and how of inclusion in Grades K–5, including the foundations of inclusive education and guidelines on key concepts: universal design for learning, response to intervention, alternate assessment, and more. Then you’ll go inside three model classrooms for an in-depth look at how to support students with a wide range of learning needs. For each model classroom, you’ll find •Snapshots of 20 diverse students and their teacher. Each snapshot introduces you to a student, clarifies their support needs and goals, shows you their IEP or 504 plan (if they have one), and shares a support schedule and concrete strategies for helping the student reach their goals.•Eight sample lesson plans for teaching core academic areas and specials. Each plan gives you learning objectives, preparation steps, sample scripts, and step-by-step teaching guidelines. •Dozens of adaptable inclusive practices to support individual students and groups. (Also available in the appendix as an Inclusive Practices Bank!)Brimming with the practical tools and wisdom you need to create lessons that support every learner, this hands-on, how-to resource will help you move inclusion from a lofty ideal to an everyday reality.
£36.51
Harvard Educational Publishing Group Natural Allies: Hope and Possibility in Teacher-Family Partnerships
Book SynopsisIn Natural Allies, Soo Hong offers a paradigm shift in how we think about family engagement with schools. Hong challenges the conventional depiction of parents and teachers as 'natural enemies,' and shows how, through teachers’ initiative and commitment, they can become natural allies instead. Based on a three-year ethnographic study, the book features the experiences and motivations of five urban school teachers who have successfully created meaningful, productive relationships and partnerships with students' families. In Natural Allies, the teachers' personal narratives are juxtaposed with rich descriptions of their interactions with families and children. The book explores how the dimensions of race, class, culture, and family history shape the interactions between teachers and families, particularly in schools where teacher-parent dynamics may be fraught with distrust or misunderstanding. The book demonstrates how commitment to families and community can become a central part of educators' development as professionals. In addition, the research provides new insight and seeks to merge the study of family engagement with the field of culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogies. Offered with optimism and urgency, Natural Allies addresses an area in which many educators feel ill equipped and unprepared. Readers will emerge from a reading of the book with new ideas on family engagement that are grounded in an analysis of the deep contours of the parent-teacher relationship.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Common-Sense Evidence: The Education Leader's
Book SynopsisWritten by two leading experts in education research and policy, Common-Sense Evidence is a concise, accessible guide that helps education leaders find and interpret data and research, and then put that knowledge into action. In the book, Nora Gordon and Carrie Conaway empower educators to address the federal Every Student Succeeds Act mandate that schools use evidence-based improvement strategies. Recommendations include utilizing existing research; generating evidence on the success of their own improvement efforts; and building an organizational culture of evidence use. The authors walk readers through the processes for determining whether research is relevant and convincing; explain useful statistical concepts; and show how to quickly search for and scan research studies for the necessary information. The book directs readers through case studies of typical scenarios including a superintendent trying to reduce chronic absenteeism; a middle school math department chair trying to improve student performance on exams; and a chief state school officer attempting to recruit teachers for rural schools.Common-Sense Evidence helps education leaders build capacity for evidence-based practice in their schools and districts.Table of Contents Introduction 1 Turn Problems of Practice into Research Questions 2 Know Where to Find Useful Research Fast 3 Determine How Relevant and Convincing the Research Is 4 Understand What ESSA Says About Evidence (and What It Leaves Out) 5 Build Evidence by Learning from Your Own Data 6 Interpret and Share Your Evidence 7 Build and Sustain Evidence Use in Your Organization Conclusion Further Readings Notes Acknowledgments About the Authors Index
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group The Chicana/o/x Dream: Hope, Resistance and Educational Success
Book SynopsisBased on interview data, life testimonios, and Chicana feminist theories, The Chicana/o/x Dream profiles first-generation, Mexican-descent college students who have overcome adversity by utilizing various forms of cultural capital to power their academic success. While college enrollment rates for Chicana/o/x students have steadily increased over the last decade, this cohort still faces significant barriers to academic achievement, including minimal information about college and limited access to the kind of preparation and advising that will help them get there. As a result, Chicana/o/x students maintain stubbornly low four-year completion rates. Against this backdrop, Gilberto Q. Conchas and Nancy Acevedo address the mechanisms that shape the achievement, aspirations, and expectations of Chicana/o/x students who grew up in marginalized communities and unequal school contexts and share success stories about this growing population of students. Conchas and Acevedo elevate the voices of students at a research university and in the community college sector to reveal important issues and factors impacting and shaping the students' academic journeys. The college-age men and women in the narratives evince hope, resistance, and empowerment in the face of marginalization, anti-immigration sentiment, poverty, and an education system that too often reinforces deficit-minded stereotypes. The authors critique the educational policies and practices that systematically fail to champion Chicana/o/x success and examine the use of community cultural wealth that supports US-born and US immigrant students of Mexican descent to make their achievement possible. In so doing, the authors look toward the future by highlighting the actions that Chicana/o/x students take in creating bridges between K–12 to college and between their communities and higher education.The Chicana/o/x Dream helps define the heart and soul of tomorrow's America and elucidates how Chicana/o/x college students maintain hope, enact resistance, and succeed against injustice. The book offers a call to action to K–20 educators and administrators to develop better supports to foster the success of Mexican-descent students.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Transgender Students in Elementary School:
Book SynopsisTransgender Students in Elementary School offers guidance to educators who want to provide a supportive school culture and climate for transgender and gender-expansive students. The book provides recommendations for creating learning environments that facilitate all students' sense of belonging and reduce the constraints inherent in binary gender norms. Through this book, teachers and school leaders can deepen their understanding about why they need to make schools gender-inclusive and how to make it happen. Focusing on case studies of five schools, Melinda M. Mangin provides real-life quotes and vignettes that candidly illustrate the learning curve of leaders, staff, and families. These stories demonstrate both the successes and challenges of creating affirming school environments for transgender and gender-expansive students. Mangin argues that while educators are powerfully motivated by the desire to meet the needs of the transgender children in their care, change should not be limited to one-time efforts to meet one child's needs. Rather, the focus should be on creating a comprehensive school culture in which children of all gender expressions and identities can thrive.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Transgender Students in Elementary School: Creating an Affirming and Inclusive School Culture
Book SynopsisTransgender Students in Elementary School offers guidance to educators who want to provide a supportive school culture and climate for transgender and gender-expansive students. The book provides recommendations for creating learning environments that facilitate all students' sense of belonging and reduce the constraints inherent in binary gender norms. Through this book, teachers and school leaders can deepen their understanding about why they need to make schools gender-inclusive and how to make it happen. Focusing on case studies of five schools, Melinda M. Mangin provides real-life quotes and vignettes that candidly illustrate the learning curve of leaders, staff, and families. These stories demonstrate both the successes and challenges of creating affirming school environments for transgender and gender-expansive students. Mangin argues that while educators are powerfully motivated by the desire to meet the needs of the transgender children in their care, change should not be limited to one-time efforts to meet one child's needs. Rather, the focus should be on creating a comprehensive school culture in which children of all gender expressions and identities can thrive.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM
Book SynopsisDrawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM. Based on this extensive research, McGee advocates for structural and institutional changes to address racial discrimination, stereotyping, and hostile environments in an effort to make the field more inclusive.Black, Brown, Bruised reveals the challenges that underrepresented racially minoritized students confront in order to succeed in these exclusive, usually all-White, academic and professional realms. The book provides searing accounts of racism inscribed on campus, in the lab, and on the job, and portrays learning and work environments as arenas rife with racial stereotyping, conscious and unconscious bias, and micro-aggressions. As a result, many students experience the effects of a racial battle fatigue-physical and mental exhaustion borne of their hostile learning and work environments-leading them to abandon STEM fields entirely. McGee offers policies and practices that must be implemented to ensure that STEM education and employment become more inclusive including internships, mentoring opportunities, and curricular offerings. Such structural changes are imperative if we are to reverse the negative effects of racialized STEM and unlock the potential of all students to drive technological innovation and power the economy.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education: A Universal Design Toolkit
Book SynopsisIn Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education, Sheryl Burgstahler provides a practical, step-by-step guide for putting the principles of universal design into action. The book offers multiple ways to access, engage with, and transform the higher education environment: making physical spaces welcoming to students of all abilities; creating digital learning and assistive technology programs that meet the needs of all users; developing universal design in higher education (UDHE) syllabi, assessments and teaching practices that minimize the need for academic accommodations; and institutionalizing universal design supports and services. A follow-up to Universal Design in Higher Education, Burgstahler's new book will be a valuable resource for leaders, faculty, and administrators who are interested in acquiring the tools needed to create barrier-free learning environments. Filled with applications, examples, recommendations, and above all, a framework in which to conceptualize UDHE, this volume will help educators meet the design needs of all students and honor the principles of diversity and inclusivity.
£49.60
Harvard Educational Publishing Group The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and
Book SynopsisIn The Teacher Insurgency, Leo Casey addresses how the unexpected wave of recent teacher strikes has had a dramatic impact on American public education, teacher unions, and the larger labor movement. Casey explains how this uprising was not only born out of opposition to government policies that underfunded public schools and deprofessionalized teaching, but was also rooted in deep-seated changes in the economic climate, social movements, and, most importantly, educational politics. With an eye to maintaining the momentum of the insurgency, the author examines four key strategic questions that have arisen from the strikes: the relationship of mobilization to organizing; the relationship between protests and direct action; the conditions under which teacher strikes are most likely to be successful; and the importance of 'bargaining for the common good.' More broadly, Casey examines how to organize teachers for collective action, focusing on four discourses of teaching: teaching as nurturance; as professionalism; as labor and craft; and as a vocation of democratic intellectual work.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Rural Education in America: What Works for Our Students, Teachers, and Communities
Book SynopsisRural Education in America provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the diversity and complexity of rural communities in the United States and for helping rural educators implement and evaluate successful place-based programs tailored for students and their families. Written by educators who grew up in rural America and returned there to raise their children, the book illustrates how efficacy is determined by the degrees to which instruction, interventions, and programs address the needs and strengths of each unique rural community. Geoff and Sky Marietta weave research, compelling case studies, and personal experience to illustrate effective approaches along the P-16 pipeline. Emphasizing the value and vitality of these communities, the authors advocate for solutions that fit the sociocultural and historical reality of the community, rather than strategies that fundamentally support out-migration. They also provide tools that can be used to evaluate rural educational initiatives and implement place-based strategies that are aligned with the strengths of a particular community.Rural Education in America includes examples from a range of geographic locations, including Eastern Washington, Montana, Ohio, northern Minnesota, North Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, and the Navajo Nation. Core chapters focus on critical issues for advancing rural education including early literacy, STEM education, and college completion while highlighting successful programs and partnerships in these areas. This book presents a vision of what rural education can be and how it can attend to the well-being of the people, places, and regions that it serves.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Toward Anti-Oppressive Teaching: Designing and
Book SynopsisToward Anti-Oppressive Teaching introduces an innovative approach for using live-actor simulations to prepare preservice teachers for diverse classroom settings. Based on the SHIFT Project at Vanderbilt University, the book highlights the promise of these encounters to empower preservice teachers to become more culturally responsive. Despite widespread recognition of the need to educate novice teachers in the theory and practice of culturally responsive pedagogy, few teaching candidates have the opportunity to try out, reflect upon, and internalize these lessons prior to taking their first job. As a result, new teachers are often unprepared to respond effectively to real-life dilemmas of difference and inequity in K-12 schools. The book shows how carefully crafted encounters-when incorporated as part of a well-designed cycle of instructional tasks-can build on traditional approaches to educating future teachers about culture, power, and systems of oppression. The book is ambitious in scope, laying out the rationale and theory behind the use of this new approach and shows how teacher educators are using, adapting, and designing simulations to fit the context of a teaching program. The authors include sample simulation materials and offer advice for addressing common logistical and programmatic challenges for adopting this new practice including how to hire, train, and care for actors. Filled with engaging examples and testimony from students who have participated in the program, Toward Anti-Oppressive Teaching provides guiding principles and practical suggestions, and offers a point of entry for those interested in a new approach to addressing a long-standing challenge in teacher education.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Challenging the One Best System: The Portfolio
Book SynopsisIn Challenging the One Best System, a team of leading education scholars offers a rich comparative analysis of the set of urban education governance reforms collectively known as the 'portfolio management model.' They investigate the degree to which this model-a system of schools operating under different types of governance and with different degrees of autonomy-challenges the standard structure of district governance famously characterized by David Tyack as 'the one best system.' The authors examine the design and enactment of the portfolio management model in three major cities: New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Denver. They identify the five interlocking mechanisms at the core of the model-planning and oversight, choice, autonomy, human capital, and school supports-and show how these are implemented differently in each city. Using rich qualitative data from extensive interviews, the authors trace the internal tensions and tradeoffs that characterize these systems and highlight the influence of historical and contextual factors as well. Most importantly, they question whether the portfolio management model represents a fundamental restructuring of education governance or more incremental change, and whether it points in the direction of meaningful improvement in school practices. Drawing on a rigorous, multimethod study, Challenging the One Best System represents a significant contribution to our understanding of system-level change in education.
£31.46
Harvard Educational Publishing Group Collaborative Action for Equity and Opportunity:
Book SynopsisCollaborative Action for Equity and Opportunity provides a how-to guide for education, government, and community leaders interested in creating cross-sector systems of support for students. These collaborations strive to close achievement and opportunity gaps and to help children overcome problems stemming from poverty, racism, and other societal ills. Based on a framework developed at Harvard's By All Means Initiative, Paul Reville and Lynne Sacks walk readers through the process of jump-starting a successful collaboration between school, government, and community leaders. The authors describe how to form a local Children's Cabinet to lead the effort, identify goals and strategies, and ensure the long-term sustainability of the collaboration. In addition to a clear sequential set of implementation steps, Reville and Sacks provide field-tested tools, examples of communities that have undertaken this work, and specific strategies and guidance gleaned from their collaborations with more than thirty communities across the country.Collaborative Action for Equity and Opportunity highlights the roles that school and municipal leaders play in creating comprehensive systems of support and opportunity for all children in a community.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group The Path to Free College: In Pursuit of Access,
Book SynopsisIn The Path to Free College, Michelle Miller-Adams argues that tuition-free college, if pursued strategically and in alignment with other sectors, can be a powerful agent of change. She makes the case that broadly accessible and affordable higher education is in the public interest, yielding dividends not just for individuals but also for the communities, states, and nation in which they reside. Miller-Adams offers a comprehensive analysis of the College Promise movement-its history, impacts, and unintended consequences-and its relationship to access, affordability, and workforce readiness. These factors are explored through data, analysis, and case studies of existing place-based scholarship programs. She also examines historical precursors of the free-college movement and evaluates the possibility of national action.The Path to Free College outlines how the design of free-college programs should relate to programmatic goals and explores the suitability of different approaches. In addition, the book describes both the need for and the challenges of implementing a nationwide free-college program, as well as the variety of models and research-based evidence. Given the raging national debate about tuition-free college, the moment is right for a book that assesses state and local efforts and offers policy leaders and practitioners guidance going forward. The Path to Free College asserts that the promise of private and public gains warrants public investment in tuition-free college.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Am I My Brother's Keeper?: Educational
Book SynopsisAm I My Brother’s Keeper? provides a powerful cautionary tale about the challenges involved in enacting large-scale educational change. The book, chronicling the Expanded Success Initiative (ESI), a four-year study focused on improving the educational outcomes of 15,000 Black and Latinx males in New York City public high schools, covers what worked, what didn’t, and what we can learn from the experience. The ESI model, a precursor to President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper, highlights the ways that school districts can embed educational equity into the principles and policies that guide their work with students, in contrast to implementing stand-alone initiatives that may come and go. Through the voices of students, teachers, and administrators, the book informs the implementation of other large-scale district-community partnerships designed to improve opportunities and outcomes for young people who have systematically been denied both. Most critically, the book provides policy, practice, and research recommendations to inform the next generation of work with this student population. As sustained protests across the United States call attention to the ravages of systemic racism, Am I My Brother’s Keeper? highlights concrete steps that school districts can take to confront racist structures and support young people of color.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Am I My Brother's Keeper?: Educational
Book SynopsisAm I My Brother’s Keeper? provides a powerful cautionary tale about the challenges involved in enacting large-scale educational change. The book, chronicling the Expanded Success Initiative (ESI), a four-year study focused on improving the educational outcomes of 15,000 Black and Latinx males in New York City public high schools, covers what worked, what didn’t, and what we can learn from the experience. The ESI model, a precursor to President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper, highlights the ways that school districts can embed educational equity into the principles and policies that guide their work with students, in contrast to implementing stand-alone initiatives that may come and go. Through the voices of students, teachers, and administrators, the book informs the implementation of other large-scale district-community partnerships designed to improve opportunities and outcomes for young people who have systematically been denied both. Most critically, the book provides policy, practice, and research recommendations to inform the next generation of work with this student population. As sustained protests across the United States call attention to the ravages of systemic racism, Am I My Brother’s Keeper? highlights concrete steps that school districts can take to confront racist structures and support young people of color.
£48.00
Harvard Educational Publishing Group Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation
Book SynopsisIn Districts That Succeed, long-time education writer Karin Chenoweth turns her attention from effective schools to effective districts. Leveraging new, cutting-edge national research on district performance as well as in-depth reporting, Chenoweth profiles five districts that have successfully broken the correlation between race, poverty, and achievement. Focusing on high performing or rapidly improving districts that serve children of color and children from low-income backgrounds, the book explores the common elements that have led to the districts’ successes, including leadership, processes, and systems. Districts That Succeed reveals that helping more students achieve is not a matter of adopting a program or practice. Rather, it requires developing a district-wide culture where all adults feel responsible for the academic well-being of students and adopt systems and processes that support that culture. Chenoweth explores how districts, from urban Chicago, Illinois to suburban Seaford, Delaware, have organized themselves to look at data to guide improvement. Her research highlights the essential role of districts in closing achievement gaps and illustrates how successful outliers can serve as resources for other districts. With important lessons for district leaders and policy makers alike, Chenoweth offers the hard-won wisdom of educators who understand the power of schools to, as one superintendent says, “change the path of poverty.”
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Behind the Diversity Numbers: Achieving Racial
Book SynopsisBehind the Diversity Numbers uncovers how frequently used approaches to examine and understand race-related issues on college campuses can reinforce racism and inequality, rather than combat them. The book argues that educational leaders must look beyond quantitative metrics in order to develop institutional policies and practices that promote racial equality. Utilizing nearly thirty years of data and research, W. Carson Byrd shows that limiting conversations about racial inequality to numeric representation and outcomes fails to take into account that inequality is also an experience. Quantitative-heavy approaches can turn students into numbers, devaluing their lived experiences of marginalization on campus. Byrd repositions these experiences to better understand how to design effective analytic and policy strategies to promote racial equity and justice in higher education.Behind the Diversity Numbers focuses on how racial stratification and inequality can hide in plain sight behind analyses of diversity, equity, and inclusion. It provides readers with a range of suggestions for institutional change, including how to incorporate racial equity as a central component of higher education, especially when it comes to analyzing and monitoring data that can inform decision-making and policy making. The conclusion offers recommendations for systemic institutional change and for incorporating racial justice and equity as central components of higher education.Behind the Diversity Numbers will enhance how institutions, higher education agencies, and policy makers think about what should be done to reduce racial inequality and to create diverse and equitable campuses.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Teachers of Color: Resisting Racism and
Book SynopsisTeachers of Color describes how racism serves as a continuous barrier against diversifying the teaching force and offers tools to support educators who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of Color on both a systemic and interpersonal level. Based on in-depth interviews, digital narratives, and questionnaires, the book analyzes the toll of racism on their professional experiences and personal wellbeing, as well as their resistance and reimagination of schools. Teacher educator and educational researcher Rita Kohli documents the hostile racial climate that teachers of color experience over the course of their academic and professional lives—first as students and preservice teachers and later in their classrooms and schools. She also highlights the tools of resistance these teachers employ to challenge institutionalized oppression and the kinds of professional development and support they need to thrive. Analyzed through the lens of critical race theory, Teachers of Color exposes the ongoing racialization via counter-stories from thirty racially, geographically, and professionally diverse educators. The book concludes with recommendations that various education stakeholders can employ to improve the racial climates of schools and support the growing diversity of the teaching force. At this critical moment, Kohli offers readers an opportunity to strengthen their racial literacies and better understand the strengths, struggles, and power of teachers of color.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Schools Under Siege: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Educational Equity
Book SynopsisUsing original qualitative and quantitative data, Schools Under Siege confronts the many ways, direct and indirect, in which US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies and practices disrupt education. The book explores the impact of these policies not only on the six-million-plus K–12 students in the US at risk for being directly affected by enforcement, but also the wide-ranging consequences for their classmates, educators, and communities. Fear, stress, and trauma invoked by the threat of ICE detention and deportation contribute to increased absenteeism, decreased student achievement, and parent disengagement. Bullying becomes more widespread, and a multitude of other effects impact school climate and student health and well-being. Amplifying the burden, these effects are experienced disproportionately in poorly funded districts and Title I schools and are felt more acutely among vulnerable populations such as immigrant students, English language learners, and Latinx students.Schools Under Siege highlights the work of teachers, counselors, and administrators who are addressing these day-to-day challenges in support of students and families. It provides a profile of a model sanctuary school and offers practical advice for how educators, local government, and nonprofit agencies can work together to mitigate the collateral damage of immigration enforcement. The book suggests ways in which concerned persons can advocate for immigration policy reform at the local, state, and federal levels. Ultimately, editors Patricia GÁndara and Jongyeon Ee chart a course into a future that makes good on the promise of equitable education for all students.
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