Christine N Michael: 16 books
Beyond the Bedtime Story
Promoting Reading Development during the Middle School Years
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Beyond the Bedtime Story: Understanding and Promoting Reading Development During the Middle School Years was written for educators, parents, and all who care about promoting the reading development of middle school students. The book fills a much-needed void in scholarly literature by considering...
From Floundering to Fluent
Reaching and Teaching Struggling Readers
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
From Floundering to Fluent: Reaching and Teaching Struggling Readers was written for educational practitioners and specialists, particularly classroom teachers and school administrators, as well as family and community members who are firmly committed to the reading development and academic success...
Betwixt and Between
Understanding and Meeting the Social and Emotional Development Needs of Students During the Middle School Transition Years
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Educators, parents, and those who work with middle school students in various settings will find this book to be a valuable addition to their library. Early adolescence is a time of tremendous change with the potential for positive development in the academic, social, and emotional domains; yet, often...
The Soul of the Schoolhouse
Cultivating Student Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
The Soul of the Schoolhouse: Cultivating Student Engagement’s primary focus is to help readers understand the many, diverse factors that make up engaged learning and students’ motivation to learn. The authors acknowledge the importance of cognitive aspects of education and the techniques that...
Captivating Classrooms
Educational Strategies to Enhance Student Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Captivating Classrooms explores the specific role that student engagement plays in education, it argues that there are myriad factors that undergird meaningful student learning and participation—such as motivation, exciting teaching strategies, reinventing literacy instruction, and authentic assessment....
Securing the Schoolyard
Protocols that Promote Safety and Positive Student Behaviors
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
This book was written as a resource guide for educational and mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as families and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce school violence and promote safe, engaging, and effective schools. This book explores the growing crisis in school...
Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse
Safety, Security, and Student Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2019
Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse: Safety, Security, and Student Well-Being was written as a resource guide for educational and mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as families and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce school violence and promote safe, engaging,...
Festival of Crime
Nineteen Tales of Murder and Suspense
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Throughout Minnesota, from Austin to International Falls, people flock every year to more festivals--county fairs, arts and craft shows, ice-fishing contests, and music festivals--than you can shake a stick at. Most come for the food and fun, but a few festival-goers have more devious intentions in...
The Edcamp Model
Powering Up Professional Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Exciting professional development that works!
Discover Edcamp, a model of professional development that’s never one- size-fits-all—and always productive. In Edcamp, “unconference” participants create the agenda and lead the sessions, drawing on their individual expertise, and engage...
Wiesn-Liebe
Liebesgeschichten zum Oktoberfest
Language: German
Release Date: September 30, 2011
„Ich kann nur sagen: Lesen Sie‘s und dann ist der Inhalt in verschiedener Variation zur Nachahmung sehr empfohlen.“ (Dr. Gabriele Weishäupl,Wiesn-Chefin) "Eine vielstimmige Liebeserklärung!" (SZ) Liebesgeschichten rund ums Münchner Oktoberfest.Die Sehnsucht ist es, die alljährlich...
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
by Sheree N. Alexander, Mariella I. Arredondo, Tabetha Bernstein-Danis
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior,...
by Antje Volz, Frank Schön, Christoph Loeschmann
Language: German
Release Date: January 21, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: January 21, 2012
Dieses Buch bietet alles zu kardiologischer und kardiochirurgischer Pflege – speziell auf die Arbeit der Pflegenden zugeschnitten. Das Plus:
Autorenteam: bestehend aus Pflegenden und Medizinern
Nachschlagewerk: Alle pflegerelevanten und medizinischen Informationen in einem Buch
Basisgrundwissen: z.B. für alle neuen Mitarbeiter
Spezialthemen: u.a. Herz-Lungenmaschine, IABP, Medikamente
Transforming Undergraduate Education
Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
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