Jennifer Johnson: 95 books
Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction
An Anthology for Researchers, Policy Makers, and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction...
Undergraduate Curricular Peer Mentoring Programs
Perspectives on Innovation by Faculty, Staff, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Curricular peer mentoring is a programmatic approach to enrich student learning and engagement in postsecondary courses in which instructors welcome a more experienced undergraduate student into a credit course they are teaching. The student then serves as peer mentor to the students enrolled. Peer...
Television and the Self
Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment,...
by M. J. Moores, Corrie Adams, SB Barak
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
'The Tree of Life' is a collection of conversations that lost souls and true believers have with themselves while keeping their heads to the sky. ~ Wesley MorrisSeeing humanity ascribed to this cyclical beauty, it is impossible to differentiate the passage of time from the emotional roil of life....
The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx
Rethinking Regionalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
This highly readable edited collection focuses on the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx. Each contributor to this volume explores a different facet of Proulx's striking attention to geography, place, landscape, regional environments, and local economies in her writing. Covering all...
The Oregon Trail Romance Collection
9 Stories of Life on the Trail into the Western Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Risking all their hopes and dreams on promises of fertile land in the Northwest, thousands set off on the Oregon Trail between 1843 and the 1890s. Despite the majestic landscape and daily opportunities for fireside chats, the trail was hardly the place these migrants expected to find romance. In these...
by Sophie Lynn, M.R. Wallace, BSM Stoneking
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Everyone loves a good bedtime story...
Even better would be twenty-six diverse bedtime stories, in eighteen different genres, written by twenty very different, fantastic, Award-winning and Five-star authors.
These stories truly bring something for everyone, from the terrifying to...
by Craig Smith, R Brandon Anderson, Jennifer Asenas
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and determines their frames for assessing First Amendment cases. In each of the chapters, a justice will be profiled in terms of his or her claims during the nomination hearings and the positions...
Play and Performance
Play and Culture Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Play and Performance offers hope to those lamenting the loss of play in the twenty-first century and aims to broaden the understanding of what play is. This volume showcases the work of programs from early childhood through adulthood, in a variety of educational and therapeutic settings, and from...
Creating Inclusion and Well-being for Marginalized Students
Whole-School Approaches to Supporting Children’s Grief, Loss, and Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
It is increasingly challenging for teachers to educate without a deeper understanding of the experience of their students. This is particularly the case in marginalised groups of young people who are subject to loss, grief, trauma and shame. Through a snapshot of the diverse student populous, this...
The Portland Edge
Challenges And Successes In Growing Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the mlivable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right?...
Mapping the Megalopolis
Order and Disorder in Mexico City
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Mapping the Megalopolis: Order and Disorder in Mexico City brings the humanities and the social sciences into a conversation about Mexico City in its social, political, and aesthetic manifestations. Through a shared exploration of the order and disorder that mutually constitute the city, contributing...
by Janiece Johnson, Jennifer Reeder
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Latter-day Saint women actively participated in the Restoration, and their voices and testimonies need to be included in Church history. The Witness of Women helps accomplish that. Teachers, parents, gospel scholars, and every member seeking a connection with the women of our past will relish discovering...
Modern Spanish Women as Agents of Change
Essays in Honor of Maryellen Bieder
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
This volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change, and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their consideration of lesser-known women...