Joseph Murphy: 130 books
by Joseph F. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
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This gold mine of wisdom from top education researcher and the best-selling author of Turning Around Failing Schools and*Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement *contains key tips and strategies every school leader should know. Award-winning...
The Architecture of School Improvement
Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Sound bites of wisdom for successful school improvement
This is no ordinary how-to manual. Researcher Joseph Murphy infuses experiences and humor into oft-debated methods of school improvement. School leaders, teachers, and improvement-minded audiences will find a collection of daily...
Positive School Leadership
Building Capacity and Strengthening Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research and the complexities of life in schools. The authors—both senior scholars in educational leadership—apply insights...
Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization
Citizens without States
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Thanks to advances in international communication and travel, it has never been easier to connect with the rest of the world. As philosophers debate the consequences of globalization, cosmopolitanism promises to create a stronger global community. Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization examines...
The Philosophical I
Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2002
Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers. Candid and philosophically insightful, these personal narratives critically call into question the belief that philosophy should...
Heroines of Comic Books and Literature
Portrayals in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships...
Creating Instructional Capacity
A Framework for Creating Academic Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Great leaders build stronger foundations using Academic Press
School leaders who learn how to apply academic press within a supportive culture will build successful teams to meet today’s standards. This book unpacks essential elements of building instructional capacity or Academic Press...
Now Go and Teach the People
So That They May Believe
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2007
The book its self is about my own experience of remembering where I came from before child birth its self. I had been in side of such a beautiful and heavenly place before going through child birth its self. I was in this heaven like area its self at the time. I did not know of such things as Hunger...
by J.L. Aldis, Jae Eynon, Matthew Joseph Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
The gods and demons of ages past didn’t simply give up and walk away when people stopped believing in them . . .
They’re still here, still real.
In our workplaces. In our homes.
They’re with us from the day we’re born until...
by David Baggett, Joseph J. Foy, S. Evan Kreider
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Every generation produces a counterculture icon. Joss Whedon, creator of the long-running television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is famed for his subversive wit, rich characters, and extraordinary plotlines. His renown has only grown with subsequent creations, including Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse,...
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
Scientific Discoveries and New Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases remain the number one cause of death in developed countries and their prevalence is increasing rapidly in developing nations. This book brings together the recent information on these disorders and the links that exist between them in order to provide a complete...
by Jason T. Eberl, George A. Dunn, George A. Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities...
Leadership for Literacy
Research-Based Practice, PreK-3
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
This groundbreaking text compiles 20 years of research to prove the link between effective literacy programs and the crucial role administrators play in developing successful literacy instruction.
Turning Around Failing Schools
Leadership Lessons From the Organizational Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Provides an in-depth examination of the causes and symptoms of degeneration and a two-part model for preventing educational collapse and crafting an effective turnaround.