Michael D Young: 19 books
by Michael D Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
The Women of All Seasons Delores Lingate moved from Florida to Atlantic City after her divorce. She found a new job, a new friend, and a place to unwind on the weekends. She finds herself fascinated by the handsome man who sent her a drink as she sat in the Oasis Jazz Lounge enjoying the band. His...
by Michael D. Young
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Enjoying the combination of wetness between the steady rain pour and splashes of the rough waters of the Oconee River, a kayaker spotted something stuck between a rock and a water tree. It wasn't until he glided over there, that he discovered that it was a person. And the person was DEAD.... RETURN...
The Illness of Medicine
Experiences of Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
The book examines and reviews how one experiences medical treatment from both sides of the table. The significant obstacles patients endure, as well as the exasperation many of the truly dedicated medical professionals feel, has been assessed. The controlling arrogance of the insurance industry...
The Curriculum of the Future
From the 'New Sociology of Education' to a Critical Theory of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
In this important book the author looks back on the 'knowledge question'. What knowledge gets selected to be validated as school knowledge or as part of the school curriculum, and why is it selected? Looking forward, Young discusses how most developed countries have high levels of participation in...
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,...
Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish;...
The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom
Conceptualizing, Writing, and Defending the Dissertation
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
Inventing Place
Writing Lone Star Rhetorics
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Bringing together methods and scholars from rhetoric and related disciplines, essays in Inventing Place: Writing Lone Star Rhetorics blend personal and scholarly accounts of Texas sites, examining place as an embodied poiesis, an understanding and composition formed through the collaboration of a...
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