Nancy Ellen: 31 books
Texas Women
Their Histories, Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives engages current scholarship on women in Texas, the South, and the United States. It provides insights into Texas’s singular geographic position, bordering on the West and sharing a unique history with Mexico, while analyzing the ways in which Texas stories...
Plastics
America's Packaging Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Plastics explains what plastics are, how they are made, how they are used, and the problems and opportunities they bring.
by Ellen Kottler, Nancy P. Gallavan
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Using their proven formula for guiding novice, pre-service, and experienced teachers, the authors synthesize real-world insights and the most practical elements of pedagogy to provide a ready-to-use resource of best classroom practices. Based on the authors' experience as teacher educators and skilled...
Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
This ground-breaking book explores the theoretical, clinical and training application of integrating mindfulness with all of the arts therapies, and includes cutting-edge contributions from neuroscience. Written by pioneers and leaders in the arts therapies and psychology fields, the book includes...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
Kitchen and Bath Design Principles
Elements, Form, Styles
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
The industry standard, full-color guide to practical kitchen and bath design
Kitchen and Bath Design Principles is The National Kitchen and Bath Association's complete guide to uniting function and style in these important rooms. This full-color guide is heavily illustrated, with a revised...
Reading Instruction for Diverse Classrooms
Research-Based, Culturally Responsive Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
This practical, teacher-friendly book provides indispensable guidance for implementing research-based reading instruction that is responsive to students' diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Structured around the “big five” core topics of an effective reading program—phonemic awareness,...
Jewish Pastoral Care 2/E
A Practical Handbook from Traditional & Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
T****he first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the Jewish tradition—and a vital resource for counselors and caregivers of other faith traditions.
The essential reference for rabbis, cantors, and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and...
Networks of Knowledge Production in Sudan
Identities, Mobilities, and Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
This is the first book of its kind on Sudan, and arguably one of the first in North Africa. We are part of an emerging, more cosmopolitan approach that calls for a reassessment of ideas about not only the concept of identities**,** but also about migration and technology, especially social media....
The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook
A Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
What is “Jewish Spirituality”? How do I make it part of my life?
Today’s foremost spiritual leaders share their ideas and experience.
Whether you are just curious, intently searching for greater personal meaning, or actively seeking ideas, information, practices and inspiration to enrich...
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education
Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life...
Women and AIDS
Negotiating Safer Practices, Care, and Representation
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
For many women, the advice “Use a condom!” is not enough to help protect them from HIV infection. As Women and AIDS reveals, “negotiating” safer sex practices is a very complex issue for women who are involved in relationships where they do not enjoy physical, social, or economic equality....
Disability in Higher Education
A Social Justice Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Create campuses inclusive and supportive of disabled students, staff, and faculty
Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach examines how disability is conceptualized in higher education and ways in which students, faculty, and staff with disabilities are viewed and served on...
Reading Work
Literacies in the New Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2004
Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace explores changing understandings of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings. It points to new questions and dilemmas to consider in planning and teaching workplace education. By taking a social perspective on literacies in the workplace,...