Nicole Smith: 37 books

Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education challenges the language used in education by linking the language of both the public and professional domains with the changing intentions of the governance of education. Exploring various issues, which embody the many manifestations...

Today’s highly industrialized and technologically controlled global food systems dominate our lives, shaping our access and attitudes towards food and deeply influencing and defining our identities. At the same time, these food systems are profoundly and destructively impacting the health of the...

Christian educators are encouraged to view teaching as a ministry, not just a job. There are six principles that guide a Teaching Ministry: • Believe • Expect • Love • Patience • Study • Relationships A different perspective leads to a fulfilling ministry within public and private educational settings.

Big Fish, Little Fish: Teaching and Learning in the Middle Years provides pre-service and early career teachers with a pathway to understanding the needs of students as they make the important transition from primary to secondary schooling. The book explores contemporary challenges for teaching and...

This work interrupts the current “consulting students” discourse that positions students as service clients and thus renders more problematic the concept of student voice in ways that it might be sustained as a democratic process. It looks at student voice holistically across realms of classroom...

Zwei mächtige texanische Familien kämpfen um Reichtum, Recht und Liebe. DER MILLIARDÄR UND DAS KINDERMÄDCHEN Eine Stelle als Kindermädchen bei dem faszinierenden Milliardär Zane Foley scheint für die hübsche Melanie die Eintrittskarte in ein neues Leben. Zanes kleine Tochter ist einfach bezaubernd,...

The first book written specifically on clinical applications of sleep and sleep disorder theory for occupational therapists, this book bridges the research to practice gap. Contributors share their expertise, exploring topics such as the relationship between mental health and sleep; how sleep is affected...

Intercountry adoption has undergone a radical decline since 2004 when it reached a peak of approximately 45,000 children adopted globally. Its practice had been linked to conflict, poverty, gender inequality, and claims of human trafficking, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Hague Convention...

30 Extraordinary Women Come Together to Celebrate a New Era We are at a defining moment in history . . . The world as we know it is shifting from a society based on a predominantly masculine model into a new era, one with women at the forefront as the leaders of the twenty-first century....