Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
The Science Quest
Using Inquiry/Discovery to Enhance Student Learning, Grades 7-12
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
The Science Quest introduces the Inquiry/Discovery instructional framework, an innovative method for captivating students? interest in science, for building their skills in scientific thinking, and for dramatically enriching their understanding of scientific content and concepts. For teachers curious...
by John J. Schmidt Ed.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
An expanded edition filled with ideas, strategies, and tools for school counselors
This Survival Guide helps counselors plan and implement an effective counseling program tailored to the needs of all students. Step by step, the book walks readers through every aspect of the school counselor...
Your Church in Rhythm
The Forgotten Dimensions of Seasons and Cycles
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
A gentle new way for church leader’s to survive stress and burnout
Bruce Miller debunks the idea of balance—basically trying to have it all, all the time. Most churches and their pastors try to do everything at once and feel guilty if any one aspect (worship, ministries, outreach, etc.)...
Theraplay
Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2009
Theraplay?a pioneering application of attachment theory to clinical work—helps parents learn and practice how to provide the playful engagement, empathic responsiveness, and clear guidance that lead to secure attachment and lifelong mental health in their children. This third edition of the groundbreaking...
Race, Ethnicity, and Health
A Public Health Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Race, Ethnicity and Health, Second Edition, is a new and critical selection of hallmark articles that address health disparities in America. It effectively documents the need for equal treatment and equal health status for minorities. Intended as a resource for faculty and students in public health...
Teaching and Learning STEM
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Rethink traditional teaching methods to improve student learning and retention in STEM
Educational research has repeatedly shown that compared to traditional teacher-centered instruction, certain learner-centered methods lead to improved learning outcomes, greater development of critical high-level...
by William A. Kaplin, Barbara A. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Make sure you have a copy on your bookshelf.
The Law of Higher Education, Fifth Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference, research source, and practical legal guide for college and university administrators, campus attorneys, legal counsel, and institutional researchers,...
Public Health Genomics
The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recognized genomics as a priority area in public health education. To help public health students and professionals achieve proficiency in the language of genetics and attain genomics competencies delineated by the CDC, this book offers an introduction to...
Educating Nurses
A Call for Radical Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
Praise for Educating Nurses
"This book represents a call to arms, a call for nursing educators and programs to step up in our preparation of nurses. This book will incite controversy, wonderful debate, and dialogue among nurses and others. It is a must-read for every nurse educator and...
Epidemiology Foundations
The Science of Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
Written by Peter J. Fos—an expert in epidemiology with more than twenty years teaching experience—Epidemiology Foundations offers an ideal introduction to the theory and practice of public health epidemiology. This important text discusses both the historical perspective and future trends of epidemiology,...
Planning Health Promotion Programs
An Intervention Mapping Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
This guide to the planning of health promotion programs uses the increasingly popular Intervention Mapping approach, a theory- and evidence-based interactive process that links needs assessment with program planning in a way that adds efficiency and improves outcomes. Students, researchers, faculty,...
The Tourette Syndrome and OCD Checklist
A Practical Reference for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Up-to-date, reliable information about Tourette Syndrome and related disorders for teachers and parents
Children with TS are often teased and punished for the unusual yet uncontrollable symptoms of their disorder. Academic failure is common. The Tourette Syndrome/OCD Checklist helps parents...
Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core
What Every Educator Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Create programs that prepare students for college, careers, and the new and challenging assessments of the Common Core State Standards
Written for all educators but with an emphasis on those at the secondary level, this important resource shows how to develop programs that truly prepare students...
Preparing Teachers for a Changing World
What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Based on rapid advances in what is known about how people learn and how to teach effectively, this important book examines the core concepts and central pedagogies that should be at the heart of any teacher education program. Stemming from the results of a commission sponsored by the National Academy...