Student Student Life category: 717 books
Improving the First Year of College
Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
The first year of college represents an enormous milestone in students' lives. Whether attending a four-year or two-year institution of higher education, living on campus or at home, or enrolled in a highly selective school or a college with an open-admissions policy, students are challenged in unique...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book is a critically important contribution to the work underway to transform schooling for students who have historically been denied access to a quality education, specifically African American children. The first section of the book provides some historical perspective critical to understanding...
How to Stop Bullying towards a non-violent school
A guide for teachers and support staff
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
By providing teachers with a practical intervention program to prevent bullying in their schools, this book gives the reader tried and tested strategies to tackle a very challenging problem.
Creating a safe school environment where pupils feel secure is increasingly difficult, but this book...
Prepped for Success
What Every Parent Should Know About the College Application Process
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
The one book every parent and high-school student needs to successfully get into college! Learn about types financial aid, writing competitive personal statements, and how to make your college application the most competitive it can be. In this book, parents and students learn what they should be doing...
Education 101
This Handbook Will Ultimately Give You Various And Excellent Ideas On Education Including Graduate Degree Options, Benefits Of Online Learning, Online Distance Learning, Financial Aid For College, Best Bachelor Degree And A Whole Lot More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Education is the process of acquiring knowledge from teachers through their teaching. It is the learning that one gets in schools. It mainly involves activities like imparting knowledge by the teachers in classrooms, presentation of study materials by faculty members, practical training in workshop...
by Peter Borghesi
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
This is a memoir about a man who makes a significant career change in his fifties. He goes from a successful career in the corporate world to being a new teacher in an inner-city public school, a teacher to children with autism. The story largely follows his first year of teaching as he struggles...
UK eBook Guide for International Students
A Complete UK Guide for International Students
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2015
The UK Student AdviserTM eGuide contains over 80 pages of practical information that you need when relocating to the UK for your studies. We know how difficult relocating can be, so with this guide we have packaged everything you need to know to make that move easier.
Our e-book guide will...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This practical text explores contemporary case scenarios that arise in school counseling with children and adolescents. Throughout 30 chapters on a diverse range of topics, several school counseling experts analyze and discuss each incident from a best practices...
Empowering Men of Color on Campus
Building Student Community in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
While recruitment efforts toward men of color have increased at many colleges and universities, their retention and graduation rates still lag behind those of their white peers. Men of color, particularly black and Latino men, face a number of unique challenges in their educational careers that often...
Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts
Social-Emotional, Motivation, and Cognitive Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts draws from a growing body of research on how and why various aspects of social relationships and contexts contribute to children’s social and academic functioning within school settings. Comprised of the latest studies in developmental and educational...
by Ernest J. Zarra III PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Helping Parents Understand the Minds and Hearts of Generation Z takes parents into the daily lives of their 24-7, wired-up children. It allows parents and children to speak for themselves. This highly practical book provides parents insights into how Gen Z thinks, the ways their brains learn, and...
Schooling Sexual Cultures
Visual Research in Sexuality Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Moving beyond the traditional focus on curriculum and pedagogy, this volume explores hidden dimensions of sexuality education in schools and how sexual meanings are produced. Challenging the standard understandings of sexuality education, Allen discusses how students’ knowledge of sexualities is...
Downed by Friendly Fire
Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Most Americans would never willingly revisit their high school experiences; the nation’s school systems reflect the broader society’s hierarchical emphasis on race, class, and gender. While schools purport to provide equal opportunities for all students, this rarely happens in actuality—particularly...
Not a Toy, but a Tool
An Educator’s Guide for Understanding and Using iPads
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two book set that will allow educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific...