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Cognitive Coaching
Developing Self-Directed Leaders and Learners
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
In this greatly expanded and extensively updated edition of a widely popular resource you see how teachers' individual and collective capacities for continuing self-improvement are strengthened over time through Cognitive Coaching. You gain essential skills, protocols, guidance, research and resources...
Making a Difference in a Globalized World
Short-term Missions that Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Every year, an estimated 1.6 million Americans participate in short-term mission trips, spending over one billion dollars—figures that have increased exponentially in the last two decades. About one third of U.S. congregations sponsor such trips each year. While they are referred to as “mission”...
Memories, Hopes, and Conversations
Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and Congregational Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Memories, Hopes, and Conversations is a powerful resource that introduces readers to Appreciative Inquiry—a transformational organizational change process that focuses on the strengths of a group. The second edition has been revised and expanded throughout, featuring important new materials on leadership...
by Richard P. Olson, Joe H. Leonard Jr., Co-chair
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1996
Families are both a great resource to the church's ministry and in great need of the church's ministry. There are tremendous stresses and changes in families. Business as usual simply will not do. This book sketches a road map that will take American families into a new day in family ministry while grappling with day-to-day challenges.
Governing to Win
Enhancing National Competitiveness Through New Policy and Operating Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Charles Prow has brought together an impressive lineup of businessmen and women, reporters, and experts to show how the United States can be more competitive in the global economy. This book shows not only what is wrong with the current federal spending plan, but ways to fix it. Business professionals...
Gringolandia
Mexican Identity and Perceptions of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2005
Mexico's views of the United States have been characterized as stridently anti-American, but recent policy changes in Mexico-culminating with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-mark a fundamental transformation in the relationship. This thoughtful and original work answers questions about...
Global Information Society
Technology, Knowledge, and Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
We have been living and working in the information society for decades, yet still we struggle to understand and keep up in the face of its constant flux and vast scope. In this unique interdisciplinary text, three scholars at the forefront of this dynamic field provide a clear conceptual framework...
Defending the Defenseless
A Guide to Protecting and Advocating for Pets
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Do you love cats, dogs and other pets? Do you want to do more to help protect and advocate for these pets, but don't know where to start? Defending the Defenseless is for anyone who wants to join a growing crusade to bring animal protection to its rightful place in a civilized society, to protect...
Transforming America
Barack Obama in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The presidency of Barack Obama seeks major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy....
by Gary C. Jacobson, Jamie L. Carson
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Gary Jacobson’s classic text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to congressional elections and the electoral process. Based on the latest data from the National Election Study, the Cooperative Congressional Elections Study, and the Federal Election Commission, the Ninth Edition...
Hopelessly Divided
The New Crisis in American Politics and What it Means for 2012 and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Just in time for the 2012 election, Douglas E. Schoen, one of America’s preeminent political pundits, analyzes the growing chasm between the political class—politicians, lobbyists, fundraisers, consultants—and the American Mainstream, frustrated with government’s inability to address the major...
Political Polling
Strategic Information in Campaigns
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2008
Information is crucial for candidates in political campaigns. This book, written by someone who has polled for 23 years, first focuses on the process of acquiring information during a campaign through polling. The book describes how to write questions, draw samples of voters, and conduct calling....
Conventional Wisdom and American Elections
Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Many students develop misinformed opinions about the American electoral process. Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths and Misconceptions debunks some of the more common misunderstandings that have arisen about the electoral process in the past few decades. This book engages...
Better Library Design
Ideas from Library Journal
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Few librarians build more than one library in their careers and renovating or building a whole new library is a very expensive investment. Thus, new or refurbished structures need to be fresh and up to date. While some librarians have the means to visit exemplary buildings as they develop their own...