It's Arts Play
It's Arts Play: Belonging, Being and Becoming through the Arts introduces undergraduate students to Arts education for Early Childhood (birth to 8 years) via the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), which offers a holistic concept of children's learning, framed around the themes of Belonging, Being and Becoming. The text covers all five subjects identified as part of The Arts in the Australian Curriculum (dance, drama, media arts, music and visual arts). While the integral importance of the...
Encontrando a Dios En Mi Interior
by Eva Pierrakos and Donovan Thesenga
The Ethics of Teaching
This special issue addresses teaching-related ethical concerns that have not been addressed extensively in educational literature. Bruneau wrote her paper from the perspective of someone affiliated with a large faculty of education, while in the discussion of the vignette, three perspectives are presented on the question of the types of accommodations that instructors may be asked to make for students with special needs. The articles contained in this issue will promote further discussion and in...
The Anatomy of Achievement Gaps offers a critical analysis of underachievement problems in American education from interdisciplinary, international, and systems perspectives. The book has several aims: to build a new model of achievement gap research and policy; to provide evidence on the state and alterability of achievement gaps; to synthesize separate lines of domestic and international achievement gap research; and to evaluate and inform American P-16 (pre-school through college) education p...
Deliberate Practice in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Essentials of Deliberate Practice)
by Tali Boritz, Shelley McMain, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere
Deliberate practice exercises allow students and trainees to rehearse foundational dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills and strategies to respond effectively and flexibly to diverse, complex clinical presentations and situations. Each book in the Essentials of Deliberate Practice series contains customized role-playing exercises in which two trainees act as a client and a therapist, switching back and forth under a supervisor's guidance. The trainee playing the therapist improvises appr...
The Norton Psychology Reader
Editor Gary Marcus has carefully selected brief readings, mostly from popular trade books, that are both relevant and interesting to the introductory student.
Handbook of Distance Education
This handbook provides overviews and summaries of the research and practice of distance education in the United States. The last three to five years have seen an explosion of interest in and discussion about distance education, driven by the potential applications of interactive computer-based technology. Despite the impact of this new technology, this book is not about technology, but about the consequences of the separation of learners and teachers, one of which is the need to use technology....