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Drawing from the lived experience of educators, this book explores the concept of a pedagogy of kindness through practical applications and strategies for teaching in higher education.Conversational in tone, narrative-based and rich with practical...

An exhilarating new account of the English language, from British colonialism to the age of social media, emphasizing dynamism and democratization Whose language is English? Although we often think of it as native to one place, today there are many...

Teach students to write about math so they can improve their conceptual understanding in authentic ways. This resource offers hands-on strategies you can use to help students in grades 3-5 discuss and articulate mathematical ideas, use correct...

Some writers of the Victorian period, as well as more recent critics, have argued that the prose style of Victorian fiction aims to efface itself or that an absence of style may in itself represent the nineteenth-century ideal. This collection provides a...

This book brings abolitionist ideas into higher education contexts as a way to address the problem of sexual violence on college campuses. Despite college and university administrators spending millions of dollars each year to address sexual violence...

This book provides an evidence-based approach to sustainable self-care, anchoring these strategies in individual academics’ core personal values. It teaches readers how to use their values to leverage self-care strategies into a workable, individualised,...

In this edited volume, diversity practitioners in the field of higher education speak about the transformative journeys that led them to become Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs).Not always an easy path, chapter authors lay bare the challenges and successes...

Research-based guidance for educators, teacher educators, and community learning partners to effectively support LGBTQIA+ students of color In Learning While Black and Queer, Ed Brockenbrough outlines common obstacles to educational equity for Black...

Since its inception in the 1960s, the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has enjoyed a period of almost continual expansion and growth and now represents a multi-million dollar industry worldwide. This book provides readers with a critical and...

Since its inception in the 1960s, the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has enjoyed a period of almost continual expansion and growth and now represents a multi-million dollar industry worldwide. This book provides readers with a critical and...

‘Noble, accomplished, wealthy, self-sacrificing, and honourable, Stephen Gordon is the perfect hero,’ says Rebecca O’Rourke. But Stephen is a woman, and a lesbian. Here is an indication of the tantalizing complexity of The Well of Loneliness. Banned for...

This book explores how in a rapidly shifting world, higher education has found itself at the crux of socio-economic, demographic, and technological transformations. This book dives deep into this evolving landscape, navigating the vast complexities of...

The book focuses on higher education governance and management in Africa. It is grounded in the existing studies on governance and management of higher education. It comprises four parts and 15 chapters. The themes in the book can be encapsulated into:...

Shakespeare Unlearned dances along the borderline of sense and nonsense in early modern texts, revealing overlooked opportunities for understanding and shared community in words and ideas that might in the past have been considered too silly to matter...

Life Writing and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Market begins from the premise that nineteenth-century life writing circulated in a market, in material and discursive forms determined substantially by the desires of publishers, readers, editors,...

Canada’s multiculturalism stops where most newsrooms begin. Despite recent efforts to increase diversity, stories about people of colour are often presented as clichés – from model minorities to keepers of exotic cultures – rather than individuals with...

How do women’s poetic voices disrupt cultural forms? What is the relationship between female desire and the structures of poetry? Is ‘writing the body’ essentialist?Originally published in 1991, Impertinent Voices explores these questions in a sensitive...

Originally published in 1991. The style of this startlingly original appraisal of a broad range of women’s writing suggests a new direction for feminist criticism, combining as it does challenging, intellectual debate and fresh textual analysis with...

The Victorians are usually painted as prim, proper and repressed. Yet it was in Victoria’s Britain that the comic paper was born and her subjects eagerly devoured their ‘Penny Dreadfuls’ and ‘Comic Cuts’. Originally published in 1976, this first ever...

This comprehensive, research-backed textbook equips teachers with tools they need to comprehend and document the learning progression and academic growth of young learners.An ideal text to enhance teacher preparatory standards for trainees, the book...

Innovative and creative teaching methods tailored to meet the demands of the current era of Industrial Revolution 4.0 are becoming increasingly prevalent in Higher Education Institutions. Educators must cultivate and implement these strategies in their...

This book provides a rich and full analysis of female Swahili novelists from a feminist perspective, highlighting their important contributions to the living Swahili literary and intellectual tradition.Compared to the diverse and centuries-old oral...

Nurturing children and supporting their wellbeing is vitally important along with looking after the wellbeing of the staff who support them. Wellbeing Explained highlights the importance of wellbeing and explains key terms associated with wellbeing and...

Warum berichten Medien über manche Themen und über manche nicht? Warum missfallen uns manche Nachrichten und erst recht manche Kommentare? Was führt zu Verzerrungen der Wahrnehmung beim Publikum - und auch bei Journalistinnen und Journalisten? Der Band...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Audiovisual Translation (AVT) in India. It examines the AVT of TV advertisements, analyses trends and practices of AVT in India, and studies the challenges faced by AV translators, including...

Many books have been written on the topic of second language assessment, but few are easily accessible for both students and practicing language teachers. This textbook provides an up-to-date and engaging introduction to this topic, using anecdotal and...

In the plays collected here—Ramp and Mushroom—Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis mingles modes of myth and speculation, documentary and fiction in two plays about family, desire, restorative justice, ecological sustainability, and immigration amongst the...

The book is a substantial contribution to international Dostoevsky research, exploring Dostoevsky s contemporary relevance from a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective. It offers some fresh readings of Dostoevsky s texts, presenting new complex...

Learn how to integrate nature-based pedagogy in this practical and inviting book. Nature-based teaching is getting more attention in early childhood education settings and can positively impact the development of young children’s curiosity, confidence,...

A fascinating exploration of the roles many spy novelists played during World War II and the influence of intelligence work on their writing.World War II deception operations created elaborate fictions and subterfuges to prevent the enemy from...

This volume offers a comprehensive array of readings of ‘skin’ in Shakespeare’s works, a term that embraces the human and animal, noun and verb. Shakespeare / Skin departs from previous studies as it deliberately and often explicitly engages with issues...

Providing an engaging, accessible and practically-focused introduction to cognitive grammar, this book demonstrates how central cognitive grammar principles can be used in stylistic analyses. Assuming no prior knowledge, it leads students through the...

In 1919 the original Steiner-Waldorf school opened its doors, becoming the first of over 1000 Waldorf schools and kindergartens which now exist around the world. This comprehensive second volume from Nana Göbel, founder of Friends of Waldorf Education,...

A comprehensive reference guide to the published writings of Graham Greene, this book surveys not only Greene's literary work - including his fiction, poetry and drama - but also his other published writings. Accessibly organised over five central...

What is a live performance? And why is semiotics the best approach for the analysis and interpretation of the performing arts? Drawing on semiotic developments of the past five decades, this book introduces students to the semiotic analysis of live...

Brought to you by Penguin.The future needs Dyslexic Thinking!British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Having been...

Überarbeitete Neuauflage Das Halbfinale zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich (8:7 n. E.) am 8. Juli 1982 in Sevilla ist eines der denkwürdigsten Spiele in der Geschichte der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft. Der Zusammenprall von Toni Schumacher und Patrick...

What is a live performance? And why is semiotics the best approach for the analysis and interpretation of the performing arts? Drawing on semiotic developments of the past five decades, this book introduces students to the semiotic analysis of live...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593517505Author Robert FranekFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to resource for writing broadcast news, offering a concise introduction to writing engaging stories for television, radio, podcasts, and online media.Covering the nuances of reporting, grammar, style, and...