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This book offers the first comprehensive survey of writing by women in Ireland from the seventeenth century to the present day. It covers literature in all genres, including poetry, drama, and fiction, as well as life-writing and unpublished writing, and...

The first integrated overview in English of Latin American crime fiction, a flourishing genre with unique perspectives and characteristics. Latin American crime fiction has a long and rich history, and this volume offers the first integrated...

Coaching and Mentoring Students in Higher Education provides student support and learning development professionals with a comprehensive, evidence-based guide for delivering coaching and mentoring interventions with students.Focused on the context of...

A freshly updated and science-based guide for contemporary adult educators In the newly revised second edition of Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice, a team of veteran adult educators delivers an authoritative guide to adult education that is...

Offering a new approach for further education (FE) and vocational educators, this practical guide provides the tools and techniques necessary to trace and map professional identities and consider how these evolve and recognise continuing professional...

Embracing Challenges in Early Childhood Education is a key resource for early childhood educators, especially those inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach or other inquiry-based, social-constructivist models. It answers the important question teachers...

This ground-breaking book brings together the work of leading theorist, Theo van Leeuwen, on time-based multimodal forms of communication including speech, music, and film.With chapters on the fundamental meaning-making role of rhythm, time in music,...

Reforming Lessons provides a first-hand account of the ambitious programme of reform that has led to a transformation in English schools since 2010 and seen pupils rise through the ranks of international comparison tests such as PIRLS and PISA...

Seeking the Mystical Child: Nurturing Young Children's Identity, Faith, and Belief by Danette Littleton and Meryl Sole is a unique book that presents insights into children's unnoticed spiritual worlds. The authors acquired voices and portraits of...

Based on a 10-year longitudinal study in the United States, this much-needed text offers insight into the developmental trajectories of people with disabilities from childhood through adulthood using their language and amplifying their voices. Through...

Centered on personal reflection and storytelling, this volume weaves together narratives of educational resilience, kinship, and auntie support to highlight the importance of Indigenous perspectives in all learning spaces. Bringing together the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978828827Author Sophia RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 454g

This third edition continues to give students a foundation in the principles of social media strategic communication and marketing necessary for today's communications professionals.In many ways, organizations now have access to more data and connection...

This edited volume examines the causes, consequences, and costs of workplace incivility in P-12 education and provides practical strategies for leaders to prevent toxicity in their schools and districts. The resource provides a broad range of...

This book centers on the stories of transnational early-career scholars from the Global South who started their postgraduate studies as adult immigrants and international students. This is a fascinating guide to navigating academia for those whose...

Informed by global and intersectional feminist perspectives, this textbook offers a broad introduction to the role of gender in journalism and considers how women in particular are represented in the news.This book begins by introducing theoretical...

Debates in Music Teaching encourages both graduate and postgraduate students and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It introduces a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have...

Hundreds of anthologies of women's short stories have appeared in the literary market between the 1970s and now. This publishing and cultural phenomenon is considered for the first time in this book, which argues that during this period anthologies have...

In this book of essays, over 40 successful writers in varied fields -poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature and more- explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.In contributions arranged...

Despite our preconceptions, Romantic writers, artists, and philosophers did not think of honor as an archaic or regressive concept, but as a contemporary, even progressive value that operated as a counterpoint to freedom, a well-known preoccupation of...

The interconnected themes of land and labour were a common recourse for English literary writers between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, and in the twenty-first they have become pressing again in the work of nature writers, environmentalists,...

English Phonetics and Phonology provides a detailed yet accessible foundational account of the science of speech sounds. Suitable for introductory courses, this textbook presents the key knowledge to comprehend the nature and function of consonant and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781394291571Author Flint HuffmanFormat PaperbackImprint Jossey-BassPublisher Jossey-Bass

In the early 1970s, nearly three-quarters of 16-19-year-olds were employed. First published in 1984, Rethinking Transition comprises a collection of papers based on the evaluation of a group of projects concerned with the problems faced by young people...

The Single Life examines five types of never-married men in English Renaissance literature and provides new ways to think about histories of marriage, patriarchy, manhood, sexuality, and gender.Book InformationISBN 9780817322427Author Jordan...

For busy college faculty who want to catch up on the latest developments in teaching and learning, this book offers an accessible guide to seven key evidence-based strategies for effective instruction.As higher education embraces active learning, online...

The provision of education is at the centre of a heated and often acrimonious debate, with both administrators and teachers under severe pressures as a result of profound and enforced changes. Education can be said to be in recession in three senses. It...

Inclusive Practice for Learning Support Assistants explores the role of the LSA and, drawing from first-hand interviews, sheds light on a variety of LSA experiences and perspectives, detailing the (often hidden) aspects of their work to support the...

Essays examining Arthurian and Chronicle texts, contexts, and reception, in honour of Fiona Tolhurst's contributions to Arthurian Studies. In her all-too-short but ground-breaking academic career, Fiona Tolhurst made significant contributions to the...

Now in its fourth edition, Poetry: The Basics remains an engaging exploration of the exciting and diverse world of poetry. Jeffrey Wainwright's accessible introduction demystifies poetic forms and traditions, which can at first seem bewildering.Drawing...

The Dialogic Classroom in Higher Education is a step-by-step guide to leveraging Reflective Structured Dialogue as a pivotal pedagogical tool to boost student curiosity, engagement, and content acquisition.Learning environments where students are...

Explores how physical space is represented and affects the work of two British novelists.Of Spaces and Ideas provides a deeper insight into the work of two contemporary British novelists, Jim Crace and Simon Mawer, with a particular emphasis on spatial...

In eighteenth-century Britain, the study of history was understood first and foremost as the study of how states developed-and lost-their political coherence. But at the same time, writers, preoccupied by contemporary social change, were coming to...

This hands-on resource supports the development of new faculty through a self-mentoring model, offering opportunities to reflect on and plan for teaching effectiveness, scholarship, and university and professional service.Built on a foundation of...

Everyone knows that education is important. We are confronted daily by discussion of it in the media and by politicians, but how much do we really know about education? Education: The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to education as an...

A practical approach to strategic school-staffing reforms that benefit both educators and students In Unlocking the Potential of Team-Based Staffing, Brent W. Maddin, R. Lennon Audrain, Lisa Maresso Wyatt, and Kaycee Salmacia make a persuasive case for...

Research-based strategies for creating inclusive higher education spaces that encourage Latina student success in engineering and computer scienceIn Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing, Sarah L. Rodriguez presents a series of...

Help ensure your multilingual students have access to equitable, humanizing teaching and learning in all the content areas. This comprehensive resource bridges theory into practice with applicable, easy-to-understand instructional methods for K-12...

Man & Work provides a comprehensive overview of European literature focusing on the changing role of work and its impact on industrial society. The problem of work and its role in society is of fundamental importance to our civilization. Work is economic...

Silence, like speech, is a mode of communication that can be used strategically. In Strategies of the Silent in Medieval English Literature, Edwin D. Craun investigates the silences in public life that punctuate talk in late Middle English literature...