Student Life & Student Affairs

This book will serve as a "Think Button" for any educator who has ever heard a student say, "I can't think" or "I can't decide!" Fifty prompts or thinking conduits are the catalysts that will give students a chance to practice thinking. The prompts (many...

Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts is the first practical teacher resource to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of developing strong spirits and caring young people. It is focused on middle years' students but most lessons can be adapted for older...

In this second edition of Job One, editors Peter M. Magolda and Jill Ellen Carnaghi place new professionals' stories "center stage." The book focuses on narratives written by new professionals about their introduction and transitions into Student Affairs...

Curating a Literacy Life spotlights the idea of curation as a process for inspiring student-centered learning with digital media. Young people need to learn to become purposeful collectors and, thus, curators of their own learning. In this book, Kist...

Racial Opportunity Cost turns critical attention to the specific challenges faced by high-achieving students of color and gives educators a framework for recognizing and addressing these issues. Terah T. Venzant Chambers roots her discussion in the...

This much-needed book will help schools, and by extension society, better understand and identify the promise, potential, and possibilities of Black boys. Drawing from their wealth of experience in early childhood education, the authors present an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807411698Author Behrman HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint UAHC PressPublisher UAHC Press

The notion of class attendance has largely been ignored, where students, faculty, and administrators substitute assumptions for empirical evidence. The data is clear: attendance matters, more so than any other known contributor to student success. Yet,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423228660Author Rachel JacobsPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, IncDimensions(mm) 279mm * 4mm * 215mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423228646Author Misa LindbergPage Count 6Imprint Barcharts, IncPublisher Barcharts, IncDimensions(mm) 279mm * 4mm * 215mm

Do you want to: Learn how to embed mindfulness in your everyday life?Understand how to manage feelings of anxiety or depression? Find a healthy balance between course work, job and social life?Face the future with a positive attitude? More than ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781507210321Author Stephanie Kaplan LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Adams Media CorporationPublisher Adams Media CorporationWeight(grams)...

In this book, we describe the online world that youth begin to encounter, often without adult oversight. It is a critical time where they are first getting to know both the outside world and form their own identity. We explain the social forces and...

Understanding Radicalism: How It Affects What's Happening in Education and Student's Overall examines and explores the ever-growing trend to use education, outside groups, and social media as agencies of indoctrination and moral suasion, to capture the...

This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions. This book was developed with a two-fold premise: one, that educators and parents understand the role they play in meeting the basic developmental needs of individual students during...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781260541823Author Donna J YenaImprint McGraw-Hill EducationPublisher McGraw-Hill EducationWeight(grams) 9g

There is an old song that goes, "Look down, look down, that lonesome road, before you travel on." Facing that lonesome road, the adult might travel on. Often, the child can't. During her twenty-year career as a school social worker, Anne Stilwell...

Universities are usually considered bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but a recent tide of demonstrations across college campuses has called this belief into question, and with serious consequences. Such a wave of protests hasn't been seen since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612096735Author Greg WigganFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 198g

This book asks Christian educators-particularly those involved in the student affairs profession-to become more engaged with the idea that the programs offered, classes taught, disciplinary actions dispensed, policies framed, and the like, are the arenas...

As a lifelong teacher, Malcolm Gauld has watched thousands of kids go off to college. Some return to visit after their first year exuding the vibe of conquering heroes. Others look, well, pretty bummed out. This book offers a plan to help the new...

Curious about the world around you? Brushing up for Trivia Night? Studying for a test? Looking for new dinner-table discussion topics? Take a deep-dive into subjects you may have learned about in school, but not in the kind of depth you wanted or...

The transition from high school to college can be difficult for many students. This book shares examples of situations that students might face during their transitions and ways in which teachers, parents, administrators, and mentors can help students...

Everyone celebrates the Christmas holidays in their own way, and that includes the President of the United States. Some have enjoyed large gatherings, while others took part in a quiet, relaxing atmosphere. This book takes a look at each of the country's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611225242Author Madison A. EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 169Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 514g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935166238Author William W AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 159Imprint Parkhurst Brothers Publishers IncPublisher Parkhurst Brothers Publishers...

The purpose of this book is to provide readers with an overview of basic group dynamics and techniques that are effective in Higher Education and Student Affairs settings. Student affairs professionals frequently engage in group work and team projects...

Kids grow up today in a media-saturated environment. Even as they are first discovering who they are and learning about the greater world, they are nudged and swayed by messaging like young trees blown by invisible winds. To help empower children to be...

Title IX prohibits federally funded educational institutions-- from elementary to university level-- from discriminating against students or employees based on sex. Title IX applies to pregnant and parenting students. It prohibits discrimination against...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571745927Author Doreen BanaszakFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Hampton Roads Publishing CoDimensions(mm) 216mm...

There is lots of popular and scholarly concern today about why black students aren't doing better in school. The most popular explanation, the "acting white" thesis, is that they have a culture that rejects achievement--that students' peer cultures hold...

In this book, we describe the online world that youth begin to encounter, often without adult oversight. It is a critical time where they are first getting to know both the outside world and form their own identity. We explain the social forces and...

Curating a Literacy Life spotlights the idea of curation as a process for inspiring student-centered learning with digital media. Young people need to learn to become purposeful collectors and, thus, curators of their own learning. In this book, Kist...

Adolescent Realities: Engaging Students in SEL through Young Adult Literature offers a connection between young adult literatures and social and emotional learning. Students have many SEL needs, and this book focuses on exploring SEL through the...

Kuk and Banning offer readers a new lens for viewing leadership, one that goes beyond a focus on the behavior and values of leaders as individuals to examine how positional leaders interact with their environments to engage in leadership "in context"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820445878Author Elisabeth K. HeosliFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 180g

Computer games, the Internet, and other new communications media are often seen to pose threats and dangers to young people, but they also provide new opportunities for creativity and self-determination. As we start to look beyond the immediate hopes and...

Highly effective teachers have something in common: They do simple things extraordinarily well-simple, uncomplicated things on a daily basis. In this new book by bestselling authors and presenters Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker, you'll learn the...

Understanding Radicalism: How It Affects What's Happening in Education and Student's Overall examines and explores the ever-growing trend to use education, outside groups, and social media as agencies of indoctrination and moral suasion, to capture the...

Using CBT and Mindfulness to Manage Student Anxiety provides a weekly framework utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to support children who are struggling with anxiety.This book begins with an overview of cognitive-behavioral therapy...