Casey: 1173 books
I Answer with My Life
Life Histories of Women Teachers Working for Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Originally published in 1993. This book shows, through the oral histories of ordinary women teachers, that effective prescriptions for change do not come simply from policy-makers. The author focuses on the narratives of three groups of teachers in the USA: Catholic nuns; secular Jewish women; and...
Transitions to Better Lives
Offender Readiness and Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Transitions to Better Lives aims to describe, collate, and summarize a body of recent research – both theoretical and empirical – that explores the issue of treatment readiness in offender programming. It is divided into three sections:
part one unpacks a model of treatment readiness, and...
by Bob Casey
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
A Respite in Time allows you to escape and find a quiet refuge as you immerse yourself in the authors comments on life. These are relayed through short vignettes, which consist of small snippets of life captured in words. They include kernels of wisdom garnered from life experiences; descriptions...
Climbing the Ivory Tower
The Adventures of Two Women of Non-Traditional Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
This book is about two women in their early fifties who decide to return to graduate school to work toward a Ph.D. in musicology. They don't know one another, they don't have any idea how taxing it will be, and they have been out of touch with recent scholarship. One of the women has five children...
Contemplative and Artful Openings
Researching Women and Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Highlighting an arts-based inquiry process that involves contemplation, mindful awareness, and artful writing, this book explores women’s difficult experiences in teaching. It weaves a strong autobiographical thread with artifacts from several research projects with female teachers. By linking innovative...
by Thomas G. Casey, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Western culture is moving so fast that it is hard to stop long enough to look compassionately at ourselves and where we are going. This book is an attempt to do just that, and to initiate a two-way conversation between the Gospel and culture.
The apexart Fellowship
An Experiment in Vertical Cultural Integration
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
"The apexart Fellowship: An Experiment in Vertical Cultural Integration" explores the methodology, practice, and effects of apexart's unique Fellowship model. The apexart Fellowship is an alternative educational program that invites creative individuals to leave their familiar surroundings...
Living in the Digital Age
A Christian Recipe for Authentic Human Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The digital revolution and all that came with it – the internet and connected devices – is arguably the most disruptive technological shift in human history. Unlike other great innovations that propelled humankind to greater heights, the internet, combined with advances in computational powers,...
Conducting Practitioner Research in Physical Education and Youth Sport
Reflecting on Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
There is now a widespread expectation that teachers and coaches should be reflective practitioners, an expectation written into national standards of education in many countries. This innovative book introduces the methods by which teachers and coaches can conduct research into their own professional...
by Sharon Casey, Andrew Day, Jim Vess
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
The past three decades has seen dramatic changes in the way in which the criminal justice system responds to those who break the law. The old claim in the field of correctional psychology that "nothing works" has strongly been refuted in the face of evidence from rehabilitation programmes...
by Sarit Cohen-Goldner, Joseph F. Ferrie, Volker Grossmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Recent U.S. immigration reform proposals have focused almost exclusively on regulating the population of low-skilled foreign workers. High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market contends that policymakers should focus more on attracting immigrants with exclusive skill sets-professional, technical,...
by Samuel Boerboom, Joe Abisaid, Jennifer Adams
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
The Political Language of Food addresses why the language used in the production, marketing, selling, and consumption of food is inherently political. Food language is rarely neutral and is often strategically vague, which tends to serve the interests of powerful entities.Boerboom and his contributors...
by Casey Clemens
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
"Whoever said that You cant go back never contemplated the results of war. Its still an intrinsic part of my mental fabric. Often my nightmares carry me back to a place that I detest, a place called Vietnam. It fractures my ego by wafting me along the gentle breeze that turns fantasy into horror....
Leading Dynamic Schools
How to Create and Implement Ethical Policies
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2007
A practical guide for creating, implementing, and evaluating school policy.
This invaluable resource brings to life the process of making and enacting educational policy. The authors present a conceptual framework for developing effective and ethical school policies and help educational leaders...