John Scott: 241 books
by James Oscar Boyd, John Gresham Machen, Walter Scott Athearn
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2017
A recent book intimates that there are three kinds of Sunday-school teachers. Some are so poor that they must be forgiven by those who had the disadvantage of having Christianity interpreted through their words and spirit. Some are so colorless, so neutral, so neither poor nor rich, that they are...
From entertainment to citizenship
Politics and popular culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars – like Bono and Bob Geldof – who claim to represent them. It explores how young people connect the pleasures of popular culture to the...
Principles of Trauma Therapy
A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment ( DSM-5 Update)
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Thoroughly updated with DSM-5 content throughout, Principles of Trauma Therapy, Second Edition: DSM-5 Update is both comprehensive in scope and highly practical in application. This popular text provides a creative synthesis of cognitive-behavioral, relational, affect regulation, mindfulness, and...
Immigrant Children
Change, Adaptation, and Cultural Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Over the past several decades, the demographic populations of many countries such as Canada as well as the United States have greatly transformed. Most striking is the influx of recent immigrant families into North America. As children lead the way for a 'new' North America, this group of children...
by David Alvis, Martha Bayles, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine...
The Exodus Reality
Unearthing the Real History of Moses, Identifying the Pharaohs, and Examing the Exodus from Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
In this groundbreaking work, the authors reexamine humanity’s most enduring account of bondage, emancipation, and freedom. The Great Exodus is the story of how one man, empowered by divine epiphany, brought the mighty ancient kingdom of Egypt to its knees. For thousands of years, this story has...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
by John Hoffecker, Scott Elias
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Twenty-five thousand years ago, sea level fell more than 400 feet below its present position as a consequence of the growth of immense ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. A dry plain stretching 1,000 miles from the Arctic Ocean to the Aleutians became exposed between northeast Asia and Alaska,...
Later Middle English Literature, Materiality, and Culture
Essays in Honor of James M. Dean
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those...
On New Shores
Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of...
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Assessing Pope Benedict XVI's Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was called ‘the green pope’ because of his ecological commitments in his writings, statements, and practical initiatives. Containing twelve essays by lay, ordained, and religious Catholic theologians and scholars, along with a presentation and a homily by bishops,...
by John Paul Scott
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This book explores the history of child abuse in America. It also gives the reader insight into what occurs in a child protection agency. It also offers a brief history of abuse and neglect among children and gives insight into the agency that is responsible for protecting children. This book was written...
by Scott, John G.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
The powerful lessons of the Ten Commandments come to life through the insights of eleven highly respected educators.
by Frances S. Adeney, Brian K. Blount, F E. Bonkovsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2004
Protestantism, at its best, grounds both its religious and its social critique in the faith of the prophets and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as understood and lived by the church. Its teachings and desired practice stand in start contrast to complacent religion that seems to be at ease with...