Karen Scott: 28 books

Book cover of Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement

Tools for Analysis, Practice, and Competitive Advantage

by William H. Macey, Benjamin Schneider, Karen M. Barbera
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011

Providing both practical advice, tools, and case examples, Employee Engagement translates best practices, ideas, and concepts into concrete and practical steps that will change the level of engagement in any organization. Explores the meaning of engagement and how engagement differs significantly...
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Sanctuary

The Preservation Issue

by Diane Ackerman, Martine Bellen, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018

Exploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited.   Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about something, preservationists come from every stratum of life. The archivist, the linguist, the local town historian. The paleontologist, the heirloom...
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Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization

Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century

by Monisha Bajaj, Nadine Binkley, Nancy Boxler
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010

This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
Book cover of Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence

Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence

Applying a Model for Democratic Professional Practice in Education

by S. David Brazer, Marilyn A. Friga, Jean L. Cate
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015

Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence advances discussion of a conceptualized model for cultivating democratic professional practice in education (DPPE) and considers its relationship with contemporary teaching and leading praxes. A diverse and highly qualified group of scholars and practitioners...
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De-signing Design

Cartographies of Theory and Practice

by Hugh J. Silverman, Scott McQuire, Mark Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016

De-Signing Design: Cartographies of Theory and Practice throws new light on the terrain between theory and practice in transdisciplinary discourses of design and art. The editors, Elizabeth Grierson, Harriet Edquist, and Hélène Frichot, bring together diverse approaches to design theory, practice,...
Book cover of Toward a 21st-Century School Library Media Program
by Doug Achterman, Marlene Asselin, Steven M. Baule
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007

This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize...
Book cover of Expert Oracle Application Express
by Doug Gault, Dimitri Gielis, Martin DSouza
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015

Expert Oracle Application Express, 2nd Edition is newly updated for APEX 5.0 and brings deep insight from some of the best APEX practitioners in the field today. You'll learn about important features in APEX 5.0, and how those can be applied to make your development work easier and with greater impact...
Book cover of Key Concepts in Crime and Society
by Ross Coomber, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Karen McElrath
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014

"A crucial text for whetting the academic appetite of those studying criminology at university. The comprehensive engagement with key crime and deviance debates and issues make this a perfect springboard for launching into the complex, diverse and exciting realm of researching criminology." -...
Book cover of The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation
by John Rakos, Karen Dhanraj, Scott Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015

Project Management The one-stop resource for project management documentation and templates for all projects The success of any project is crucially dependent on the documents produced for it. The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation provides a complete and reliable source of explanations...
Book cover of Play Therapy with Adolescents
by Claire Milgrom, Theresa Kestly, Evangeline Munns
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2010

Adolescents are often resistant, hostile, moody, and difficult, but they can also be fascinating, creative, spontaneous, and passionate. How do mental health professionals get past the facade? Play Therapy with Adolescents is the first book to offer a complete variety of play therapy approaches specifically...
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Globalization and America

Race, Human Rights, and Inequality

by Amy E. Ansell, Cynthia Bejarano, Judith R. Blau
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008

As globalization expands, more than goods and information are traded between the countries of the world. Hattery, Embrick, and Smith present a collection of essays that explore the ways in which issues of human rights and social inequality are shared globally. The editors focus on the United States'...
Book cover of Toleration in Comparative Perspective
by Purushottama Bilimoria, Benjamin Schonthal, Koichiro Matsuda
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

Toleration in Comparative Perspective is a collection of essays that explores conceptions of toleration and tolerance in Asia and the West. It tests the common assumption in Western political discourse and contemporary political theory that toleration is a uniquely Western virtue. Toleration in modern...
Book cover of Quoth the Raven
by Lyn Worthen, A.A. Azariah-Kribbs, Amber Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018

The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing. From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day. In...
Book cover of What I've Learned from You

What I've Learned from You

The Lessons of Life Taught to a Doctor by His Patients

by Scott Kelly, Karen Minster
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015

What I've Learned from You is the story of the lessons of life taught to a doctor by his patients. It takes us on a journey from an inner-city trauma center to the bedside of a dying cancer patient. It explores human relationships and gives an intimate view into the window of the human condition....
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