Maria Piantanida: 3 books
The Oxidation of Grief
Reflections on Adult Sibling Loss
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
The death of an adult sibling precipitates a flood of emotions in the surviving sisters and brothers. Feelings of grief are not easily "gotten over" in neatly ordered stages. Neither are efforts to make sense of the loss and come to terms with an irreparable hole in one's family constellation....
On Being a Scholar-Practitioner
Practical Wisdom in Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
This book challenges the traditional dichotomy between scholars and practitioners and argues that Scholar-Practitioner is a mindset that educators bring to their work. This mindset comprises six qualities that can be cultivated over the course of one's professional life: Pedagogical Wisdom, Theoretical...
Reflections on Adoptive Parenting
by a Grateful Recovering Know-It-All
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
At the age of 38, the author and her husband adopted an 11 year old boy. During the early years of their life together, the author wrote short vignettes about moments that challenged her assumptions about parenting. Many of the vignettes are reflections on ironic discrepancies between actually...