Patricia S : 128 books
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
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...
by Emilia Barbosa, Patricia Bolaños-Fabres, Olga Colbert
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Gender in Hispanic Literature and Visual Arts provides an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective on gender within Hispanic film and literature. The contributors analyze the relationship between the historical and social contexts of various Hispanic countries—including Argentina, Colombia,...
The Classroom Facilitator
Special Issue Questions
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
This book is designed for teachers, administrators, and staff development coordinators who are interested in a resource that provides an overview of current issues and the answers to some difficult educational questions. Through the use of case studies, current information, and reader exercises, this...
From the Yenisei to the Yukon
Interpreting Lithic Assemblage Variability in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Beringia
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Who were the first people who came to the land bridge joining northeastern Asia to Alaska and the northwest of North America? Where did they come from? How did they organize technology, especially in the context of settlement behavior?
During the Pleistocene era, the people now...
Inside Out and Outside In
Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and Psychopathology in Contemporary Multicultural Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Inside Out and Outside In has established itself as a foundational book for mental health practitioners in a variety of disciplines who work with clients in complex social environments. It is unique in its focus on the forces that shape people from within and also from their social worlds, with sensitivity...
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...
Genetic Counseling Practice
Advanced Concepts and Skills
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The first advanced-level genetics counseling skills resource
As genetic medicine and testing continue to expand, so the role of the genetic counselor is transforming and evolving. Genetic Counseling Practice: Advanced Concepts and Skills is the first text to address ways that genetic counselors...
The Punitive Imagination
Law, Justice, and Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. The Punitive Imagination is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes...
El secreto de Bretón
El caso que ha conmocionado a España y a la criminología
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Los autores se acercan al caso de la desaparición de Ruth y José, los niños de Córdoba, que tienen a su padre como principal sospechoso.
Poniendo énfasis en el proceso policial, en la búsqueda de indicios y huellas y en la personalidad del principal acusado, los autores llegan a resultados...
by Anita Allen, Drucilla Cornell, Ann Cudd
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
Over the past thirty years, western political philosophy has been enriched by a renewed interest in liberalism, and by the development of feminism. Although liberalism is one of the important historical roots of feminism, many contemporary feminist political philosophers reject liberal political theory....
by Wendy Atkins-Sayre, Renee S. Besel, Richard D. Besel
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
Bringing together the expertise of rhetoricians in English and communication as well as media studies scholars, Arguments about Animal Ethics delves into the rhetorical and discursive practices of participants in controversies over the use of nonhuman animals for meat, entertainment, fur, and vivisection....
by Patricia Alvarenga, Roger E. Bonilla-Calderón, Mónica Brenes
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2010
Shattering Myths on Immigration and Emigration in Costa Rica provides the first comprehensive examination of transnational migration patterns into and out of Costa Rica. This impressive edited volume brings together the work of 18 top scholars from diverse social science backgrounds to analyze Costa...
The Social Movement Society
Contentious Politics for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1997
Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from...
Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape
A New Generation of Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In the past decade various studies have examined how political humor may influence various political attitudes and voting behavior; whether it affects learning, cognition and media literacy, how it might shape political participation; how people process different forms of political humor; and more....