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High-Tech Tots

"There is truly a global focus on the topic with articles on work in New Zealand, Africa, Europe, and North America. This book is a must read for practitioners and preprofessionals and the educators who prepare them." Association of College and Research Libraries Choice

Operation Pied Piper

"Similar to the absolute relevance of the several evacuations of schoolchildren from London to rural areas for an understanding of wartime schooling in Britain, Gaertner's very important study is essential to the continuance of efforts to portray and understand the schooling of German children during the second world war. Indeed, comparative studies with this and subsequently uncovered and analyzed information can only contribute positively to an increase in the robust understanding that wartime schooling in Europe properly deserves." O.L. Davis Aamzon.com

Operation Pied Piper

"Last night, I finished reading your very fine book, Operation Pied Piper. I am every bit as pleased with it as I thought that I would be. I was particularly impressed by your careful separation of "evacuation policy" and "evacuation events" and your efforts to keep your book's focus on policy. Also, as one who previously had almost no knowledge of evacuation in Berlin and other German cities, I found myself reading with added interest and wishing, as you did in your narrative, that your research might have turned up more primary references to this German experience. That you found as much as you did must be acknowledged as a clear victory of historical inquiry as well as the failure of Berlin school authorities and other agencies to destroy the paper-trail that once surely existed." O. L. Davis, Jr. The University of Texas at Austin

Operation Pied Piper

"Your handling of the data and your use of such well chosen visual sources was outstanding and your conclusions were fascinating. Like your book, this was a most insightful and refreshingly original treatment of an issue that has long called out for new thinking of this kind." Dr Philip Gardner University of Cambridge

Transcendental Learning

"Useful for educational history or philosophy classes, the book would also be appropriate for those exploring outdoor learning, environmental education, feminist pedagogy or peace studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels." S.T. Schroth Knox College CHOICE

Teachers' Roles in Second Language Learning

"The uses to which this edited book’s materials could be put are limitless. Researchers in both fields of sociocultural theory and bilingual education would greatly benefit from reading and reflecting upon the findings presented here. So would teachers and teacher educators. As they are portrayed here, the strategies, approaches, techniques, and roles teachers assume in classrooms will serve as inspirations for educators working with language learners across the globe." Jennifer Mata DePaul University education review

Moving Images

"Moving Images succeeds at its core mission: to convey best practices in using media in the classroom and make it evident that such methods offer great benefits to educators and students alike." John A. Cantone Contemporary Psychology

Structural Equation Modeling

"This book represents a significant updating and expansion of Hancock and Mueller's excellent first edition that explores a variety of topics not typically covered in introductory SEM courses. The second edition is again characterized by the substantial strengths of the original text including a clearly articulated didactic presentation style and a cohesive voice that connects each chapter to the next. This revised edition not only incorporates comprehensive updates to the original material but also includes the addition of a number of wholly new chapters covering important and contemporary topics including partial least squares estimation, conditional process modeling, exploratory SEM, and Bayesian estimation. Taken together, this is an indispensible resource for both beginner and advanced users of SEM across the social and behavioral sciences; I recommend it highly." Patrick J. Curran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Reflections From The Field

"Reflections from the Field is quite simply a tour de force – one of the most powerful books on teachers, teaching, and learning I have read. Compelling, useful, and emotionally inspiring, it should be read by every pre-service teacher, teacher-educator and practicing educator in the U.S." Sarah Michaels Clark University From the foreword

Reflections From The Field

"Reflections from the Field is an invitation to meet a set of teachers who are reflective practitioners, relationship-builders, and also, not coincidentally, coaches – they know how to improvise, how to nourish and challenge, how to recognize the uniqueness of each and power of all, and how to dance the dialectic between thought and action. This vivid kaleidoscope offers an opportunity to see how it’s done." William Ayers University of Illinois, Chicago

Fostering Global Citizenship

"An immersion experience in another country weeks in duration, rather than months, fits into natural breaks in the academic calendar, costs less for students (although it is by no means inexpensive), and can serve a relatively larger number of students. The key question, then, becomes how to effectively use a short period of time (perhaps only two weeks) to instill sufficient intercultural competencies to make the experience worthwhile.

Fostering Global Citizenship not only answers these questions but also is a literal "how-to" book in the nest send of the phrase. It provides clear, detailed, and practical information concerning every phase of a short-term international program, including course curriculum development; travel planning; university policies and procedures to support the program, marketing and promotion; actual travel logistics; development of evidence-based student learning outcomes; rubrics; assessment; and program evaluation. Although all of these areas are important for ensuring a successful, smooth-running international experience, it is the book's information about pedagogy and educational effectiveness for intercultural competence this is most significant." Russ Newman Contemporary Psychology

Knowing and Writing School History

"De Oliveira offers novice and experienced teachers new ways to consider their students' writing, and through systemic-functional linguistics, she makes a valuable contribution to disciplinary literacy." Sarah Drake Brown Ball State University Journal of Curriculum and Instruction

Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education

"...the text is a must-read for teacher educators, future teachers, school administrators, and physical education teachers. Those already familiar with and committed to the use of technology in physical education and activity environments will learn how to further promote its integration and those less familiar will learn about the many new and exciting technologies that are available along with helpful techniques for successfully implementing it during instruction. Most useful to readers are the simple and easy to understand descriptions of various forms of technology, interesting case studies, common challenges, detailed accounting of programs that have successfully integrated technology into classes, and policy considerations. " Kim C. Graber University of Illinois Global Journal of Health and Physical Education Pedagogy

Learning From Media 2nd Ed.

"I think this book belongs in the hands of every serious educational technology scholar..." Thomas C. Reeves University of Georgia Educational Technology

Inner Peace - Global Impact

"The book is distinctive in offering a variety of accounts of Tibetan Buddhism as it is being applied in the practice of leadership in organisations. Alongside this, it presents an insight into the sociological aspects of the penetration of Tibetan Buddhism into the west. There are few books (yet) that fill this gap and the book addresses the subject with an exquisite selection of material.
" Glenn Martin Journal of Spirituality, Leadership and Management

Management of Team Leadership in Extreme Context

"As the Personal Security Officer to Generals David Petraeus and John Allen in Iraq and Afghanistan and 28 years in state and federal law enforcement, I have seen up close and personal what having proper training and leadership means under the most stressful and perilous scenarios. Never in our history has the battle space of, not only the soldier, but also the first responders at home, been so dangerous as it is today. Dr. Graen has recognized the greatest asset we can offer to our hero's at home and abroad is the proper advanced training, equipment, and technology to be prepared to face the challenges presented by the post 9/11 world. A must read for the professional soldier, public safety leader, and grateful American everyday citizen that appreciates the blanket of safety provided by those who chose to become something greater than themselves." CW4 Mark A. Howell U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command

Trends and Issues in Distance Education 2nd Edition

"Organized into four sections, the editors Visser, Visser, Amirault, and Simonson present the reader the opportunity to explore the ways in which distance education is being utilized across the globe. Using a cultural lens, thirty prominent researchers and authors contributed 21 chapters that take a comprehensive look at the rapidly evolving field of distance education. Furthermore, the authors present personalized case studies which demonstrate the wide range of technologies and strategies used in distance education‐‐ from the most advanced technologies (e.g., 3‐D technologies)” to the most “rudimentary technologies (e.g., crank radios)”" Julie Deletto Teachers College Record

Governing Fables

"Sandford Borins' Governing Fables is not your father's public management book. It is instead a highly original and absorbing analysis of the images of public management, policy, and politics constructed by the popular entertainment media: books, television, and cinema. Borins uses some of the more accessible literary theory—narratology—to frame his approach to the stories that novelists, screenwriters, and directors tell us about the behavior and interactions of the human beings inhabiting our public institutions. A fascinating set of genres and tropes emerges." Richard French L'Université d'Ottawa Governance

Inner Peace - Global Impact

"Inner Peace-Global Impact takes a groundbreaking look at how Tibetan Buddhism is interrelating with modern Western organizational structures as well as individual lives. The book is part of a series called Advances in Workplace Spirituality: Theory, Research and Application, which explores the relationship between spirituality and religion and organizational life. To date, not much scholarship has been undertaken to describe and understand how Tibetan Buddhism’s emergence in Western countries has shaped ideas and experiences in areas having to do with leadership, management, organizational development and the like. In Inner Peace-Global Impact, editor Kathryn Goldman Schuyler has assembled a far-reaching collection of articles that explore the confluence of the Tibetan wisdom tradition and Western society and culture. Goldman Schuyler is a trained sociologist and has coached over 200 executives, but she also has been drawn into Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice. Inner Peace-Global Impact reflects this combination of the professional and the spiritual." Laura Miller fpmt Mandala

Becoming a Values-Based Leader

"Becoming a Values-Based Leader will assist those who want a deeper understanding of their personal values to attain higher performance and greater satisfaction in life and work." Jeff SMith Balsz Elementary School District - Phoenix, AZ School Administrator