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Author: Susan J. Kovalik Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 1452237425 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 313
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"An excellent guide for integrating new developments in cognitive neuroscience research with an appropriate 21st-century elementary science curriculum. Susan J. Kovalik′s pioneering Highly Effective Teaching (HET) model has continually evolved for more than 30 years." —Robert Sylwester, Emeritus Professor of Education University of Oregon "This is a book to savor. The content is a woven tapestry: many colorful threads elucidate ideas based in sound research. Marvel at how the authors weave the threads to provide a cohesive, understandable, beautiful educational perspective." — Lawrence Lowery, Professor Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley A step-by-step approach to taking giant leaps in science learning Kid′s Eye View of Science examines learning science from multiple perspectives—especially a child′s. The whimsical character of Mary Froggins guides readers through the steps of igniting students′ natural sense of wonder, incorporating brain research, integrating science concepts with other subjects, and applying science to daily life. The authors demonstrate how to teach science conceptually through the lens of "big ideas" such as change, interdependence, and adaptation. Rich with instructional strategies for exploring inquiry-based science, this valuable resource′s highlights include: Charts, graphics, forms, and summaries that help teachers translate abstract concepts into concrete lessons A comprehensive discussion of brain research, including helpful tips to assimilate 10 bodybrain-compatible elements into the classroom Practical hands-on guidance for enriching science programs and improving student outcomes Field-tested and applicable to multiple intelligences, the book also provides a comprehensive vision for curriculum development with an eye toward preparing students to use their knowledge to shape the future.
Author: Terri Roberts Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 1441229051 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 225
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Mother of Amish Schoolhouse Shooter Gives Message of Hope and Healing Who would have believed all the beauty God would create over the nine years since that awful day. On October 2, 2006, a gunman entered an Amish one-room schoolhouse, shooting ten girls, killing five, then finally taking his own life. This is his mother's story. Not only did she lose her precious son through suicide, but she also lost her understanding of him as an honorable man. Her community and the world experienced trauma that no family or community should ever have to face. But this is, surprisingly, a story of hope and joy--of God revealing his grace in unexpected places. Today Terri lives in harmony with the Amish and has built lasting relationships that go beyond what anyone could have thought possible. From the grace that the Amish showed Terri's family from day one, to the visits and ongoing care Terri has given to the victims and their families, no one could have foreseen the love and community that have been forged from the fires of tragedy. Let Terri's story inspire and encourage you as you discover the wonder of forgiveness and the power of God to bring beauty from ashes.
Author: Yvonne Vissing Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813148901 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 284
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Because they're small, they're easy to overlook. Because their voices don't carry far, it's hard to hear them. We'd rather not look too closely or listen too carefully. And if we don't see them, maybe they'll just go away. But the invisible homeless cannot simply fly away to never-never land, or pull themselves up by their bootstraps, or make a wish upon a star. These homeless people are children, and they are not always in the inner cities, as Yvonne Vissing shows in this poignant study of families, housing, and poverty. As many as a third of our nation's homeless are found in rural and small-town America. They are all too commonly out of sight-and out of mind. Homelessness in small towns and rural areas is on the rise. Drawing on interviews with and case studies of three hundred children and their families, with supporting statistics from federal, state, and private agencies, Vissing illustrates the impact this social problem has upon education, health, and the economy. Families vividly describe the ways they have fallen through cracks in the social structure, from home ownership into homelessness. Looking toward the future, Vissing asks if homeless children are destined to become dysfunctional adults and provides a sixteen-year-old girl's moving testimony of the vagabond life her homeless family led. While the economy and the very nature of the family have changed over past decades, housing, education, and human service industries have failed to adapt. Vissing provides a planning model for improving support networks within communities and challenges Americans with a fundamental philosophical question: Do homeless children merit fullscale social intervention? Ultimately, Out of Sight, Out of Mind compels us not merely to voice concerns for family and community values, but also to assert this commitment consciously through improved essential services.
Author: Joanne Kennedy Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1402283687 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 417
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"When it comes to capturing the appeal and feel of the West and its people, nobody does it better."—Booklist His Rodeo Days May Be Over... Sidelined by a career-ending injury, rodeo cowboy Ridge Cooper feels trapped at his family's remote Wyoming ranch. Desperate to find an outlet for the passion he used to put into competing, he takes on the challenge of teaching his roping skills to five troubled ten-year-olds in a last-chance home for foster kids, and finds it's their feisty supervisor who takes the most energy to wrangle. But He'll Still Wrangle Her Heart When social worker Sierra Dunn seeks an activity for the rebellious kids at Phoenix House, she soon learns she's not in Denver anymore. Sierra is eager to get back home to her inner-city work, and the plan doesn't include forming an attachment in Wyoming—especially not to a ruggedly handsome and surprisingly gentle local rodeo hero. Praise for Cowboy Tough: "Another wonderful cowboy tale...I loved the crackling chemistry."—Night Owl Reviews "Touching, vivid, entertaining, and fun."—Romance Book Junkies
Author: Nicholas Villanueva Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 1496230191 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 280
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Nicholas Villanueva, Jr., investigates the untold story of the founders of an organization that helped gay rodeo participants persevere through bigotry and discrimination in sport, fought a pandemic that ravaged the LGBTQ community, and created a sporting community that became an international family.
Author: Michael C. Ferringer Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 93
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About the Book This is a story of a boy–spending his first grade through half of sixth grade (1948-53) on a rural NY farm in a foster-type environment. Farm work happens every day and the only thing he can control is his mind. A close UFO encounter that occurs near the end of his internment on the farm turns his mind toward science and unknown paths of endeavor in manufacturing and the wild. In 1962, the largest Rochester manufacturing unit is his first encounter with highly educated and driven management. They want reasonably competent, obedient, yes men, which is a sad reminder of life on the farm. Michael resents exacting bosses who use people to achieve their personal goals while giving workers little in return. He desires and thrives in the wild world of creation, science, experimental fixtures, and the unknown. Happiness is out there in the form of poetry, painting, dream control, gravity and his last good job, which is at Xerox. His desire of retribution against the system fades as he realizes the Lord has helped him all along.
Author: Noel Graham Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1450225195 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 221
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The town of Coldbeans does not seem to evolve with the rest of the area. . The citizens are happy with the way things are and do not want change. The main charather is a reporter for the Coldbeans Gazette and on his own decides to write about the towm and its citizens. The motto of Coldbeans is "the only thing that changes here are baby diapers.' The sheriff wants to be mayor and the Mayor wants to stay mayor. You will love our jail, there is no lock on the cell door and if the prisnor leaves all the sheriff has to do is go ask his wife where he is. We keep things simple here.. When you are happy you do not need to make changes and that is what keeps Coldbeans happy and secure. Getting bashed on the head with an iron skillet is normal for the men that go home drunk. If he is a whole lot drunk than that skillet will not have an affect.
Author: Will Fellows Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0299150836 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 353
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Homosexuality is often seen as a purely urban experience, far removed from rural and small-town life. Farm Boys undermines that cliche by telling the stories of more than three dozen gay men, ranging in age from 24 to 84, who grew up in farm families in the midwestern United States. Whether painful, funny, or matter-of-fact, these plain-spoken accounts will move and educate any reader, gay or not, from farm or city. “When I was fifteen, the milkman who came to get our milk was beautiful. This is when I was really getting horny to do something with another guy. I waited every day for him to come. I couldn’t even talk to him, couldn’t think of anything to say. I just stood there, watching him, wondering if he knew why.”—Henry Bauer, Minnesota “When I go back home, I feel a real connection with the land—a tremendous feeling, spiritual in a way. It makes me want to go out into a field and take my shoes off and put my feet right on the dirt, establish a real physical connection with that place. I get homesick a lot, but I don’t know if I could ever go back there and live. It’s not the kind of place that would welcome me if I lived openly, the way that I would like to live. I would be shunned.”—Martin Scherz, Nebraska “If there is a checklist to see if your kid is queer, I must have hit every one of them—all sorts of big warning signs. I was always interested in a lot of the traditional queen things—clothes, cooking, academics, music, theater. A farm boy listening to show tunes? My parents must have seen it coming.”—Joe Shulka, Wisconsin “My favorite show when I was growing up was ‘The Waltons’. The show’s values comforted me, and I identified with John-Boy, the sensitive son who wanted to be a writer. He belonged there on the mountain with his family, yet he sensed that he was different and that he was often misunderstood. Sometimes I still feel like a misfit, even with gay people.”—Connie Sanders, Illinois “Agriculture is my life. I like working with farm people, although they don’t really understand me. When I retire I want the word to get out [that I’m gay] to the people I’ve worked with—the dairy producers, the veterinarians, the feed salesmen, the guys at the co-ops. They’re going to be shocked, but their eyes are going to be opened.”—James Heckman, Indiana
Author: Julie Cummins
Author: Julie Cummins
Author: Amanda McRaney Jenkins
Author: Susan J. Kovalik
Author: Terri Roberts
Author: Yvonne Vissing
Author: Joanne Kennedy
Author: Nicholas Villanueva
Author: Michael C. Ferringer
Author: Noel Graham
Author: Will Fellows