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  • Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society

    Learning From and With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

    Edited by Maria Luiza Dantas, Patrick C. Manyak ...
    Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
    Educators everywhere confront critical issues related to families, schooling, and teaching in diverse settings. Directly addressing this reality, Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society shows pre-service and practicing teachers how to recognize and build on the rich resources for enhancing school learning that exist within culturally and linguistically diverse families.Combining ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

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    Open-Ended Art Experiences

    by MaryAnn Kohl ...
    Discover the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of toddlers and twos as they explore creative art experiences designed just for them. In this updated, color edition of First Art, you will find more than seventy-five art experiences, with lots of variations that add to the fun and tips for making the activities run smoothly. There’s even a chapter of special adult-made props, such as an Art Baggie ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Beyond the Tiger Mom

    East-West Parenting for the Global Age

    by Maya Thiagarajan ...
    Beyond the Tiger Mom is an in-depth, research-backed guide to the best of Asian parenting.How do Asian parents prime their children for success from a young age by encouraging them to achieve academic excellence? What are the differences between an Asian upbringing and a Western one? These are just two of the many fascinating questions posed and discussed in Beyond the Tiger Mom, a captivating new ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College

    (A Special Guide for Latino Parents)

    by Mariela Dabbah ...
    Series series Guias Practicas
    Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College is a guide for Latino parents that stresses the importance of education and provides a framework for parents to put their children on a college-bound path. It explains the American educational system, how parents can get involved, how to help children stay focused and motivated, scholarships available for Latino children, student loans, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Welcoming Classroom

    Building Strong Home-to-School Connections for Early Learning

    by Johnna Darragh Ernst, PhD ...
    The children in today's early childhood classroom are more culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse than ever. As a teacher, your challenge is to partner with each family through recognizing their individual strengths, concerns, priorities, and resources.In The Welcoming Classroom: Building Strong Home-to-School Connections for Early Learning, Dr. Johnna Darragh Ernst offers practical ideas ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Creating a College Culture for Latino Students

    Successful Programs, Practices, and Strategies

    by Concha Delgado Gaitan ...
    Help your Latino students become college-bound!You know that your Latino students face harsh odds. By the numbers, Latinos are the most underrepresented group on college campuses. How can educators guide students to overcome those barriers? This groundbreaking book has the answers you need, brought together from the nation′s most outstanding college-readiness programs for Latino students.Concha ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Three Virtues of Effective Parenting

    Lessons from Confucius on the Power of Benevolence, Wisdom, and Courage

    by Shirley Yuen ...
    This Asian parenting book applies the wisdom of the Chinese sage Confucius to the challenges of modern parenting.Confucius believed that any change we wish to make in our lives must begin from within. Three Virtues of Effective Parenting calls on readers to develop the virtues to help them understand the changes they can make to become a better parent:Benevolence teaches us how to truly love our ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Exploring childhood in a comparative context

    An introductory guide for students

    Edited by Mabel Ann Brown, Jon White ...
    Exploring Childhood in a Comparative Context meets an increasing need for students focusing on early childhood to be familiar with alternative practices in other countries. Providing a ready-made source of information about a wide range of countries including Finland, the Netherlands, the United States, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and many more, the book clearly describes the way each country ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • New Ways to Engage Parents

    Strategies and Tools for Teachers and Leaders, K12

    by Patricia Edwards ...
    “It is my hope that this book inspires teachers to seek ways to make schools more equitable and caring spaces for all children.”—From the Foreword by Catherine Compton-Lilly, University of WisconsinMadison“Long a leader in the field, Professor Patricia Edwards reinforces the fact that education is a shared responsibility of home, school, and community. She presents scores of practical ideas and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Partnering with Immigrant Communities

    Action Through Literacy

    by Gerald Campano, María Paula Ghiso, Bethany J. Welch ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    In a period of increasing economic and social uncertainty, how do immigrant communities come together to advocate for educational access and their rights? This book is based on a 5-year university partnership with members from Indonesian, Vietnamese, Latino, Filipino, African American, and Irish American communities. Sharing rich examples, the authors examine how these diverse groups use language ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Dyslexia in Adolescence

    Global Perspectives

    Edited by Peggy L. Anderson, Regine Meier-Hedde ...
    Dyslexia in Adolescence: Global Perspectives presents international case studies on the psychosocial development and academic progress of adolescents with dyslexia to enhance understanding of adjustment factors, outcomes and support. The continuation of a qualitative longitudinal research project that focused on children between ten and twelve years of age, this volume revisits them between ages ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Language, Culture, and Teaching

    Critical Perspectives

    by Sonia Nieto ...
    Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
    Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that ... Read more

    $82.99 USD