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  • The Making of a Left-Behind Class

    Educational Stratification, Meritocracy and Widening Participation

    by Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon, Pat Leahy, Hilary Jenkinson, Olive Byrne ...
    Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that are frustrating the realisation of their educational ambitions.This book analyses the ‘left-behind’ phenomenon and shows how education has become the new divide in Western society. It explains how denied educational equality and frustrated opportunity are undermining social cohesion and what we can ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Dark Secrets of Childhood

    Media Power, Child Abuse and Public Scandals

    by Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon ...
    Over the last few decades, public opinion has been traumatised by revelations of child abuse on a mass scale. It has become the major human rights story of the 21st century in Western society.This ground-breaking book explores the relationship between the media, child abuse and shifting adult–child power relations which,in Western countries, has spawned an ever-expanding range of laws, policies ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Continuing Professional Development in Social Work

    by Carmel Halton, Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon ...
    Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread consensus in favour of CPD. But what is it? Are there discernible international trends? What are the barriers to participating in CPD? What do social workers think about and want from CPD? This book seeks to answer these questions.Based on a survey and interviews with ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Argument Writing as a Supplemental Literacy Intervention for At-Risk Youth

    Using Design Based Research to Develop a Knowledge Building Literacy Course

    by Margaret Sheehy, Donna M. Scanlon ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Literacy Education
    This volume details the development and initial evaluation of a supplemental literacy course intended to support at-risk high school students in the US. Developed using design based research (DBR), the course combines argument writing and knowledge building literacy routines to support academic literacy development.Acknowledging the demand for US students to meet academic literacy standards that ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

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    Michael Angelos Dawn (Unabridged)

    by Margaret Steele Anderson ...
    Narrated by Ted Stoltz, Jeffrey Scanlon, Nancy Terry ...

    Unabridged

    22 min

    In the heart of Renaissance Florence, a young Michelangelo Buonarroti struggles to find his place amidst the towering giants of art. As he navigates the treacherous waters of patronage and rivalry, a forbidden love threatens to consume him. Margaret Steele Anderson's "Michael Angelo's Dawn" paints a vivid tapestry of a tumultuous era, where passion, ambition, and the pursuit of beauty collide. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Learning From Strangers

    The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies

    by Robert S. Weiss ...
    Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely on creating cooperation -- an open and trusting alliance between interviewer and respondent, dedicated to specific and honest accounts of both internal and ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Qualitative Research Design

    An Interactive Approach

    by Joseph A. Maxwell ...
    Series series Applied Social Research Methods
    Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Researching Writing

    An Introduction to Research Methods

    by Joyce Kinkead ...
    Researching Writing is an accessible, informative textbook that teaches undergraduates how to conduct ethical, authentic research in writing studies. The book introduces students to the research approaches used most often and offers a course framework for professors creating or teaching research courses themselves.Author Joyce Kinkead lays out the research process, including finding and defining ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing

    by Tonette S. Rocco, Timothy Gary Hatcher ...
    Focusing on writing for publication, The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing discusses the components of a manuscript, types of manuscripts, and the submission process. It shows how to craft scholarly papers and other writing suitable for submission to academic journals. The handbook covers how to develop writing skills by offering guidance on becoming an excellent manuscript reviewer and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • What Successful Literacy Teachers Do

    70 Research-Based Strategies for Teachers, Reading Coaches, and Instructional Planners

    by Neal A. Glasgow, Thomas S. C. Farrell ...
    "An interesting compilation for administrators, new teachers, and seasoned teachers. This text acts as a concise reminder of what we should all be doing in our classrooms and includes practical implementation ideas."—Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt, Professor of LiteracyLe Moyne College"Easy to read quickly, especially when looking for something specific. I definitely enjoyed the quotes to start each ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Qualitative Research from Start to Finish

    by Robert K. Yin, PhD ...
    This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research--whether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have successfully implemented specific procedures. Equally ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Literacy Instruction for Adolescents

    Research-Based Practice

    Edited by Karen D. Wood, PhD, William E. Blanton, EdD ...
    Thorough and accessible, this professional resource and text shows how the latest research in adolescent literacy can be translated into effective practice in middle and high school classrooms. Leading authorities discuss findings on the adolescent learner, addressing such essential topics as comprehension, content-area literacy, differentiated instruction, gender differences in literacy learning, ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD