Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse write by Nicholas D. Young. This book was released on 2019-01-12. Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse: Safety, Security, and Student Well-Being was written as a resource guide for educational and mental health professionals and policymakers, as well as families and communities seeking to develop programming to reduce school violence and promote safe, engaging, and effective schools. This book explores the growing crisis in school safety and security through the lens of the roles that mental health and student and community well-being play in creating environments that are resistant to violent and antisocial behavior. The book gives practical information and research on school, classroom or community applications, the latest trends and issues in the field, and best practices for promoting student health and well-being. It also covers violence prevention measures and protocols to follow in crisis intervention situations. Issues of culture, gender and society are specifically addressed.
The Soul of the Schoolhouse
The Soul of the Schoolhouse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Soul of the Schoolhouse write by Nicholas D. Young. This book was released on 2018-11-09. The Soul of the Schoolhouse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Soul of the Schoolhouse: Cultivating Student Engagement’s primary focus is to help readers understand the many, diverse factors that make up engaged learning and students’ motivation to learn. The authors acknowledge the importance of cognitive aspects of education and the techniques that skilled educators use to enhance the learning process; such information is contained in chapters on motivation and models of thinking about how to engage those in our schools. This tome also reflects the essential and interrelated nature of emotional, social, spiritual, and relational elements of engagement in the learning process. As such, chapters of this book cover such topics as educational leadership for engaged learning, school-community connections, co-curricular activities, models of curriculum design, and school law and policies that bolster student learning, as well.
Captivating Classrooms
Captivating Classrooms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Captivating Classrooms write by Nicholas D. Young. This book was released on 2018-11-23. Captivating Classrooms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Captivating Classrooms explores the specific role that student engagement plays in education, it argues that there are myriad factors that undergird meaningful student learning and participation—such as motivation, exciting teaching strategies, reinventing literacy instruction, and authentic assessment. This book is an extremely valuable handbook for school leaders, teachers, and support staff, as well as for parents of PK-12 students, aspiring educators, and higher education faculty who prepare pre-service teachers and administrators. This is a must-read for those who are committed to helping all students find their purpose and passion in education.
Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse
Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse write by Nicholas D. Young. This book was released on 2019-09-03. Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the critical issues associated with the topic of social justice in primary and secondary education. Understanding the challenges related to educational inequity requires a comprehensive and systematic re-examination of educational reform; specifically, this book defines social justice education, offers different perspectives from major thought leaders and examines the challenges faced by different populations when it comes to receiving equal opportunity and treatment. Emphasis will be placed on programs, approaches and strategies to increasingly teach tolerance, respect, and understanding within and between these groups and members of the majority culture. The focus, then, will be on educational practices designed to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to be active, contributing, and fully participatory members of our contemporary society. This book is most appropriate for preservice and veteran teachers, school and educational psychologists, related special education service professionals, educational administrators, guidance counselors, graduate education professors, policymakers, parents, and student leaders who wish to gain a better understanding of how social justice can and should become a valuable part of the educational landscape.
Masculinity in the Making
Masculinity in the Making - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Masculinity in the Making write by Nicholas D. Young. This book was released on 2019-11-27. Masculinity in the Making available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contemporary society has imposed a set of unrealistic and confusing rules for men over 18 to follow. With post-adolescent men experiencing lower rates of academic success at the post-secondary level and escalating rates of violence perpetrated by this age group, jobs, careers and life itself are in crisis. These men in transition have emotional, social, academic, and career struggles that affect every aspect of their lives. Masculinity in the Making: Managing the Transition to Manhood; therefore, will examine these issues and offer strategies and examples of what is possible for the post-adolescent male; more specifically, attention will be paid to theories and health issues specific to this population, social and cultural issues, academic and career interventions, aggression and violence, and media portrayals. The reader will be left with a deep and clear understanding of the needs of men as well as how mentoring and counseling can provide them with the support needed to be successful and productive members of society.
