Most books about research address the ?how to” of inquiry, rather than the ?why.” Foundations for Inquiry enlightens readers about the variety of philosophic assumptions regarding inquiry and organizational phenomena; demonstrates how these assumptions shape subsequent choices about theories; and shows how theoretical and philosophic choices consequently shape and guide the research process.
How to Grow a Young Music Lover is the ideal guide for parents who want to boost their children’s education through music; parents who want to aid in their children’s cognitive, motor, and creative development; parents who love music and want their children to do the same; and parents who wish they knew more about music and want their children to have advantages and instruction they did not. The book is an extraordinary resource for homeschooling parents who want an informative, accessible music curriculum and those want to support their children’s instruction in piano, violin, or other instruments. It is also greatly appreciated by grandparents and other caregivers who want to initiate kids into the world of music; early childhood and elementary educators interested in solid, practical ways to teach their classroom about music; and any reader interested in learning more about musical history, terms, and methods. The book will also be well received by fans of musician Charlie Peacock, who wrote the foreword for this new edition.
Before Austen Comes Aesop presents an in-depth examination of the Children's Great Books, that is, the literature that has made the most profound impact on the lives of children throughout Western history. In addition to its invaluable chronological list of titles, from ancient times to the present, the book provides both students and their parents the guidance they need to read leisurely or study formally the Children's Great Books at home. The book's premise is that children often do not spend enough time with the literature written or adapted for them before diving into adult works. An experienced teacher, the author argues that children benefit in many ways from lingering longer over literature created for them. The Children's Great Books list includes the classic works that, while not written strictly for children, were orally passed on to them for generations and are foundational for understanding Western culture. These works include Greek and Roman fables, myths, and epics; European legends, sagas, folk stories, and fairy tales; and the Bible. The list also includes the acclaimed works written specifically for children, beginning in the age of the first printing presses and continuing into the late twentieth century. Additionally, acknowledging the changes in children's literature that have occurred since the mid-1960s, the author provides helpful information for discerning which contemporary influential books are appropriate, or perhaps inappropriate, for one's children. She also includes several appendices that are useful for the study of literature at both the elementary and the secondary levels.
This incisive and wholly practical book offers a hands-on guide to developing and assessing social justice art education for K–12 art educators by providing theoretically grounded, social justice art education assessment strategies. Recognizing the increased need to base the K–12 curriculum in social justice education, the authors ground the book in six social justice principles–conceptualized through art education–to help teachers assess and develop curriculum, design pedagogy, and foster social justice learning environments. From encouraging teachers to be upstanders to injustice to engaging in decolonial action, this book provides a thorough guide to facilitating and critiquing social justice art education and engaging in reflexive praxis as educators. Rich in examples and practical application, this book provides a clear pathway for art educators to connect social justice art education with real-life educational assessment expectations: 21st-century learning, literacy, social skills, teacher performance-based assessment, and National Core Art Standards, making this text an invaluable companion to art educators and facilitators alike
Prayer isnt begging and pleading with God. It isnt a bargaining chip. Its a position of great power, given to all Christians through the grace of Jesus Christ, and its not to be used only as an SOS in times of distress. However, prayer is a necessity for Christians, and when you pray, you are exercising your legal rights, given to you through Jesus Christ. In Prayer that Really Works, author Cheri-Anne Rougier, an assistant pastor, discusses the importance of prayer in your life as a Christiannot just any prayer, but prayers that actually work for you. She demonstrates how prayer can deepen your relationship with God, and she illustrates that the desire to pray denotes a need to connect to something or someone greater than yourself. Intended for you to experience a real intimacy with the Holy Spirit, Prayer that Really Works helps you to know him as a personhis attributes, his ministry, and his anointingin a way that leaves you thirsting for his presence daily.
There is a tragic history in New York's North Country of human folly, natural disasters, deadly explosions, terrible train wrecks and other calamities. The famous Barnum & Bailey Circus suffered deeply after its train crashed between Norwood and Potsdam in 1889 and many animals died. Beloved Thousand Island Park was almost entirely destroyed by a devastating fire in 1912, leveling hotels and businesses, and the once-thriving park never fully recovered. The great Massena earthquake measured 5.9 on the Richter scale in 1944 and caused tremendous structural damage, including destroying nearly all chimneys in the area. Author Cheri L. Farnsworth compiles both the man-made and natural disasters that shocked the North Country in the hundred years between 1850 and 1950.
Provide comprehensive primary care for the growing number of children with chronic conditions. Featuring contributions from more than 50 expert nurse practitioners and their interprofessional colleagues, Primary Care of Children with Chronic Conditions offers expert guidance on the management of children with special needs and their families. Comprehensive coverage presents the most current knowledge and insights available on these specific conditions, including information on the COVID-19 pandemic. This valuable resource helps providers improve pediatric care for chronic conditions and addresses the need for transitional care to adulthood and the issues and gaps in healthcare that may hinder the quality of care for this unique population. - The only book authored by Nurse Practitioners and their colleagues focusing on managing the primary health care needs of children with chronic conditions. - More than 50 expert contributors provide the most current information available on specific conditions. - Comprehensive summary boxes at the end of chronic conditions chapters provide at-a-glance access to key information. - Full-color format enhances readability and highlights key information for quick access. - Up-to-date references ensure access to the most current, evidence-based coverage with the latest research findings and management protocols.
Mystified by the situations girls face today? There's a good reason, Mom. Our girls are growing up in a completely different world than we did. But whether your daughter is very young or a teenager, you can equip yourself with the wisdom and practical help she needs for the pressures and decisions ahead. With keen insight and warm encouragement, Cheri Fuller shares how you can become a more welcome influence at every stage in your daughter's life. Drawing from her own experiences and the expertise of others, Cheri answers all the top questions, including: "How can I help my girl avoid the dangers of social media and navigate the digital world?" "How can I counter society's unhealthy messages about body image and sexuality? "How can I help my daughter (and me!) deal with her emotional ups and downs?" "What are the best ways to instill good values?" "How can I help her grow a firm faith in God?" Filled with trustworthy suggestions, this book will help you steer your daughter toward becoming a healthy, confident young woman. Includes Reflection Questions for Personal or Group Use Great for understanding granddaughters, too!
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Empire State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Cheri Farnsworthshines a light in the dark corners of New York and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions and objects that fly off of tables at the Manhattan Bistro, to a specter that stalks Pulpit Rock in Lake Placid, there’s no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Tamara's attention was riveted on Minister Walker. She felt a bit dazed by the magnitude of the sacrifice that Jesus made, giving up His life for people just like her. "Now, let's go back to our description of love, church. Could you love like that? Could you sacrifice anything that you really cared about?" Tamara couldn't help but think of how often she was resentful about Sienna's intrusion in her life. It wasn't as if she even loved the girl or anything like that, yet she felt ashamed of being so selfish at this moment. Reverend Walker, preaching in earnest, said, "Church, your sadness can't keep you cryin' when you walkin' in love, and your problems can't make you lose your joy when you walkin' in love." Tamara closed her eyes and held her Bible close as she found her feelings again going awry in the sanctuary. The lyrics to the old Negro spiritual touched her heart, and her eyes were wet with unshed tears...All Tamara could do was hug herself as she gently rocked back and forth, listening to the singing that seemed to fill her...
This book explains in detail what it is like to be losing sight, legally blind, or fully blind, and also documents why today's exciting technological advances and medical solutions are lifting limitations for the visually impaired. Dr. Cheri Langdell, a professor of English, and Dr. Tim Langdell, a clinical psychologist and digital media expert, take us through personal, psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives on blindness, and—perhaps surprisingly—show us some of the benefits nearly blind and blind people have found after vision loss. These benefits include what some describe as heightening of the other senses, deepening spiritual sight, and stronger insights into the human condition. Through literature, media, and cinema across the ages, the authors focus attention on how the masses worldwide who are sighted view, and treat, the blind and legally blind. Coping with Vision Loss: Understanding the Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Effects also includes non-fiction written about and by the blind that gives great insight into their condition. The text explains what the visually impaired and blind can do to stay strong and live their lives to the fullest, as well as what family members and friends can do to help when needed, or to back off when one wants to be as independent as possible. Technological advances to assist the blind and legally blind are reviewed, as are websites for a host of organizations created to assist people with vision loss.
Dangerous prayers happen when you turn your all over to God and offer yourself as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1). They don’t take you to a comfortable, easy place. They test you, stretch you, and take you where you wouldn’t have chosen. They change not only your life but the lives of other people. Join gifted speaker and award-winning author, Cheri Fuller, as she illustrates—from Bible times to today—what happens when God’s people pray dangerous prayers. Each of the 21 chapters is rooted in scripture and weaves together a beautiful tapestry of lives and kingdoms impacted through the power of prayer.
Sara’s abusive marriage has finally ended. She now must get out of the Kansas City area before Paul, her ex-husband, finds out she is pregnant with his child and tries to prevent from her leaving the city. She is sitting at her favorite spot in the city, taking one last look before she leaves this city forever. She has money from the sell of their house in the bank and a new job waiting for her in Colorado. She is ready to leave for the train station when her ex-husband shows up and points a gun at her head. He tells her he knows about the baby and that they will be remarried as soon as possible. Sara is terrified of this man; the last thing she wants is to remarry him. Suddenly, Sara is transported onto a spaceship. She has been asked to marry one of the men from their planet that is in a different galaxy than Earth. She must decide if she wants to go back to Earth and marry her ex-husband or marry a stranger and got to a far off planet to live the rest of her life. When she asked when the wedding is suppose to be, she is told that the wedding is to be immediately. She won’t be meeting the groom until she is standing at the alter next to him. Can she marry a man she never seen nor knows anything about? Her choices are either go back to Earth to Paul or to go with them and marry an alien. Will she make the right decision for her and her baby?
Like so many other women today, worry probably feels second nature to you—often like a reflex than a choice. On any given day you fret about growing debts and thinly stretched paychecks, strained relationships and social snubs. . .health scares, parenting challenges, waistlines, wrinkles, workloads. Replacing Worry for Wonder shows you how to break the cycle of unnecessary suffering, release anxiety, give up the illusion that we’re in control, and find peace in an intimate, growing relationship with Jesus Christ. This book has something for every worrywart—from the chronically stressed to the occasional ruminator.
Lying in the shadows of Mt. Hood and the Cascade peaks, Columbia River Gorge is as rich in history as the bounty its fertile soils provide. From the numerous native tribes, Lewis & Clark, and famed botanist David Douglas to a guru's siege at Antelope and the modern Gorge's reputation for world-class windsurfing, its stories shape the area into a thriving chain of distinctive communities. The Gorge meshes its vibrant past with a stunning physical backdrop to provide the perfect vista for all who are curious about this alluring region.
Just one day after her high-school graduation, eighteen-year-old Alli Whitton flies across the Pacific Ocean to Oahu to pursue her dream of becoming a professional surfer. While leaving her boyfriend, Jake, behind was one of the hardest things she's ever done, she knows she can't pass up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Alli soon gets a job as a surfing instructor's assistant at a prominent island resort. There she meets the handsome Tim Bentley, a fellow instructor. The two get off to a rocky start but soon strike up an unlikely friendship. As Alli's long-distance relationship grows strained and she begins spending more time with Tim, things between them start to heat up. But when Alli finally gets the chance to try out for a professional surfing team and asks Tim to be her coach, she knows they need to keep their relationship strictly professional. After weeks of training, Alli lands a coveted spot on the surfing team. Her dream has finally come true! But life has different plans for Alli, as she suffers a devastating injury during her first surfing competition and is out of the race to become the region's best surfer. On top of her shattered surfing dreams, when the strain of a relationship across the ocean proves too much to handle, Alli and Jake call it quits for good. Tim consoles Alli during her time of need, but when they begin to explore their feelings for each other, Tim believes Alli is simply on the rebound. Will Alli convince Tim that her feelings are real? Will she eventually find herself Riding the Perfect Wave?
In the early 1970s, three young girls were slain near Rochester, NY, in the so-called Alphabet murders. The first book fully devoted to the case explores the crime and its investigation.
Eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and terrifying specters haunt Connecticut. Tales ofBlood-thirsty dolls, haunted lighthouses and a phantom plane crash tingle the spine of travelers to Haunted Connecticut. Connecticut is known for haunted islands; phantom ships, trains, and planes; sightings of UFOs, aliens, and real men in black (MIB); and encounters with Bigfoot and evil black dogs.There have been plenty of strange atmospheric anomalies, such as Connecticut’s Dark Day; solid clouds that came crashing down from the sky in the Litchfield Hills in 1758; the Moodus Noises, which have yet to be fully understood; and Notch Hollow near Bolton, where car windows fog over for no apparent reason while passing an abandoned railroad track. Indeed, the stories in this book, covering the whole spectrum of the supernatural, are fun to read in a satisfyingly spooky kind of way.
The year is 1964, and Roberta Fliss has her hands full managing her husband's swanky Las Vegas nightclub, the Three Queens. Times are tough, but when they're invited to a high-stakes poker tournament aboard a luxury yacht, the couple hopes to take home the grandest of prizes. Their host, Vincent "Vinnie" Malone, is a powerful member of the newly founded Vegas Gambling Commission, and after years of scraping by, it seems Roberta and George's fortunes are on the rise. But Lady Luck takes more often than she gives, and this game is about to turn deadly... In this Ellie Tappet Prequel novella, you'll meet the formidable Roberta Crowley decades before she and Ellie ever met. How did Roberta come to own a cruise line? And what really happened to her first husband? Take a trip back in time to the neon city for an origin story you'll never forget.
Fuller shares from her extensive knowledge and experience to help parents foster a stimulating, creative learning environment for their children in the home. Parents are uniquely positioned to lead their children to healthy study habits and an appreciation of lifelong learning, including reading, writing, and math.
The violence that erupted when the company "replaced" its union workers with strikebreakers tested family loyalty and community stability, and attracted national attention when the governor of Minnesota called in the National Guard, declared martial law, and closed the plant. Register skillfully interweaves her own memories, historical research, and first-person interviews of participants on both sides of the strike into a narrative that is thoughtful and impassioned about the value of blue-collar work and the dignity of those who do it. Packinghouse Daughter also testifies to the hold that childhood experience has on personal values and notions of social class, despite the upward mobility that is the great promise of American democracy.
My Wish for You" gathers a bouquet of stories and messages to communicate a mother's affection and care to her daughters. Each of the 20 chapters relates to the beauty, goodness, challenge, and pain of womanhood.
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