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Somehow Aiden's world doesn't make sense any more. His neighbour keeps playing Duran Duran so he can't think. Fellow students comment on his frenzied dancing style at the Mega disco and he wonders whether all his life he has been too serious. Worst of all he can't stop thinking a petite freckled brunette called Janice.

Perhap's if he could make it with her then, then... everything would be solved.

Take the white knuckle ride of Aiden through the highs and lows of student life at Lanchester University through the frustration and devastation of mental illness, through therapy into a whole new unexpected world. This semi -autobiographical account of student life and its aftermath will challenge you about what is and what is not possible.

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Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School: Strategies That Turn Underachievers into Successful Learners responds to growing concerns about a crisis in boys' academic achievement. Kathleen Palmer Cleveland seeks to help K-12 educators cut through the hype to get at the real problem: who is underachieving, why are they struggling, and how can educators respond to these students' needs in new and productive ways? Cleveland presents findings from four large-scale studies about how boys learn best and combines these findings with insights about ongoing social and learning-style factors that affect learning in the classroom, plus lesson plans and anecdotes from real teachers working across all grade levels and subject areas. Cleveland's Pathways to Re-Engagement represents the culmination of her substantial research and personal experience. A flexible and practical framework for decision making in the classroom, the Pathways model seeks to: Replace the underachieving boy's negative attitudes about learning. Reconnect each boy with school, with learning, and with a belief in himself as a competent learner. Rebuild learning skills that lead to success in school and in life; and * Reduce the need for unproductive and distracting behaviors as a means of self-protection. Each aspect of the Pathways to Re-Engagement model offers educators a way to move underachieving boys from a position of weakness toward one of strength--giving them the tools to succeed in school and beyond.

The purpose of this book is to help guide parents and students that are interested in participating in College Sports. Overall this book is an easy read, and it will provide you with information that will cover what I feel are the 6 main components of Intercollegiate Athletics: Governance, Amateurism, Title IX, Admissions & Recruiting, Eligibility & Compliance, and lastly Athletic Personnel.

As a consequence of the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law, there is tremendous pressure on school principals, teachers, school superintendents, district staff, state departments of education and governors to maximize the increase in student achievement that is obtained with every dollar of expenditure. Currently, teachers are forced to rely on extremely inefficient approaches that take enormous amounts of time, both during the school day and throughout the K-12 learning years. This is experienced in terms of the reduced time that is available to teach subjects other than math and reading, as schools resort to double periods of math, double periods of reading, and enormous amounts of remedial instruction that directly reduce the time available for other subjects including science, art, and music. In contrast, this book suggests that student achievement may be increased in a way that is not only cost-effective in dollar terms, but efficient in the sense that it does not rely on unusual investments in the time required to obtain results. The book draws upon a wealth of cost-effectiveness data to dispel common notions about "what works" in addressing the achievement gap: increased expenditure per pupil, charter schools, voucher programs, increased educational accountability, class size reduction, comprehensive school reform, increased teacher salaries, more selective teacher recruitment, the use of "value-added" methods to measure and reward teacher performance, the use of National Board teacher certification to identify high-performing teachers, and a host of other approaches.

The idea of life curriculum came as a result of looking back at my past in relation to my studies in curriculum. I learn by reconstructing my past in the present to influence my future, and students, indeed everyone, can as well do so. Constructing a curriculum of life is also a continuous process of building, renewing, refining, and adapting self-defining values, ideals, beliefs, ideas, ethics, and convictions to the growing changes in the environment. Students obtain different curricula from various environments. Through a methodic process of thoughtful deliberation, students can reconstruct and integrate the different curricular experiences of their lives. To help students achieve this, there is the need to broaden the conception of curriculum to include life experiences in a way that interweaves school and outside school curriculum in the classrooms. And this can transform curriculum into a process of constructing life.

This book is an excellent resource for students who need help with their writing assignments. It provides numerous sample papers to help you jumpstart your brain and eliminate writer's block no matter what course you are taking. Research shows that samples of papers will create new paths to your brain. As you read this book you will say, "Oh Now I see what the professor means " Remember: imperfect students can excel Buy the book

Seven thousand students drop out of school every day. Many parents are desperate to keep their teens from dropping out. Unfortunately, once students begin to fail and the downward spiral begins, it is very difficult to reverse the situation. Graduation: A Parents Manual for Keeping Teens From Dropping Out of School is written with those parents in mind. Dr. George Kenney has 27 years of experience in working with teens who are failing to succeed. His experience in addressing the multifaceted problem of underachieving students is invaluable to help guide parents through difficult times. Written in clear language, utilizing good parenting techniques and common sense, this book takes the high emotion out of the family situation and provides valuable insight into parents' abilities to improve their teen's chances of completing school.

A new empowernent for parents, students and teachers to improve quality of life. Provides information on building bridges of trust in the classroom and at home. Students are held accountable for the consequences of their choices.

African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision explores the rich past and bright future of the nine Black Greek-Letter organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council. In the long tradition of African American benevolent and secret societies, intercollegiate African American fraternities and sororities have strong traditions of fostering brotherhood and sisterhood among their members, exerting considerable influence in the African American community, and being on the forefront of civic action, community service, and philanthropy. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Toni Morrison, Arthur Ashe, Carol Moseley Braun, Bill Cosby, Sarah Vaughan, George Washington Carver, Hattie McDaniel, and Bobby Rush are among the many trailblazing members of these organizations. The rolls of African American fraternities and sororities serve as a veritable who's who among African American leadership in the United States and abroad. African American Fraternities and Sororities places the history of these organizations in context, linking them to other movements and organizations that predated them and tying their history to one of the most important eras of United States history -- the Civil Rights struggle. African American Fraternities and Sororities explores various cultural aspects of these organizations such as auxilliary groups, branding, calls, stepping, and the unique role of African American sororities. It also explores such contemporary issues as sexual aggression and alcohol use, college adjustment, and pledging, and provides a critique of Spike Lee's film School Daze, the only major motion picture to portray African American fraternities and sororities as a central theme. The year 2006 will mark the centennial anniversary of the intercollegiate African American fraternity and sorority movement. Yet, to date, little scholarly attention has been paid to these organizations and the men and women who founded and perpetuated them. African American Fraternities and Sororities reveals the vital social and political functions of these organizations and places them within the history of not only the African American community but the nation as a whole.

This is volume I of Crypt A Verse Fun. We started working on this book in January of 2010. Ninety percent of the royalties from this book will go to buy Bibles for people in foreign countries, those who are longing for God's Word. Romans 10:17 tells us that faith comes from hearing the word of God. When you purchased this book, you helped make it possible for someone to receive their very own copy of the best book in the world, God's Holy Word. May God bless you for your gift to them. We are planning volume II in 2011.We are retired and live on beautiful Lake Cumberland in Southern Kentucky. Somehow we found time to complete this book while pursuing our other passions. Such as spending time with our 17 grand children, working in local churches with a mentoring program, maintaining rental property, and volunteering in several community organizations.As we look forward to the future, with our 17 grand children, we are excited about the possibility of having many great grand children.

Book 2 Each year thousands of immigrants, students, and business people come to the United States. They come with hope, desire, and anticipation of new opportunities. They all strive to learn the language and the culture in an effort to reach their goals. The essays in this series, One World Many Voices, provide a unique view of the diverse aspects of life in the voices of language learners, from their experience, their knowledge, and their creativity. Discover their efforts, surprises, and frustrations and enjoy their unique perspectives. See into the hearts and minds of these student authors as you join a community of readers, discover yourself in the experiences of others, and expand your understanding of the This collection of essays, World Holidays, about unique cultural, religious, and national holidays, is the second book in One World Many Voices. This series of language learner literature stems from an effort to provide easy and interesting extensive reading material for students in the English as a Second Language program at Las Positas College. The essays are edited for length, sentence structure, and vocabulary according to language proficiency levels. This is the high-beginning level in a series of five books.

Book 4 Each year thousands of immigrants, students, and business people come to the United States. They come with hope, desire, and anticipation of new opportunities. They all strive to learn the language and the culture in an effort to reach their goals. The essays in this series, One World Many Voices, provide a unique view of the diverse aspects of life in the voices of language learners, from their experience, their knowledge, and their creativity. Discover their efforts, surprises, and frustrations and enjoy their unique perspectives. See into the hearts and minds of these student authors as you join a community of readers, discover yourself in the experiences of others, and expand your understanding of the This collection of essays, Living in the USA, about living in a new culture and in a new language, is the fourth book in One World Many Voices. This series of language learner literature stems from an effort to provide easy and interesting extensive reading material for students in the English as a Second Language program at Las Positas College. The essays are edited for length, sentence structure, and vocabulary according to language proficiency levels. This is the high-intermediate level in a series of five books.

Book 3 Each year thousands of immigrants, students, and business people come to the United States. They come with hope, desire, and anticipation of new opportunities. They all strive to learn the language and the culture in an effort to reach their goals. The essays in this series, One World Many Voices, provide a unique view of the diverse aspects of life in the voices of language learners, from their experience, their knowledge, and their creativity. Discover their efforts, surprises, and frustrations and enjoy their unique perspectives. See into the hearts and minds of these student authors as you join a community of readers, discover yourself in the experiences of others, and expand your understanding of the This collection of essays, Book of Firsts, featuring a wide range of first experiences, is the third book in One World Many Voices. This series of language learner literature stems from an effort to provide easy and interesting extensive reading material for students in the English as a Second Language program at Las Positas College. The essays are edited for length, sentence structure, and vocabulary according to language proficiency levels. This is the intermediate level in a series of five books.

Based on his extensive research in private documents and long-out-of-print publications, the author provides an intimate look at the early history of the college fraternity known as KA. The book chronicles KA's founding at Washington College in Lexington,

One of our most distinguished scholars of race shows us how public education is affected by the continuing influence of "color-blind racism as a system of power." Drawing examples from schools, media, and the workplace, Collins--a former schoolteacher herself-- maps out the dynamics of racism in a post-civil rights society in uncommonly clear and vivid ways. This is a book of social analysis that is also an energizing handbook for people looking to effect change, especially in schools.

Each year, tens of thousands of students enroll in doctoral programs across the United States. The experience can be formative, uplifting, fulfilling, and inspiring. It is also often intense, frustrating, demoralizing and at times even infuriating. While many students are destined to be productive researchers, attentive educators and respected thought leaders, others are destined for failure. With the benefit of hindsight, many of those who leave graduate school without the coveted degree realize they were unprepared for the program and ignorant of the realities of the academic world. "Is a PhD for Me?" is designed to help you, the aspiring doctoral student, in two ways. First, it is meant to help you make an enlightened decision about whether it is in your best interest to pursue a PhD degree. Second, in the event you do decide to pursue the advanced degree, the book is designed to help you anticipate and negotiate the trials and tribulations of the program. Embarking on a PhD program is a significant challenge, and one that should not be entered into lightly. This book will help you determine whether you have the unwavering passion, sustained commitment, and realistic understanding of the challenges, to thrive and succeed.

This unique book presents lessons a straight principal-turned-professor has learned through personal experience and research with gay and lesbian high school students. It begins with a young principal acknowledging that he, nor his administrative education program, had given any thought to issues surrounding students' sexual orientation. However, when a senior in his tiny rural high school came out, the principal started down an unexpected path that would change his outlook on school leadership - and transform his practice. Presented in eight unique stories in students' own words, we experience their challenges, fears, and triumphs - and see how their schools and the people in them both helped and hurt. Through their poignant, honest, familiar, and often surprising stories, we see how these eight students navigate what Unks (2003, p. 323) calls 'the most homophobic institutions in American society'. Their stories also reveal an unexpected, yet vital lesson for educators, policy makers, and all those concerned with meeting students' needs - that being gay or lesbian in high school does not automatically lead to bad outcomes. The students' firsthand accounts, along with lessons learned by the once apprehensive principal, show that there is a much more positive, optimistic, and seldom-told story. The book challenges practicing and aspiring school leaders to: move beyond what we think we know about gay and lesbian students and see them as unique people with strengths and struggles, gifts and challenges; examine the unique context of their schools and see how one size solution doesn't fit all; understand agency, agendas, and how gay-straight alliances can benefit all students; and, summon the courage to transform our mission statements from slogans and live them everyday.

Student activism in Africa, at least since the early 1990s, has been preoccupied with popular struggles for democracy in both their respective countries and institutions of higher learning. The changing socio-economic and political conditions in many African countries, characterized by the decline in economic growth and the introduction of multi-party politics, among several other factors, have had different impact on students and student political organizations in African universities. This book recounts the responses of students to these changes in their attempt to negotiate better living and studying conditions. The four case studies contained in the book - Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eritrea - clearly reveal the very important aspects of the situation in which African students find themselves in many countries, and underscores the need to understand the character and development of higher education on the continent. Ministries of Higher Education, Vice Chancellors, Deans of Students, Student Unions and parents will find this book very useful in terms of understanding the tensions that often arise at institutions of higher learning and why solutions seem to be elusive.

Joining the Army in his junior year at the University of Michigan, 21 year old Carl Dahlstrom was assigned to a truck convoy taking artillery shells to the front and hauling wounded to the rear at WWI battles on the Western Front.

Science learning may be perceived difficult because of complex content of some concepts. Can development and quality of socio-cultural interaction with adults and capable peers enable students to more easily construct an understanding of science following standards? This research investigates students' conceptual understanding of ecological interdependency in food chains, pollination, and seed dispersal across k-12 and college using a constructivist theoretical framework. Responses to interview questions were categorized as either everyday or scientific concepts and as a transition through Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The research should help answer the following: Did students vary across concepts and grade levels? What is the dynamic nature of the ZPD continuum that enables teachers to plan in order to individualize instruction? How can teachers engage students to reflect and reconstruct understanding through formal concepts and socio-cultural interactions? How can teachers help students use tools, such as language and thought, to increase cultural capital in the form of enhanced understanding and problem solving? This book is directed primarily to professionals in biology and science education and other interested educators.

This study has its rational basis in the proliferation of technology throughout every aspect of the contemporary world. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions, attitudes and knowledge of preservice teachers as they pertain to technology in social studies education. This investigation examines whether preservice teachers want to use computer technology in social studies, their motivations and how they plan to employ computer technology in social studies instruction. In addition, the factors that influence social studies preservice teachers' use of computer technology will be explored and described. The value of this study lies in three areas: 1) Growing interest technology's use in classrooms and limited research illustrate the importance of examining integration of information technology as teaching and learning tools on the attitudes and practices of preservice teachers. 2) Adding to the body of knowledge in preservice teacher education and information technology integration is important for methods courses. 3) And, the prescriptive findings of this research provide an effective model for integrating information technology in social studies teacher education. The book is addressed to researchers in education, teachers and preservice teachers, especially in social studies.

Boys Should Be Boys: A Headmaster's Reflections By Brian R. Walsh "Over the last quarter century, much has been written about feminism and women's rights, and that's as it should be. But what has been so interesting to me is to see how different women and men are when it comes to processing information and how boys are sometimes an unfathomable enigma to women - especially their mothers." These are the conclusions of a headmaster from thirty years of running two independent kindergarten-ninth grade schools, one coeducational and the other all boys. In Boys Should Be Boys these observations are presented through anecdotes of actual school situations and, more significantly, through the voices and actions of the boys themselves. "This book is not only an essential operating manual for educators; it is a highly entertaining and valuable guide for all parents of boys. In an unstuffy clear fluid prose, laced with many anecdotes, he provides real insight into the educating of boys and their unique and very different ways of learning." John F. Lehman Jr., former Secretary of the United States Navy and member of the 9/11 Commission. Author of Command of the Seas "As the mother of two sons who benefited from Brian Walsh's wisdom, I am delighted that he is finally sharing his insights with a wider audience. Every page of Boys Should Be Boys reflects Brian's understanding of the special nature of boys from early childhood through adolescence. With clarity and great sensitivity, he tells stories that can help parents and educators alike nurture the best of boys and help them reach their full potential." Sally Bedell Smith, author of For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White HouseYears