Agency through Teacher Education: Reflection, Community, and Learning addresses the ways that agency functions for those involved in twenty-first-century teacher education. This book, commissioned by the Association of Teacher Educators, relies on the voices of teacher education candidates, in-service teachers, school leaders, and university-based educators to illustrate what agency looks like, sounds like, and feels like for people trying to act as agents of change. These examples take the form of narratives, theoretical explorations, formal research studies, and reflective essays. Agency through Teacher Education does not seek to establish one definition for agency, but rather to conceptualize it from three perspectives: reflective practice, community engagement/activism, and organizational learning. The book seeks to explore ways stakeholders in- and outside the classroom become agents of change, as well as the traditional and non-traditional roles played out in teacher education programs across the United States.

Agency through Teacher Education: Reflection, Community, and Learning addresses the ways that agency functions for those involved in twenty-first-century teacher education. This book, commissioned by the Association of Teacher Educators, relies on the voices of teacher education candidates, in-service teachers, school leaders, and university-based educators to illustrate what agency looks like, sounds like, and feels like for people trying to act as agents of change. These examples take the form of narratives, theoretical explorations, formal research studies, and reflective essays. Agency through Teacher Education does not seek to establish one definition for agency, but rather to conceptualize it from three perspectives: reflective practice, community engagement/activism, and organizational learning. The book seeks to explore ways stakeholders in- and outside the classroom become agents of change, as well as the traditional and non-traditional roles played out in teacher education programs across the United States.

The Mentally Ill Mentor is an inspiring true story - a MUST read for anyone affected by a Mental Illness. Based on principles of self-love, self-trust, and unconditional self-acceptance, The Mentally Ill Mentor will guide you (or a loved one) through the process of overcoming your Mental Illness and achieving a state of Life-Long Mental Wellness & Success. So how is The Mentally Ill Mentor different than all the other books on the shelf? 1. The Mentally Ill Mentor takes you "inside" the mind of someone who has actually struggled with and overcome a mental illness. 2. The Mentally Ill Mentor provides a step-by-step program for empowering you (or a loved one) to take control of your life. What will you learn? Things you will NOT learn are techniques such as: how to ditch your doctor, avoid seeing a psychiatrist, or escape being institutionalized. What you will learn, is the how to take responsibility for your illness and become empowered to overcome it. Instead of feeling depressed, angry, irritable and emotionally up and down, The Mentally Ill Mentor will help you achieve a life that looks more like this: -The fear of "threat" of a Mental Illness is no longer an issue for you -You love yourself, the person you have become, and the even better person you are striving to be -Relationships with the most important people in your life are great and improving every day -You enjoy life and are up to the task when it comes to overcoming challenges -Self-love, self-trust, and unconditional self-acceptance is a part of who you are -You have become accustomed to each day being filled with a quiet inner peace and happiness.

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Severe abuse marked D.J. Grant's childhood while he lived with his mother, until he was suddenly sent away to live with an unknown father. His life changed again when he and his father saw a martial arts movie, which influenced him to learn self-defense. Now in his early twenties and a student of Tae Kwon Do, D.J. is excited about a promotion from second degree to third degree black belt status.
D.J. had specialized in one style of self-defense. Now he faces disappointment when, instead of promotion, his instructor tells him to first experience the history of the martial arts world. During a walk home, a brief discussion ensues with two friends. D.J. is inexplicably separated from them and introduced to Nerrot, Master of all Keepers of the Art. This meeting takes place in SymDo, a subconscious, mystical realm existing within the minds of martial arts students and practitioners. For every martial artist, there is a Keeper of the Art who is responsible for maintaining the martial artist's memories.
Nerrot, the Master of all the Keepers of the Arts, has chosen D.J. to replace him as the next master.
Before D.J. can succeed Nerrot, he is pitted against Tarag, a former protege who was exiled from the Five Sacred Temples of SymDo for stealing a pendant that can be used to control the mystical powers.
D.J. is taken to five countries to experience and learn their martial arts histories. Tarag's interference forces D.J. and Nerrot to physically experience historic events that put their lives at risk. D.J. must complete the experiences, helping Nerrot to save SymDo, while outwitting Tarag.