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The history of the Enchanted Forest is one of magical beginnings.
When it first opened in 1955, Ellicott City's storybook land became
the first children's theme park on the East Coast. Young visitors
could climb aboard rides like the Little Toot tugboat, Mother Goose
and Ali Baba or encounter animals like peacocks and burros. Upon
its closing in 1989, Marylanders who cherished memories of the
Enchanted Forest were deeply disappointed. However, many of the
park's beloved figures were moved to nearby Clark's Elioak Farm,
where they were restored and displayed to the delight of new
generations. Even today, the farm is a popular destination that
evokes the whimsical spirit of the iconic park. Local author Janet
Kusterer and Martha Anne Clark of Elioak Farm trace the park's
history through vintage images and interviews with the Harrison
family, former employees and visitors. Join Kusterer and Clark to
rediscover the magic of the Enchanted Forest.
The metrics presently being used to gauge student success have
become outdated and irrelevant. Enrollment, persistence, and degree
attainment are secondary measures, missing entirely the question of
whether students are truly achieving an effective life skillset
while attempting to complete degree or graduation fulfillment.
Student success, and the success of the education system, will be
based on collaborative and cooperative efforts by all stakeholders
as well as those with vested interests in the future economic
development of local communities as well as national development.
Participatory Pedagogy: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an
academic research publication that explores educational change and
methodologies for the promotion of lifelong learning. Highlighting
a wide range of topics such as educational achievement, learning
experience, and public education, this book is ideal for teachers,
administrators, curriculum developers, education professionals,
practitioners, researchers, and students.
A chapter book for young readers seven to nine years of age Our
story begins as seven year old, Princess Emery searches for her
cats in the isolated back hallways of the castle. Investigating a
strange light at the bottom of the tower stairs, she unexpectedly
finds herself in the room of "forgotten characters". With the help
of a pirate, a ballerina, a circus ringmaster and a dragon, Emery
must discover how to help each of her new friends return to their
stories while discovering her own story's ending. The Light at the
Bottom of the Stairs is part of the Thisseldar series. However, it
is a stand-alone story. Thisseldar books do not need to be read in
order. The stories tell the adventures of Princess Emery and Prince
Ryan who live in the imaginary Kingdom of Thisseldar.
The Hizmet Movement and Peacebuilding assesses the peacebuilding
implications and societal impact of the Hizmet Movement,
characterized as a pacifist and inclusive expression of Islam. With
a range of both supporters and critics, the studies of the Hizmet
Movement presented in these cases provide a counter to negative
stereotypes with examples of positive educational institutions
rooted in Islamic values. The book includes contributions from
scholars and practitioners around the world that critically explore
the intersection of the movement and peacebuilding in countries
such as Northern Iraq, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Sri Lanka, and the Philippines.
This volume provides a thorough introduction to creating and
conducting focus group research projects. Carey and Asbury provide
background on the history of focus groups then document the best
practices in conducting a study using them. They also provide
valuable advice on how to conduct a fair and accurate analysis of
minorities and other vulnerable groups within the population at
large. This book is an excellent introduction for any researcher
looking to utilize focus groups in their next project.
This volume provides a thorough introduction to creating and
conducting focus group research projects. Carey and Asbury provide
background on the history of focus groups then document the best
practices in conducting a study using them. They also provide
valuable advice on how to conduct a fair and accurate analysis of
minorities and other vulnerable groups within the population at
large. This book is an excellent introduction for any researcher
looking to utilize focus groups in their next project.
Covering 30,000 years of goddess worship, this fascinating book is
the first and most comprehensive biographical dictionary devoted
exclusively to mythological deities. Spanning 30,000 years of
goddess worship, Goddesses in World Mythology provides access to
nearly 11,500 entries from many cultures: Greek, Celtic, Indian,
African, Chinese, Slavic, Mesoamerican, Japanese, and more.
Organized alphabetically within geographical regions such as Egypt,
the Far East, Oceania, North America, and the Himalayan region,
entries identify each goddess by her most common anthropological,
mythological, or religious name, then identifies the culture
recognizing that goddess, summarizing her powers or attributes,
often providing a brief story characterizing her personality and
motivations. The most comprehensive and comprehensible work of its
kind, Goddesses in World Mythology features two indexes that divide
the goddesses by name and attribute, over 2,000 cross references
that guide the reader to other entries, and an extensive
bibliography. This unique and easy to use guide shows that
goddesses were not just wives, sisters, mothers, or fertility
figures, but supreme deities themselves. Includes two indexes,
arranged by name and attribute, and an extensive bibliography for
further research Extensive cross references show the surprisingly
intricate relationship of certain goddesses across cultures,
regions, and time Nearly 11,500 entries with coverage of goddesses
from countries and legend across the globe
Developmental theorists have long speculated that emotion and
cognition are inseparable components of the developmental process.
Some even suggest that the two components are fully integrated by
school age. Yet, despite considerable theoretical work describing
this interaction, relatively little empirical work has been
conducted on the subject. This volume addresses the codevelopment
of emotional and cognitive processes by integrating theoretical and
empirical work on these processes. The first part of the book
demonstrates the codependence of emotional and cognitive processes,
noting that both processes are clearly necessary for successful
regulation of thought and behavior and that children with early
adjustment difficulties often have deficits in both types of
processing. The second part considers possible neurological and
genetic mechanisms for the emotion-cognition link. Finally, the
last part explores implications for clinical and educational
research, highlighting atypical emotional and cognitive processing
and its effect on adjustment in academic and social settings.
The metrics presently being used to gauge student success have
become outdated and irrelevant. Enrollment, persistence, and degree
attainment are secondary measures, missing entirely the question of
whether students are truly achieving an effective life skillset
while attempting to complete degree or graduation fulfillment.
Student success, and the success of the education system, will be
based on collaborative and cooperative efforts by all stakeholders
as well as those with vested interests in the future economic
development of local communities as well as national development.
Participatory Pedagogy: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an
academic research publication that explores educational change and
methodologies for the promotion of lifelong learning. Highlighting
a wide range of topics such as educational achievement, learning
experience, and public education, this book is ideal for teachers,
administrators, curriculum developers, education professionals,
practitioners, researchers, and students.
The roadrunner, an icon of the Southwest and one of the most
beloved birds of the United States, is also one of the least
understood. In The Real Roadrunner, Martha Anne Maxon offers the
most thorough natural history of the greater roadrunner species to
date, revealing how the adaptable nature of the bird has allowed it
to survive throughout the centuries and even to thrive today, when
many other bird species are in decline.In her portrait of the
roadrunner, Maxon covers the basic features and behavioral patterns
of this bird - lineage, anatomy, habitat, and range, as well as
strategies for obtaining food, withstanding the elements, and
avoiding predators, with special attention given to the courtship
and nesting behaviors that occupy the species for three-quarters of
the year. The author has assembled and analyzed information both
from scientific and popular literature and from other researchers.
This and her years of field observation and experience with raising
young roadrunners in captivity have yielded new and intriguing
facts on the species' courtship and nesting behavior and on the
development of the young.
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