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Research Methods in Family Therapy, Second Edition
Manufacturer: The Guilford Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1572309601 |
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Good research education.......2006-11-06
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Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households and Classrooms
Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0805849181 |
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The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them that knowledge. The claim in this book is that first-hand research experiences with families allow one to document this competence and knowledge, and that such engagement provides many possibilities for positive pedagogical actions. Drawing from both Vygotskian and neo-sociocultural perspectives in designing a methodology that views the everyday practices of language and action as constructing knowledge, the funds of knowledge approach facilitates a systematic and powerful way to represent communities in terms of the resources they possess and how to harness them for classroom teaching. This book accomplishes three objectives: It gives readers the basic methodology and techniques followed in the contributors' funds of knowledge research; it extends the boundaries of what these researchers have done; and it explores the applications to classroom practice that can result from teachers knowing the communities in which they work. In a time when national educational discourses focus on system reform and wholesale replicability across school sites, this book offers a counter-perspective stating that instruction must be linked to students' lives, and that details of effective pedagogy should be linked to local histories and community contexts. This approach should not be confused with parent participation programs, although that is often a fortuitous consequence of the work described. It is also not an attempt to teach parents "how to do school" although that could certainly be an outcome if the parents so desired. Instead, the funds of knowledge approach attempts to accomplish something that may be even more challenging: to alter the perceptions of working-class or poor communities by viewing their households primarily in terms of their strengths and resources, their defining pedagogical characteristics. Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms is a critically important volume for all teachers and teachers-to-be, and for researchers and graduate students of language, culture, and education.
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Sourcebook Of Family Theories And Methods: A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH
PAULINE, ED. BOSS Manufacturer: Plenum Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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ASIN: 0306442647 |
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This unique sociohistorical account of family studies traces the development of various theories or methods within the context of the social values, technological changes, and political events of the twentieth century. Each chapter discusses the origins of a particular theory or method, its core assuptions, its applications, and its link to preceeding and succeeding theories or methods.
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School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, Second Edition
Joyce L. Epstein , Mavis G. Sanders , Beth S. Simon , Karen Clark Salinas , Natalie R. Jansorn , and Frances L. Van Voorhis Manufacturer: Sage Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0761976663 |
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New Edition of Best Seller!
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School, Family, and Community Partnerships is a one-stop survival guide for anyone engaged in starting or improving partnership programs. The detailed, practical information links research findings to effective practices in a most helpful way."
Jane Grinde, Director, Bright Beginnings/Family-School-Community Partnerships, and
Ruth Anne Landsverk, Families in Education Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
"The research base is evident, and the second edition of the handbook is designed to help educators actually get things done. Everything is included to launch an effective Action Team and to develop a program that links family involvement to school improvement and student achievement."
Arty Dorman, Director of Family & Community Involvement
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
"The second edition of the
Handbook for Action is full of advice, good examples, and information for leaders in elementary, middle, and high schoolsâall based on research. This is an important resource for anyone trying to improve partnerships that support student achievement."
Wendy Harwin, School-Family-Community Partnerships Project Coordinator
Connecticut State Department of Education
A positive program of family and community involvement . . . in a brand new edition!
This research-based framework of six types of involvement guides state and district leaders, school principals, teachers, parents, and community partners to form Action Teams for Partnershipsâdynamic groups that plan, implement, evaluate, and continually improve family and community involvement for student success.
Corwinâs first edition of this Handbook, created by researchers at Johns Hopkins University with input from educators and parents, has been a best-seller for years. Now, Joyce L. Epstein and her colleagues offer even more tools and strategiesâinnovations tested for more than fifteen years that are being used by leaders in schools, districts, and state departments of education across the country to create partnership programs that support school improvement goals.
With this new second edition, youâll learn how to:
Plus, youâll find new examples of successful partnership activities linked to school goals for students, new planning and evaluation tools, and new guidelines and materials for conducting effective training workshops on partnerships.
Itâs a valuable and time-tested approach with tools that you can use today to build a comprehensive, inclusive, goal-oriented, and permanent program of partnership!
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School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, Second Edition.......2007-02-06
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Introduction To Clinical Research
CATHERINE DEANGELIS Manufacturer: Oxford University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0195062493 |
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Here is an ideal introduction to research methods for clinicians, fellows, residents, and medical students. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand style, it outlines the steps that should be followed in order to organize and implement a typical investigation. Emphasizing the anticipation of future difficulties and the benefits of early planning, the authors discuss the types of questions that should be asked, how to design a study, and methods of data acquisition and analysis. Many examples are presented to illustrate the textual material, and extensive bibliography sections at the end of each chapter direct readers to published articles and texts that will provide further information.
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The Essentials of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research
Joseph F. Healey Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 049500975X |
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Don't worry; you donÂ't need a lot of math to ace statistics. Not with THE ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS: A TOOL FOR RESEARCH, that is. It's practical, it's easy to follow, and it explains the basics of statistics in ways you can understand without the complicated math. Plus, it's packed with study tools so you can get ready for the test with no problem!
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Intimate Relationships
Sharon Stephens Brehm , Rowland Miller , Daniel Perlman , and Susan Miller Campbell Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0070074526 |
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Intimate Relationships, 3rd editon, by Sharon S. Brehm, Rowland S. Miller, Daniel Perlman, and Susan Campbell preserves the personal appeal of the subject matter and vigorous standards of scholarship that made the earlier editions so successful. Written in a unified voice, this text builds on the reader-friendly tone that was established in the first two editions. It presents the key findings on intimate relationships, the major theoretical perspectives, and some of the current controversies in the field. Brehm, Miller, Perlman, and Campbell illustrate the relevance of close relationship science to readers' everyday lives, encouraging thought and analysis. Classic contributions to the field are covered in addition to topics on the leading edge of research.Customer Reviews:
Tired of all those confusing opinions about your love life?.......1999-10-07
Understand your own intimate relationships better!.......1997-03-17
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Engaging All Families: Creating a Positive School Culture by Putting Research Into Practice
Steven M. Constantino Manufacturer: ScarecrowEducation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1578860628 |
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Engaging All Families provides a summary of research that acts as a foundation upon which the practitioner's tools are crafted. Readers are given the resources necessary to assess their present level of family engagement and the ideas, strategies, suggestions, programs, practices, policies, and procedures to implement a wide variety of customized family engagement programs. Numerous resources and references are also included. As a successful school administrator and nationally known expert in the field of family and community engagement, Steven Constantino builds the bridge from research to practice and provides the information that allows all schools to become family friendly.
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Reversing Memory Loss: Proven Methods for Regaining, Stengthening, and Preserving Your Memory, Featuring the Latest Research and Treaments
Vernon H. Mark , Jeffrey P. Mark , Vernon Mark , and Jeffrey Mark Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 039594452X |
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Written with warmth and clarity, this book belongs in the hands of anyone who has agonized over an aging friend or relative or worries about his own capacity to remember. No physical problem is as destructive or frightening as the loss of memory. Stress, pain, depression, overmedication, stroke, or Alzheimer's disease -- these are just some of the causes. In this fully revised and updated book, an internationally known neurosurgeon and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital outlines the latest treatments that help reverse memory loss: New forms of memory recently discovered by researchers, new tests to evaluate memory capacity, new research on the effects of prescription medications, including widely used antidepressants, and brain "poisons", new research on the important role of nutrition and exercise in promoting memory, advances in early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's, and promising new research on the regeneration of damaged brain cells.Customer Reviews:
amazingly helpful book for people with memory loss.......2003-03-02
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Statistics: A Tool for Social Research
Joseph F. Healey Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0534627943 |
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A comprehensive, exceptionally well-written text that instructors find to be appropriate for students with varying levels of mathematical skill, ranging from those suffering from math phobia and anxiety to those adept at math. The text provides students a first look at social statistics by illustrating the application of statistics to contemporary social issues. Students learn to read and interpret statistics in a variety of settings. Each chapter is complete with numerous practice exercises, problems, and demonstrations and applications of the latest SPSS statistical software package to reinforce chapter concepts, operations, and formulas. Students can also find demonstrations and applications using the MicroCase statistical package on the text's companion web site. The book's primary emphasis is on developing the following skills necessary for students to become "statistically literate": computational competence; appreciation of statistics; and the ability to read professional social science literature.Customer Reviews:
Statistics Made Easy.......2006-05-04
The 6th edition is almost same as 5th edition........2004-08-13
There is much to be desired.......2002-01-03
In general, if you just want to pass an exam in elementary stats and can do with rudimentary knowledge of the subject, go with this book. For real understanding of statistics look at different books.
Stats made simple.......1999-01-18
This book is part the required texts for Sociology 210 at Loyola Marymount U. in Los Angeles.
This book has a handy layout map that allows the person learning or teaching to circumvent areas of the topic that are not of significant bearing to the class.
I am just starting so take my 5 star rating with the caviat that I am not too familiar with the text yet. Amazon is cheaper than my School book store though!!
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