Books by James Johnson

The Dead Presidents? Guide to Project Management considers lessons learned that these great men have bestowed upon us. The job of president ofthe United States requires many of the same leadership skills, knowledge, and characteristics you need to be a good executive sponsor, project manager, teammate, collaborator, and person. This guide provides you with a deeper understanding on how these leaders used many of these skills to improve the United States of America. This deeper understanding will allow you to relate adroitly and effectively to your own situation and environment. This guide will also help you to become a more interesting person.

The case study chapters draw on recent Chinese and English sources - on military doctrine, capabilities, and defense strategy - to build a clear understanding the main sources of U.S.-China misperceptions, and highlight the problems these assessments can create for the conduct of statecraft across strategically competitive geopolitical dyads.

The case study chapters draw on recent Chinese and English sources - on military doctrine, capabilities, and defense strategy - to build a clear understanding the main sources of U.S.-China misperceptions, and highlight the problems these assessments can create for the conduct of statecraft across strategically competitive geopolitical dyads.

The genesis for this manual was a transportable training model designed and developed for use by State of S.C.; GE Plastics and Volusia County School Board. The essential theme of this manual is "practicality". It converts theory and principles into realistic, usable tools integrating simplicity and applicability. It assembles in logical fashion the steps/ tasks for implementing a fully-compliant, valid training system. This manual stems from reality; as practical, usable as when conceived.

Introduction to Teaching: Helping Students Learn introduces prospective teachers to the dynamic world of teaching and learning. It provides clear sets of ideas, exciting student-focused learning activities, rich examples and case studies, varied self-assessments, and thoughtful reflective exercises that bring about personal meaning and understanding. This active learning approach enables students both to create a knowledge core and to develop critical thinking tools that they need to adequately meet the challenges of a fast-paced, highly connected society. The text also provides essential information, correlated with INTASC and INCATE standards.

Utilizing three major ideas - the quality of play in early childhood, play as a means of self-expression, and play as a channel of communication to achieving social sense - the authors examine the beliefs, perspectives, and theories relating to play and what effects culture, media and technology have on play.