Books by Janet C. Richards

This book focuses on preservice teachers' experiences in trying to implement a multiple-ways-of knowing curriculum. It aims to integrate multiple literacies in K-8 classrooms by weaving music, dance, visual arts, popular culture media, and computer technology with reading and writing lessons.

Topics in this volume on literacy include: working with young literacy learners; individual and group management concerns; teaching and promoting writing; and working with special needs students.

Giving teachers a comprehensive understanding of how to teach multiple literacies in elementary and middle schools, this study looks at dance, music, visual arts, popular culture, media and computer technologies integrated with reading and writing.

This broad consideration of the lifespan component of communication study emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills, interpersonal conflict management, socialization, care-giving, and relationship development.

Offering innovative and low-cost strategies not usually found in the technical literature, this book describes step-by-step approaches to implementing lake improvement projects. It includes cost-effective strategies for protecting and restoring the shoreland area and shallow lake management.