Books published by Rowman & Littlefield

The book encourages teachers to use the blended classroom to engage with digital learners in highly intentional ways.

This field guide provides practical application of the skills presented via activities and worksheets that are provided within each chapter.

This book provides an understanding of the aspects of mapping the girl's journey towards self-confidence, mastery, and behavioral competence in sandplay for both new and seasoned practitioners. Two clinical case studies, a compelling heroine's tale, and experiential exercises illustrate and complement the mandala mapping practice therapeutically.

Developing Ecological Consciousness is a unique introduction to environmental studies.

The purpose of this book is to change the conversation about teacher induction, preparation, and development and how we create effective teachers.

This is your guide to assessing readiness to attract grants, understanding how grant funders work, learning how to design highly-fundable projects and programs, and writing and submitting proposals. The tips, charts, models, and examples will help you create a manageable and rewarding grant program, or update and strengthen your present program.

Operation Devil Horns delivers a high-impact, true insider account of one of the largest federal takedowns of a criminal gang in U.S. history. The story follows a four-year investigation that begins in San Francisco and grows to include criminal networks spanning three countries' borders. Politicians, cops, and criminals meet at center stage.

In the past 25 years, America and Europe both developed relations with Central Asia and the Caucasus. This book argues that American and European policies suffer from both conceptual and structural impediments. It provides detailed analysis of these policies and proposes constructive recommendations for their improvement.

This book is the pioneer text to focus solely on the notion of inclusion for museums. It is intended to demystify the much-debated idea of inclusion for museum professionals, theorists, professors, and researchers. From practical tips to theoretical know-how, this book will prepare your museum to become more inclusive.

Deaccessioning Today: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive international overview of deaccessioning. Author Steven Miller covers reasons for removing items from collections, looks at how and why deaccessioning occurs in museums around the world, and discusses recommended disposition procedures.

This fully updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of two centuries of transnational feminist efforts to produce a just global order. Hawkesworth analyzes continuities and changes in the nature and scope of gendered inequities and power dynamics within national and international regimes and weighs strategies for social transformation.

This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions.

This book is focused on project planning and project management of IT projects in the education realm.

This book will address sexual development of people with autism spectrum disorders as well as other intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. It also considers special considerations for group homes and recreational facilities, and concepts of ethics and models of consent (medical, legal, social, and educational.)

This book is about this country's efforts to educate and raise the achievement level of large numbers of low-achieving students.

This book is dedicated to the authentic literacy of children, 4 to 6 years old. The theory and history of key word/ key vocabulary approach is explained in depth, and its synchrony with social justice, anti-bias teaching is emphasized. Seminal texts are referenced throughout, and stories straight from the classroom bring to life the methodology.

The goal of Can Every School Succeed is to aid school leaders in the process of transforming today's schools.

Planning Support Methods offers the only practical guide to the key methods of urban and regional planning. The authors apply and critically assess the most important methods for demographic and economic analysis and projection and land suitability analysis, providing an essential resource for practicing planners and planning students alike.

This book provides an overview of recent debates about critical theory from Pierre Bourdieu via Luc Boltanski to the Frankfurt School. Robin Celikates investigates the relevance of the self-understanding of ordinary agents and of their practices of critique for the theoretical and emancipatory project of critical theory.

This book will help readers develop their leadership skills by drawing from a higher purpose in order to lead purposefully and creatively.

Eight innovative leaders whose work has made an impact nationally and internationally and seven K-12 leaders who have amazing track records share how they communicate with their team and stakeholders.

Combining philological data, social-science models, and cross-cultural comparisons, Russaw examines the systems that constrict biblical daughters and the strategies they employ when hostile social forces threaten their well-being.

This essential overview of what it means to be a library and information professional today provides a broad overview of the transformation of libraries as information organizations, why these organizations are more important today than ever before, the technological influence, and the various career opportunities available.

Treating Addiction: Beyond the Pain emphasizes that what is needed to better treat addictive disorders is an empathic understanding of what addictively prone individuals endure that makes addiction so compelling. Khantzian uses evidence from five decades of study and treatment to show effective treatment is based on appreciation of these issues.

This book contains a compilation of best practices in special education.

Addressing topics from the opening days of school to planning activities, assessments and reflections, these chapters offer teachers and administrators helpful tips on how to build meaningful, professional relationships with students. Keep today's learners at the center of their educational experience and they will grow beyond expectation.

All Things History includes hundreds of multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions that provide an opportunity for readers to test their knowledge of history and learn along the way. Topics include fashion, creative arts, mythology, invention, sports, US Presidents, and Native Americans.

Angels and Superheroes provides support for teachers to who wish to build a culture of trust and compassion in the classroom, while maintaining high academic standards to manage the culture of standardized test accountability. This book provides engaging examples, concrete strategies, and implementable resources to meet the needs of children.

Managing the New Tools in K-12 Teaching and Learning discusses how we can manage our technology efforts more effectively. It gives an overview of learning technology components, such as student devices and data system infrastructure. And, it provides case studies of how this is being done at pioneering districts

Using data from cultures and languages throughout the world to highlight both similarities and differences in human languages, Language, Culture and Communication, Eight Edition, explores the many interconnections among language, culture, and communicative meaning.