Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

Cultivate a Proactive & Efficient Learning by Doing Culture In Teacher DevelopmentDo your teachers have the expertise to produce the best outcomes in every context? Do they confidently and intentionally inquire, adapt, and change based on student needs? This book offers a deep exploration into cultivating a culture of design thinking--a proactive process where teachers work through iterative design cycles and understand how to make `what works best¿ work. Explore how specific design and leadership approaches can form a framework for leading teacher professional learning Learn to navigate through complex educational environments Learn from illustrative action items, vignettes, and real-life examples and results

Make your lessons interesting, interactive, and engagingSuccessful lessons are explicit, yet also inspire active learning and opportunities to respond. As the one shaping lessons, can you do better? Probably, and yoüre not alone. Research shows teachers consistently offer students far fewer than the recommended opportunities to respond, leaving all students¿including those with special needs and behavior challenges¿less than engaged and falling short of their best chance for success.With this book, yoüll discover 14 strategies you can translate directly to your classroom, complete with descriptions, advantages and disadvantages of each, and how and when best to use them. Divided into three parts, you will be guided through Verbal engagement strategies, such as whip around, choral responding, quick polls, and individual questioning Non-verbal engagement strategies, such as stop and jot, guided notes, response cards, and hand signals Partner and teaming strategies, such as turn & talk, cued retell, four corners, and classroom mingle

Real Talk means real results! To reach students who may see school as an obstacle, rather than an opportunity, connection and trust must come first. Paul Hernandez, a former student at risk, is now a nationally recognized, award-winning educator and trainer. His Real Talk is a practical methodology that helps education professionals build rapport with at-promise students while creating learning experiences that are relevant¿and life-changing.   This updated and expanded second edition of a bestseller provides an intensive, robust experience enabling teachers to create and implement connections with their teaching. You will:¿ Develop an understanding of the education research and theories that underlie the Real Talk approach¿ Learn the how-tös for implementing Real Talk with any group of learners¿ Benefit from diverse and unique case studies, applications, and lessons learned

Presents an introduction to theories of the family. This title balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work with the conciseness needed for ease of use in a one-semester course for upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate students.

Explores the concept of media audiences from four broad perspectives: as "victims" of mass media, as market constructions & commodities, as users of media, and as producers & subcultures of mass media.

This book is based on one of the most important influences on student learning: teachers who believe that they can improve their students' achievements. Along with this, the book explores the notion that this powerful belief can also exist between students, enhancing their achievements but also preparing them for real world encounters and job demands.

Let¿s make the "next normal" a "better normal"If there ever was a time for our heroic school leadership to persevere, it¿s now. Because now, well over one year since the pandemic stretched the resilience and reserves of our school systems, it¿s time to "rebound." It¿s time to leverage this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot teaching and learning as we know it so that we magnify the effective practices from the past while leveraging the so many recent lessons learned.This is where Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Dominique Smith, and John Hattie, coauthors of The Distance Learning Playbook series, are ideally equipped to serve as your collaborators.Inside Leading the Rebound: 20+ Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning yoüll find immediate actions, mindsets, and approaches to take if we¿re to reimagine and improve our schools and school systems. What¿s more Leading the Rebound is backed up with all kinds of resources--including VISIBLE LEARNING® research, sample planning tools, and other essential tips and strategies--to provide you with a start-to-finish roadmap for navigating this absolutely critical next leg in our journey toward a "better normal."

Learn, reflect and grow from 40 true stories of caring school leadership during times of crisisWhen faced with crises, most leaders handle the moment by leaning into triage and logistics. This book challenges you and your teams to adopt caring people-first strategies instead. Let these 40 stories, from a wide range of schools and crises situations, help you prepare for, perhaps prevent, respond to, and recover from your own school crises. Within these pages, you will find: An introduction to what crisis and caring school leadership means  Helpful lists to guide caring leadership practices A review of current crisis management literature Questions, reflection, and prompts to engage with story learnings

Failure is just one step on the path to success. Failure is not only a possibility for learners during these challenging times, but a productive, concrete way of gaining ground. How can parents and educators teach kids to turn failure into progress toward success?  This revised edition of the beloved bestseller, Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight, has sensible answers, including both what to say and what not to say to truly help kids self-motivate and become independent, lifelong learners. Rich with fresh insights, this new edition offers a deeper understanding of how motivation works along with new, practical, research-driven strategies for spurring learners to thrive. It features: ·         The latest research on motivation theory, persistence, self-regulation, grit, and a growth mindset in learners. ·         An expanded focus on equity and culturally responsive approaches to ensure that all learners maximize their full potential.·         A new chapter on giftedness, an updated discussion guide, videos available via QR codes, and a robust companion website.

This book prepares today's readers to successfully navigate our increasingly global community, introducing communication skills and concepts that will enable readers to interact successfully with different cultures and ethnic groups. Jandt offers unique insights into intercultural communication, at home and abroad, through an emphasis on history, culture, and popular media.

Packed with experiential exercises, self-assessments, and group activities, this book develops essential management skills students can use in their personal and professional lives.

Designed to be used during the research process, Conducting Educational Research: Guide for Completing a Major Project, Second Edition, walks readers through each step of a research project or thesis, including developing a research question, performing a literature search, developing a research plan, collecting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and sharing the conclusions with others. Throughout the book, Daniel J. Boudah covers all types of research (including experimental, descriptive, qualitative, group designs, and single subject designs) and helps readers link research questions to designs, designs to data sources and data sources to appropriate analyses. Each chapter includes activities and exercises to ensure the researcher is asking the right questions and producing a quality project.

Human Trafficking: A Comprehensive Exploration into Modern Day Slavery examines the legal, socio-cultural, historical, and political aspects of human trafficking and modern-day slavery in the United States and around the world. The goal of this text is to provide an accurate understanding of all forms of human trafficking and current responses to this crime.

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Social Work Research Methods: Learning by Doing instills in students an appreciation for science-informed practice as a means of evaluating client outcomes. The book includes a step-by-step journey through the process of conducting research.

This step-by-step introduction to conducting media and communication research offers practical insights along with the author's signature light-hearted style to make discussion of qualitative and quantitative methods easy to comprehend.

Chronologically organized,this book presents topics within the field of child development through unique and highly engaging active learning opportunities.

Focusing on core concepts and using examples from current events and popular culture, the eight edition makes even classic economic principles modern and relatable.

Case Studies in Lifespan Development offers students a comprehensive view into life’s key developmental stages through unique, diverse, and moving cases. Author Stephanie M. Wright presents a series of 12 case studies shaped by the contributions of real students—including their observations, concerns, and moments of triumph—to build immersive examples that readers can relate to and enjoy.

International in scope, Security and Crime is an authoritative and multidisciplinary analysis of the relationship between security and crime, addressing much of the confusion about its nature and meaning, clarifying its relevance to criminological analysis, and giving due attention to the interdisciplinary nature of the topic.

The Research Experience is the complete guide to the research process. It features technologies that are increasingly available to students and faculty conducting survey research, such as Survey Monkey, Qualtrics, Amazon Mechanical Turk and other new tools.

A student introduction to the systems of meaning, structure, and belonging that make up the complex social phenomena of religion.

This groundbreaking book, based on research from an innovative mixed-methods study, provides a holistic approach to coaching that honors both mind and heart.

Through a reflective lens, this book equips teachers and support staff to help all students thrive by identifying and fostering each teacher's and child's individual differences and unique strengths.

Foster dignity and respect and combat youth aggression This new edition from bestselling author Rosalind Wiseman is packed with the latest research-based strategies and revised to include all that she has learned while working over decades with young people. Owning Up provides the tools to own up and take responsibility for unethical behavior and to treat yourself and others with dignity. This bigger, comprehensive edition features:·         Three flexible, dynamic curricula separated by grade·         A new chapter on successfully implementing a social and emotional learning program in every school·         More games, role-playing activities, and provocative discussion questions to use in co-ed or single-sex groups·         Even more lessons and resources, updated to address social media, bystanding, and how young people can develop strong, healthy relationships with adults

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach by Elsie Jones-Smith is for the theories of counseling and psychotherapy course at both the undergraduate and graduate level. This Third Edition, offers an extensive array of theories that includes all the mainstream theories as well as such contemporary approaches as narrative, feminist, LGBT, and post-modern . It offers students an integrative framework with which to assess the various theories with respect to possible clinical application. In addition to listing and describing theories, this Third Edition takes it a step further by comparing and contrasting them, showing strengths and weaknesses, in a way to help students to apply them flexibly. Students will be challenged to understand what it is about their own personalities that will lead them to accept or reject various theoretical perspectives.

Based on the author¿s many years of consulting experience with teams in the public and private sectors, Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders describes why teams are important, how they function, and what makes them productive. Susan A. Wheelan covers in depth the four stages of a team¿forming, storming, norming, and performing¿clearly illustrating the developmental nature of teams and describing what happens in each stage. Separate chapters are devoted to the responsibilities of team leaders and team members. Problems that occur frequently in groups are highlighted, followed by what-you-can-do sections that offer specific advice. Real-life examples and questionnaires are used throughout the book, giving readers the opportunity for self-evaluation.