Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence
Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence

Author: Laura E. Levine

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2019-01-02

Total Pages: 1108

ISBN-13: 150639891X

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Winner of the 2020 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Chronologically organized, Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence, Second Edition presents topics within the field of child development through unique and highly engaging Active Learning opportunities. The Active Learning features foster a dynamic and personal learning process for students. Within each chapter, authors Laura E. Levine and Joyce Munsch introduce students to a wide range of real-world applications of psychological research to child development. Pedagogical features help students discover the excitement of studying child development and equip them with skills they can use long after completing the course. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this text’s content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools, all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind, it offers simple course set-up and enables students to better prepare for class. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available with SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. LMS Cartridge (formerly known as SAGE Coursepacks): Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Also of Interest: Case Studies in Lifespan Development by Stephanie M. Wright presents a series of 12 case studies shaped by the contributions of real students to build immersive examples that readers can relate to and enjoy. Bundle Case Studies in Lifespan Development with Child Development From Infancy To Adolescence, Second Edition for even more savings!

Strengthening Skills
Strengthening Skills

Author: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781925364095

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On 28 November 2018, the Prime Minister announced an independent review of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector to examine ways to deliver skilled workers for a stronger economy. The review was led by the Honourable Steven Joyce, a former New Zealand Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment. Mr Joyce delivered the final report to the Government in March 2019.

Living with Lead
Living with Lead

Author: Bradley D. Snow

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2017-06-30

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 082298279X

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The Coeur d'Alenes, a twenty-five by ten mile portion of the Idaho Panhandle, is home to one of the most productive mining districts in world history. Historically the globe's richest silver district and also one of the nation's biggest lead and zinc producers, the Coeur d'Alenes' legacy also includes environmental pollution on an epic scale. For decades local waters were fouled with tailings from the mining district's more than one hundred mines and mills and the air surrounding Kellogg, Idaho was laced with lead and other toxic heavy metals issuing from the Bunker Hill Company's smelter. The same industrial processes that damaged the environment and harmed human health, however, also provided economic sustenance to thousands of local residents and a string of proud, working-class communities. Living with Leadendeavors to untangle the costs and benefits of a century of mining, milling, and smelting in a small western city and the region that surrounds it.

Social Justice Theory and Practice for Social Work
Social Justice Theory and Practice for Social Work

Author: Lynelle Watts

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 9811336210

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This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice. Social justice has a rich conceptual genealogy in critical theory and political philosophy. For students, teachers and social workers concerned with empowerment, social change and human rights, this book provides a guide to the key ideas and thinkers, crucial historical developments and contemporary debates about social justice. It synthesises interdisciplinary knowledge and offers a new framework for practice, including a clear and practical exposition of four domains of skills and knowledge important for social justice informed social work. The book also contributes to social work pedagogy by offering a comprehensive set of learning outcomes that can be used to design curriculum, teaching and learning, and further research into social justice praxis. This book provides a range of philosophical and critical perspectives to support and inform social work professional knowledge and skills. In its tight knitting together of theory and practice this book links philosophical and moral principles with an understanding of how to engage with social justice in a way that is relevant to social work.

Fort George G. Meade
Fort George G. Meade

Author: M L Doyle

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780692978993

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Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years is a visually engaging depiction of Fort Meade's century of service to the nation. Using historical essays, personal memories, postcards and news articles, the book chronicles Fort Meade's varied and rich history. The journey starts with the construction of Camp Meade from the ground up, training and shipping Doughboys in WWI, to legendary tales of a young George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower and the first Tank Corps. From Fort Meade's role through the establishment of the NSA, to the current role of leading our nation's fight in cyberspace, this book outlines Fort Meade's journey From Saddles to Cyberspace in a Century of Innovation and Security. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Fort Meade Alliance, the Fort Meade Alliance Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which manages charitable initiatives designed to support the Fort Meade installation, military personnel and their families, civilians and the broader Fort Meade community. To learn more about The Fort Meade Alliance Foundation, go to www.ftmeadealliancefoundation.org. Contributors: M. L. Doyle, Sherry Kuiper, Ben Rogers, Barbara Taylor, Chad Jones, 55th Signal company, Col. (Ret) Charles Albrecht, Anita Burdette-Dragoo, David Cole, Merle Cole, Robyn Dexter, Gene Fax, Gisele Ferretto, Joseph Frechette, Jerald Glodek, Charles Hessler, Don Hirst, Diana Ives, Col. (Ret) John Ives, Robert Johnson, Dr. Lawrence Kaplan, Kevin Leonard, Karen Lubieniecki, Martha McClary, Col. (Ret.) Kenneth McCreedy, Michael McLaughlin, Rev. Dr. Phoebe McPherson, Timothy Mulligan, Col. (Ret) Bert Rice, Betsy Rohaly Smoot, Marc Romanych, Nancy Schaff, Carroll Sykes, Roger White, Glenn Williams, Patrick Osborn.

Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers
Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers

Author: Marvin J. Dainoff

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-08-24

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 3540733337

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, EHAWC 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007 with 8 other thematically similar conferences. It covers health and well being in the working environment as well as ergonomics and design.