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  • Learning Throughout Life

    An Intergenerational Perspective

    by Robert D. Strom, Paris S. Strom ...
    Series series Lifespan Learning
    The dangers of age segregation and the benefits of age integration are examined. Each generation should be recognized as an essential source for learning. Harmony will increasingly depend on general awareness of how other age groups interpret events, respect for values that guide their behavior, responsiveness to their needs and concerns, consideration of their criticisms and solutions, and ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

  • Polling Student Voices for School Improvement

    A Guide for Educational Leaders

    by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom ...
    Series series Lifespan Learning
    The purpose of this book is to help secondary school principals and college faculty fulfill their key role for continuous improvement planning of educational practices and safety at their institution. Rapid social and technological advances have motivated the consideration of student voice in schools across the United States. By merging student voice and educator expertise, an intergenerational ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Adult Learning and Relationships

    by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom ...
    Series series Lifespan Learning
    The communication and technology revolution presents each age group of adults with new expectations for learning. This book describes how education for young adults (20 to 40 years of age), persons of middle age (40 to 60 years of age) and older adults (age 60 +) can be differentiated to fulfill changing role demands emerging in response to social transformation. Developmental tasks for a society ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Parents and Grandparents as Teachers

    Supporting Child Development from Infancy through Age 8

    by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom ...
    A guide for families in teaching infants through age 8, this insightful book showcases how both parents and grandparents can support greater family success, and how creative collaboration can produce benefits for each generation.Having developed the nation’s first curriculum for grandparents and field-tested the intervention program with support from the American Association of Retired Persons, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Thinking in Childhood and Adolescence

    by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom ...
    Series series Lifespan Learning
    Until recently educators were expected to provide all the knowledge students would need to ensure their future. However, the Internet has altered conditions of learning in ways that motivate students to be more self-directed and less dependent on direct instruction. Neuroscience discoveries about brain functioning also urge schools to adopt thinking as an aspect of core curriculum. Students who ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Polling Students for School Improvement and Reform

    by Paris S. Strom, Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom, Robert D. Strom ...
    Series series Lifespan Learning
    People generally acknowledge the superiority of adolescents in using technology tools needed for learning in the future. The purpose of this book is to describe an online polling strategy that allows adolescents to make known how they view conditions of learning at their school. A school improvement model illustrates how to combine results of student polling with stakeholders' perceptions in the ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Mental Health and Relationships from Early Adulthood through Old Age

    by Paris S Strom, Robert D. Strom ...
    This unique text encourages young adults to reflect on their prospective longevity for setting goals and making decisions, become aware of the aspirations and concerns of other generations, and consider personal direction in relation to peer group norms. The sources for learning about mental health and relationships include a blend of academic research, insights from literature, student interviews ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Parenting Young Children

    Exploring the Internet, Television, Play, and Reading

    Edited by Robert D. Strom, Paris S. Strom ...
    Series series Lifespan Learning
    Parents feel that a fast-paced lifestyle requires constant hurry to complete the next task and causes them to lose control over how time is spent. This environment makes it more difficult to build relationships with their children and teach them to honor priorities, care about others, maintain health, manage conflicts, and achieve balance. Our cross-cultural studies of families have found that the ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy

    Edited by Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch, Robert J. Strom ...
    While the public policy community has turned to entrepreneurship to maintain, restore, or generate economic prosperity, the economics profession has been remarkably taciturn in providing guidance for public policy for understanding the links between entrepreneurship and economic growth as well as for framing and weighing policy issues and decisions. The purpose of this volume is to provide a lens ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

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    Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders

    by Julian Barling, PhD ...
    In The Science of Leadership, Julian Barling takes an evidenced-based approach, relying primarily on the knowledge generated from research on organizational leadership conducted around the world and personal reflections based on two decades of involvement in leadership research and leadership development with executives. While leadership has been studied within all the major social sciences, ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology

    Edited by Michael I. Norton, Derek D. Rucker, Cait Lamberton ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    Why do consumers make the purchases they do, and which ones make them truly happy? Why are consumers willing to spend huge sums of money to appear high status? This Handbook addresses these key questions and many more. It provides a comprehensive overview of consumer psychology, examining cutting-edge research at the individual, interpersonal, and societal levels. Leading scholars summarize past ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Fountain House

    Creating Community in Mental Health Practice

    by Alan Doyle, Julius Lanoil, Kenneth Dudek ...
    Often people with mental illness feel alone in society, with no place to go and little hope. Their isolation can be further perpetuated through typical approaches to treatment, such as case management and psychotherapy.Since 1948, the Fountain House "working community" has worked to address the isolation and social stigmatization faced by people with mental illness. This volume describes in detail ... Read more

    $33.29 USD