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21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times

Bernie Trilling, Charles Fadel — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The new building blocks for learning in a complex world

This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations

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Supporting and Instructing for Youth Purpose: New Directions for Youth Development, Number 132

Jenni Menon Mariano (Editor) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Department Chair Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference, 2nd Edition

Don Chu — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Department Chair Primer provides the practical information that chairs need to do their jobs well. Many of the book's ideas come from practicing chairs and are proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues. Each chapter details a particular problem, includes a brief introduction to the topic, provides tips on how to deal with the situation, and concludes with targeted questions for further consideration. Its concise format is ideal for

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Collaborate: The Art of We

Dan Sanker — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The hands-on guide for the new way to compete: Collaboration

The 21st Century's counterpart to Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Dan Sanker's Collaborate: The Art of We gives a new generation of pioneering business enthusiasts a practical guide to capture tomorrow's opportunities. Globalization, technological advances, and cultural changes have opened the door for a new winning formula that combines traditional competition with contemporary collaborative business

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The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World

Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L. Weaver-Zercher — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish

This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the Amish way of life and spirituality in their cultural context and explore their applicability for the wider world. Using a holistic perspective, the book tells the

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Servant Leadership for Higher Education: Principles and Practices

Daniel W. Wheeler — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

If higher education is to fulfill its mission, the academy must continue to emphasize the ideals of thought, reflection, and development as well as action. This book stresses the importance of understanding that service is a pre-requisite to leadership. This practical book contains leadership principles and strategies and is based on research and best practice. The book is organized around ten principles of servant leadership and how these principles

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What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation

Gary Hamel — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This is not a book about one thing. It's not a 250-page dissertation on leadership, teams or motivation. Instead, it's an agenda for building organizations that can flourish in a world of diminished hopes, relentless change and ferocious competition.

This is not a book about doing better. It's not a manual for people who want to tinker at the margins. Instead, it's an impassioned plea to reinvent management as we know it—to rethink the fundamental

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The Energetic Brain: Understanding and Managing ADHD

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

How to get past the myths, tap into the creativity of the ADHD mind, and thrive

ADHD affects millions of people-some 3 to 5% of the general population. Written by a neuroscientist who has studied ADHD, a clinician who has diagnosed and treated it for 30 years, and a special educator who sees it daily, The Energetic Brainprovides the latest information from neuroscience on how the ADHD brain works and shows how to harness its potential for success.

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The Essential Department Chair: A Comprehensive Desk Reference, 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Buller — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition of the classic book The Essential Department Chair is designed to be more comprehensive and up-to-date. The new edition incorporates many timely topics and is now truly more than a guide—it’s a much-needed desk reference, a book that includes “everything you need to know to be a department chair.” The book contains a wealth of new case studies and shows new department chairs how the guidelines would

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Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools

Milton Chen, George Lucas (Foreword by) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

An educational innovator who worked at Sesame Workshop and The George Lucas Educational Foundation offers a new vision for learning

As a result of constant innovation, learning is no longer limited by traditional confines and we're moving beyond students tied to their chairs, desks, and textbooks-and teachers locked away in classrooms. In Education Nation author Milton Chen draws from extensive experience in media-from his work on Sesame Street in

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Have a Nice Conflict: How to Find Success and Satisfaction in the Most Unlikely Places

Tim Scudder, Michael Patterson, Kent Mitchell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

How to successfully navigate and prevent conflict

From the publishers of the popular Strength Deployment Inventory, Have a Nice Conflict follows one man's fight to rescue his sinking career. Sales manager John Doyle would consider his career a success—he's his company's top revenue driver, and his take-charge attitude gets the job done. However, when he is passed over for promotion—again—after losing two direct reports, who cite his abrasive style

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Co-Teaching That Works: Structures and Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning

Anne M. Beninghof — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Guaranteed success for the co-taught classroom

For the increasing number of teachers working in co-taught classrooms, this book provides practical ideas for defining teacher roles, planning lessons, providing effective instruction, and maximizing the value of each team member. Former co-teacher and national presenter Anne Beninghof shares stories, and real-life co-taught lesson examples that emphasize creative yet time-efficient instructional strategies

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Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations: A Strategic Approach

Donald N. Lombardi, Joan Pynes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This book is a comprehensive guide to the essential areas of health care human resources management, and is an immediately useful practical handbook for practitioners as well as a textbook for use health care management programs. Written by the authors of Handbook for the New Health Care Manager and Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, the book covers the context of human resources management in the unique health care

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Who's in the Room?: How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them

Bob Frisch — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Is your company run by a team with no name?

At the top of every organization chart lies a myth—that a Senior Management Team makes a company's critical decisions. The reality is that critical decisions are typically made by the boss and a small group of confidants—a "team with no name"—outside of formal processes. Meanwhile, other members of the management team wonder why they weren't in the room or even consulted ahead of time. The dysfunction that

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Presidents and Analysts Discuss Contemporarty Challenges: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 156

John J. Prihoda (Editor) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Digital Learning: Strengthening and Assessing 21st Century Skills, Grades 5-8

Ferdi Serim — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

An essential resource for teaching and assessing student's use of technology

This comprehensive book offers a practical pathway for developing twenty-first-century skills while simultaneously strengthening content-area learning. Digital Learningcontains a wealth of research-based practices to integrate the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards

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Challenging Ableism, Understanding Disability, Including Adults with Disabilities in Workplaces and Learning Spaces: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 132

Tonette S. Rocco (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Disability can affect adults across the life span—and it is the one minority group every person could join. This sourcebook aims to broaden the view of disability from a medical or economic concern to a social justice concern.

It examines practical, theoretical, and research aspects of disability—including those who question disability classifications—and situates it as a political and social justice concern, technical and pragmatic concern, and personal

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Attracting and Retaining Women in STEM: New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 152

Joy Gaston Gayles (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Supporting and Supervising Mid-Level Professionals: New Directions for Student Services, Number 136

Larry D. Roper (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Using Typological Approaches to Understand College Student Experiences and Outcomes: New Directions for Institutional Research, Assessment Supplement 2011

Shouping Hu (Editor), Shaoqing Li (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT