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YOUMARES 9 - The Oceans: Proceedings of the 2018 conference for YOUng MArine RESearcher in Oldenburg, Germany
by Simon Jungblut Viola Liebich Maya Bode-DalbyThis open access book summarizes peer-reviewed articles and the abstracts of oral and poster presentations given during the YOUMARES 9 conference which took place in Oldenburg, Germany, in September 2018. The aims of this book are to summarize state-of-the-art knowledge in marine sciences and to inspire scientists of all career stages in the development of further research. These conferences are organized by and for young marine researchers. Qualified early-career researchers, who moderated topical sessions during the conference, contributed literature reviews on specific topics within their research field.
Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993: A Critical and Annotated Guide
by Deborah Kutenplon Ellen OlmsteadComprehensive and up-to-dateThe first contemporary publication to go beyond examining broad themes and trends in the field, this timely volume looks closely at specific authors and texts. The book is comprehensive and as current as possible, covering works by African American authors for young adults published between 1968-1993-some 200 titles by close to 50 writers. In addition to established authors and bestselling titles, the coverage includes material overlooked by previous studies, such as works from small presses and talented new authors.Guidlines for evaluationAn extensive introduction reviews important milestones in this body of literature and analyzes noteworthy bibliographical and critical publications about such writing. It includes suggested guidelines for evaluating a work in terms of its direct and indirect treatment of such issues as race, gender, class, ability, age, sexuality, and sexual orientation. The book also offers specific guidance for determining the appropriate readership for a work with regard to age and gender.Unusually extensive annotationsThe main body of the book is an annotated bibliography, alphabetical by author, with the works arranged chronologically by publication date. The annotations are much more extensive than those in other bibliographies. Each annotation reads more like a full-length book review and is from one to two pages long and explores themes, plot and character development, evaluates the quality of the writing, judges the handling of issues of race, class, and gender, and provides a readership recommendation.Written in accessible language, this user-friendly book presents a wide range of factual information, evaluations, and analyses. It is a valuable tool for all teachers, librarians, counselors, and young adults
Young Adult Literature: Exploration, Evaluation, and Appreciation
by Katherine Bucher KaaVonia HintonPre- and in-service teachers get what they need to connect with adolescent students―and to help them connect with good literature―in this engaging, balanced look at the world of young adult literature. Here readers get foundational knowledge combined with a look at the pathways leading to the literature itself, to begin to open the door to exploring young adult literature. <p><p>Brief enough to give readers the opportunity to read the books themselves, yet comprehensive enough to ensure that teachers truly understand adolescents, their literature, and how to connect the two, this book by Bucher and Hinton provides what’s needed to ensure a rich educational experience for adolescents, while nourishing their love of reading.
Young Adult Literature and Adolescent Identity Across Cultures and Classrooms: Contexts for the Literary Lives of Teens
by Janet AlsupTaking a critical, research-oriented perspective, this exploration of the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical connections between the reading and teaching of young adult literature and adolescent identity development centers around three key questions: Who are the teens reading young adult literature? Why should teachers teach young adult literature? Why are teens reading young adult literature? All chapters work simultaneously on two levels: each provides both a critical resource about contemporary young adult literature that could be used in YA literature classes or workshops and specific practical suggestions about what texts to use and how to teach them effectively in middle and high school classes. Theorizing, problematizing, and reflecting in new ways on the teaching and reading of young adult literature in middle and secondary school classrooms, this valuable resource for teachers and teacher educators will help them to develop classrooms where students use literature as a means of making sense of themselves, each other, and the world around them.
Young Adults and Active Citizenship: Towards Social Inclusion through Adult Education (Lifelong Learning Book Series #26)
by Pirkko Pitkänen George K. Zarifis Hanna Toiviainen Natasha KershThis open access book sheds light on a range of complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations and active citizenship. Adult education has been increasingly recognized as a means to engage and re-engage young adults and facilitate their life chances and social inclusion thus contributing to an active citizenship within their societal contexts. This collection of chapters dealing with issues of social inclusion of young people represents the first book to explicitly approach the complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations and active citizenship from the European perspective. Social exclusion, disengagement and disaffection of young adults have been among the most significant concerns faced by EU member states over the last decade. It has been increasingly recognised by a range of stakeholders that there is a growing number of young people suffering from the various effects of the unstable social, economic and political situations affecting Europe and its neighbouring countries. Young adults who experience different degrees of vulnerability are especially at risk of being excluded and marginalised. Engaging young adults through adult education has been strongly related to addressing the specific needs and requirements that would facilitate their participation in social, economic and civic/political life in their country contexts. Fostering the active citizenship of young people, both directly and indirectly, is an area where many AE programmes overlap, and this has become a core approach to integration.This book considers social, economic and political dimensions of active citizenship, encompassing the development of social competences and social capital, civic and political participation and the skills related to the economy and labour market. The cross-national consideration of the notions of vulnerability, inclusion and active citizenship underpins the complexity of translating these concepts into the national contexts of adult education programmes.
The Young and the Digital: Why the Migration to Social-network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future
by S. Craig WatkinsS. Craig Watkins skillfully draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in-depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle is affecting the ways youth learn, play, bond, and communicate. Timely and deeply relevant, the book covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for anytime, anywhere media and fast entertainment, how online digital gates reinforce race and class divisions, and how technology is transforming America's classrooms. Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating portrait, both celebratory and wary, about the coming of age of the first fully wired generation.
Young Artists Draw Animals (Christopher Hart's Young Artists Draw)
by Christopher HartDo You Love Animals? Now you can learn to draw them on your own! This book has everything that the animal-loving artist needs! To get started, you'll learn how to draw animals' basic head and body shapes . . . and that's just the beginning! Over 100 different animals from around the world--from playful dogs, cuddly cats, and hungry bears to clever monkeys, giant giraffes, and ferocious sharks--are broken down into easy-to-follow steps so that you can start drawing all of your favorite animals right away.Also available as an eBook
Young Artists Draw Manga (Christopher Hart's Young Artists Draw)
by Christopher HartDo you love manga? Now you can learn to draw your own! This book has everything the beginning manga artist needs! You'll learn how to draw the basic manga head and body types...but that's just the beginning! Over 100 manga characters--from magical shoujo girls and their super-cute chibi friends to mysterious ninjas and double-crossing villains-- are broken down into easy-to-follow steps so you can start drawing all of your favorite manga characters right away!From the Trade Paperback edition.
Young at Art: Classroom Playbuilding in Practice
by Christine Hatton Sarah LovesyYoung at Art is a practical guide to playbuilding for teachers working with students at an upper primary and secondary level. Focusing on an area often neglected in traditional drama text books, the book covers the process of devising drama, and the teacher’s role in facilitating students to collectively become playwrights, actors, designers, directors and critics of their ensemble work. The playbuilding process is covered in a structured manner, which includes: Mapping the Territory: identifying critical issues relating to teaching and learning in playbuilding, and laying the basic foundations of understandings and practice. Levels at Work: offering three approaches to playbuilding, catering for a range of learning experiences. Playbuilding for All: explores theatre practitioners’ techniques, working with students’ personal stories and narratives and playbuilding with a contemporary edge. An essential guide for all drama teachers Young at Art covers practical teaching issues and strategies for working with groups of students to help them perform their playbuilt stories to an audience, as well as techniques for student assessment and evaluation, providing a wealth of exemplary starting points and approaches. The book offers detailed guidance on working with students to help facilitate the collaborative creative and reflective processes, offering practical ideas and structures which can be easily implemented in the classroom.
Young Bisexual Women’s Experiences in Secondary Schools (Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education)
by Mary-Anne McAllumEmerging from a case study in secondary schools, this book explores young bisexual women’s notions of bisexuality through their own sense of self-identification and how they express their personal beliefs. McAllum sheds light on the presence and practices of "bisexual misrecognition" and "bi-misogyny" in school settings, and draws out the implications of this bias on bisexual women. Incorporating women’s own spoken and written anecdotes, this book reveals hidden narratives and helps boost awareness about the social and learning needs of young bisexual women.
Young Black Street Masculinities: Vulnerability, Knife-Carrying and Survival on a Disadvantaged Housing Estate
by Brendan KingThis book describes how young Black men on a disadvantaged housing estate in London navigate the estate’s expectations for their behaviour as they operate within a street code that endorses violence, knife-carrying and challenging masculinity. This street code informs the men’s masculine identities by promoting values of misogyny, violence and the possession of expensive material objects while subduing any performance or features deemed as weak or feminine. Chapters detail the daily pressure on young men to gain respect and perform the estate’s street code while also providing examples of young men who have escaped or rejected its influence. King also outlines how youth workers can support those trapped by the estate’s street code by embodying personalised or caring masculinity features that seek to transform the dominant masculinity.
Young British African and Caribbean Men Achieving Educational Success: Disrupting Deficit Discourses about Black Male Achievement (Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education)
by Cecile Wright Uvanney Maylor Thomas PickupIn contrast to research that focuses on the underperformance of young Black males in the British education system, the dominant notion of this volume is educational success. By aiming to understand how young, Black—notably African and Caribbean—male education plays out in different educational spaces, this book provides new insights around intersections between, and across, different structural forces and educational contexts. Examining the political, cultural, and structural factors that shape the educational journey of young Black men in the British education system, the book will cover topics such as: Race, gender, and class, and the attainment gap Contextualising Black men’s educational narratives The role of family and parenting in achieving success The role of community resource in achieving success Young British African and Caribbean Men Achieving Educational Success will be of interest to researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of multicultural education and gender and sexuality in education, as well as educators concerned with how Black male masculinities play out in educational discourses. Cecile Wright is Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Nottingham, UK. Uvanney Maylor is Professor of Education in the Institute for Research in Education, at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Thomas Pickup is a Principal Policy and Project Officer in local government in the UK.
Young Cam Jansen and the 100th Day of School Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #15)
by David A. AdlerIt's Cam Jansen's first day of fifth grade and she and her friend Eric can't wait to meet their new teacher. But the first day turns out to be way more exciting than they expected when the teacher gets hauled away by the police. <P><P><i> Lexile Levels: 210-450</i>
Young Cam Jansen and the 100th Day of School Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #15)
by David A. AdlerCam Jansen and her best friend, Eric, are excited about their class's 100th day of school party! To celebrate, they're having snacks that start with the letter P: pretzels, popcorn, pineapple juice, and everybody's favorite, pizza. But when the pizza disappears from the kitchen, it's up to Cam and her photographic memory to "click" and solve this delicious mystery!
Young Cam Jansen and the Circus Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #17)
by David A. AdlerCam and her friend Eric are having a great time at the circus with Aunt Molly - that is, until their box of popcorn goes missing. Did they lose it, or was it stolen? It's up to Cam and her photographic memory to figure it out!
Young Cam Jansen and the Goldfish Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #19)
by David A. AdlerCam, her best friend, Eric, and her aunt Molly win two goldfish at the local fair. When the goldfish go missing, Cam must use her amazing photographic memory to solve the mystery.
Young Cam Jansen and the Knock, Knock Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #20)
by David A. AdlerCam, her best friend Eric, and Eric&’s mom are spending the day with Eric&’s grandparents. But Grandpa and Grandma seem too tired to visit. Every so often, a knock at the door wakes them up. But when they go to answer, no one is there. Is a Knock, Knock Ghost on the loose? It&’s up to Cam to solve the mystery!Garden State Children&’s Book Award 2017 Nominee.
Young Cam Jansen and the Lions' Lunch Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #13)
by David A. AdlerA field trip to the zoo is fun for Cam Jansen and her classmates—until lunchtime. Everyone else’s sandwich is safely delivered, but Danny can’t find his anywhere! Only Cam and her amazing memory can crack this mystery.
Young Cam Jansen and the Magic Bird Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #18)
by David A. AdlerIt's up to Cam to solve this disappearing act! Aunt Molly takes Cam and her friend Eric to see a magic show at Teddy's Toys. During the show, Teddy's bird, Oscar, disappears! Where could he have gone? It's up to Cam to click! and find Oscar before he gets lost in the mall in this Level 3 easy-to-read mystery.
Young Cam Jansen and the Molly Shoe Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #14)
by David A. AdlerAunt Molly is in town. Cam Jansen and her best friend, Eric, are at the airport to greet her. They find Aunt Molly, but her favorite high heels are missing! Did she leave them in Peru, or China, or behind a trash can? Will gumshoe Cam find Aunt Molly?s missing shoes?
Young Cam Jansen and the New Girl Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #10)
by David A. Adler<P>There's a new girl in school! Her name's Jenny, and Cam and Eric are happy to befriend her and help her find her way around. But when it's time for gym class, where's Jenny? Which gym did she go to? Is there more than one gym? <P> Young readers won't be able to resist looking for clues in the story to help Cam and Eric find their new classmate. <P><P><i> Lexile Levels: 210-450</i>
Young Cam Jansen and the Speedy Car Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #16)
by David A. AdlerAt her school?s Green Fair, Cam and her friends are learning how to keep the earth green. Everyone is having fun at the exhibits?until a student?s remotecontrolled car goes missing! Was it stolen? It?s up to Cam and her amazing memory to find Speedy.
Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #12)
by David A. AdlerIt&’s a rainy day when Cam and her classmates arrive at school. Meow! A cat with a spot on its tail is napping near the coat rack. How did a cat get in their classroom? Did it run away? Click! Read along as Cam solves this easy-to-read cat caper.
Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #12)
by David A. AdlerWhen a cat appears in their classroom one rainy day, Cam and her friend Eric figure out where it came from. <P><P><i> Lexile Levels: 210-450</i>
Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery (Young Cam Jansen #11)
by David A. AdlerCam and her classmates have a forgetful substitute teacher. First, he forgot the homework assignment. And where did he put his jacket? But when his car keys and cell phone go missing, everyone starts to wonder: did he lose them or were they stolen? Readers will love to click along with Cam as she solves this latest easy-to-read mystery.