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Developing Global Competence in World Language Education: A Four-Step Framework for Success
by Soyhan Egitim Seiko HarumiThis book presents a four-step framework to help English as a world language (EWL) learners successfully develop global competence, which is defined as the skills, values, and behaviors that prepare young people to thrive in diverse environments. The book showcases practical methods and strategies supported by autoethnography and empirical studies to detail the four elements of the framework towards developing global competence: English language proficiency, cross-cultural knowledge, adopting flexibility in oral communication, and embracing values beyond our horizons. While the English language and culture provide essential input for effective communication, developing flexibility in communication styles and viewing conflict as an opportunity for growth can help L2 learners navigate intercultural encounters more effectively and achieve cross-cultural adaptation. This text will be beneficial to language learners, intercultural communication majors, researchers, and educators in TESOL/EFL/ESL programs, as well as in-service teachers of English language learners (ELLs).
Classical Mechanics
by Artemio González–LópezClassical Mechanics is a textbook for undergraduate students majoring in Physics (or Mathematics and Physics). The book introduces the main ideas and concepts of Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics, including the basics of rigid body motion and relativistic dynamics, at an intermediate to advanced level. The physical prerequisites are minimal, with a short primer included in the first chapter. As to the mathematical prerequisites, only a working knowledge of linear algebra, basic multivariate calculus, and the rudiments of ordinary differential equations is expected.Features Numerous exercises and examples A focus on mathematical rigor that will appeal to Physics students wanting to specialize in theoretical physics, or Mathematics students interested in math- ematical physics Sufficient material to service either a one- or two-semester course
Industry 4.0 and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies (Industrial and Systems Engineering Series)
by Waldemar Karwowski Beata Mrugalska Tareq Z. AhramThe world is undergoing a transformation driven by Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing technologies. This book explores aspects of well-being and collaboration in industrial systems which were underscored by automation and security focus.Industry 4.0 and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies explores the different ways in which technology disrupts and revolutionizes industrial management. It discusses the connection between engineering, science, and management, aiming to assist companies, researchers, and professionals navigate and excel in this transformation era. This book offers insights by examining Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing technologies. It looks into the driving forces behind digitalization, automation, intelligent process control, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing. Lastly, the book showcases the seamless integration of advanced digital technologies into manufacturing and industrial processes.This book aims to attract managers and researchers to the field of industrial engineering. It also offers valuable insights for students, graduates, and educators focusing on industrial and business management. However, the content is not exclusive to these audiences and will be engaging for any reader with an interest in the subject matter.
AI and Gamification Technologies for Complex Work
by James C. FerraroThe medium through which training in the workplace is delivered has been changing in recent years to offer a more personalized and immersive experience. The invention of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) platforms has created opportunities to take a more hands-on approach to familiarizing oneself with a task or environment with mitigated time and monetary commitments. Written assessments are being swiftly replaced with more interactive and scientifically validated training simulations and this essential technology is in high demand in the government and private sectors. This book highlights many of the ways simulation-based training can be leveraged to create personalized training curricula for those in high-risk careers and how it can be assessed successfully. AI and Gamification Technologies for Complex Work uncovers the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the purposes of creating adaptive, personalized training for individuals who work in complex jobs. It covers adaptive simulation-based training, fighting skill decay through game-based training, and additional uses of AI/ML and other tools in measuring human performance. Insights from professionals and experts in the fields of simulation and training provide readers with information about current applications of AI/ML in creating adaptive or personalized training, as well as investigations into the future of simulation and game-based training, as virtual and augmented realities proliferate modern training programs. The book looks at how data science, AI, and ML contribute to adaptive training systems and the reader is encouraged to look further into the engines that drive adaptive training while devising their own systems for training in complex jobs. This book is ideal for professionals in human factors engineering and psychology, artificial intelligence, military training and simulation, game development, data science, modeling and simulation and industrial and organizational psychology.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Teachers and Australian Settler Colonialism: A History (Routledge Studies in Educational History and Development in Asia)
by Kay WhiteheadThis book addresses the gap in our historical knowledge about the roles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers have played in Australia's history of school education. To date, there are few references to schooling in histories of Indigenous Australians, and Australian histories of Indigenous education and teacher education omit Indigenous teachers until systemic initiatives were introduced to recruit and qualify them in the 1970s. This book reinstates and honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who worked as school teachers from invasion to contemporary state school systems.The book is structured chronologically to explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers' lives and work in relation to settler colonial policies of segregation and protection, assimilation and self-determination; and education policy and practice. The chapters span the nineteenth century to contemporary times and show the systemic challenges Indigenous people faced in becoming qualified teachers and joining the profession. Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers from different geographic regions, communities and historical periods foreground their agency including their political activism and take account of localised cultural and education contexts.This insightful book is recommended for upper-level undergraduates and academics in Indigenous education, history of education, teacher education and teachers' work. It will also appeal to readers with a general interest in Australian Indigenous history.
Understanding China’s Digital Politics (Communicating China)
by Tianru GuanThis book examines the impact of China's move to the digital sphere of public deliberation and discourse. It recognizes that although there were great hopes that the Internet, not just in China, would bring pluralism, tolerance, civility, and rationality to public debates, and enhance the prospects for democracy in authoritarian countries, in practice the Internet has, besides encouraging these virtues, also enabled much deplorable behavior. Based on extensive original research, this book explores these more negative aspects of Internet discourse in China, including polarization, conspiratorial discourses, disinformation, populist communication, and hate speech, outlining their nature and considering their consequences. As such, this book goes further than many other books on the Chinese Internet, which focus on the censorship versus resistance perspective.
Public Sector Innovation in Southern Africa: Insights from Zimbabwe and South Africa (African Governance)
by Costa Hofisi Lewis Edwin ChigovaThis timely and thought-provoking book argues that public sector innovation ameliorates many societal challenges in Southern Africa, demonstrating how innovative practices are already improving service delivery and addressing governance gaps.Bringing together a diverse range of scholars, this book’s chapters provide insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping innovation in the public sector. The book highlights the emergence of a new public administration paradigm grounded in theory: innovation in public administration. Through theoretical reflections and case studies from Zimbabwe and South Africa, the chapter authors navigate institutional, technological, and socio-political issues undergirding public sector innovation. The contributors provide perspectives on public governance, examining innovations such as policy innovation labs, smart cities, 4IR, e-procurement, and how technology adoption closes the digital divide and affects citizens’ sense of gain. The book further discusses the institutionalisation of innovation and transitioning to innovation for change, concluding by reflecting on public sector innovation in the future of Southern Africa.The insights shared serve as an essential resource for policymakers, researchers (across fields of public administration, political economy, and African studies), and development practitioners committed to reimagining governance and advancing public sector transformation in Southern Africa.
East Asian Media Culture in the Age of Digital Platforms: Narratives, Industries, and Audiences (Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia)
by Dal Yong Jin Kyong YoonFocusing on the convergence of popular culture and digital platforms in the East Asian context, this book delves into the increasing role of East Asia, not only as the largest cultural market but also as one of the most rapidly developing cultural industries in the global platform economy.Through the analytical framework of the platformization of cultural industries, this volume theoretically and empirically explores how East Asian popular culture and digital platforms have been intertwined and evolved. Analyzing how East Asian media narratives, industries, and audiences are integrated into digital platformization, the book contributes to an enhanced and timely understanding of transnational cultural flows in platform-driven media landscapes of the early 21st century.The comprehensive and significant analyses of the dynamic changes and persistent features of East Asian cultural convergence within the broader ebb and flow of global modernity will make this book an ideal selection for students and researchers of media studies, cultural studies, digital media, Korean studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese studies, East Asian studies, sociology, anthropology, and globalization studies.
Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era (Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale)
by Max MorrisThis book explores the parallel histories and intersecting politics of LGBTQ+ people and sex workers, including the role of digital media in shaping the experiences of both in the early twenty-first century. Drawing on the first empirical study with gay, bisexual, and queer young men who agreed to sell sex online without advertising or identifying as sex workers, it examines what the term ‘incidental sex work’ means. Adopting queer methods and feminist theories to explore how definitions of ‘sex’ and ‘work’ have become increasingly unstable in the digital era, it considers how casual, occasional, and unprofessional forms of sex work are arranged on different platforms, from Grindr to OnlyFans. This book will appeal to students and researchers studying sex work and social media across a wide range of fields. It will also be useful for campaigners, policymakers, and healthcare practitioners interested in the implications of incidental sex work.
Just a Little Bit Pregnant (Just a Little Bit #1)
by Eileen Wilks"I'M WHAT?!"The doctor had confirmed it-Jacy James was two months pregnant. Her torrid, twelve-hour affair with Tom Rasmussin had apparently left her more than just satisfied. Trouble was, the father-to-be had run off while the tousled sheets were still hot. Now Jacy had to tell him the news....Detective Tom Rasmussin hadn't been able to get Jacy or that searing night of passion out of his mind. So when he learned he was going to be a daddy, well, marriage seemed the right thing to do. But the proud woman turned him down flat. And now this determined bachelor had to convince Jacy that one night of passion could mean a lifetime of happiness....
Territorial Bride
by Linda CastleTERRITORIAL BRIDEBROOKS JAMES THOUGHT HE'D LEFT HIS DANDY DAYS BEHIND HIM...But when Missy O'Bannion, the wildfire cowgirl who'd lassoed his heart, set her sights on becoming a lady with a capital L, he traded the wide-open spaces of the West for the gilded streets of Little Old New York...!Missy O'Bannion knew only two things: that she wanted to be a genuine "lady" and that one look from Brooks made her feel like anything but! Was this true love? He claimed he wanted her forever, but she still had doubts that even true love could survive that long!
Garden of Desire
by Laura MartinHe thought she was no more than a dizzy flirt!When Luke Denner first met Robyn Drew she was clinging to a fountain in the early hours of the morning! Luke dismissed her as nothing more than a dizzy, empty-headed flirt, but Robyn was swept away by Luke's charm and good looks.Instead of looking to the past, she was now looking forward to a bright new future-a future that included Luke. How was she going to convince him that he meant so much more to her than a few hours of passion?
If She Were Dead: A Novel
by J.P. Smith"Smith spins out a sensuous, sinuous psychological thriller that compels attention to the final line."—BooklistAmelie and Janet are in love with the same man: Janet's husband.One knows it; the other doesn't. Or does she?As bestselling novelist Amelie Ferrar knows, an affair with a married person is like a work of fiction: a kind of spy story with its rules and customs, negotiations and compromises, and many private rituals. But like any spy story, there will inevitably be a betrayal: something will slip, someone else will find out, someone may even die.As Amelie falls deeper into her obsession with the man she loves—and his wife—the line between the fiction she writes and the reality she lives begins to blur…and the twisted ending to this story is one that not even she could have seen coming.
Empty Cauldrons: Navigating Depression Through Magic and Ritual
by Terence P. WardA Pagan Guide to Coping with DepressionWhether is it impacting you or a loved one, depression can be difficult to discuss or even acknowledge. Empty Cauldrons explores the isolating influence it can have and why many people resist professional help. With contributions from Pagan clergy, depression sufferers, and therapists, author Terence P Ward creates a picture of depression that draws upon both science and religion. He also shares his own experiences with this common affliction and the spiritual methods he has used for relief.Discover how to draw off miasma, appeal to the gods of the wind, purify yourself with sound, and host a traditional Hellenic ancestor feast. Learn about conducting shadow work, tending a depression shrine, keeping a dream journal, and much more. Throughout the book, Ward compassionately presents dozens of simple strategies for developing a polytheistic relationship with depression, seeking comfort, and rekindling hope.Includes a foreword by M. Macha Nightmare, priestess, witch, and cofounder of the reclaiming collective
Guys Read: A Short Story
by Gennifer CholdenkoRiver and Niko find their dad is missing, and they have no choice but to track him down. But when they discover the clues lead to a shady reptile dealer, they start to think they might have gotten in over their heads. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can: A Total Self-Healing Approach for Mind, Body, & Spirit
by Amy B. ScherBe You, Be Happy, Be FreeUsing energy therapy and emotional healing techniques, How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can shows you how to achieve complete and permanent healing by loving, accepting, and being yourself no matter what. Energy therapist Amy Scher presents an easy-to-understand, three-part approach to removing blockages, changing your relationship with stress, and coming into alignment with who you truly are.After overcoming a life-threatening illness, Amy had an epiphany that healing is more than just physical. Her dramatic story serves as a powerful example of how beneficial it is to address our emotional energies, particularly when nothing else works. Discover areas of imbalance and easy ways to address them on your healing journey. Whether you are experiencing physical symptoms or are just feeling lost, sad, anxious, or emotionally unbalanced, this book can change your life.Praise:"Amy has seen the truth and can be a coach to all those who seek healing and authenticity."—Bernie Siegel, MD, bestselling author of Love, Medicine, & Miracles and The Art of Healing"[Amy Scher is] an inspiration, not just because she teaches us how to take healing into our own hands, but because she's living proof that it works."—Pam Grout, #1 New York Times bestselling author of E-Squared and E-Cubed"Amy Scher has penned a remarkable book about the pivotal role of the body, mind, and spirit in attaining true and complete healing. There is much wisdom in this book, written with exceptional clarity, love, and wisdom."—Sanjiv Chopra, MD MACP, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, motivational speaker, and bestselling author of Brotherhood with Deepak Chopra"Amy Scher takes you on a guided journey to resolve emotional, physical, and energetic blockages that get in the way of true healing. You will feel like you have a loving expert coach by your side along the way."—Heather Dane, co-author with Louise Hay of Loving Yourself to Great Health
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth- Centered Religions
by River Higginbotham Joyce HigginbothamA comprehensive guide to a growing religious movementIf you want to study Paganism in more detail, this book is the place to start. Based on a course in Paganism that the authors have taught for more than a decade, it is full of exercises, meditations, and discussion questions for group or individual study.This book presents the basic fundamentals of Paganism. It explores what Pagans are like; how the Pagan sacred year is arranged; what Pagans do in ritual; what magick is; and what Pagans believe about God, worship, human nature, and ethics.For those who are exploring their own spirituality, or who want a good book to give to non-Pagan family and friendsA hands-on learning tool with magickal workings, meditations, discussion questions, and journal exercisesOffers in-depth discussion of ethics and magick
The Art of Scrying & Dowsing: Foolproof Methods for ESP and Remote Viewing
by Jenny TysonRevolutionary Ways to Uncover Secret InformationDiscover a new, foolproof approach to scrying and dowsing that features easy-to-use and accurate techniques that only take fifteen minutes. Regardless of your skill level, this book lets you find the location of lost items, reveal the mysteries of the past, and gain knowledge about the future or other dimensions of reality.Jenny Tyson introduces you to a reengineered system of scrying that dramatically increases the accuracy of information you receive. She also guides you in using three distinct models of scrying: internal, external (using a crystal ball or other speculum), and casting items (such as bones, shells, or tarot cards). Learn how to combine dowsing tools with scrying to answer questions. Explore innovative strategies for eliminating your inherent biases, such as the quantum time loop and the grab bag technique. With case studies, advice for common problems, and more, this book helps you raise your divination practice to amazing heights.
The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging
by Autumn Edwards Shawn T. Wahl Scott A. Myers Chad C. EdwardsWhen should you send a text message, and when is it more appropriate to talk face-to-face? What is the best way to prepare for a job interview that will be conducted over video? How should you modify your speech if it will be recorded and posted online? The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging introduces students to the foundational concepts and essential skills of effective communication, with a strong emphasis on the impact of technology in our increasingly interconnected world. This new Fourth Edition helps students become involved in our diverse global community and learn how to apply key principles of effective communication—whether incorporating media, technology, or traditional face-to-face speech communication—to foster civic engagement for a better future. With comprehensive coverage of the essentials of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, this text is ideal for use in hybrid introduction to communication courses.
Principles of Comparative Politics
by William Roberts Clark Matt Golder Sona N. GolderPrinciples of Comparative Politics offers a view into the rich world of comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. This groundbreaking text gives students meaningful insight into how cross-national comparison is actually conducted and why it matters. William R. Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona N. Golder walk us through the enduring questions that scholars grapple with, the issues about which consensus has started to emerge, and the tools comparativists use to analyze the complex and interesting problems at the heart of the field. The thoroughly revised Fourth Edition includes streamlined discussion and analysis of key topics and theories in the field. Included with this title: LMS Cartridge: 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. Select the Resources tab on this page to learn more.
Essentials of Research Methods for Educators
by Anastasia Kitsantas Timothy Cleary Maria K DiBenedetto Suzanne E. HillerEssentials of Research Methods for Educators provides future teachers, specialists, administrators and educational leaders with a textbook and a resource that goes beyond the classroom to use in your career. With a focus on the wide variety of data available to educators and the importance of data literacy for all those involved in education, this book presents research methods in a relatable educational context with a variety of concrete examples. The authors use their expertise in educational psychology to optimize learning. The structure of the book breaks down research into discrete steps with the "Let′s See It," "Let′s Do It," and "You Do It" steps for each chapter so students feel motivated to complete their research projects. By covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, with additional chapters on action research and program evaluation, students get a complete picture of the current research methods landscape. This highly scaffolded book supports future educational leaders in incorporating research and methods into their work and life.
Essentials of Research Methods for Educators
by Anastasia Kitsantas Timothy Cleary Maria K DiBenedetto Suzanne E. HillerEssentials of Research Methods for Educators provides future teachers, specialists, administrators and educational leaders with a textbook and a resource that goes beyond the classroom to use in your career. With a focus on the wide variety of data available to educators and the importance of data literacy for all those involved in education, this book presents research methods in a relatable educational context with a variety of concrete examples. The authors use their expertise in educational psychology to optimize learning. The structure of the book breaks down research into discrete steps with the "Let′s See It," "Let′s Do It," and "You Do It" steps for each chapter so students feel motivated to complete their research projects. By covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, with additional chapters on action research and program evaluation, students get a complete picture of the current research methods landscape. This highly scaffolded book supports future educational leaders in incorporating research and methods into their work and life.
The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging
by Autumn Edwards Shawn T. Wahl Scott A. Myers Chad C. EdwardsWhen should you send a text message, and when is it more appropriate to talk face-to-face? What is the best way to prepare for a job interview that will be conducted over video? How should you modify your speech if it will be recorded and posted online? The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging introduces students to the foundational concepts and essential skills of effective communication, with a strong emphasis on the impact of technology in our increasingly interconnected world. This new Fourth Edition helps students become involved in our diverse global community and learn how to apply key principles of effective communication—whether incorporating media, technology, or traditional face-to-face speech communication—to foster civic engagement for a better future. With comprehensive coverage of the essentials of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, this text is ideal for use in hybrid introduction to communication courses.
Pantomime (Micah Grey Trilogy)
by L.R. LamWhen Micah runs away from a debutante's life at home and joins the circus, he harbours two secrets. One: he was born between male and female. And two: he may have powers last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age.As Micah discovers the joy of flight as an aerialist, courting his trapeze partner, Aenea, and confiding in the mysterious white clown, Drystan, he finally feels free. But the circus has a dark side, and Micah's past isn't done with him.Meanwhile, the strange 'ghost' of a woman with damselfly wings whispers to Micah that only he can help magic return to the realm, and he fears she may be right . . .Micah has much to learn, and he must do it quickly - before his past and future collide, with catastrophic consequences.
Power and the Palace: The explosive and revelatory new royal book that is dominating the news headlines
by Valentine Low'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - TelegraphCovering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of King William, Power and the Palace is the gossip-laden and highly revelatory account of the relationship between the sovereign and the prime minister - the real story behind The Crown.Power and the Palace lifts the lid on the mysterious power nexus at the heart of the British state: the secretive and little understood relationship between the monarchy and the government. In vivid, page-turning prose, Valentine Low takes us behind the scenes of the weekly audience to uncover the ever-changing dynamic between sovereign and prime minister - from the romance and flattery that bound Victoria and Benjamin Disraeli, to the personal and political gulf that separated Elizabeth II from Margaret Thatcher.He reveals how the monarchy has gradually ceded political power over the past two hundred years while behind closed doors fighting to keep its finances secure - ensuring the long-term survival of the institution. But it has not all been smooth sailing, and the book includes moments of dramatic tension when the relationship threatened to unravel.Based on nearly 100 interviews with senior politicians, top civil servants, royal aides and constitutional experts, Power and the Palace rewrites our understanding of the political power of the monarchy.