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Children in Context: A Topical Approach
by Tara L. KutherIn the topically organized Children in Context, award-winning author Tara L. Kuther emphasizes three core themes of child development: the importance of context, the relevance of research, and the applied value of developmental science. By examining child development through real-life contexts—such as gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status—Kuther engages students with up-to-date data, relatable examples, and cross-cultural stories, offering insights that directly connect to their own experiences and future professions.
Children's Literacy Development: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Learning to Read and Write (International Texts in Developmental Psychology)
by Catherine McBrideIn the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts, and contexts. This new edition highlights multiliteracy and multilingualism and broadly explores the science of reading.A timely and important contribution to our understanding of literacy around the world, the book includes a new chapter covering the impact of digital technology on children’s literacy development, and covers other issues including: The importance of phonological sensitivity for learning to read and to write The first units, or building blocks, of literacy learning in different scripts such as Chinese, English, Korean Hangul, Hindi and Arabic The role of visual processing in reading and writing skills How the latest research can inform the teaching of reading and writing An overview of of dyslexia and dysgraphia, including recent neuroscientific research The developmental process of becoming biliterate What is special about writing for beginners and later for comprehensive writing Basics of reading comprehension Written by an eminent scholar in the field, it provides an overview of how children learn to read and write and is essential reading for students and scholars of Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Speech Therapy.
Children’s Boards in Museums: New Approaches to Working with Children in Museums (Global Perspectives on Children in Museums)
by José Antonio Gordillo MartorellChildren’s Boards in Museums outlines the innovative concept of a “Children’s Board”, in which children actively participate in a museum by sharing perspectives that expand the typical circle of voices and decision-makers.Drawing on research conducted with children between the ages of 7 and 12 from diverse socio-economic contexts, and cultures over the last decade, the author presents some of the most inspiring examples of children-centred museums around the world. This book describes the many ways in which children can improve the museum, explaining how they can help to transform it into a friendlier place that is closer to the needs of the community, more respectful of nature, and capable of listening to and valuing every visitor. This book offers an innovative way of thinking about children in museums and explains how children's participation in areas of the museum that have otherwise been considered exclusive to its staff - such as strategy, human resources, funding, management, and evaluation - can enhance those areas, making the museum a significantly better place.Children’s Boards in Museums is essential reading for academics and students who are engaged in the study of museums, heritage, culture, and children. It will also be of interest to professionals who are looking to facilitate a new kind of relationship between their institution and the children who visit it.
Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction (Routledge Introductions to Young Adult and Children's Literature)
by Rebecca RoweChildren’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through children’s literature. Children’s literature has long been used as a mechanism by which a culture passes its values from one generation to the next. Because of this culturally didactic purpose, children’s literature can be viewed as one of the most fruitful areas of study of any given culture. At the same time, studying the cultures from which works of children’s literature emerge and in which they circulate can also help better understand not only the ideas of childhood that underpin individual texts for children but the role they play in the construction and transmission of different cultural ideologies. This book teaches readers this double work of using culture to understand children’s literature and vice versa. This volume traces the scholarly methodologies and histories that have attended the study of each of the 20 chapters’ given subject—from the representation of race in and around children’s literature to questions of censorship to how libraries can and do shape children’s literature. In the process, it prepares readers to confidently enter and forward scholarly debates and to teach such debates to their own students.
China and Climate Leadership: A Role Theory Analysis (Role Theory and International Relations)
by Kim VenderIn this book, Kim Vender examines China’s leadership in climate change governance. International climate change negotiations were supposed to achieve an agreement at two summits: in 2009 in Copenhagen and again in 2015 in Paris. China’s part in the negotiations has elicited a narrative of ‘obstructor’ first and ‘climate leader’ later. Vender challenges this view of China and investigates why it is still persisting today despite a steady leadership recognition of China found by a long-term survey of negotiation participants.In its design, the book explores China’s relationship with the main narrators of the story, i.e., powerful industrialised countries, but also with so far under-explored to both scrutinise China’s performance in the climate change negotiations and show how socialisation and the political context have shaped China’s relationship with others. The book furthermore illuminates Chinese understandings of China’s role in climate change as well as contestation of, and support for, an international climate leadership role at home.China and Climate Leadership offers an in-depth exploration of China’s behaviour and motivations, and contributes to the ongoing debate on China’s rise and integration into international society. It will be of interest to both academics and practitioners with an interest in International Relations, role theory and Foreign Policy Analysis, China, and climate change governance.
Chinese Scholars and Think Tanks' Constructions of China's National Interest: Hidden Hand on Demand (Rethinking Asia and International Relations)
by Sabine MokryThis book offers a systematic assessment of how International Relations scholars in mainland China and analysts at Chinese foreign policy think tanks influence the construction of China’s national interest. The detailed analysis shows how proximity to the state and the state’s signaled demand for expertise facilitate and constrain influence and puts forward a new approach for identifying influence by applying frame analysis to 150 foreign policy statements and combining it with quantitative content analysis of 4000 expert publications. Offering a new way of assessing and explaining Chinese foreign policy experts’ influence, understanding the environment in which they operate, and providing suggestions on how to analyze official foreign policy statements, this volume will be of interest to scholars of Chinese foreign policy and anyone working on expert influence in non-democratic regimes.
Choctaw Code Talkers
by Blake A. HoenaIn this action-packed graphic novel, readers discover the incredible story of the Choctaw Code Talkers during World War I. When the U.S. Army needed a way to communicate military plans securely, they turned to a group of Choctaw soldiers to use their native language to create unbreakable codes. Follow these brave individuals as they fight on the front lines and outsmart the enemy using their little-known language as a secret weapon. Their efforts helped change the course of World War I and paved the way for future Indigenous code talkers. With dynamic illustrations and gripping text, this nonfiction graphic novel brings history to life for young readers.
Christian Faith and Christian Learning: A Theological Action Research Account (Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology)
by Clare Watkins James ButlerFollowing a critical analysis of the pedagogical theology and practice of Christian learning, this book develops a radical alternative account of ‘faith learning’. Recognising the ways in which institutionally anxious churches are turning to processes of education and ‘discipling’, it takes the reader through a theological action research journey to offer a practical–theological response to the question of how Christian faith is learnt and handed on in ways that really make a difference. Through close engagement with the practicalities of one declining denomination (British Methodism), the authors offer a distinctive vision of Christian learning and enable fresh thinking and practice. There is a call for a move beyond educational ‘courses’ towards a more profound engagement with the complexities of real life as not only the place but the ‘matter’ of faith learning. Theologically, the book offers a vision which pursues questions of divine and human agency, the work of the Spirit in ‘learning’, the role of normative tradition, and the important place of Christian lay people and their daily lives in learning. Ultimately, it seeks to give substance to a fresh concept of ‘faith learning’, which is holistic, integrative, and inductively achieved, and finds its fulfilment in lives lived in faith, hope, and love.
Christianity and Horror Cinema (Routledge Studies in Religion and Film)
by Bryan P. StoneChristianity and Horror Cinema explores ways that Christian beliefs, spiritualities, practices, and symbols provide the religious and existential "depths" out of which the monsters of Western horror cinema have emerged, arguing that they are, in several respects, the monsters for which Christians are responsible. Horror cinema preys on Christianity’s narrative, moral, cultural, and aesthetic traditions; reverses them; upends them; inverts them; and offends them. But it also reflects and relies on them. The book focuses on seven subgenres in the cinema of horror: ghosts, witches, the demonic or Satanic, vampires, nature horror, zombies, and psychological horror. Each chapter traces the history of that subgenre, taking up a theological analysis of ways that horror cinema capitalizes on ambiguities, contradictions, anxieties, and tensions in Christianity—for example, its treatment of the body, nature, sexuality, women, or those it deems pagan or religiously "other." The author examines a variety of films that are important for thinking about the relationship of Christianity to horror cinema. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, theology, and film studies.
Cinematic Worldbuilding: A TTRPG Approach to Storytelling
by Nicholas LaRueEverybody has a story in them. Some people lack the language and the tools to tell that story effectively. As an avid tabletop role-playing game player, I’m amazed at people’s ability to tell stories on the spot. Both the players and the game masters are creating worlds in their minds and playing out the events, using improv, in real-time. Being an author and screenwriter, I know how difficult it is to create consistent and well-constructed characters, themes, and conflicts. I believe that storytellers looking to level up in the classroom, their hobby, or career could learn a lot from games like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and others. This book seeks to give people the tools and language to create and master their worlds and characters, using TTRPG mechanics and rulesets as foundational elements. This book will contain insights and interviews from some of today’s most respected game masters, players, actual play actors, and we’ll also hear from some of the people behind the scenes responsible for creating these games, and how they view worldbuilding and storytelling for their audiences.
Circus for Social Change: Social Circus in Context (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
by Katie Lavers Jon Burtt Emmanuel BochudIn this volume Social Circus is explored in depth by three Circus Studies scholars working with the aim of creating new ways of engaging with the field.Lavers, Burtt, and Bochud investigate the way that Social Circus transforms in response to its immediate environment, and particularly its social, political, and cultural context. Extensively illustrated, with photos of different Social Circuses around the world, and extensively annotated, Circus for Social Change: Social Circus in Context provides a portal into ways of seeing today’s Social Circus and is of interest to practitioners and scholars. Social Circuses explored in this volume include Cirqiniq in far North Canada; Galway Community Circus in the Republic of Ireland; Zip Zap Circus in Cape Town, South Africa; Circus Harmony in St. Louis, Missouri; Circus Laheto in Central Brazil; Women’s Circus in Melbourne, Australia; the Mobile Mini Children’s Circus (the MMCC) in various locations across Afghanistan; Cirque Hors Piste in Montreal, Canada; Sencirk in Dakar, Senegal; the Slow Circus Academy in Yokohama, JDS/Juggling de Shinshu, and the Moon Night Project in Nagano, Japan; Ponleu Selpak’s Performing Arts School and Phare Circus in Cambodia; Sirkus Magenta in Helsinki, Finland; and Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde in Bagneux in the outskirts of Paris, France.This book will be of great interest to the general reader, to practitioners working within Social Circus or arts for social change, and to scholars, teachers, and students in schools, colleges, and universities.
Cities of India: Changes and Choices
by Binti SinghUrban India stands at an interesting moment in history—at the cusp of massive changes and cautious choices. This book maps the new challenges and subsequent choices that emerge as India transitions into more urbanized situations, both spatially and culturally—to cleaner and renewable energy, integrating these new norms into the built environment, providing affordable and accessible physical and social infrastructure to all citizens, addressing the disproportionate climate risks of vulnerable communities, responding to the forces of globalization, conserving our heritage assets, deploying smart technologies for better city governance, designing for all, integrating hard and soft city dimensions for better policy outcomes and greater environmental and social impacts. It underlines and explores the nuances of urban design and urban planning, as well as how they are inextricably enmeshed with sustainability and climate action.The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of urban studies, sociology, South Asian Studies, built environment, sustainability and climate studies, urban design and urban planning.
City Diplomacy as Noncoercive Statecraft: Gaining Power and Influence through Attraction
by Sohaela AmiriThis book presents a rigorously designed framework for city diplomacy as a tool to enhance a nation’s international appeal, attraction, and influence. This book illustrates how attraction-based influence is generated, and why city diplomacy enhances national security and prosperity through international exchanges, collaborations, and dialogues.It provides a structured approach to guide policies, strategies, research, and analysis for city diplomacy and the broader field of international affairs.
Classical Rhetorical Argumentation for the Rhetorical Critic (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)
by Mika HietanenThis book offers a reassessment of argumentation in classical rhetoric, foregrounding its rational dimension. Moving beyond introductions, it provides insights from Aristotle, Quintilian, and other ancient thinkers while addressing common misconceptions and offering clarifications that are particularly valuable for the rhetorical critic.Adopting a Scandinavian rhetorical perspective, this book argues that classical rhetoric offers enduring tools for both the analysis and the construction of persuasive argumentation. By bridging theory and practice, it demonstrates how classical rhetoric remains highly relevant, while also naturally integrating with analyses that focus on classical concepts such as ethos, pathos, or style – whether through neo‑Aristotelian methods or contemporary approaches rooted in the classical rhetorical tradition. Key concepts are explored in dedicated chapters: the ‘art’ of logos‑based argumentation is reassessed; enthymeme and epicheireme structures are examined; and topoi and staseis are discussed in relation to their later developments. A chapter on the centenary of rhetorical criticism traces its evolution from Herbert Wichelns (1925) to today, proposing a new template for the rhetorical critic.This concise yet comprehensive book will interest intermediate and advanced students, as well as scholars of rhetoric, argumentation, persuasion, speech and writing studies, and communication studies.
Client Education: Theory and Practice
by Mary A. Miller Pamella Rae StoeckelClient Education: Theory and Practice, Fourth Edition teaches nursing students the important skills of patient education and health promotion. The authors use their unique Miller-Stoeckel Client Education Model as the organizing framework to emphasize the importance of the Nurse-Client Relationship and how this relationship is paramount to the success of client education. They focus on the key role that nurses play in educating individuals, families and groups in clinical settings. The updated Fourth Edition addresses the need for health education in nursing by covering the learning process and discussing the needs of clients across the age span. The authors’ thoughtful revision includes updated statistics on chronic diseases and new data on generations Z and Alpha. Furthermore, they teach students how to work with culturally diverse populations by presenting specific teaching approaches.
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation to Improve Food Security in South Asia
by Mannava Sivakumar Rafiq Islam Heulin Thierry Ahm Mustafizur RahmanBoth food security and agriculture contribute to, and are affected by, global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that food production systems account for up to 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, these systems are increasingly vulnerable to climate change, with extreme weather events such as rising temperatures, flooding, drought, secondary salinity, and land degradation threatening food security in South Asia. Additionally, the spread of weeds, pests, and diseases due to shifting climates exacerbates these challenges. The strain on agriculture and food security from accelerated climate change is further worsening by rapid population growth. Globally, more than 820 million people suffer from hunger, and by 2050, food production will need to double to meet global demands. This intensification of farming, combined with climate change, will lead to greater reliance on reactive chemicals, water, and energy inputs—potentially damaging agroecosystem services and becoming increasingly difficult to manage. South Asia, with its high population growth, is particularly vulnerable to climate impacts such as flooding, salinity, droughts, and solar dimming. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion could result in the loss of 17% of land surface and 30% of food production by 2050.Agriculture and food systems must undergo innovative transformations to address these challenges. A comprehensive Climate Change Adaption Framework is essential for fostering a supportive policy environment, sharing information on climate impacts, and adapting climate-smart agriculture to enhance food security in South Asia. This book, based on the outcomes of the 2022 International Conference on Climate Change and Food security in South Asia, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, explores key challenges and innovative solutions for mitigating and adapting to the impact of climate change on food security.
Climate Change is an Opportunity: Why We Need Principled Capitalism
by David BlockleyWe have an imperative, as never before, to change our ways. Climate change is presenting the entire human race with its greatest ever existential challenge. Like many I feel a growing sense of looming disaster. Yes, we are making some progress, but past agreements are not delivering. In this book I put a case for a new form of principled capitalism based on moral principles rather than utility and profit. I propose ten pillars that include systems thinking as citizens of the world and embracing Modern Monetary theory to guide decisions about macroeconomics and national debt.
Clinical Fictions: Psychoanalytic Novelists and Short Story Writers
by Jeffrey BermanClinical Fictions: Psychoanalytic Novelists and Short Story Writers is the first book to explore works of fiction written by prominent psychoanalysts.Broken down into thematic sections, the book traces the literary output of pioneering psychoanalysts such as Julia Kristeva, Bruce Fink, Thomas Odgen, and Gregorio Kohon, among others. Berman looks at works of historical fiction, detective fiction, and the short story, and shows how recurring themes typical of these genres can be understood both psychoanalytically and through a literary lens. The works included investigate experiences of childhood adversity, life in dystopian societies, experiences of psychosis, bodily autonomy, personal loss and, above all, trauma. Unpacking these themes, and their depiction through fiction, Berman gives the reader the tools to apply psychoanalytic literary theory to further works. Interweaving his personal correspondence with authors, including a heartwarming exchange with Cliff Wilkerson, Berman offers unparalleled access to the inner workings of the writers’ minds.This book will be of interest to students and researchers using psychoanalytic literary theory, as well as mental health practitioners who are interested in the intersections between literature and psychoanalysis and discovering new ways of probing the unspoken and unconscious.
Clinical Hematology: Principles, Applications, and Molecular Concepts
by Mary Louise TurgeonClinical Hematology: Principles, Applications, and Molecular Concepts, Seventh Edition is designed to help students develop the professional entry-level competencies they need for certification and career success. The Seventh Edition strengthens the pedagogy that set the quality benchmark for hematology and includes the current, competency-based content needed by MLT and MLS students. Each new print copy includes Navigate Advantage Access that unlocks an interactive eBook, Appendices, Videos, Case Studies, and Flashcards.
Clinical and Employability Skills for Health Care Professions
by Linda Stanhope Kimberly Turnbull Debra BorchertClinical and Employability Skills for Healthcare Professions is a comprehensive and versatile resource for students embarking on their clinical and internship experiences. This program can be used as a standalone course or supplementary material for other courses in the clinical program of study. The three units of this program prepare and guide students and instructors through clinical experiences to ensure students master the employability skills needed to succeed in the workplace.
Cluttered Universes of Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Kantor (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature)
by Michał KisielCluttered Universes of Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Kantor is a collection of four essays bringing Kantor’s and Beckett’s texts, theatres, and theories into conversation with deconstruction, new materialism, environmental humanities, and posthumanism. This book is dedicated to two artists rarely discussed together to see how their awareness of poetics and performativity of matter might help us understand our connection to the material world, even if the world is falling apart. Jane Bennett, Karen Barad, Rosi Braidotti, Donna Haraway, Timothy Morton, and others pave the way for new critical interpretations of canonical works, which are recognised as universes “cluttered” with matter, objects, things, and other nonhuman visitors of seemingly exclusive human domains. Kisiel shows that Beckett’s and Kantor’s carefulness and care for imagining nonhuman/human relationships might refresh our understanding of memory, togetherness, death, or even the end of the world for the Anthropocene.
Coaching and Mentoring Students in Higher Education: A Practitioner Guide to Developing Independent Learners
by Jennifer Hillman Dave Lochtie Enya-Marie ClayCoaching and Mentoring Students in Higher Education provides student support and learning development professionals with a comprehensive, evidence-based guide for delivering coaching and mentoring interventions with students.Focused on the context of higher education, it shares practitioner and research insights from a range of coaching and mentoring programmes and considers their transferability to the international higher education sector. It is a collection of practitioner research based on literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative evaluation of student feedback and scenario case studies. Each chapter offers practical tips and recommendations for colleagues in the sector looking to implement coaching and mentoring as a mode of support. Inviting readers to reflect upon their learning at key stages throughout the book, it addresses many key issues for higher education providers – including student engagement, retention and mental health and wellbeing.This essential volume contributes to the growing body of scholarship looking at coaching and mentoring support at university and the impact on retention and student outcomes, and is key reading for senior leaders, strategic managers and student-facing staff alike.
Cocuyo ilumina el camino
by Danielle Smith-LleraCreada en colaboración con el Museo Nacional del Latino Estadounidense de la Institución Smithsonian, la serie Nuestras Voces comparte historias latinas que inspiran. En el verano de 1493, Cocuyo, una niña de once años, sueña con encontrar su lugar dentro de su comunidad taína en la isla de Quisqueya. Pero en menos de un año, su hogar, su familia, sus amigos y su vida cotidiana cambiarán para siempre con la llegada de los europeos. A medida que Cocuyo aprende más sobre los forasteros que llegan por mar —y sobre lo que quieren de Quisqueya y su gente—, busca formas de ayudar a su comunidad. Al principio, los taínos intentan recibir a los forasteros con los brazos abiertos, pero pronto deben protegerse de las invasiones, las enfermedades y la esclavitud. Mientras los taínos oponen resistencia y se mantienen de pie, Cocuyo está decidida a ayudar a preservar la cultura que ama. En formato de diario, la serie Nuestras Voces perfila personajes inspiradores y honra las alegrías, las dificultades y las victorias de las vidas latinas. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino stories. In the summer of 1493, eleven-year-old Cocuyo is eager to find her place within her Taíno community on the island of Quisqueya. But in less than a year, her home, her family and friends, and her daily life will be forever changed by the arrival of Europeans. As Cocuyo learns more and more about the strangers who arrive by sea—and what they want from Quisqueya and its people—she looks for ways to help her community. At first, the Taíno try to befriend the strangers, but later they must protect themselves from invasion, disease, and enslavement. As the Taíno resist and survive, Cocuyo becomes determined to help preserve the culture that she loves. In diary format, the Nuestras Voces series profiles inspiring characters and honors the joys, challenges, and outcomes of Latino experiences.
Code Appreciation: Reshaping Knowledge
by Anna UrsynLike art appreciation and music appreciation, this code appreciation book invites the readers to look relaxedly into major programming concepts used in many disciplines through short stories set in alphabetical order. Some students fear technology with programming behind it, and shy away from the word "coding." Coding has become common and needed, and these stories are set to help non-coders lose their inhibition. It also might help with prompt writing. Many employers seek employees with experience in visual communication, technology, and storytelling skills. Most tasks are created through group efforts, so a better grasp of what other co-workers are doing speeds up the process.The book offers a new approach to storytelling by weaving coding into stories. Playfully, it encourages the readers to see computing as easier to understand and present in most disciplines. The book might benefit high school and middle school students, faculty, advisors, chancellors, and those seeking majors or passions. People interested in computer graphics, arts, graphic design, computer science, and others may gain a general understanding of how technology affects various disciplines and how everything is connected.This book is a part of the “Knowledge Through the Arts” series, consisting of:Dance Code — Dance Steps as a CodeNew Storytelling — Learning Through MetaphorsCode Appreciation — Reshaping KnowledgeNature Appreciation — Knowledge as Art
Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Gifted Adults: A Guide to Personality, Diagnostics, and the Therapeutic Relationship
by Adriaan SpreyThis book presents a cognitive behavior approach to therapy with gifted adults, providing insight into and offering practical tools for diagnosing and working with the often unseen and unrecognized problems of these clients.The book starts with a systematic outline of practical screening for giftedness and diagnosis of specific personality traits, discussing the common traits of giftedness along with the visible and invisible strengths and downsides of the diagnosis. It then offers a practical cognitive behavioral model for working with clients to understand and improve self-image, high sensitivity, creative stagnation, and interactional problems. Readers will learn how to create a case conceptualization, functional analysis, and treatment plan, as well as how to adapt goals and techniques for and with one’s client. Specific attention is given to potential pitfalls and dysfunctions in the therapeutic relationship, and tools are provided to help the therapist specifically analyze and manage these. Practical case studies illustrate the methodology and provide further clarity for the reader.The book will help any psychotherapist and mental-health-care professional to better support, work with and help gifted adults in their professional practice.