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Explores the significant moments that unfold for young people in their schooling from the perspectives of teachers and school staff. Educators often reflect on 'moments' as being a critical piece of their work with children. This book promotes awareness of these moments, as well as their connected meanings and possibilities.

Explores mindfulness as a tool for personal growth and for intentional action for the purpose of social change. The book focuses on examining privilege, oppression, and difference; intersectional identity mapping; historical racism; social dominance theory; sociological mindfulness; cultural humility; appreciative inquiry; and more.

Focuses on identity and learning within informal settings and life experiences. The contributions showcase the many ways that identity development and learning occur within cultural domains, through developmental and identity challenges or transitions in career or role, and in a variety of places from assisted living facilities to makerspaces.

Explores the co-enactment of both leader and follower, identities, and positions of leader and follower by the same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships.

Focuses on identity and learning within informal settings and life experiences. The contributions showcase the many ways that identity development and learning occur within cultural domains, through developmental and identity challenges or transitions in career or role, and in a variety of places from assisted living facilities to makerspaces.

Explores the co-enactment of both leader and follower, identities, and positions of leader and follower by the same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships.

A follow up to Doing PDS. The first book examined the innovative ways we negotiate school-university collaboration while explaining the development of the SUNY Buffalo State PDS consortium. This second volume strives to explore the impact of PDS at individual school/community sites and collectively as an entire consortium.

Aims at further articulating and developing the cultural psychological interest in community. The book focuses on the processes through which individuals constitute communities and the processes that restrain or enable moving forward with others. This interest is necessary especially now that the world is on the move.

Aims at further articulating and developing the cultural psychological interest in community. The book focuses on the processes through which individuals constitute communities and the processes that restrain or enable moving forward with others. This interest is necessary especially now that the world is on the move.

A follow up to Doing PDS. The first book examined the innovative ways we negotiate school-university collaboration while explaining the development of the SUNY Buffalo State PDS consortium. This second volume strives to explore the impact of PDS at individual school/community sites and collectively as an entire consortium.

Provides a forum for the diverse voices of scholars and practitioners from across the globe asking questions about transforming the vision of Education 2030 into a reality. Published chapters reflect a variety of formats, free of methodological restrictions, involving disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary inquiries.

Explores how female, tenure-track faculty navigate the process of balancing their personal and professional lives. Utilizing a qualitative phenomenological approach, the stories of nine female, full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty as well as four administrators employed in faculty diversity, development, and work-life are explored.

Focuses on the Uteach program, a STEM teacher education model that is being implemented across the USA in 46 universities. This book provides a forum to disseminate how different institutions have implemented the UTeach model in their local context.

Provides a forum for the diverse voices of scholars and practitioners from across the globe asking questions about transforming the vision of Education 2030 into a reality. Published chapters reflect a variety of formats, free of methodological restrictions, involving disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary inquiries.

Focuses on the Uteach program, a STEM teacher education model that is being implemented across the USA in 46 universities. This book provides a forum to disseminate how different institutions have implemented the UTeach model in their local context.

Uncle Billy's Wine Guide for Novices is not intended for wine experts and others that consider themselves extremely knowledgeable about wine. This book is for the rest4 of us who want to learn more about the pleasures of enjoying wine and talking intelligent about it.

All educators in teacher education want to know what factors contribute to the academic success of undergraduate education majors or pre-service teachers. Teacher educators of eight universities across the state of South Carolina were determined to find out. This compilation is a result of their inquiry.

All educators in teacher education want to know what factors contribute to the academic success of undergraduate education majors or pre-service teachers. Teacher educators of eight universities across the state of South Carolina were determined to find out. This compilation is a result of their inquiry.

Provides authentic accounts of the effects of the revolutionary political reform experienced in the past half century on education in Europe's rural hinterland. The research presented unveils the unseen and under-reported consequences of top-down, urban-oriented educational policies on children's and communities' experience of place and space.

Provides authentic accounts of the effects of the revolutionary political reform experienced in the past half century on education in Europe's rural hinterland. The research presented unveils the unseen and under-reported consequences of top-down, urban-oriented educational policies on children's and communities' experience of place and space.

Carefully articulates what (queer) inclusivity is, why it matters for all educators, students, and administrators, and what can happen when inclusive environments are not created and/or sustained.

Features eight OST STEM programs for females from across the United States that run one to three days in length, in most cases, a single day. In this book, the chapter authors describe their programs, the effectiveness of those programs, and practical implications of their program evaluation data.

Carefully articulates what (queer) inclusivity is, why it matters for all educators, students, and administrators, and what can happen when inclusive environments are not created and/or sustained.