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Service Learning Across the Curriculum - Steven J. Madden - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Service Learning Across the Curriculum - Steven J. Madden - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

With its roots in the Progressive educational movement led by John Dewey, service learning is an educational method that emphasizes learning through meaningful experiences in which concepts explored in the classroom are applied for the greater benefit of society. In this edited volume, authors from various disciplines discuss how they have incorporated service learning into their teaching and provide examples of the approaches and methodologies that others can use to develop similar programs for their own classes. The authors demonstrate how service learning can be applied to areas as diverse as horticulture and landscape design to marketing and business, all with a goal to fulfill the developmental needs of students as well as the social needs of a particular project''s benefactor. Service Learning Across the Curriculum is an unprecedented work that will inspire instructors to promote social prosperity through the education, service, and citizenship of their students.

DKK 521.00
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The Educational Service Agency - Robert E. Stephens - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Educational Service Agency - Robert E. Stephens - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Education service agencies (ESAs), the middle echelon in the P-12 education structure, serve local school districts and their children in 42 states. Since these agencies work directly with local school districts and their students, they are largely invisible to the general public and, incredibly, not a small number of legislators. Yet ESAs are responsible for the direct or indirect expenditure of billions of dollars and are perhaps the main vehicle for training in-service teachers, administrators, and other staff members throughout the country. In addition, they provide technical assistance for a wide range of management areas such as finance, food service, transportation, purchasing, and technology. This highly researched, well-referenced book, the first ever to document the work of service agencies in America, begins with four chapters that summarize the history and development of service agencies into current times and catalogue the different financing and governance structures under which they function. Three chapters are devoted to descriptions of programs and services offered for students, whether they have special interests or needs. Another chapter deals with ESAs as the lynch pin for partnerships with community agencies, businesses, and other levels of government. The book concludes with two chapters about the growing insistence on accountability for ESAs and a final chapter projects three scenarios about the possible future roles of ESAs in the American education system.

DKK 538.00
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Primer to Developing a Successful Pre-Service Teacher Portfolio - Roberta J. Wilburn - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Primer to Developing a Successful Pre-Service Teacher Portfolio - Roberta J. Wilburn - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

As a means of documenting teacher growth and development, Primer to Developing a Successful Pre-Service Teacher Portfolio serves as an invitation to the portfolio world, for pre-service teachers. Authors James Takona and Roberta Wilburn provide a foundational understanding of the principles and practice of developing and using a portfolio in teacher education. The text reflects current theories and beliefs about learning and assessment amidst a dramatic change in the approach to preparing teachers and gauging their professional growth and development. It will allow prospective teachers to gain new perspectives on assessment, and when integrated with performance standards, serve as benchmarks to professional growth and development.

DKK 538.00
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Sovereignty, Corruption and Civil Service Reform Implementation in Zimbabwe - Paul Mavima - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Sovereignty, Corruption and Civil Service Reform Implementation in Zimbabwe - Paul Mavima - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book is based on the case of civil service reforms that were formally adopted in Zimbabwe in 1991 and were implemented in several phases. The book investigates the implementation of these reforms and their influence by two sets of factors that are in competition with one another. There are international pressures that compel the adoption of the reforms yet the local factors resist this implementation. The local factors include elite and national mentalities, practices and preferences, and ideals about the role and scope of government. Sovereignty, Corruption and Civil Service Reform Implementation in Zimbabwe recommends that the traditional discourse on administrative reform and management capacity building in Africa and other developing countries needs to be extended in recognition of the importance of this tension.

DKK 459.00
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One Hundred Years of Service Through Community - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

One Hundred Years of Service Through Community - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This reader consists of diverse writings about Gould Farm, considered the nation’s oldest residential rehabilitation community. The Farm now assists those with persistent mental illness. Informed by a Christianity that was neither sectarian nor doctrinaire, yet steeped in the Sermon on the Mount, Will Gould and his wife, Agnes, founded the Farm in 1913. In addition to serving those who arrive at Gould Farm as “guests,” the Farm has assisted refugees during World War II, hosted civil rights activists in the 1950s and 1960s, and sponsored three Vietnamese brothers who fled their country in the 1970s. More recently, the Farm hosted a family navigating the loss of a loved one in Iraq. One Hundred Years of Service Through Community includes essays, letters, and book excerpts about Gould Farm written over the last 100 years including pieces by theologian James Luther Adams, author Rosemary Antin, sociologist Henrik F. Infield, Haverford College’s Douglas V. Steere, and Appalachian Trail founder Benton MacKaye. The book also includes a story of a brief encounter in 1961 between a Gould Farm executive director, a guest, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

DKK 361.00
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State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod - Vincent E. Hammond - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod - Vincent E. Hammond - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

State Service in Sixteenth Century Novgorod is about the first century of the legal development of the pomestie established by Ivan III after the conquest of Novgorod. The cadasters from the two provinces (Shelonskaia and Vodskaia) with the highest concentration of pomesties showed most remained in the original landlord''s family. The acquisition of additional land from deceased family members and the exchanges for land near other relatives without the state''s prior permission is evidence of its recognition of the family''s interest in the land. Although the turnover was higher after the 1550s, most estates no longer in the original families'' possession were abandoned or confiscated by Ivan IV''s oprichniks. Since patrimonial votchinas were confiscated too, the higher turnover is evidence of the tsar''s fear of treason rather than the pomestie''s conditionality. The continuing possession of most Vodskaia tax units held in pomestie tenure in 1582 by the original landlords'' families enfeoffed a century earlier supports this thesis. These findings negate the traditional distinction between the conditional pomestie and allodial votchina. The loyal pomeshchiks of sixteenth century Russia could expect to pass their lands to other family members as long as they served the state.

DKK 565.00
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Enhancing Effective Thinking and Problem Solving for Preservice Teacher Educatio - Erskine S. Dottin - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Enhancing Effective Thinking and Problem Solving for Preservice Teacher Educatio - Erskine S. Dottin - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book is written with the hope that pre-service teachers and in-service professional educators will participate in learning communities as means toward enhancing their professional growth. As teachers and learners invest themselves in collaborative group approaches, they develop a firmer sense of their own identity. Enhancing Effective Thinking and Problem Solving for Pre-Service Teacher Education Candidates and Inservice Professionals specifically focuses on the use of the case method to engender higher order thinking regarding the knowledge base on which best practices in teaching and learning rest. Teacher education candidates and classroom teachers should find this a helpful and motivational source.

DKK 454.00
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Managing Customer Value - Bill Dodds - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Managing Customer Value - Bill Dodds - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book explores the three dimensions of value, product quality, customer service and price within the constraints of cost, demand and competition to formulate a strategic framework for competing in today''s cutthroat marketplace where better quality, superior customer service and lower prices are the norm. There are numerous mathematical models that demonstrate in a spreadsheet the interrelated workings of cost, demand and competition.

DKK 742.00
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Knowledge, Truth and Service, The New York Botanical Garden, 1891 to 1980 - Harry M. Dunkak - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Knowledge, Truth and Service, The New York Botanical Garden, 1891 to 1980 - Harry M. Dunkak - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The New York Botanical Garden was established with a mission to seek knowledge about plant life, conduct research, offer courses of instruction, and provide a place for the public to learn about botany. This historical study of the New York Botanical Garden provides the first and only comprehensive social history of this vital institution. The monograph is intended for the general public as well as the scientific community. In order to familiarize the reader with the nature and historical development of the modern botanical garden, the narration begins long before 1891, and goes back as far as the Ancient Egyptians and Romans. In addition, the work discusses the interesting local history and people who inhabited the area where the great institution was established. The story continues with the foundations of The Garden, and its early history and developments through the Depression. The book also considers the growing importance of environmental issues and the growth of the conservatory, library, and herbarium. The history concludes with the major events of the late 1970s, with an overview of the garden up to the year 2000. Every institution or organization has a mission. The New York Botanical Garden provides a public service to improve human life, and has assumed a certain charisma that permeates its very foundation. Reading the institution''s story illuminates this charisma, which has characterized the Garden throughout its history.

DKK 388.00
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Knowledge, Truth and Service, The New York Botanical Garden, 1891 to 1980 - Harry M. Dunkak - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Knowledge, Truth and Service, The New York Botanical Garden, 1891 to 1980 - Harry M. Dunkak - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The New York Botanical Garden was established with a mission to seek knowledge about plant life, conduct research, offer courses of instruction, and provide a place for the public to learn about botany. This historical study of the New York Botanical Garden provides the first and only comprehensive social history of this vital institution. The monograph is intended for the general public as well as the scientific community. In order to familiarize the reader with the nature and historical development of the modern botanical garden, the narration begins long before 1891, and goes back as far as the Ancient Egyptians and Romans. In addition, the work discusses the interesting local history and people who inhabited the area where the great institution was established. The story continues with the foundations of The Garden, and its early history and developments through the Depression. The book also considers the growing importance of environmental issues and the growth of the conservatory, library, and herbarium. The history concludes with the major events of the late 1970s, with an overview of the garden up to the year 2000. Every institution or organization has a mission. The New York Botanical Garden provides a public service to improve human life, and has assumed a certain charisma that permeates its very foundation. Reading the institution''s story illuminates this charisma, which has characterized the Garden throughout its history.

DKK 689.00
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Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests presents essential content for elementary and middle school teachers who want to improve their science content background, enhance their classroom instruction, or pass the state science proficiency tests. This book addresses different aspects of the physical, life, and earth sciences. Each chapter was written by a science education expert and includes review questions with an accompanying answer key. This book will enhance the effectiveness and competency of any pre-service or in-service elementary or middle school teacher.

DKK 885.00
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Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests presents essential content for elementary and middle school teachers who want to improve their science content background, enhance their classroom instruction, or pass the state science proficiency tests. This book addresses different aspects of the physical, life, and earth sciences. Each chapter was written by a science education expert and includes review questions with an accompanying answer key. This book will enhance the effectiveness and competency of any pre-service or in-service elementary or middle school teacher.

DKK 390.00
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Aging Education - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Aging Education - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Aging Education provides educators in aging studies with a unique text that responds to the paucity of instructional strategies and teaching materials. Editors Nieli Langer and Terry Tirrito meet the challenge of educating and training students and providers of service to an aging population in all the various instructional programs (gerontology/geriatrics degrees) and non-credit workshops currently offered in different settings (hospitals, nursing homes, professional associations, in-service training, etc). By developing and explaining a multidisciplinary approach to working with older adults in areas related to health, education, ethics, law, cultural competency for a multicultural population, translating social policy into practice, spirituality, and human services, the editors provide an imaginative and thought-provoking unmet need for gerontology educators by providing them with teaching and practice strategies in aging education.

DKK 600.00
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The Quest for a Radical Profession - David Wagner - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Quest for a Radical Profession - David Wagner - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book, based on in-depth interviews of radical social workers, who at one time were associated with the Catalyst collective, explores through oral history the social psychological effects of upward mobility on political ideology. Historically large numbers of idealistic activists entered social work and other human services professions, but there have been few studies about the careers of such individuals and what has happened to radicals who pursue careers as community organizers, caseworkers or therapists, administrators or planners. Contents: A Radical Professionalism?; Radical Social Work; The Moral Careers of Radical Social Service Workers-Becoming Radical, Becoming Social Workers, Images of Success/Worlds of Pain, and Occupations and Ideology; Radicalism, Social Action, and Social Service Careers-The Decline of Oppositional Activism, Politics at the Retail Level: ''Radical Practice'', The Absorption of Radicalism; and Bibliography.

DKK 591.00
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SEVA to Realize the SELF - Mahesh C. Mangalick - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

SEVA to Realize the SELF - Mahesh C. Mangalick - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In villages around India, many people have no facilities that provide adequate health care and education, despite the Indian government allocating an enormous amount of funding. In order to offset this lack of health care and educational facilities in Indian villages, many private individuals and organizations provide medical services and educational opportunities to the poor. This book details two major SEVA projects founded by Mr. and Mrs. P.C. Mangalick in Agra, India. SEVA is selfless service that an individual or group provides to underprivileged people. These acts of selfless service are prompted by an awareness of the presence of God in all beings. This book describes how SEVA leads to a purified mind and, therefore, an understanding of the self, the part of "one source" (God) within an individual’s personality.

DKK 373.00
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Customer Friendly - James T. Ziegenfuss - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Customer Friendly - James T. Ziegenfuss - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The need for customer friendly organizations exists across fields and industries. Corporate leaders have long known the value of customer support. Even public agency leaders increasingly recognize the need to offer better service to citizens. This book presents the organizational architecture of customer friendly organizations. How do some private companies and public agencies become customer friendly-by accident or design? Academics and practicing managers know that organizational design affects behavior. This book helps us understand how we develop high performance organizations-in this case, organizations that consistently deliver high quality service. It builds on the theory and application of "systems thinking" to organization design and behavior by showing how products, structure, psychological climate, culture, and leadership work together to produce customer friendly experiences. Beginning with the architectural model, the book offers a series of cases to illustrate the application: hospital, auto manufacturer, airline, hotel, bank, university, and library.

DKK 777.00
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The War on Poverty - Robert F. Clark - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The War on Poverty - Robert F. Clark - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The War on Poverty of the 1960s is often treated in academic and popular literature as a transient phenomenon. However, most of the early War on Poverty programs have not just survived but have expanded. Most people are familiar with Head Start but far fewer recall its origins in the War on Poverty. While programs like Head Start are no longer part of a focused national initiative, they continue to make war on poverty and to influence domestic policy development. The opening chapter of this book describes the national context and specific impetus for a War on Poverty under President Lyndon Johnson. Subsequent chapters cover the origins, evolution, and current status of particular programs, including: Community Action, Job Corps, Volunteers in Service to America, Head Start, Legal Services, Community Health Centers, Foster Grandparents, Senior Community Service Employment, Weatherization Assistance, and Low Income Home Energy Assistance. Several other programs are consolidated in a single chapter.

DKK 715.00
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The Incidental Oriental Secretary and Other Tales of Foreign Service - Richard L. Jackson - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Incidental Oriental Secretary and Other Tales of Foreign Service - Richard L. Jackson - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This memoir attempts to capture the humor and sheer incongruity of working across cultures in an international career spanning diplomacy and education. Written in a light hearted tone, it also delves into tragic consequences in countries such as Somalia, Libya and Greece. While critical in many respects of US foreign policy, it also hopes to attract adventurous young men and women of today''s generation to possible careers in diplomacy. The author uses humor and anecdote to highlight the monumental changes in the world environment and practice of diplomacy in the short space of a single career. The book features cover art and interior sketches by Eliza Jackson.

DKK 317.00
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To Albania, with Love - Fatos Tarifa - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

To Albania, with Love - Fatos Tarifa - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

It is not uncommon for diplomats to publish their memoirs after they retire from the Foreign Service. What is unusual for an ambassador, however, is to publicize, after resigning from the service, the chronicle of his day-to-day diplomatic activity both political and public. To Albania, with Love is a collection of these activities during Tarifa''s career as the Albanian ambassador to the United States and the Netherlands. Many of the letters included in this volume reveal the methodology of ambassadors in Washington, D.C., and detail the high levels of access Tarifa had developed during his career. This work brings together a selection of Tarifa''s letters to high-ranking U.S. and Dutch government officials, lectures, testimonies, public addresses, and remarks. They all illustrate the direction an ambassador''s career and activities should take in promoting his country. To be a perceptive visionary who can herald progressive change in the interest of his own country and the broader international community is the goal of a truly accomplished ambassador.

DKK 538.00
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Civic Work, Civic Lessons - Ernestine Fu - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Civic Work, Civic Lessons - Ernestine Fu - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Civic Work, Civic Lessons explains how and why people of all ages, and particularly young people, should engage in public service as a vocation or avocation. Its authors are 57 years apart in age, but united in their passion for public service, which they term “civic work.” The book provides unique intergenerational perspectives. Thomas Ehrlich spent much of his career in the federal government. Ernestine Fu started a non-profit organization at an early age and then funded projects led by youth. Both have engaged in many other civic activities. An introductory chapter is followed by seven key lessons for success in civic work. Each lesson includes a section by each author. The sections by Ehrlich draw mainly from his experiences. Those by Fu draw on her civic work and that of many young volunteers whom the co-authors interviewed. The concluding chapter focuses on leveraging technologies for civic work. All profits received by the authors from the sale of this book will be donated to philanthropic organizations.

DKK 273.00
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Tomorrow is Better - Dana E. Davis - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Tomorrow is Better - Dana E. Davis - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In 1861, an unspoken vow to make tomorrow better than today catapulted a group of Kingston, Georgia women to achieve several historical "firsts." They established the Confederacy''s first hospital and held the South''s first Confederate Memorial Day. Today, the group, known as the Kingston Woman''s History Club, continues the Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies honoring both Union and Confederate dead. Their ceremony is credited with being the longest running of its type in the United States. Loyal to their mission of service, the ladies have served soldiers in every American war since 1861. During peacetime, they turned to community service and became the second chartered women''s club in the state. They named the state''s flower and established the town''s park that is home to the club''s two-building museum complex. Written in narrative form, Tomorrow is Better tells the Kingston Woman''s History Club''s story through the eyes of four generations of altruistic women who weathered war, fire, financial obstacles, and even General Sherman''s occupation.

DKK 521.00
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Living Diplomatically - William N. Dale - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Living Diplomatically - William N. Dale - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In this book, the author passes on to another generation an impression of what it was like to live and work abroad as a U.S. foreign service officer during the years following World War II. The first two episodes show how and why the author went into the Foreign Service, beginning with his youth in Upstate New York and on through to World War II. The allied victory, the subsequent Cold War, and the realization of American power form the background of the twenty-three episodes through which the author and his family lived in many different countries. The posts involved included Copenhagen, Ottawa, London, Ankara, Tel Aviv, Bangui in central Africa, and, of course, Washington, D.C. The book describes diplomatic life in wartime, primitive conditions, and unusual first world situations. It traces the author''s career right up to retirement. Dale describes the humorous and stressful sides of life abroad, as well as in the working world he encountered. He hopes others will find it useful and perhaps amusing.

DKK 361.00
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Coming to Critical Engagement - Frank A. Fear - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Coming to Critical Engagement - Frank A. Fear - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Engagement is the label increasingly embraced by higher education to describe activities associated with serving the public interest. What had been viewed previously as service to, extension of, and outreach from is now engagement with as faculty members, students, and staff collaborate with partners in community affairs. This book describes how members of a faculty learning community have come to understand engagement as both intellectual endeavor and scholarly practice at the interface between academy and citizenry.

DKK 512.00
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Timing Successful Policy Change - Anna Marie Schuh - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Timing Successful Policy Change - Anna Marie Schuh - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In Timing Successful Policy Change, Anna Marie Schuh examines four periods of civil service reform, especially their relation to legislative and administrative responses. An elucidation of the key role of the bureaucracy, the book focuses on the tensions between branches of government that drive policy-making. Schuh chooses to appropriate and expand upon John Kingdon''s highly regarded political analysis, providing readers with a model that promises to guide public policy analysis far into the future.

DKK 609.00
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