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The Child He Gave Me, “Sara”
Your child is a genius! Tamara Hise documents her journey raising a remarkable learner, in a remote location, where accessible and appropriate educational opportunities were not available. Peer-socialization beliefs, academic challenges, and normal childhood experiences are presented with both humor and honesty. Gain insight on education policies, federal and state legislation, and common misconceptions about public education, while simultaneously getting to know Sara as she grows up genius. The Child He Gave Me is a thorough account of one mothers determination to advocate for the best interests of her young child, Sara. Learn about special-education needs gifted students have and why they are an at-risk population of learners. Follow Saras challenging journey and learn the common roadblocks to success accelerated learners encounter. A true story of advocacy as one mother relies on God to raise an exceptional child, explaining, this is the child He gave me.
Good Mother, Bad Mother
Pressurised by the media, scrutinised by their peers, frowned upon even by those closest to them, mothers today face relentless criticism and pressure. Breast or bottle? Work or stay at home? Routine or feeding-on-demand? The choices are infinite and at the heart of each question is the more controversial and divisive debate of what makes a good mother. Good Mother, Bad Mother is an illuminating, moving and thought-provoking study of this enigmatic question. Never before has the subject of motherhood been tackled with such unflinching honesty. Drawing on her experience of thousands of mothers, bestselling parenting author Gina Ford has turned her attention to the women charged with bringing ...
Shame the Devil
Finalist for the 2011 ForeWord Book of the Year in the Historical Fiction Category "There may be married people who do not read the morning paper. Smith and I know them not ... It is not too much to say the newspapers are one of our strongest points of sympathy; that it is our meat and drink to praise and abuse them together; that we often in our imagination edit a model newspaper, which shall have for its motto, 'Speak the truth, and shame the devil.'" — Fanny Fern Shame the Devil tells the remarkable and true story of Fanny Fern (the pen name of Sara Payson Willis), one of the most successful, influential, and popular writers of the nineteenth century. A novelist, journalist, and feminis...
Teachers meet social workers
What happens when social workers ́ line of thinking meets with teachers ́ line of thinking? Miðskarð gives answer to this question throughout this book from his study of how consulting sessions with social workers influence school professionals ́ further perspectives on how to deal with issues in vulnerable children ́s lifeworlds. The theoretical framework is mainly based on Hannah Arendt ́s political theorisations, which is placed in an existential phenomenological tradition. This book is mainly for social workers and student social workers in Denmark, England and those in other countries that are interested in interprofessional working set in Denmark with a contrast from England. Ho...
Visual Acuity and the Arts of Communication in Early Modern Germany
During the early modern period, visual imagery was put to ever new uses as many disciplines adopted visual criteria for testing truth claims, representing knowledge, or conveying information. Religious propagandists, political writers, satirists, cartographers, the scientific community, and others experimented with new uses of visual images. Artists, writers, preachers, musicians, and performers, among others, often employed visual images or conjured mental images to connect with their audiences. Contributors to this interdisciplinary collection creatively explore how the exponential growth in images, especially prints, impacted the intellectual horizons and the visual awareness of viewers in early modern Germany. Each of the chapters serves as a case study for one or more of the volume?s sub-themes: art, visual literacy, and strategies of presentation; audience and the art of persuasion; the art of envisioning; the ephemeral arts and theatricality; the built environment and spatial settings; and the history of the visual.
The Project
When the prime minister of Israel refuses to support the first Jewish president of the United States upon his re-election, an investigative journalist attempts to find out why and uncovers a devastating secret.--
