Self-Harm and Eating Disorders in Schools
A Guide to Whole-School Strategies and Practical Support
With steadily increasing incidences of self-harm and eating disorders among students and long waiting lists for specialised support, schools have a more active role than ever in supporting young people with these issues. This guide provides information and guidance on how to help students from whole-school policies to day-to-day strategies.
How to Create Kind Schools
12 extraordinary projects making schools happier and helping every child fit in
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Kidscape, a national charity that works to prevent bullying and promote inclusion, this book tells the story of 12 innovative projects that schools across the UK are running which help to promote inclusion, tolerance and kindness and tackle issues such as homophobia, racism and truancy.
More Indian Ernie
Insights from the Streets
Retired Police Sergeant Ernie Louttit heads back to the streets in his second book, giving readers a rare glimpse of the realities a street cop faces dealing with prostitutes, street gangs, drunk drivers, and other offenders.
Teaching Each Other
Nehinuw Concepts and Indigenous Pedagogies
Drawing on Nehinuw (Cree) educational concepts, this book provides a new theoretical and practical model for teaching Indigenous students.
Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education
Practical Strategies for Teachers
This book illustrates how to connect students to the natural world and encourage them to care about a more sustainable, ecologically secure planet.
Aboriginal Student Engagement and Achievement
Educational Practices and Cultural Sustainability
A timely assessment of a successful initiative to support Aboriginal cultural ways and worldviews in one Ontario high school.
Teaching Crowds
Learning and Social Media
Online Distance Education
Towards a Research Agenda
Offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research.
The Public Sociology Debate
Ethics and Engagement
Leading Canadian experts discuss when – and if – sociologists should intervene in public debates and engage in social activism.
Teaching in Blended Learning Environments
Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry
Provides a coherent framework in which to explore the transformative concept of blended learning, the integration of complementary face-to-face and online approaches and technologies.
Unthinkable Thoughts
Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine
This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea – the one-state model for Israel and Palestine – and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom.
Indian Ernie
Perspectives on Policing and Leadership by Ernie Louttit
Retired police sergeant Ernie Louttit shares stories from the streets of Saskatoon, struggling to bring justice to communities where the lines between criminal and victim often blurred.
Decolonizing Education
Nourishing the Learning Spirit
An impassioned argument for Aboriginal education and critical engagement with Indigenous knowledges and traditions.
A Metaphoric Mind
Selected Writings of Joseph Couture
"Dr. Joe challenges the reader to examine both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal approaches to the world and demonstrates the differences between Indigenous knowledge and Western thought." -Ed Buller
Living Indigenous Leadership
Native Narratives on Building Strong Communities
Native women share their knowledge and insights about leadership at the community level.
“Don’t Be So Gay!”
Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe
Queer students speak out in a book that seeks to address the problem of homophobic bullying in schools.
Open Data Structures
An Introduction
An introduction to the field of data structures and algorithms.
Asperkids
An Insider's Guide to Loving, Understanding and Teaching Children with Asperger Syndrome
A School in Every Village
Educational Reform in a Northeast China County, 1904-31
Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China’s early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed.
Gardening for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Educational Needs
Engaging with Nature to Combat Anxiety, Promote Sensory Integration and Build Social Skills
A practical introduction to using gardening with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and special needs to teach valuable social, emotional and sensory skills.
MathWorks 12 Student Workbook Solutions
This resource provides complete worked solutions to the questions in the MathWorks 12 Workbook.
Valences of Interdisciplinarity
Theory, Practice, Pedagogy
A collection of essays on interdisciplinary theory, research, and teaching.
Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice
Notes from the Trenches of Distance Education
Extending the reach of higher education through flexibility.
Child and Youth Care
Critical Perspectives on Pedagogy, Practice, and Policy
This book reconceptualizes child and youth care by bringing critical and postmodern perspectives to bear on practices, programs, and policies.
New Possibilities for the Past
Shaping History Education in Canada
Canadian historians and educators discuss current debates about history education and historical knowledge to develop an innovative agenda for research and practice in the new millennium.
A Beginner's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Essential Information for Parents and Professionals
This concise and straight-talking guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder will ensure parents, carers, teachers and other professionals feel confident, informed and able to cope with the road ahead.
Keeping the Nation's House
Domestic Management and the Making of Modern China
Explores the vision and aspirations of elite Chinese women – home economists – who believed that the birth of modern China should begin in the home.
Contesting White Supremacy
School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians
By drawing on Chinese sources and perspectives, this book offers an anti-racist history of the 1922-23 Chinese students’ strike in Victoria and Asian exclusion and racism in British Columbia.
Emerging Technologies in Distance Education
A one-stop knowledge resource, this book showcases the international work of research scholars and innovative distance education practitioners who use emerging interactive technologies for teaching and learning at a distance.