Science Students

Rooted in examples from their own and others' classrooms, the authors offer discipline-specific practices for implementing antiracist literature instruction in White-dominant schools.

Brown Enough, Christopher Rivas's first book, is a literary memoir about what it truly means to be Brown in America. Holding the weight of being a Latino man, Christopher wonders where he falls on the color line, widened through his experience as an ethnically am­biguous actor of color in Holly­wood and the many dangers and pitfalls that come from owning one's Brownness. Told through the lens of his personal stories and in a unique and literal voice, Christopher examines the deep history of his Dominican and Colombian heritage.

Drowning in a sea of paperwork? Overwhelmed with preparing lesson plans and homework? Welcome a new era of teaching with AI. Many teachers find themselves grappling with the challenging task of balancing their teaching responsibilities with the numerous non-teaching demands that come their way. Teachers work about 50 hours a week with less than 50% of that time directly engaging with students. Finding the right balance between teaching and a multitude of other tasks remains a persistent struggle in the demanding world of education.

In Freedom Teaching, educator and distinguished anti-racism practitioner Matthew Kincaid delivers a one-stop resource for educators and educational leaders seeking to improve equity and increase the cultural responsiveness of their school. In this book, you'll discover the meaning and fundamentals of anti-racist education and find a roadmap to reducing the impact of systemic racism in your classroom.

Вот и к отставному легионному некроманту, члену гильдии мастеров мёртвых, она пришла вместе с племянницей, которую он взял в ученицы.

In our rapidly changing global environment where learning methods, styles and access vary dramatically it is increasingly necessary to stimulate conversation around drastically revolutionizing education. In You Can’t Make Fish Climb Trees: Overcoming Educational Malpractice Through Authentic Learning author and scholar Lawrence Muganga advocates for educational transformation and exposes our archaic education systems modeled for nineteenth-century Europe, which has allowed governments and administrators to structure and deliver education as if it were an assembly line.

When Lightning Tickled History is a popular, narrative nonfiction, history audiobook designed as a supplemental history book for college students as well as a general interest audiobook. It is a light, breezy, historically-accurate collection of vignettes of incidents when lightning played in part in the drama of human affairs. It includes sections on lightning’s impact on the origin of life, Roman history, both Babylonian Captivities, Martin Luther, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Charles Darwin, Hindenburg, Nicholas Tesla, and the role of lightning in the modern age.

Discussions about inequality often focus on achievement gaps. But opportunity is about more than just test scores. Opportunity gaps are a function of not just what students know, but who they know. This book explores the central role that relationships play in young people's lives and provides guidance for a path forward. Exploring the latest tools, data, and real-world examples, this book provides evidence-based guidance for educators looking to level the playing field and expert analysis on how policymakers and entrepreneurs can help.

This audiobook exposes the exploitation and entrapment in Canada’s student loan system: a system that cripples or destroys the careers, health, and hopes of thousands, while lining the pockets of banks, collection agencies, and bureaucrats. It's a system where students are driven to abandon school for minimum-wage work, prostitution, or gambling to pay debts. Some have committed suicide to escape unrealistic payment schedules and conditions.

GET INTO LAW is a transformative guide for aspiring legal professionals. This book is for students and aspiring lawyers looking to land coveted roles in the legal profession, whether you are applying for training contracts, qualifying legal work experience or starting out. Meera Patel shares her unique blueprint, inspiring and elevating you into your unique legal career, in just ten, transformative self-development steps. Get Into Law also includes a companion workbook to support you in taking action and fulfilling your potential.

What does it mean to "know" something? While the answer to this question has been traditionally defined by the content of an individual's mind, artificial intelligence technology, or AI, has the potential to completely redefine the notion. In no context are discussions of "what it means to know" more relevant than in those surrounding individuals with cognitive disabilities - unique individuals who struggle with knowing daily.

Black students were forced to live and learn on the Black side of the color line for centuries, through the time of slavery, Emancipation, and the Jim Crow era. And for just as long—even through to today—Black students have been seen as a problem and a seemingly troubled population in America’s public imagination. Through over one hundred firsthand accounts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Professor Jarvis Givens offers a powerful counter-narrative in School Clothes to challenge such dated and prejudiced storylines.

This is a book of 13 different drinking games for college students that will liven the party anytime you play them. Sitting around with friends drinking can get repetitive, so add some variety with these games. Be careful, it can get wild....

The purpose of this research is to examine the ways in which mentoring affects black graduate students' completion of programs of study. Performance is measured by completion of their graduate program, length of time taken to complete the program, grade point average, and overall attitude about their graduate school experience. On average, over half of all black graduate students leave their programs of study before completion compared to 25 percent attrition (non-completion of program of study) of white students.

This book comprises four books to help you on your path to success.

This guide addresses common concerns and offers practical strategies for integrating AI into your teaching methods. Learn to navigate ethical considerations, stay updated on advancements, and embrace AI as an asset to your role as an educator. Simplify and streamline your workload with manageable steps to incorporate AI, regardless of your technical background. Discover how AI can enhance your teaching journey – click to explore now!

In the summer of 2014, Firas Jumaah was working diligently to complete his doctorate in chemistry at Lund University in Sweden when he suddenly received news that an ISIS advance in northern Iraq threatened the lives of his wife and children. As the situation worsened by the minute, Firas managed to send a message to his professor, Charlotta Turner, to let her know that he did not expect to return to Sweden to complete his dissertation. She quickly organized a commando mission that resulted in the dramatic rescue of Firas from war-torn Iraq.

Tobías, el alumno nuevo, terminó de leer su escalofriante redacción y todos lo miraron sorprendidos. En ese momento, jamás se imaginaron que sus palabras se iban a hacer realidad… Algo pasa en el colegio, algunos pocos logran protegerse y se refugian en un aula. Creen que ahí están a salvo, pero el juego está por comenzar: un llamado de una voz desconocida les ordena superar tres obstáculos. Si desobedecen, sus vidas y la de todos los que los rodean corren peligro mortal.

Are you looking for ways to harness virtual classroom challenges into opportunities for faster growth and more profound connections? In this book, you will find practical strategies to help you cultivate resilience and build a healthy and robust mind-set in a virtual learning environment. These strategies will also help prepare your students to succeed in online teaching and learning with an adaptive and resilient mind-set. After all, you want to harness this global challenge into a growth opportunity for both you and your students.

As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr., argue that "student" has to come first: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. They draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people.