Discover how George Washington Carver went from a slave to an innovator of agricultural science in this luminously illustrated picture book.Born a slave, George Washington Carver went on to become the most prominent black scientist of the early twentieth century.

2024 SPE Outstanding Book Award Honorable MentionThe idea of the doctorate is undergoing a transformation as experts explore the nature of “doctorateness” and its relevance for current organizational and societal challenges. The professional practice doctorate has emerged as a highly useful framework to address these challenges and it necessarily requires a distinctive approach to the doctoral dissertation.The Action Research Dissertation: Learning from...

This classic picture book from beloved author-illustrator Aliki is a great way to explore feelings with younger kids, whether at home or in the classroom. Happy, sad, shy, excited—how do you feel? No matter the emotion, Feelings explores it—and helps children understand and express their own feelings.Best-selling author Aliki uses a child-friendly cartoon style to build empathy and awareness in young readers—and to help them find appropriate ways to handle...

A 2023 SPE Outstanding Book Honorable MentionGenerative Knowing explores the mystery of learning from the unknown in ways that reveal that learning is a dynamic phenomenon, encompassing both personal and societal contexts.Dewey defines learning in terms of experience, reflection, continuity, and interactivity. When learning happens, it eventually solidifies into reliable truths that become a shortcut for taking action or making decisions—thus a hab...

Generative Knowing explores the mystery of learning from the unknown in ways that reveal that learning is a dynamic phenomenon, encompassing both personal and societal contexts.Dewey defines learning in terms of experience, reflection, continuity, and interactivity. When learning happens, it eventually solidifies into reliable truths that become a shortcut for taking action or making decisions—thus a habit of learning is formed and becomes rigid.Generative knowing ...

With more than 950 questions, and containing diagrams found in the actual exam, this book encompasses the syllabus of the Final FRCA as set by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, including five complete examinations, each comprising of 90 MCQs. Questions have been modelled on actual exam questions so that they accurately reflect the style and level

This study of forensic crime fiction from the US and the UK examines the prominent roles that women play in many of these novels, arguing that there are historical continuities with earlier forms of contact with the dead body. Refuting claims that the female forensic examiner exhibits traits of typically masculine behaviour, it suggests that the female gaze humanises the victims of crime and alters their representations. Utilising the views of a world-famous forensic scientist interviewed ...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The #MeToo movement sparked many debates and increased the demand for more problematised perspectives on the issue of sexual harassment.This book opens up new understandings of sexual harassment by bringing researchers, writers and policy makers in the Nordic region into dialogue within an ambitious volume. It asks what role juridical frameworks can and should play in prevention and raises questions about how the...

Conquer Your Summit: Unleash Your Full Potential and Start Living Your Dream Life Now!Don't just dream about success—seize it with Conquer Your Summit. This guide is your ticket to unlocking the secrets of The Summit Method, a proven strategy that will empower you to craft an actionable five-year plan and embark on your journey to living your dream life.Conquer Your Summit doesn't just promise transformatio...

This book offers a critical study and analysis of American fiction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It focuses on novels that ‘go outward’ literally and metaphorically, and it concentrates on narratives that take place mainly away from the US’s geographical borders.Varvogli draws on current theories of travel globalization and post-national studies, and proposes a dynamic model that will enable scholars to approach contemporary American fiction and assess recent change...

This handbook offers an expanded discourse on transformative learning by making the turn into new passageways to explore the phenomenon of transformation. It curates diverse discourses, knowledges and practices of transformation, in ways that both includes and departs from the adult learning mainstay of transformative learning and adult education.The purpose of this handbook is not to resolve or unify a theory of transformation and all the disciplinary contributions that clearly pr...