An easy-to-read, pocket-sized primer on brief coaching basics. This is a highly practical and condensed introduction to solution-focused coaching, offering a simple and clear structure for coaching sessions that is easy to learn. Content is illuminated through exemplary dialogues from real coaching sessions and bullet-point toolboxes for greater variety of choice. Narrative explanations create a helpful framework for understanding the general idea of coaching and the practicalities of the solution focused approach. Several illustrating graphs and symbols give the book an easy to read, light touch. The book targets beginners in coaching who are looking for simple guidance and step-by-step ideas in their learning process. Topics include: What is coaching? • Coaching―simple, concise and effective • Overview: Major elements of the coaching conversation • Contracting―before you start • Coaching agreement for the first session • Preferred Future • Resources and forerunners of solutions • Small steps and clues of upcoming progress • Session conclusion • Follow-up sessions • Brief coaching of executives―three examples • Beyond technique―continuous learning as a coach

Coaching Plain & Simple: Solution-focused Brief Coaching Essentials (Norton Professional Books (Paperback))

Business & Money

Meier, Daniel

Szabó, Peter

Dierolf, Kirsten

Management & Leadership

W.W.Norton&Company

Mediterranean in Dis/order: Space, Power, and Identity

<div> Mediterranean in Dis/order reveals the connection between space and politics by examining the role that space has played in insurgencies, conflicts, uprisings, and mobilities in the Mediterranean region. With this approach, the authors are able to challenge well-established beliefs about the power structure of the state across different disciplines (including political science, history, sociology, geography, and anthropology), and its impact on the conception, production, and imagination of space in the broader Mediterranean. Further, they contribute to particular areas of studies, such as migration, political Islam, mobilization, and transition to democracy, among others. The book, infusing critical theory, unveils original and revelatory case studies in Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, and the EU Mediterranean policy, through a various set of actors and practices--from refugees and migrations policies, to Islamist or students' movements, architectural sites, or movies. This multidisciplinary perspective on space and power provides a valuable resource for practitioners interested in how space, context, and time interact to produce institutions, political subjectivities, and asymmetries of power, particularly since the turning point of the Arab uprisings. The book also helps readers understand the conditions under which the uprisings develop, giving a clearer picture about various national, regional, and international dynamics. </div>

Politics & Social Sciences

Di Peri, Rosita

Anthropology

University of Michigan Press

Learning In Small Moments: Life In An Urban Classroom (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

Chronicles the ups-and-downs of two young, first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through rich, detailed portraits, excerpts from teacher journals, student work, and lived memories and recollections, Daniel Meier shows that the heart of teaching and learning in our culturally diverse urban schools is tied to the overall quality of human interaction in the classroom.

Sociology

Teachers' College Press

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Drawing on current research and his own teaching, Daniel Meier presents detailed and sensitive portraits of children learning to make sense of literacy during the crucial early childhood years. Included are conversations with children, parents, and teachers about how they view literacy: why it is important, where it comes from, and what it encompasses. What emerges is a rich affirmation of the important role that these beliefs and values play in literacy learning. Highly readable, Scribble Scrabble offers a cogent and timely discussion of ways to unite developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive literacy practices. Anyone concerned about developing the literary talents of young children will find this volume immensely satisfying.

Scribble Scrabble--Learning to Read and Write: Success with Diverse Teachers, Children, and Families

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Drawing on current research and his own teaching, Daniel Meier presents detailed and sensitive portraits of children learning to make sense of literacy during the crucial early childhood years. Included are conversations with children, parents, and teachers about how they view literacy: why it is important, where it comes from, and what it encompasses. What emerges is a rich affirmation of the important role that these beliefs and values play in literacy learning. Highly readable, Scribble Scrabble offers a cogent and timely discussion of ways to unite developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive literacy practices. Anyone concerned about developing the literary talents of young children will find this volume immensely satisfying.

Daniel Meier offers a fresh perspective, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings. Presenting effective, research-based ways for early childhood and elementary teachers to develop a sound and lasting appreciation for, and love of, literature among their students, this resource: <ul>
<li> Offers successful strategies for supporting the language and literacy learning of English language learners, with an emphasis on linking preschool and kindergarten language and literacy teaching.</li> <li> Features original examples of teaching and learning for children from birth through 8 years of age, including suggested activities and useful resource and reference lists.</li> <li> Describes the foundation for children’s literacy development, including phonemic awareness, dictation, and social interaction.</li> <li> Examines how connections between art and language can allow teachers to bring play into the classroom to foster literacy development.</li> <li> Offers strategies and programs for promoting families as powerful partners in their children’s literacy learning.</li> <li> And includes a full-color insert!</li>
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The Young Child's Memory for Words: Developing First and Second Language and Literacy

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Daniel Meier offers a fresh perspective, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings. Presenting effective, research-based ways for early childhood and elementary teachers to develop a sound and lasting appreciation for, and love of, literature among their students, this resource: Offers successful strategies for supporting the language and literacy learning of English language learners, with an emphasis on linking preschool and kindergarten language and literacy teaching. Features original examples of teaching and learning for children from birth through 8 years of age, including suggested activities and useful resource and reference lists. Describes the foundation for children’s literacy development, including phonemic awareness, dictation, and social interaction. Examines how connections between art and language can allow teachers to bring play into the classroom to foster literacy development. Offers strategies and programs for promoting families as powerful partners in their children’s literacy learning. And includes a full-color insert!

This practical resource is a comprehensive introduction to envisioning and carrying out high-quality teacher research in early childhood settings. The text features original research projects by teachers working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children. With special attention given to multicultural and multilingual classrooms, the authors examine forms of children’s play, social interaction, and friendships, language and literacy learning, as well as work with parents and families. This how-to guide provides:
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<li>Specific examples and strategies to help teachers start their own teacher research projects and collaborative groups.</li>
<li>A history of teacher research with links to early childhood practice.</li>
<li>Effective tools for identifying a research question, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination. </li>
<li>Helpful illustrations and examples of children’s art.</li>
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Learning from Young Children in the Classroom: The Art and Science of Teacher Research

Henderson, Barbara

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Coaching Plain & Simple: Solution-focused Brief Coaching Essentials (Norton Professional Books (Paperback))

Mediterranean in Dis/order: Space, Power, and Identity

Mediterranean in Dis/order: Space, Power, and Identity

Learning In Small Moments: Life In An Urban Classroom (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

Learning In Small Moments: Life In An Urban Classroom (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

Scribble Scrabble--Learning to Read and Write: Success with Diverse Teachers, Children, and Families

Scribble Scrabble--Learning to Read and Write: Success with Diverse Teachers, Children, and Families

The Young Child's Memory for Words: Developing First and Second Language and Literacy

The Young Child's Memory for Words: Developing First and Second Language and Literacy

Learning from Young Children in the Classroom: The Art and Science of Teacher Research