Special Education: Contemporary Perspectives for School Professionals


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Real Teachers, Real Families and Students, Real Classrooms, Real Research.   Contemporary concepts and evidence-based practices prepare new teachers for their roles in the education and well-being of students with disabilities and other special needs.  Marilyn Friend combines research-informed concepts and skills with practical information for educators working in this challenging age of high standards and accountability, curriculum access, … More >>

Calvin’s Teaching On Job – Book Review


For many of us the book of Job stands directly in the centre of one of the most complicated problems of life – the interaction between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. Its implications for a world of suffering and injustice is one that has provoked much tortuous thought for both Calvinists and Arminians. How Job deals with tremendous suffering – losing most of his earthly possessions, family and health – and how God deals with Job’s suffering, does not necessarily make a nicely pack
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The Academic Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Documenting Teaching, Research, and Service


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This comprehensive book focuses squarely on academic portfolios, which may prove to be the most innovative and promising faculty evaluation and development technique in years. The authors identify key issues, red flag warnings, and benchmarks for success, describing the what, why, and how of developing academic portfolios. The book includes an extensively tested step-by-step approach to creating portfolios and lists 21 possible portfolio items covering teaching, res… More >>