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Scientific Inquiry in Social Work
Matthew DeCarlo · Radford University
Có trong mục lục: 1.02: Science and social work · 5.04: The practice of science versus the uses of science · 16.03: The uniqueness of the social work perspective on science
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Mathematics Methods for Early Childhood
Janet Stramel · Fort Hays State University
Most people agree that early childhood includes the period from infancy until eight years of age, characterized by rapid and complex growth in physical, cognitive, and social domains. Math skills must be taught in early childhood. Children should be provided a foundation to succeed in elementary school and beyond. Teachers should focus lessons in early childhood around the basic skills that will help to advance future mathematics.
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Humans R Social Media
Diana Daly · University of Arizona
Social media and humans exist in a world of mutual influence, and humans play central roles in how this influence is mediated and transferred. Humans R Social Media uses plain language and features contributions by students to help readers understand how we as humans shape social media, and how social media shapes our world in turn.
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Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies
Has Arakelyan · Rio Hondo College
Có trong mục lục: 4.04: Magnus Hirschfeld Havelock Ellis and the Birth of Sexual Science
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Career and Life Planning
Graciela Martinez and Elizabeth Shaker · College of the Canyons
We are excited you have decided to take time to invest in your future. Career and life planning is a lifetime process and this text is designed to equip you with the tools necessary to navigate each step of the way. This text is divided into six units to guide you through the career exploration and planning process. The purpose of this text is to help you gain a better understanding of yourself, the world of work, and where you fit best. We hope you enjoy the process. Let’s get started!
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An Introduction to Geology (Johnson, Affolter, Inkenbrandt, and Mosher)
Yoshie Hagiwara · California State University Los Angeles
Có trong mục lục: 01: Understanding Science · 1.01: What is Science · 1.06: Science Denial and Evaluating Sources
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Intro to Biotechnology
Andre Walther · Cedar Crest College
Có trong mục lục: 01: Introduction to Science · 1.02: The Process of Science
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Dress, Appearance, and Diversity in U.S. Society (Reddy-Best, Elder and Hassall)
Kelly L. Reddy-Best, Abbey K Elder, and Lesya Hassall · Iowa State University
Có trong mục lục: 1.04: Social Science Theories
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Case Studies in Community Psychology Practice - A Global Lens (Palmer, Rogers, Viola and Engel)
Geraldine L. Palmer, Todd L. Rogers, Judah Viola, and Maronica Engel · LibreTexts
This textbook displays this work in a dynamic case study format that will ignite students' desire and passion to study and become future community psychologists or those whose heart beats with the beloved community. You can find community psychologists and allies partnering with communities to change racist policies, end health disparities, create alternate settings for youth, foster community-based models to heal trauma, evaluate programs, and much more!
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Analyzing Meaning - An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
Paul Kroeger · Dallas International University
This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect.
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Writing Unleashed
Sybil Priebe, Ronda Marman, & Dana Anderson · North Dakota State College of Science
Welcome to Writing Unleashed, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as an extremely brief guide for students, jam-packed with teachers’ voices, students’ voices, and engineered for fun.
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Gendered Lives: Global Issues
Nadine T. Fernandez and Katie Nelson Eds. · LibreTexts
Gendered Lives takes a regional approach to examine gender issues from an anthropological perspective with a focus on globalization and intersectionality. Chapters present contributors' ethnographic research, contextualizing their findings within four geographic regions: Latin America, the Caribbean, South Asia, and the Global North.
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ED 201: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education
Melanie A. Leave · North Central Michigan College
Prepared students to examine the impact of diversity on education including its historical foundations, the impact on students, the effective practices for diverse learners and the creation of equitable and inclusive classrooms. The course covers historical and sociological perspectives of US education, its changing purposes and expansion to diverse populations and the relationship between schools and society.
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Byte of Python
Swaroop C H · LibreTexts
"A Byte of Python" is a free book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience. If all you know about computers is how to save text files, then this is the book for you.
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GEL 116: Oceanography
Tessa Hill · University of California, Davis
Oceanography is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean and covers a wide range of topics, including marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries.
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Cultural Anthropology
Wikibook · LibreTexts
Anthropology is the holistic and scientific study of humanity. Cultural Anthropology focuses on contemporary human cultures, their beliefs, myths, values, practices, technologies, economies and other domains of social and cognitive organization. The detailed descriptions of culture, or ethnography, are based upon a methodology of primary data collection through participant observation with living human populations.
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The History of Our Tribe - Hominini
Barbara Welker · SUNY Geneseo
The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution.
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Building Democracy for All
Robert W. Maloy & Torrey Trust · University of Massachusetts
Building Democracy for All is an interactive, multimodal, multicultural, open access e-book for teaching and learning key topics in United States Government and Civic Life. It focuses on the importance of community engagement and social responsibility among middle and high school students—core themes in the Massachusetts 8th Grade History & Social Science Curriculum Framework.
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Inferring and Explaining
Jeffery L. Johnson · Portland State University
Inferring and Explaining is a book in practical epistemology. It examines the notion of evidence and assumes that good evidence is the essence of rational thinking. Evidence is the cornerstone of the natural, social, and behavioral sciences. But it is equally central to almost all academic pursuits and, perhaps most importantly, to the basic need to live an intelligent and reflective life.
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Introduction to Children with Exceptionalities
Dana Rethwisch · Palo Verde Community College
This book introduces learners to the many facets of special education. Readers are invited to explore a variety of disabilities that may qualify a child for individualized support services. Readers will learn about cognitive, physical, sensory, emotional, and developmental differences, along with the laws and instructional strategies that guide educational practice. Readers will also be invited to identify with the children presented in various scenarios.