Using Rubrics for Teaching and Learning offers practical, evidence-based ideas for how rubrics can serve the multifaceted needs of students. Research shows that, under the right conditions, rubrics can promote learning, scaffold effective peer and self-assessment, and even support self-regulated learning, while also expediting an informative grading process. Built on four principles of effective application, this accessible book posits that rubrics must be developmentally and pedagogically appropriate, illuminate the learning goals, enable constructive feedback, and produce fair grades. Critiques of common shortcomings in rubric design and implementation offer guidance for positive, purposeful classroom experiences. Pre- and in-service teachers who read this book will come away with skills in using rubrics to support learning.

Circulating Subjects investigates the migration of women abroad for sex work from the 1880s through the 1930s, which Russian feminists, liberal jurists, and imperial bureaucrats worked together to define and criminalize as "white slavery." As Circulating Subjects reveals, white slavery became a powerful tool of border control for the Russian Empire, later the Soviet Union, as it played a central role in shaping a global campaign against sex trafficking.

Philippa Hetherington explores how a paternalistic desire to protect women underwrote the expansion of state power, linking gender, sexuality, and migration to the broader politics of sovereignty. Through vivid archival research spanning Odessa, Istanbul, and Geneva, Hetherington follows the development of Russian and Soviet efforts against sex trafficking across legal, diplomatic, and carceral domains. She draws on police files, consular reports, and the records of early feminist and humanitarian organizations to show how anti-trafficking campaigns, often led by people who considered themselves progressive, ultimately reinforced systems of surveillance and repression. Her framing of the "sex/migration nexus" captures how trafficking became a flexible label used to police the movements of entire populations.

Circulating Subjects examines how trafficking was constructed, debated, and institutionalized. Hetherington's account offers critical insight into how moral panic becomes policy and how states mobilize concern for women to reinforce their power. For readers interested in gender, migration, and global law, this book illuminates a past that echoes in the ways we police borders today.

This book offers an accessible introduction to psychological theories of attitudes, attitude change, and persuasion. It explores questions of what attitudes are, how people form different attitudes, and how these attitudes can be changed.

This book guides readers through five core sections that examine the essential properties and components of attitudes, key theoretical frameworks explaining attitude formation and change, methodologies for measuring and assessing attitudes, real-world applications across diverse domains, and cutting-edge research and emerging trends. It looks at how attitude theory can be applied to health behaviours, political decision-making, marketing strategies, and environmental sustainability initiatives. This book also presents valuable insights into recognising and defending against manipulative persuasion techniques, from propaganda to deception in the marketplace.

By highlighting the profound influence attitudes exert on human behaviour, this book serves as essential reading for students of social psychology, applied psychology, sociology, political science, communication, marketing, and management. It will also be of interest to anyone interested in knowing more about the psychology behind persuasion and attitudes.

This book engages in the stream of transnational migration studies by drawing on an empirical examination of the ties that Tunisian migrants and their descendants, living in both northern and southern Italy, maintain with their country of origin.

Through the unique application of Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework to the study of transnationality, the book demonstrates how transnationality can be understood in terms of practice - or as the actualisation of a habitus generated in relation to the social position of the agents, through a constant dialectic between interiority and exteriority. Rather than engaging with selected concepts in isolation, the work employs Bourdieu's entire framework to develop a holistic interpretation of the transnational experience, where objective and subjective dimensions are intimately intertwined, ultimately leading to a praxeological approach to the analysis of migratory transnationality.

Towards Transnationality as Practice addresses a crucial gap in transnational migration studies, bringing a deeper understanding of the modalities through which transnationality is practised. It will appeal to scholars, researchers and advanced students with interests in migration and diaspora, transnationalism, cross-Mediterranean migration, social space, and belonging.

Ancient Lives is an engaging and accessible textbook that introduces complete beginners to the fascinating worlds of archaeology and prehistory through sites of key significance and the world's first civilizations.

Opening with an introduction to the basic principles, methods, and theoretical approaches of archaeology, the book then provides a summary of world prehistory from a global perspective, exploring human origins and the reality of life in the prehistoric world. Later chapters explore the development of agriculture and animal domestication, and the emergence of cities and state-level societies across the globe. The new edition updates and reflects the latest thinking through numerous updates of case studies, discoveries, and advances in methods and theory. In addition to comprehensive revisions throughout the book, new sections on the relevance of archaeology to contemporary society and issues are included.

Ancient Lives continues to be a comprehensive and essential introduction to archaeology and is an ideal textbook for students studying archaeology and prehistory for the first time.

This work pioneers the concept of "cultural self-awareness" in social psychology by moving beyond "WEIRD psychology" to examine the psychological transformations of Chinese society during rapid modernization. The book accomplishes this through unique studies on symbolic boundaries, policy processes, and mentality maps.

Focusing on the intersection of social psychology and religious studies, the book explores cultural awareness and identity in the context of modern pressures. Through compelling case studies, particularly those involving social identity events and diverse religious groups, it reveals the complexities of contemporary China. Integrating sociological perspectives and theoretical exploration within transitional psychology, the book demonstrates how social psychology provides vital tools for understanding behavior in transitional societies. While deeply rooted in the Chinese experience, its innovative concepts and methodologies offer universally relevant insights for interpreting similar global dynamics.

This book is essential reading for students and scholars of social psychology, cultural studies, sociology, and religious studies, as well as for professionals interested in China or societal transitions. Its accessible approach also benefits librarians, publishers, and policymakers seeking profound analyses of modern societal change.

This book delivers a unique way of understanding the heart of every first-person military shooter game - its enemies - from within the genre itself to present a nuanced view of opponents in war games.

The analysis provides a systematic framework for a comparative and intersectional analysis that pays attention to multiple layers of video games, such as narrative, audiovisuality, gameplay, and the construction of ludic space, considering genre-specific conventions and mechanics. Integrating theories and methods from game studies, cultural studies, and religious studies, this book introduces the concept of "ludic othering." By applying this concept to a variety of military shooters produced during the heyday of the War on Terror, this book illustrates "ludic othering's" analytical potential in answering a central question: What social and cultural ascriptions are at play in the representation of enemies?

This volume will interest students and scholars of video game studies, religious and cultural studies, digital media, genre, history, postcolonial studies, and communication studies.

Somali Christians constitute one of the world's most persecuted religious minorities, yet their experiences have received remarkably little scholarly attention. This book offers the first in-depth examination of conversion from Islam to Christianity among Somalis and presents the first empirically grounded theory explaining how individuals in the Global North navigate this transition and eventually disclose their new faith to Muslim relatives and communities.

Focusing on Somali converts living in the United Kingdom and Sweden - the two European countries with the largest Somali immigrant populations - the study sheds light on the complex and often precarious process by which individuals move from initial doubts to open commitment. It not only traces the stages of this journey but also highlights the moral dilemmas, intellectual challenges, social dynamics, and practical decisions that shape a convert's path. By exploring both internal struggles and external pressures, this book provides a rare and nuanced account of what it means to leave Islam for Christianity.

This volume will be of interest to scholars of religion and migration, leaders in Muslim communities, Christian workers ministering among Somali and other Muslim-background populations, as well as policymakers and human rights professionals. How Somali Muslims Become Christians in Europe invites deeper reflection on the lived experience of religious freedom in contemporary societies.

The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland: Anger and Ethics uniquely combines academic film analysis, biographical detail, and personal interviews with the filmmaker, conducted over the course of a year, to trace the development of Agnieszka Holland's female characters and how they have been reshaped across half a century.

Piotrowska considers Holland's distinctive and evolving vision of society, history, gender, and family relationships, with particular attention to how the filmmaker's own background has influenced this vision. The study engages with Freud's notion of afterwardness, Marianne Hirsch's concept of posthistory, and the author's theorisations of female authorship and the figure of the "nasty woman" in cinema. Through detailed readings of six feature films, it highlights Holland's extraordinary contribution to global film and television culture, and her movement from despair to a creative rage through collaborations and adaptations.

This original and insightful work will be essential reading for students and scholars of European and world cinema, feminism, gender studies, European history, filmmaking, authorship, and applied psychoanalysis and ethics.

This volume examines the enduring entanglement of erotic desire with political, cultural, and historical change. Bringing together interdisciplinary scholarship, it explores how sex, sexuality, and eroticism both shape and are shaped by historical narratives, across diverse periods, geographies, and media. The chapters address secrecy, colonial and imperial regimes, regulation, and acts of resistance, revealing how the erotic functions as a site of power, negotiation, and subversion. Case studies range from historical correspondence and colonial medical debates to queer romance, feminist art, and contemporary queer theory, engaging with contexts from People's Poland to post-independence Lithuania, Thatcher-era Britain, and beyond.

This book will be of value to scholars and students of history, literary and cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, art history, and queer theory. Its multidisciplinary approach offers both specific historical insights and broader methodological reflections on how the study of eroticism can illuminate the workings of power and resistance. By foregrounding the erotic as a dynamic historical force, the volume invites readers to reconsider the intimate links between pleasure, politics, and the past, and to see sexuality as central to understanding human experience across time.

This book explores the ways in which educators in media programs at colleges and universities can work toward decolonizing the curriculum and implementing necessary practices of media literacy to help students become more responsible media practitioners.

Taking an autoethnographic approach and reflecting on their experiences as a student and educator with an intersectional identity, the author proposes that for media education to instil positive change in the media industry, there must be a more direct objective of decolonizing media education. Looking specifically at how media education programs lack an understanding of how to make their courses more equitable, they propose an ambitious start to decolonize media education: by dismantling current classroom norms and rebuilding from the perspective of performance, as it is connected to the bodies of those in the classroom and the field, we can build a critical media literacy framework to make education equitable.

This insightful book will support media educators in higher education, as well as k-12 media educators, instructional designers, and media researchers.

A revealing look at how colleges are confronting disruption, and what their responses mean for the future of higher education.

In From Upheaval to Action, Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt offer a vital update on the shifting landscape of American higher education. Building on the insights of their bestselling book The Great Upheaval, this on-the-ground account of how institutions are responding to today's profound changes encapsulates two years of in-depth observation and conversation. Based on visits to more than sixty institutions and organizations-including colleges, state systems, accrediting bodies, and foundations-the authors provide an unflinching portrait of a sector navigating a complex, high-stakes transformation.

Colleges and universities are confronting the combined pressures of demographic realignment, economic strain, and technological disruption. They face challenges not only in attracting and retaining students, but also in remaining relevant in a world reshaped by automation, artificial intelligence, and the accelerating demands of a global knowledge economy. This book chronicles the successes and missteps of institutional responses while tracking new developments that have surged to the forefront, including the rise of alternative credentials, the redefinition of college affordability, renewed scrutiny of DEI initiatives, and growing political tensions around academic freedom and public trust.

From Upheaval to Action identifies areas of experimentation and change, spotlighting the creativity and resilience emerging within the sector. It examines what is being tried, what is proving effective, and what remains uncertain, offering essential insights into how today's decisions are shaping the colleges and universities of tomorrow. Transformation is already underway, and its outcomes will be shaped by those institutions prepared to meet it with purpose, flexibility, and courage.

At a time of unprecedented challenge in education, with a crisis in retention and staff wellbeing, the need for a new approach to school leadership could hardly be clearer. This book shows how compassionate practice can empower leaders to transform our schools into truly human organisations, creating cultures of connection and candour in which communities can thrive.

Drawing on the author's 20 years' experience as a senior school leader, this hands-on guide explores the real-life challenges of running a school and offers a fresh perspective on approaches to leadership tasks, emphasising collaboration and kindness. Written in an approachable and engaging style and informed by relevant research, Compassionate Leadership in Education synthesises evidence and experience, offering examples and encouragement in self-contained chapters that address the key components of leading with compassion.

From building motivated teams to handling the toughest situations, this guide for school leaders explores practical ways to develop the architecture of compassion within your school, leading with courage and kindness - and looking after yourself in the process.

Based on empirical evidence from authentic classroom data, this book promotes the value of aesthetic development in early childhood from a range of perspectives across the curriculum.

Aesthetic development is crucial for the growth and learning of young children. Learning about aesthetics supports children's compassionate view of themselves, others and the world around them. Using Housen's model of aesthetic development as a guide, the book draws on qualitative research to provide both grounded insights and a robust theoretical framework on several topics related to aesthetic development and early childhood, including musical play, creative and social learning, research on nature and sustainability and aesthetic literacies. Through case studies, reflective practice and critical analysis, the book offers effective approaches to interpreting and enacting early childhood curriculum, placing aesthetic development at the heart of meaningful educational experiences. It also supports teachers in embracing creative and imaginative approaches to nurture children's learning and development, encouraging practices that celebrate curiosity, expression and wonder.

Bringing together research, theory and practical methods, this is an essential resource for early years teacher education as well as practitioners and researchers seeking a more nuanced understanding of how aesthetic experiences can enrich and support learning and development.

The global pandemic created an "anxious generation," and everyone is talking about how to "fix" education or improve students' mental health. But what are the challenges that students, teachers, and their families are really dealing with on a daily basis, and what are some ways we begin to reclaim connection?

In this unique, important book, experienced middle school teacher Amber Chandler engages us in an honest discussion of how we can counteract the impact of the pandemic by rethinking how communities, families, and schools can collaborate for student success. Chandler's conversational style features frank discussions, actionable strategies, and interviews with top thinkers on the way forward, out of a Scared New World. Reclaiming connection is the way to meet the "anxious generation" where they are and show them the way to do more than survive-to thrive.

During this time of uncertainty, this book doesn't lament about "kids today" but proposes real solutions. Shifts in society are accompanied by unrest, but we can't walk around it-Chandler helps us grow through it.

Psychiatry and Spiritual Awakening reimagines the landscape of mental healthcare by integrating traditional psychiatric approaches with Transpersonal Psychology and spiritual insight.

Written from the perspective of a seasoned psychiatrist and transpersonal therapist, the book offers an innovative synthesis that bridges biological, psychological, and spiritual understandings of mental suffering. It highlights the limitations of the biomedical paradigm and the chronic, stigmatizing identity it often imposes on patients, instead reframing psychiatric suffering as a potential catalyst for personal and spiritual growth. Through a historical and conceptual overview, the author traces the evolution of psychiatry and psychology, examining how modern practice has become dominated by symptom-focused, pharmacological interventions. The book then introduces the principles of Transpersonal Psychology, drawing on the work of figures such as Jung, Assagioli, Wilber, and Grof, and integrating Eastern contemplative traditions and spiritual frameworks with Western clinical practice and contemporary neuroscience. Through detailed case studies, the book demonstrates how Transpersonal Therapy differs from conventional approaches and comprehensively illustrates the clinical application of the transpersonal point of view. The author explores different psychiatric syndromes and their models of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery according to different approaches, bridging the gap between biological psychiatry and holistic, meaning-centered approaches. Techniques such as deep guided relaxation through chakra-focused energy work in the sessions are described in detail and the therapist's own state of presence and energetic awareness is emphasized as a key factor in facilitating healing. The book calls for a paradigm shift: to move beyond symptom management and toward an integrative model that honors the complexity-and possible purpose-of altered states.

Both authoritative and accessible, this practical, compassionate guide charts a path toward a more holistic, humane, and hopeful vision of mental healthcare for any clinician or researcher, providing technical details on Transpersonal Psychotherapy.

This practical guide empowers parents, educators, and clinicians with the tools they require to free children and young adults from body shame and weight stigma.

Dr. Hartman delivers exactly what parents, educators, and clinicians need: real conversations, proven scripts, protocols, and actionable strategies to navigate challenging discussions about bodies, food, and health, backed by medical expertise. This book is organized into targeted sections for different audiences and charts a path toward a future where young people can embrace ease and individuality, free from diets and societal expectations about bodies.

Drawing from both scientific research and real-world practice, the book presents a compelling case for weight-neutral care that respects the diversity of human bodies while promoting sustainable health. Designed to be accessible and efficient with clearly organized sections, concise summaries, and ready-to-use resources for each context, it offers strategies for repair when conversations about weight and health haven't gone as intended. Whether you're a doctor in an exam room, a parent at the dinner table, or a teacher in a classroom, this book will help you feel confident and prepared to have these conversations in a way that prioritizes health without perpetuating stigma or harm.

This book focuses on the Pentecostal experience of African-Caribbean women in Britain, paying attention to the influence of Pentecostalism as it is expressed in everyday life. Foregrounding the voices of Black British Pentecostal women, it presents the church not as a haven but as a context of empowerment. Pentecostal spirituality provided Caribbean women of the Windrush generation the spiritual and theological means to re-vision the British realities of racism, sexism, and ecclesial patriarchy. Their Pentecostal expression motivated the women to organise churches as spaces of quiet social activism displayed in the lives of successive generations as they navigate contemporary Britain. Utilising qualitative research located within the discipline of practical theology, the author considers the following questions: What is the nature of the experiential dimension of Pentecostalism in the lives of African-Caribbean women? What are the features of African-Caribbean spirituality? And how might the lived experience of African-Caribbean women contribute to an understanding of Pentecostal spirituality? The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, theology, history, and gender studies.

Developing Qualitative Descriptions presents a straightforward approach for producing academically rigorous descriptions using qualitative data.

This book, the first focused solely on qualitative description, is accessible to readers with no prior background in qualitative research. It provides sufficient guidance for you to complete an entire research project. What do nurses see as the barriers to improving care? What process do customers go through to buy a product? What are parents' views of a new educational policy? These are the types of important research questions this book will help you answer.

This volume is useful for students, trainees, and researchers starting with qualitative research or for researchers in applied disciplines, like business, education, nursing, and medicine. It is an appropriate text for an introduction to research methods, undergraduate- or graduate-level qualitative methods courses, or thesis projects that use qualitative description.