books about: community-based     books:     Community-based      Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community (Online Teaching and Learning Series (OTL)) Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt Jossey-Bass, 2004 Succinct and to the point I am using this book for a course in Fostering Online Learning Communities and I love it. It is an easy read, very well organized, authoritative, and full of useful tips despite the limited research on this emerging topic. Well worth the small price.             Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health Barbara A. Israel, Eugenia Eng, ... Jossey-Bass, 2005 Great Book, Great Service ! ! ! I am a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, and it was very reassuring to know that I could easily find and quickly purchase this much needed text online. Thanks guys, keep up the good work. P.S. The book was new and in excellent ...             Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings Marjorie E. Scaffa F. A. Davis Company, 2001 Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile. Textbook highlights a variety of populations and practice setting for the student and the practitioner in transition. Outlines the paradigm shift from the traditional hospital-based medical model to the community-based model, and describes what it means to the occupational therapy practitioner. Softcover.             Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households and Classrooms Norma E. Gonzalez Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005 The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them that knowledge. The claim in this book is that first-hand research experiences with families allow one to document this competence and knowledge, and that such engagement provides many possibilities ...             Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing (Education for ... Doug McKenzie-Mohr, William Smith New Society Publishers, 1999 The Community-Based Social Marketing Primer I don't know if McKenzie-Mohr coined the buzz-terms used in Community-based Social Marketing, but he covers them (at the introductory level) completely in this book. Case studies and personal experiences offer practical examples to the lingo commonly used in CBSM, plus ...             Introduction to Community-Based Nursing Roberta Hunt Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 This text presents foundational concepts pivotal to delivering nursing care in the community setting, with specific attention to the NLN competencies for community-based nursing care. The author examines the variety of settings and situations in which the community-based nurse provides care, highlighting cultural diversities in the patient ...             Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities, With Index David Sobel The Orion Society, 2004 A Must for Anyone Interested in Place-based Ed. If you are at all interested in place-based education, this books NEEDS to be on your shelf. Sobel offers evidence of how place-based ed. is making a difference for children around the country, helping both children and teachers break out of the rut created by our ...             Community-Based Nursing: An Introduction Melanie McEwen, Bridgette Pullis Saunders, 2008 Chock full of information I picked up this book while working on my Master's degree. I have never worked in home health care and found this book full of so much information it has made me want to rethink my career as a nurse. The author discusses everything! Political, social, financial, ...             Rebirth of the Small Family Farm: A Handbook for Starting a Successful Organic Farm Based on the Community ... Bonnie Gregson Bob Gregson Acres USA, 2004 Location dependent Aside from its wonderful inspirational value, the book is valuable mostly if you live in the right location to start such a project. This should be noted up front because if you live in a poor economic area where people can't afford subscriptions, you will not be able ...             Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes Jossey-Bass, 2008 Minkler and Wallerstein have pulled together a fantastic set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field. In addition to a fine collection of case studies, this book puts the key issues for researchers and practitioners in a historical, philosophical, and applied, practical context             Knowledge and Communities (Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy,) Eric Lesser, Michael Fontaine, ... Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000 Knowledge and Communities is the first book dedicated to a major new knowledge management topic. "Communities of Practice" are cross-organizational groups of people sharing knowledge, solving common problems, and exchanging insights and frustrations. Knowledge and Communities, a collection of authoritative articles, describes the dynamics of these ...             Handbook of Community-Based and Home Health Nursing Practice: Tools for Assessment, Intervention, and ... Marcia Stanhope, Ruth Knollmueller Mosby, 2000 This handbook is a portable, easy-to-use reference filled with resource material for nurses and nursing students providing care in a community-based setting. This comprehensive reference provides 295 tools and reference documents, including assessment tools for different developmental stages, nutrition guides, cultural assessment instruments and ...             Place-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity Gregory A. Smith Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007 This volume?a landmark contribution to the burgeoning theory and practice of place-based education?enriches the field in three ways: First, it frames place-based pedagogy not just as an alternative teaching methodology or novel approach to environmental education but as part of a broader social movement known as the "new localism," which aims ...             Public and Community Health Nursing Practice: A Population-Based Approach Demetrius J. Porche Sage Publications, Inc, 2003 Public health practice focuses on the prevention of disease and disability as a means of promoting the health of individuals and their communities. Achieving this is dependent on nurses and public health practitioners implementing the core functions of practice ? assessment, assurance, and policy development. Because the public health workforce is ...             The Offender in the Community Todd R. Clear, Harry R. Dammer Wadsworth Publishing, 2002 A thoroughly modern approach to community-based corrections, this comprehensive and logically-organized book presents in a balanced fashion all the alternatives to institutionalization, including electronic monitoring, house arrest, drug courts, boot camp, and fines. The book also emphasizes the human aspects of this growing field.          products you might be interested in search for books collaborating, community-based, knowledge-based, participatory, population-based, sustainability      toavi.com    web we recommend The Community-Based Social Marketing Primer randomly chosen book: Contacting God: The Path to God Through Prayer