Bücher von Michelle Cox

When eight-year-old Nora arrives at the Park Ridge School for Girls in 1932, she is sure there's been some mistake. She can't imagine why she and her little sister, Patsy, were torn from their mother only to be subjected to the cruel whims of the house matron, Mrs. Morris. When their mother fails to rescue them week after week-and Mrs. Morris drops hints that their mother may be a "fallen woman"-Nora begins to doubt they will ever see her again.Nine years prior, at seventeen, Gertie Gufftason runs off with Lorenzo, the barker for the traveling carnival passing through her small coal-mining town in Southern Iowa. Thinking she is embarking on a fantastic adventure, Gertie is bitterly disappointed by the life that follows and is thrown into despair when the State removes their two daughters.Gertie eventually tracks down her girls at the Park Ridge, but, expecting a warm welcome, she is shocked by Nora's cool reception. Nora reluctantly returns home with Gertie and Patsy, determined to live a more perfect life than her mother. It is only when she discovers a secret Gertie has kept hidden all these years that Nora begins to fully understand-and forgive-her mother's tragic choices . . .

La motivazione all'insegnamento è essenziale per l'educazione di tutti i bambini nelle scuole pubbliche. Questo studio ha esaminato l'autodeterminazione prevista degli insegnanti in servizio per insegnare in ambienti che variavano per la composizione etnica e razziale degli studenti nelle classi. Inoltre, è stata misurata la reattività culturale dei partecipanti per verificare se l'alta/bassa reattività culturale interagisse con i contesti specifici. I risultati della ricerca hanno rivelato che sia la reattività culturale che gli scenari erano legati alla motivazione dei futuri insegnanti a lavorare con gruppi specifici di studenti. Inoltre, i dati hanno indicato che gli insegnanti in servizio non stavano sviluppando in modo significativo e positivo la loro comprensione della reattività culturale durante la preparazione degli insegnanti. Questo studio ha anche fornito interessanti credenze stereotipate che hanno supportato i risultati quantitativi.

La motivation à enseigner est essentielle à l'éducation de tous les enfants dans les écoles publiques. Cette étude a examiné l'autodétermination anticipée des enseignants en formation initiale pour enseigner dans des classes dont la composition ethnique et raciale des élèves varie. En outre, la réactivité culturelle des participants a été mesurée pour examiner si une réactivité culturelle élevée/faible interagissait avec les contextes spécifiques donnés. Les résultats de la recherche ont révélé que la réactivité culturelle et les scénarios étaient liés à la motivation anticipée des futurs enseignants à travailler avec des groupes d'élèves spécifiques. En outre, les données ont indiqué que les enseignants en formation initiale ne développaient pas de manière significative et positive leur compréhension de la sensibilité culturelle au cours de leur préparation. Cette étude a également fourni des croyances stéréotypées intéressantes qui appuient les résultats quantitatifs.

Die Motivation zu unterrichten ist eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für die Bildung aller Kinder in den öffentlichen Schulen. Diese Studie untersuchte die erwartete Selbstbestimmung von angehenden Lehrkräften, die in Klassen mit unterschiedlicher ethnischer und rassischer Zusammensetzung der Schüler in den Klassen unterrichten. Zusätzlich wurde die kulturelle Sensibilität der Teilnehmer gemessen, um zu untersuchen, ob eine hohe/niedrige kulturelle Sensibilität mit den spezifischen Kontexten zusammenhängt. Die Forschungsergebnisse zeigten, dass sowohl die kulturelle Sensibilität als auch die Szenarien mit der erwarteten Motivation der angehenden Lehrer für die Arbeit mit bestimmten Schülergruppen zusammenhingen. Darüber hinaus deuteten die Daten darauf hin, dass die angehenden Lehrkräfte ihr Verständnis von kultureller Sensibilität während der Lehrerausbildung nicht signifikant und positiv entwickeln. Diese Studie lieferte auch interessante stereotype Überzeugungen, die die quantitativen Ergebnisse unterstützten.

When the floor matron at the dance hall where Henrietta is working as a taxi dancer turns up murdered, she is persuaded by the aloof Inspector Clive Howard to go undercover to help find the killer¿even as they try to withstand their growing attraction for one another.

A Ring of Truth is the next exciting installment of the Henrietta and Inspector Clive series, in which Clive reveals that he is actually the heir of the Howard estate and fortune, Henrietta discovers she may not be who she thought she was¿and both must decide if they are really meant for each other.

A 2008 survey of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) programs found that nearly half of those identified in a 1987 survey no longer existed twenty years later, pointing to a need for an approach to WAC administration that leads to programs that persist over time. In Sustainable WAC, current or former WAC program directors Michelle Cox, Jeffrey R. Galin, and Dan Melzer introduce a theoretical framework for WAC program development that takes into account the diverse contexts of today's institutions of higher education, aids WAC program directors in thinking strategically as they develop programs, and integrates a focus on program sustainability.Informed by theories that illuminate transformative change within systems-complexity, systems, social network, resilience, and sustainable development theories-and illustrated with vignettes by WAC directors across the country, this book lays out principles, strategies, and tactics to help WAC program directors launch, relaunch, or reinvigorate programs within the complicated systems of today's colleges and universities.Acknowledging that every WAC program grows out of a specific institutional context and grassroots movement, this book is a must-read for everyone currently involved in a WAC program or interested in exploring the possibility of one at their college or university.

This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back. Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley's attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta's vows of love. Stanley and Elsie's relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta's friend Rose-a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on. As Clive and Henrietta begin their honeymoon at Castle Linley, the Howards' ancestral estate in England, they encounter a whole new host of characters, including the eccentric Lord and Lady Linley and Clive's mysterious cousin, Wallace. When a man is murdered in the village on the night of a house party at the Castle, Wallace comes under suspicion-and Clive and Henrietta are reluctantly drawn into the case, despite Clive's anxiety at involving his new bride and Henrietta's distracting news from home. Delicately attempting to work together for the first time, Clive and Henrietta set out to prove Wallace's innocence, uncovering as they do so some rather shocking truths that will shake the Linley name and estate forever.