This work provides an analysis of how knowledge is constructed and defined by teachers and lecturers in schools and universities/colleges. It considers how everyday uses of reading, writing, numeracy and science are cast aside in favour of academic language and academic discourse, arguing that such discourses are alien to learners' daily experiences and are, therefore, difficult to acquire and adopt.

The Handy 5 is an effective five-step model that provides a framework for planning learning activities to accommodate frequent and systematic evaluation for the benefit of students' success.

Underneath the surface of a small Central Texas town, where people know each other and adhere to the old values of hard work and neighborliness, a dark secret life flows silently. People congregate at an old-time country store and at their churches, but are not immune to the modern complications of divorce and remarriage-and murder.

Carla, a petite pretty girl, is one of three sisters in a poor but respectable family. Unlike her passionate, acting-out younger sister, she never gives her parents a moment's trouble. Nor is she like her self-sacrificing older sister, June. Carla harbors a...

Within these pages, you will journey along the many emotional paths of life. This book is a collection of poems that will touch the hearts of anyone thirsting to know God within. Our challenges are indeed the catalysts that keep us moving toward the sudden indescribable rainbows that so often accompany storms.

You are on a journey, whether known or unknown, and that journey begins deep within you. May you stop, wonder, and allow yourself to unfold.