Mary Roche Livres

Focusing on the use of picturebooks, this text guides educators in fostering critical thinking among students. It emphasizes collaborative meaning-making through discussion, showcasing selected picturebooks as valuable tools for enhancing literacy skills. By engaging with these multimodal resources, children can develop a deeper literary understanding, making the learning process both accessible and enriching.

2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Poetry FinalistA poetry collection pulling from the author's personal narrative to take the reader on a journey through family, mental health, grief, pop culture, body image, queer identity, love, joy, memory, myth, and magic. The collection follows a trajectory of 1) exploring identity, avoidance, escapism, and shame, then 2) facing and confronting fears, shame, grief, and self-image, and finally 3) breaking down stigma, searching for joy, finding self-acceptance, and the value of storytelling and sharing as a tool to connect, love, and choose progress.

This book is written by authors who are blood sisters born in Uganda. This book is for everyone out there who loves and cherishes their parents and wishes to make them happy always thereby praying for them in all areas of their lives. A family that prays together stays together forever. Prayer is a vital part of walking with God. We've seen the community it creates and the ways it strengthens faith.

Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research is an accessible introduction to understanding and improving teaching and learning through a process of reflection, research and action. Written by teachers for teachers, it offers a straightforward guide to classroom research and considers issues central to effective professional development. Including questions for reflection and illustrated with case studies and vignettes of the authors' own experiences of undertaking classroom research, it offers a step-by-step guide to beginning your own research: identifying an area of professional concern or interest articulating your own educational values developing a better understanding of your practice thinking critically about educational practices depicting practice as it is and as it evolves finding a research methodology providing evidence of improved practice developing theory from practice. Acknowledging the busy nature of classroom teaching and focussing on personalising professional development, this friendly, sensible text offers support and guidance for all student and practising teachers interested in research either for your own professional development or to pursue postgraduate studies in your area of interest.