A veteran crime columnist describes the sensational, often shocking details of fifty of the most notable celebrity murders of the past century

Murder Among the Mighty: Celebrity Slayings That Shocked America

Politics & Social Sciences

Nash, Robert J.

Social Sciences

Delacorte Pr

Helping College Students Find Purpose 
Today's college students are demanding that their educational experiences address the core questions of meaning and purpose. . . What does it mean to be successful? How will I know what type of career is best for me? Why do I hurt so much when a relationship ends? Why do innocent people have to suffer? 
Faculty and administrators are in the unique position to make special contributions to their students' search for meaning, and when they work together, everyone on a college campus benefits. Helping College Students Find Purpose provides a theory-to-practice model of meaning-making that enables the entire campus community to participate in the process. Based on a practical how-to approach, the authors outline a series of concrete steps for applying the theory and practice of meaning-making to teaching, leading, administering, and advising. 
Filled with real-life vignettes, this guidebook includes the background knowledge and proven tools that will help faculty and administrators act as effective mentors to students. While there is no single solution that can meet everyone's needs, the authors provide a series of classroom and cross-campus strategies that are specifically designed to help students successfully navigate their diverse meaning-making activities and effectively enhance their quest for meaning.

Helping College Students Find Purpose

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Jossey-Bass

How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus fills a gap in the student services and teaching and learning literature by providing a resource that shows how to construct and carry out difficult conversations from various vantage points in the academy. It offers a theory-to-practice model of conversation for the entire college campus that will enable all constituencies to engage in productive and civil dialogue on the most difficult and controversial social, religious, political, and cultural topics.

How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation

Chickering, Arthur W.

Bradley, DeMethra LaSha

Real World Ethics: Frameworks for Educators and Human Service Professionals

Reference

Teachers College Pr

Emphasizing the importance of respecting different moral languages, Nash (philosophy, U. of Vermont) critiques the character education espoused by William F. Bennett, Thomas Lickona, and William Kilpatrick. He examines classical questions about virtue; provides a historical context for character education; critiques strategies for imparting neo-classical virtues; and looks at other value systems such as communitarian, liberationist, and his own postmodern alternative of cultivating democratic dispositions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Answering the "Virtuecrats": A Moral Conversation on Character Education (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Series)

Schools & Teaching

This critique of contemporary versions of character education features personal observation, teaching examples, and student commentary.

Answering the "Virtuecrats": A Moral Conversation on Character Education (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought)

Teachers' College Press

Robert Nash tackles one of today's most difficult and controversial topics-religion in American schools. Nash deftly employs his own classroom experience to achieve a balanced presentation and comprehensive analysis of four different religious perspectives-fundamentalist, prophetic, alternative spiritualities, and post-theist. This ground-breaking volume is practical pedagogical tool for teaches who want to deal intelligently and responsibly with religion in the classroom.

Faith, Hype and Clarity: Teaching About Religion in American Schools and Colleges (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought)

Words, Language & Grammar

Now more than ever, with the explosion of new technologies and human service delivery systems, innovative teaching methodologies and assessment instruments, classic ethical questions and problems still remain. Some examples of these are: unprecedented internet and e-mail dilemmas involving student plagiarism or violations of privacy; sexual harassment in the workplace or in the classroom; lying to students, clients, and patients in order to bring about beneficial outcomes; and subtle forms of racial, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination that continue to persist in schools, colleges, and other human service venues.
The Second Edition of Robert Nash’s bestseller expands on his earlier work with the addition of an extensive “question-and-answer” epilogue that masterfully adds layers of explanation and understanding to ethical issues raised in the original text. Nash practices his own principles of having meaningful moral conversations with students and critics by responding to their questions about the first edition. This new chapter incorporates the latest research in applied ethics teaching and in resolving ethical dilemmas in the professions. The only applied ethics book written for both educators and human service professionals, “Real World” Ethics is essential reading for everyone who finds themselves faced with making critical ethical decisions in their work. 
Praise for the First Edition of“Real World” Ethics !
“Provocatively addresses issues that professionals must deal with throughout their careers.”
―The School Administrator
"Rich in examples and rich in explanation.";
―Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education 
"Nash provides readers with an excellent model of reflective teaching."
―Educational Studies

"Real World" Ethics: Frameworks for Educators and Human Service Professionals (Professional Ethics in Education Series)

Business & Money

Education & Reference

In this provocative volume, Robert Nash argues for the validity of an exciting, alternative approach to doing scholarly writing that he calls the “scholarly personal narrative” (SPN). The result of 35 years of supervising student papers, theses, dissertations, and publications, this practical book:
<ul>
<li> Provides an alternative to the more conventional modes of qualitative and quantitative inquiry currently used in professional training programs, particularly in education. </li>
<li> Features a very accessible presentation that combines application, rationale, critique, and inspiration―and is itself an example of this kind of writing.</li>
<li> Teaches students how to use personal writing in order to analyze, explicate, and advance their ideas.</li>
<li> Offers tips and guidelines for writing an SPN, using examples from students who have been successful with these types of writing projects.</li>
<li> Encourages minority students, women, and others to find and express their authentic voices by teaching them to use their own lives as primary resources for their scholarship.</li>
</ul>

Liberating Scholarly Writing: The Power of Personal Narrative

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

In this provocative volume, Robert Nash argues for the validity of an exciting, alternative approach to doing scholarly writing that he calls the “scholarly personal narrative” (SPN). The result of 35 years of supervising student papers, theses, dissertations, and publications, this practical book: Provides an alternative to the more conventional modes of qualitative and quantitative inquiry currently used in professional training programs, particularly in education.  Features a very accessible presentation that combines application, rationale, critique, and inspiration―and is itself an example of this kind of writing. Teaches students how to use personal writing in order to analyze, explicate, and advance their ideas. Offers tips and guidelines for writing an SPN, using examples from students who have been successful with these types of writing projects. Encourages minority students, women, and others to find and express their authentic voices by teaching them to use their own lives as primary resources for their scholarship.

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Books by Nash, Robert J.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Nash, Robert J.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Murder Among the Mighty: Celebrity Slayings That Shocked America

Helping College Students Find Purpose

How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation

Real World Ethics: Frameworks for Educators and Human Service Professionals

Answering the "Virtuecrats": A Moral Conversation on Character Education (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Series)

Answering the "Virtuecrats": A Moral Conversation on Character Education (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought)

Faith, Hype and Clarity: Teaching About Religion in American Schools and Colleges (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought)

"Real World" Ethics: Frameworks for Educators and Human Service Professionals (Professional Ethics in Education Series)

Liberating Scholarly Writing: The Power of Personal Narrative

Liberating Scholarly Writing: The Power of Personal Narrative