Recent Books by UM-St. Louis College of Education Faculty

Faculty Name (Author)

Co Author (if applicable)

COE Division

Book Title

Date of Publication

Press Info

Comments

R. Rocco Cottone

Vilia Tarvydas

Counseling & Family Therapy

Counseling Ethics and Decision Making (3rd ed.)

January, 2007

Merrill/Prentice-Hall

Leading Text on Ethics in Counseling by R. Rocco Cottone

Mark Pope

Hemla Singaravelu

Counseling & Family Therapy

Handbook for Counseling International Students in the United State

January, 2007

American Counseling Association

A unique contribution to the professional literature at the nexus of counseling and international studies

Mark Pope

 

Counseling & Family Therapy

Professional Counseling 101: Building a Strong Professional Identity

January, 2006

American Counseling Association

A collection of essays from Dr. Pope's term as American Counseling Association President

Charles D. Schmitz

Elizabeth A. Schmitz

Couseling & Family Therapy

Golden Anniversaries:  The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage (320 pages)

February, 2008

Briarcliff Publishing

Represents 26 years of research.  Multiple award winning book

Charles D. Schmitz

Elizabeth A. Schmitz

Counseling & Family Therapy

Simple Things Matter in Love and Marriage (256 pages)

October, 2009

Briarcliff Publishing

Companion book to Golden Anniversaries.  Co-authored with wife, Dr. Liz Schmitz

Charles D. Schmitz

Elizabeth A. Schmitz

Couseling & Family Therapy

Building a Love that Lasts (336 pages)

In Press - Release 1/11/2010

Jossey-Bass/Wiley

Research about successful marriages on six continents

Judith L. Cochran

None

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Educational Roots of Political Crises in Egypt

June, 2008

Lexington Books

Unique perspective on causes of political crises in Egypt

Margaret R. Dolan

None

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Fight-Free Schools: Creating a School Culture that Promotes Achievement

January, 2007

Rising Sun Publishers

Highlights importance of a positive and safe school environment for promoting achievement

Kent Farnsworth

None

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Leadership As Service: A New Model for Higher Education in a New Century

January, 2007

Praeger/The American Council on Education

The importance of leadership as service

Kent Farnsworth

T.B. Bevis

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Fieldbook for Community College Online Instructors

January, 2006

American Association of Community Colleges

Effective models for online instruction in post-secondary education

Helene Sherman

 Lloyd Richardson, George Yard

Teaching and Learning/Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Teaching Children Who Struggle with Mathematics: A Systematic Approach to Analysis and Correction

January, 2005

Pearson/Prentice Hall

Highlights effective models for mathematics instruction for struggling learners

Helene Sherman

Lloyd Richarson, George Yard

Teaching and Learning/Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Teaching Learners Who Struggle with Mathematics: Systematic Intervention and Remediation Second Edition

Janurary 2009

Pearson/Prentice Hall

Adds chapters on time/money and additional activities for struggling learners

Kevin Fernlund

 

Teaching and Learning

Lyndon B. Johnson and Modern America

2009

University of Oklahoma Press

 

Kathleen Haywood

Lewis, Catherine

Teaching and Learning

Archery: Steps to Success (3rd ed)

2006

Human Kinetics

Earlier version of this work have been translated into French, Italian, and Spanish

Kathleen Haywood

Getchell, Nancy

Teaching and Learning

Life Span Motor Development (5th ed.)

2009

Human Kinetics

Accompanied by a web site with 21 learning experiences, 33 laboratory activities and more than 200 video clips; this work is being translated into Portuguese and will be used in Brazil; it is also going to be made available as an e-book

Patricia B. Kopetz

Lease, Anthony J., Warren-Kring, Bonnie Z.

Teaching and Learning

Comprehensive Urban Education

2006

Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA

The textbook, for pre-service or practicing professionals, is translated in five languages.

Rebecca Rogers

Mosley, M., Kramer, M. & LSJTRG

Teaching and Learning

Designing Socially Just Learning Communities: Critical Literacy Education across the Lifespan

2009

Routledge

Demonstrates the power and potential of educators working together to use literacy practices that make changes in people's lives.

Rebecca Rogers

M. Kramer

Teaching and Learning

Adult Education Teachers Designing Critical Literacy Practices

2008

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Examines the literacy practices of exemplary adult education teachers

Kim Hyunsook Song

Foster, Bill R., Walker, Michael L.

Teaching and Learning

A beginning teaching  portfolio handbook

2006

Merrill-Prentice-Hall

Note that the author order on this book is Bill R. Foster, Michael L. Walker, & Kim Hyunsook Song

Laura Westhoff

 

Teaching and Learning

A Fatal Drifting Apart:  Democratic Social Knowledge and Chicago Reform

2007

The Ohio State University Press

 

David Shields

Brenda Bredemeier

Teaching and Learning

True Competition: A Guide to Pursuing Excellence in Sport and Society

February, 2009

Human Kinetics

Offers a new theory of competition and its effects on participants.

Cathy Vatterott

 

Teaching and Learning

Becoming a Middle Level Teacher:  The Student Focused Teaching of Early Adolescents

8/15/06

McGraw-Hill

Used as a college text for middle school majors around the country

Cathy Vatterott

 

Teaching and Learning

Rethinking Homework:  Best Practices that Support Diverse Needs

7/20/09

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Chosen by ASCD as a member benefit book, 96,000 copies mailed to members in the US and other countries

Margaret W. Cohen

Judith Grunert O'Brien, Barbara Millis

Educational Psychology, Research and Evaluation

The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach

3/1/08

Jossey-Bass

A significant contribution to Learning-Centered classrooms

Wolfgang Althof, Editor

D. Garz, co-Editor

Educational Psychology, Research and Evaluation

Lawrence Kohlberg: Die Psychologie der Lebensspanne [Psychology of Life-span Development]

2007

Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp

A collection of Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg’s articles regarding Moral Development that were never published in English