Featured: Homo Mysterious

Homo Mysterious

Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

Why does religion exist across every human culture? Why do people enjoy the arts? What is consciousness, anyway? This book examines the questions that are as old as humanity itself, and all the evolutionary eccentricities that make up our species. By comparing the origin of the issues to the most current scientific theories, the author looks at what - if anything - we know about these mysterious marvels of human evolution.

Recommended for: humans, “humans”, and people everywhere.

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New Books: October 2019

What's new at the library?

This month's selection of new books includes volumes on coaching, individual education plans, and educational leadership. Here's what's new at the library this month:

NON-FICTION

• Internships in Psychology
• Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
• The Behavioral Science of Firearms: A Mental Health Perspective on Guns, Suicide, and Violence
• Inclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities
• Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy
• Researching Lived Experience
• Meaning In Positive and Existential Psychology
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
• Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
• A Face of Courage
• Culturally Proficient Instruction
• Linking Leadership to Student Learning
• Curriculum Leadership
• Classroom Instruction That Works With English Language Learners
• Becoming a Multicultural Educator
• Understanding Human Differences
• Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School One Conversation at a Time
• Improve Learning by Building Community: A Principal's Guide
• Finding Your Leadership Focus: What Matters Most for Student Results
• Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders
• Educational Leadership: A Bridge to Improved Practice
• Clinical Supervision and Teacher Development
• Learning to Improve: How America's Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better
• School Law and the Public Schools
• Enhancing the Art & Science of Teaching with Technology
• Success with IEPs: Solving 5 Common Implementation Challenges in the Classroom
• Cultivating Curiosity in K-12 Classrooms
• Partnering With Parents to Ask the Right Questions: Strengthening School-Family Partnerships
• The Resilient Practitioner: Burnout Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for Counselors, Therapists, Teachers, and Health Professionals
• All about IEPs: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about IEPs
• Special Education Law
• Peer Feedback in the Classroom
• The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach
• Authentic Learning in the Digital Age
• Leading With Focus: Elevating the Essentials for School and District Improvement
• Literacy Look-Fors: An Observational Protocol for K-6 Classroom Walkthroughs
• Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K-6
• Grading Smarter, Not Harder
• IEPs: Writing Quality Individualized Education Programs
• Renewal Coaching: Sustainable Change for Individuals and Organizations
• How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
• Living the Questions: A Guide for Teacher-Researchers
• Sustaining Change in Schools
• School Leadership That Works
• Transforming Professional Development into Student Results
• The Global Achievement Gap
• Designing and Developing Programs for Gifted Students
• Discipline with Dignity: New Challenges, New Solutions
• Improving Schools for African American Students
• Connecting Teachers, Students, and Standards
• Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: A Practical Resilience Workbook
• Leadership in Turbulent Times
• Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism
• Where Teachers Thrive: Organizing Schools for Success

DISSERTATIONS

• Reducing School Suspensions through Alternatives to Traditional Discipline
• Impact of Growth Mindset on Student Math Achievement at the Middle School Level
• Parents' Decision Making Process for Choosing Medication as Part of the Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

VIDEOS

• Patch Adams
• How to Survive a Plague

Short Closure Wednesday, Oct. 16

The library will be closed from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on Wednesday, October 16th for an all-staff meeting.

If you need assistance during that time, you can email us at tclibrary@smumn.edu and we will respond as soon as we return.

Closure Saturday, October 12

The library will be closed on Saturday, October 12th due to staffing.

If you need assistance while the library is closed, you can reach out using our 24/7 Chat on the library website, or email us at tclibrary@smumn.edu and we will respond as soon as we return.

Regular hours for fall semester will resume at 9am on Monday, October 14th.

Closing Early Wednesday, Oct. 9

The library will be closed after 6:00 pm on Wednesday, October 9th due to staffing.

If you need assistance while the library is closed, you can reach out using our 24/7 Chat on the library website, or email us at tclibrary@smumn.edu and we will respond as soon as we return.

Regular hours for the fall semester will resume at 9am on Thursday, October 10th.