Bøger af Adam Fletcher

Discover a grim reality facing all children and youth today called adultism. Do you feel like society treats young people poorly? Does youth empowerment appeal to you? In Facing Adultism, renowned educator Adam Fletcher talks straight about discrimination against young people, and pulls no punches as he lays out the realities of adultism today. Originally published as Ending Discrimination Against Young people, in this book Fletcher lays out the details of adultism in all of its forms. Showing how adultism affects everyone, he shows the way for anyone who wants to defeat discrimination against young people. In these pages, you'll learn what adultism is; where adultism happens; and how YOU can make a difference. It can be rough out there for children and youth, and the ways we're young shape our whole lives. You don't have to be blind about adultism anymore, as this book shines the light like no other.

For more than a decade, The Freechild Project has been leading an international movement focused on youth-driven programs. Their guide is a quick and friendly guide to youth-driven programming for nonprofits, government agencies, and other youth-serving organizations. It shares a definition and compares approaches, and then provides planning tools, evaluations and assessments, and more. The book includes the planning tools, rubrics for assessing youth-driven programming, and links to examples and resources that readers can explore on their own.

The Guide to Student Voice is packed with the information students, educators, advocates, and others need to promote student engagement in schools. Featuring a professional, easy-to-read layout, this short book is packed with useful tips, powerful activities, and great guidance for anyone interested in student voice today!

Turn Students Into School Change Agents!Internationally-recognized education advocate Adam Fletcher unveils a powerful program designed to teach middle and high school students how to change schools. Based on his work with more than 300 schools across the country, Fletcher shows teachers how to join the student voice movement today! How To Really DO Student VoiceIn eight unique modules totaling 200 hours of classroom instruction, SoundOut features 24 detailed, practical lesson plans designed in actual classes with real students. Beginning with teaching students about schools and student voice, the curriculum then "pulls back the curtain" on education by showing students how to research schools, plan learning, teach classes, evaluate themselves and their teachers, make systemic decisions, and advocate for school improvement. Engaging, hands-on activities are punctuated with fun worksheets, and with a comprehensive teacher's guide, there are no questions left unanswered. There are also planning guides, assessment tools, and more included. Student Voice with a PurposeThe SoundOut Program is the only program written for teachers and afterschool workers to actually engage students as partners to transform our schools. This program can make learning, teaching, and leadership better throughout schools today!

The Practice of Youth Engagement is the result of more than twenty years study and work by Adam Fletcher, an internationally-recognized expert in the field. It shares essential lessons, powerful examples and deep insight for newcomers and longtime practitioners. More than an introductory guide, the book delves into the meaning, activities and outcomes of youth engagement. There are pages filled with tips and tricks can enhance activities, while thoughtful stories and reflection will spark deep thinking and stronger outcomes. The author provides slicing analysis and strong tips that can benefit any parent, youth educator, social worker, teacher, or other adult who wants to effectively work with young people. Appendices in this book include a short history of youth engagement in the United States; assessment rubrics; a collection of workshop outlines; and a short introduction to the topic that can be used independently of the book. There is also a complete bibliography with more than 300 citations, and a glossary of terms.

A manual for student involvement with boards of education, including district school boards and state school boards. It highlights examples, tips, promotional information and resources. It also provides state profiles of students on school boards.

Welcome back, little Ausländer! Mit seinem Kultbuch Wie man Deutscher wird in 50 einfachen Schritten hat Adam Fletcher Hunderttausenden von foreigners und Deutschen geholfen, sich in diesem herrlichen Land zurechtzufinden. Jetzt ist es Zeit für die nächsten Schritte der Integration. Sein neues Buch weiht uns ein in die tiefen Geheimnisse von Kaffee und Kuchen, Baumärkten und Weihnachtsmärkten, von Holzspielzeug und Tischfußball. Wir lernen, warum die Deutschen nur mit ihrer Küche umziehen und warum hierzulande zwar die Würze in der Kürze liegt, aber trotzdem jeder begeistert seinen Senf dazugibt. Respektlos und liebevoll durchstreift Adam Fletcher das Land der Dichter, Denker und Döner und ermutigt uns zu den nächsten Schritten auf unserem langen Weg, waschechte Deutsche zu werden: Come on, wir schaffen das … With his first book, Adam Fletcher helped more than a hundred thousand locals and little Ausländer navigate the quirks of this charismatic land. Now he's back with fifty new and advanced integration steps that explain the sticky friendship glue of Kaffee and Kuchen, the educational superiority of wood, and the rituals of the German Weihnachtsmarkt. You'll learn how to blame the weather for most of your ailments, how to survive a visit to your local Baumarkt, why Germans take their kitchen when they move, and why you keep losing to them at table football. Adam Fletcher's book is the ultimate, irreverent love letter to a nation that has got so under his skin.

Schunkeln is awesome!  Adam Fletcher hat sich ausgiebig mit den Marotten und Skurrilitäten der Deutschen beschäftigt. Doch jetzt ist es an der Zeit, endlich den letzten Schritt zu gehen und ein richtiger Deutscher zu werden. Also zieht der Brite die Hausschuhe aus und erkundet Good Old Germany via Mitfahrgelegenheit und Deutscher Bahn - und besteht unterwegs ein paar Prüfungen. Er lernt, warum man nicht an Schützenfesten teilnehmen sollte, wenn man weder ordentlich trinken noch marschieren kann und was passiert, wenn jemand ohne musikalisches Talent einen Schlager komponiert. Und er erfährt am eigenen Leib, warum es keine gute Idee ist, vor dem Ballermann 6 Nordic Walking zu trainieren. Liebevoll und mit viel britischem Humor erzählt er von seinen teutonischen Abenteuern, und warum er dieses Land und seine Bewohner so in sein Herz geschlossen hat. Schunkeln is awesome!  After two best-selling books exploring the quirks of German culture, British author Adam Fletcher finds he's become a pundit for German life. Unsure about his position, and with severe doubts about his own expertise, he decides to take on a series of hilarious integration challenges. You'll learn why you shouldn't attend a Schützenfest, if you can neither drink nor march, what happens when someone of no musical talent creates a Schlager song and why it's not a good idea to Nordic Walk through Ballermann 6, Mallorca. Lovingly written, with a lot of British humor and avoiding the usual national clichés, he recounts his adventures of trying to become German. On the way, he reaffirms why this country and its inhabitants have such a special place in his heart.