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EXCELL is an acronym for Experience, Context, Environment, Language
and Learning. This programme is based on the premise that a dynamic
interrelationship of these five elements is vital for learning to
take place. The easy-to-use Workbooks consist of a series of
worksheets linked to mathematical topics in the teacher's Manuals
and identifies the Specific Outcomes that each worksheet supports.
Assistance with Continuous Assessment is provided with questions at
the bottom of each worksheet. Resource cards which learners can use
for quick reference are also available. The Teacher's Manuals
explain the educational theory and methodology of Curriculum 2005
and mathematics education. Teaching guidelines and ideas for
activities are provided to help learners develop competency in the
main areas of mathematics as well as guidelines and tools for
Continuous Assessment.
Jones and McDermott restore meaning to democratic responsibility by
finding that public evaluations affect Congress. In contrast to the
popular depiction of the representatives controlling the
represented rampant in the political science literature, Jones and
McDermott show that the people are in control, determining not only
the direction of policy in Congress, but also who stays, who
retires, and who faces difficult reelection efforts. This book
makes an important correction to our understanding of how Congress
operates. Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin. Voters
may not know the details of specific policies, but they have a
general sense of how well Congress serves their own interests; and
astute politicians pay attention to public approval ratings. When
the majority party is unpopular, as during the 2008 election, both
voters and politicians take a hand in reconfiguring the House and
the Senate. Voters throw hard-line party members out of office
while candidates who continue to run under the party banner
distance themselves from party ideology. In this way, public
approval directly affects policy shifts as well as turnovers at
election time. Contrary to the common view of Congress as an
insulated institution, Jones and McDermott argue that Congress is
indeed responsive to the people of the United States.|""Jones and
McDermott restore meaning to democratic responsibility by finding
that public evaluations affect Congress. In contrast to the popular
depiction of the representatives controlling the represented
rampant in the political science literature, Jones and McDermott
show that the people are in control, determining not only the
direction of policy in Congress, but also who stays, who retires,
and who faces difficult reelection efforts. This book makes an
important correction to our understanding of how Congress
operates."" Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin.
Voters may not know the details of specific policies, but they have
a general sense of how well Congress serves their own interests;
and astute politicians pay attention to public approval ratings.
When the majority party is unpopular, as during the 2008 election,
both voters and politicians take a hand in reconfiguring the House
and the Senate. Voters throw hard-line party members out of office
while candidates who continue to run under the party banner
distance themselves from party ideology. In this way, public
approval directly affects policy shifts as well as turnovers at
election time. Contrary to the common view of Congress as an
insulated institution, Jones and McDermott argue that Congress is
indeed responsive to the people of the United States.
What influences political behavior more - one's gender or one's
gendered personality traits? Certain gendered traits have long been
associated with particular political leanings in American politics.
For example, the Democratic Party is thought to have a
compassionate, feminine nature while the Republican Party is deemed
to have a tougher, more masculine nature. Masculinity, Femininity,
and American Political Behavior, a first-of-its-kind analysis of
the effects of individuals' gendered personality traits -
masculinity and femininity - on their political attitudes and
behavior, argues that gendered personalities, and not biological
sex, are what drive the political behavior of individual citizens.
Drawing on a groundbreaking national survey measuring gendered
personality traits and political preferences, the book shows that
individuals' levels of masculine and feminine personality traits
help to determine their party identification, vote choice,
ideology, and political engagement. And in conjunction with
biological sex, these traits also influence attitudes about sex
roles. For example, the more strongly an individual identifies with
"feminine" characteristics, the more strongly they identify with
the Democratic Party. Likewise, the more "masculine" an individual,
the more they are drawn to the GOP. The book also demonstrates
that, despite conventional wisdom, biological sex does not dictate
gendered personalities. As such, the personality trait approach of
the book moves gender and politics research well beyond the
traditional male/female dichotomy. Moreover, Masculinity,
Femininity, and American Political Behavior points to new and as
yet underexplored strategies for candidate campaigns, get out the
vote efforts, and officeholders' governing behavior.
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