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Caradog W. James directs this British sci-fi drama starring Toby
Stephens and Caity Lotz. Top scientist Vincent (Stephens) works for
the Ministry of Defence on a project aimed at producing a weapon
equipped with advanced artificial intelligence. Vincent quickly
enlists the help of Ava (Lotz), an expert on A.I., and the
combination of their skills proves fruitful indeed. Such is the
chemistry between Vincent and Ava that they begin a romantic
relationship, which leads Vincent to confide to his partner that
the conscious machine they've constructed together shares certain
similarities with his ill daughter. This seems certain to cause
problems when MOD bigwig Thomson (Denis Lawson) uses his authority
to move the project in a different direction and Vincent loses
control of his creation...
To watch a child grieve and not know what to do is a profoundly difficult experience for parents, teachers, and caregivers. Yet, there are guidelines for helping children develop a lifelong, healthy response to loss. In When Children Grieve, the authors offer a cutting-edge volume to free children from the false idea of "not feeling bad" and to empower them with positive, effective methods of dealing with loss. There are many life experiences that can produce feelings of grief in a child, from the death of a relative or a divorce in the family to more everyday experiences such as moving to a new neighborhood or losing a prized possession. No matter the reason or degree of severity, if a child you love is grieving, the guidelines examined in this thoughtful book can make a difference.
In this media-saturated world, we must learn how to navigate
through the overwhelming flood of information so that we can avoid
the risks and maximize its potential to help us. Media Literacy
shows you how. Drawing from thousands of media research studies,
author W. James Potter explores the key components to understanding
the fascinating world of mass media. In this thoroughly updated and
revised Tenth Edition, Potter presents more discussions of digital
media and numerous examples and facts to help you understand how
the media operate, how they attract your attention, and how they
influence you. Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises to
help you apply the chapter material to everyday life and engage in
a step-by-step process to increase your own media literacy.
Written for social science scholars who want to learn more about
the qualitative way of thinking, this book addresses the full
continuum of issues about the qualitative methodologies. At one end
of that continuum are the deeply philosophical concerns of ontology
and epistemology. At the other -- concrete -- end of that continuum
are the practical issues of what is considered evidence: How does
one go about gathering evidence? Where, when, and how does one
analyze evidence? What are the alternative ways of dealing with
tone and voice in writing qualitative research? The attention to
practical, concrete issues makes this book useful as a handbook
providing a great deal of vital information to scholars who want a
guide to making decisions as they navigate their research questions
through the qualitative realm.
Uniquely qualified to write such a book, Potter has earned PhDs in
both qualitative methods (with a concentration in linguistics and
field studies) and in quantitative methods (with a concentration in
social science theory and statistics). The book is not an
ideological argument that glorifies one system of thinking while
attempting to persuade the reader that other systems of thinking
are bankrupt. Rather, the book presents a respectful, balanced
analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the qualitative
approach.
The book builds to a controversial final chapter entitled "Is
Convergence a Possibility?" in which Potter synthesizes a
conclusion from his analysis of a wide range of qualitative studies
across three broad topic areas -- text focused research, audience
focused research, and institution focused research -- and across
seven major qualitative methodologies -- ethnography,
ethnomethodology, reception study, ecological psychology, symbolic
interactionism, cultural studies, and textual analysis. His
conclusion is that not only is there a possibility of a convergence
between qualitative and quantitative approaches, but that the
convergence has already happened.
The book includes an appendix in which 95 books and articles using
the qualitative approach are abstracted and analyzed to illustrate
key points of methodology and methods. It also includes subject and
author indexes.
What is assessment literacy? It's a handful of fundamental
understandings about the testing concepts and procedures that
influence educational decisions. And it just might be the most
cost-effective means of real school improvement. With
characteristic humor and aplomb, assessment expert W. James Popham
strips away the psychometrician-speak and condenses the
complexities of educational testing to six practical and
action-oriented understandings about validity, reliability,
fairness, score reporting, formative assessment, and affective
assessment. This book is for busy educators at the classroom and
leadership levels who want: Tests that are worth the valuable time
they take to administer. Tests that accurately measure what student
have learned. Tests that fairly reflect teacher and school
effectiveness. Tests that provide the instructionally useful data
that will help students learn faster and better. Assessment
Literacy for Educators in a Hurry is the fastest route to acquiring
the measurement moxie necessary to understand and advocate for
better assessment practices and build a case for stopping
ineffective and harmful ones. In just a few hours' time, you can
pick up the knowledge you need to do a whole lot of good-for your
students, yourself, and our schools.
Twenty-three papers review recent advances in experimental studies
on microorganisms, plants and animals. They are taken from a
symposium organized at Cologne University, in April 1983 by the
Committee on Genetic Experimentation (COGENE), a scientific
committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions.
This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas
of debate in China's education system. Marketization, quality
assurance, and issues of inequality and gender are all discussed,
as are expansion in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors,
the impact of globalization, and the influence of education on
China's economic growth. The book, which comprises contributions
from many leading authorities, will be of great interest both to
comparative education specialists, and also to all those interested
in China's rise and development.
This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas
of debate in China's education system. Marketization, quality
assurance, and issues of inequality and gender are all discussed,
as are expansion in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors,
the impact of globalization, and the influence of education on
China's economic growth. The book, which comprises contributions
from many leading authorities, will be of great interest both to
comparative education specialists, and also to all those interested
in China's rise and development.
Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource
further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on how to
begin to take effective actions to complete the grieving process
and work towards recovery and happiness. Incomplete recovery from
grief can have a lifelong negative effect on the capacity for
happiness. Drawing from their own histories as well as from
others', the authors illustrate how it is possible to recover from
grief and regain energy and spontaneity. Based on a proven program,
The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions
needed to move beyond loss. New material in this edition includes
guidance for dealing with: * Loss of faith * Loss of career and
financial issues * Loss of health * Growing up in an alcoholic or
dysfunctional home The Grief Recovery Handbook is a groundbreaking,
classic handbook that everyone should have in their library. "This
book is required for all my classes. The more I use this book, the
more I believe that unresolved grief is the major underlying issue
in most people's lives. It is the only work of its kind that I know
of that outlines the problem and provides the solution."-Bernard
McGrane, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Chapman University
What is it to do justice to the absent victims of past injustice,
given the distance that separates us from them? Grounded in
political theory and guided by the literature on historical
justice, W. James Booth restores the dead to their central place at
the heart of our understanding of why and how to deal with past
injustice. Testimonies and accounts from the race war in the United
States, the Holocaust, post-apartheid South Africa, Argentina's
Dirty War and the conflict in Northern Ireland help advance and
defend Booth's claim that caring for the dead is a central part of
addressing past injustice. Memory, Historic Injustice, and
Responsibility is an insightful and original book on the
relationship of past and present in thinking about what it means to
do justice. A valuable addition to the currently available
literature on historical justice, the volume will be of great
interest to students and scholars of political science, philosophy,
history, and law.
What is it to do justice to the absent victims of past injustice,
given the distance that separates us from them? Grounded in
political theory and guided by the literature on historical
justice, W. James Booth restores the dead to their central place at
the heart of our understanding of why and how to deal with past
injustice. Testimonies and accounts from the race war in the United
States, the Holocaust, post-apartheid South Africa, Argentina's
Dirty War and the conflict in Northern Ireland help advance and
defend Booth's claim that caring for the dead is a central part of
addressing past injustice. Memory, Historic Injustice, and
Responsibility is an insightful and original book on the
relationship of past and present in thinking about what it means to
do justice. A valuable addition to the currently available
literature on historical justice, the volume will be of great
interest to students and scholars of political science, philosophy,
history, and law.
The need to improve the mathematical proficiency of elementary
teachers is well recognized, and it has long been of interest to
educators and researchers in the U.S. and many other countries. But
the specific proficiencies that elementary teachers need and the
process of developing and improving them remain only partially
conceptualized and not well validated empirically. To improve this
situation, national workshops were organized at Texas A&M
University to generate focused discussions about this important
topic, with participation of mathematicians, mathematics educators
and teachers. Developing Mathematical Proficiency for Elementary
Instruction is a collection of articles that grew out of those
exciting cross-disciplinary exchanges. Developing Mathematical
Proficiency for Elementary Instruction is organized to probe the
specifics of mathematical proficiency that are important to
elementary teachers during two separate but inter-connected
professional stages: as pre-service teachers in a preparation
program, and as in-service teachers teaching mathematics in
elementary classrooms. From this rich and inspiring collection,
readers may better understand, and possibly rethink, their own
practices and research in empowering elementary teachers
mathematically and pedagogically, as educators or researchers.
Twenty-three papers review recent advances in experimental studies
on microorganisms, plants and animals. They are taken from a
symposium organized at Cologne University, in April 1983 by the
Committee on Genetic Experimentation (COGENE), a scientific
committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions.
Written for social science scholars who want to learn more about
the qualitative way of thinking, this book addresses the full
continuum of issues about the qualitative methodologies. At one end
of that continuum are the deeply philosophical concerns of ontology
and epistemology. At the other -- concrete -- end of that continuum
are the practical issues of what is considered evidence: How does
one go about gathering evidence? Where, when, and how does one
analyze evidence? What are the alternative ways of dealing with
tone and voice in writing qualitative research? The attention to
practical, concrete issues makes this book useful as a handbook
providing a great deal of vital information to scholars who want a
guide to making decisions as they navigate their research questions
through the qualitative realm.
Uniquely qualified to write such a book, Potter has earned PhDs in
both qualitative methods (with a concentration in linguistics and
field studies) and in quantitative methods (with a concentration in
social science theory and statistics). The book is not an
ideological argument that glorifies one system of thinking while
attempting to persuade the reader that other systems of thinking
are bankrupt. Rather, the book presents a respectful, balanced
analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the qualitative
approach.
The book builds to a controversial final chapter entitled "Is
Convergence a Possibility?" in which Potter synthesizes a
conclusion from his analysis of a wide range of qualitative studies
across three broad topic areas -- text focused research, audience
focused research, and institution focused research -- and across
seven major qualitative methodologies -- ethnography,
ethnomethodology, reception study, ecological psychology, symbolic
interactionism, cultural studies, and textual analysis. His
conclusion is that not only is there a possibility of a convergence
between qualitative and quantitative approaches, but that the
convergence has already happened.
The book includes an appendix in which 95 books and articles using
the qualitative approach are abstracted and analyzed to illustrate
key points of methodology and methods. It also includes subject and
author indexes.
Since June 2004, millions of parents and teachers across the United
States have been receiving report cards in the mail alerting them
that their local schools have "failed." For many Americans, this
was the first introduction to President Bush's controversial "No"
"Child Left Behind" legislation, which calls for expanded student
testing, more stringent accountability requirements, and annual
school-focused report cards at the state, district, and school
levels. The legislation ties substantial federal funds for
disadvantaged students--which many schools have already been
receiving for almost four decades--to performance requirements
dictated by the new legislation.
But are these report cards accurate? "In America's "Failing"
Schools," W. James Popham provides parents and teachers with
explanations of "No Child Left Behind" as a whole, walking them
through the implications for standardized testing in particular, in
language that is uncomplicated and straightforward. Popham offers
definitions of the law and its key terms, explanations of what it
really means when a school is labeled "failing," and concrete
suggestions for what can be done in response.
Because parents with children in failing schools will now have the
rare option of transferring their children to other, non-failing
schools, they will need to understand why a "failing" school may
actually still be a good school. Similarly, the teachers and
administrators at both failing and passing schools need to know
whether their school's label was truly deserved, and how to bring
about the changes required by the new legislation.
Whether parent, teacher, administrator, or involved citizen, anyone
concerned with the state ofeducation in the U.S. will want to read
"America's "Failing" Schools,"
A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Of the
glittering, licentious court around King Charles II, John Wilmot,
the second Earl of Rochester, was the most notorious.
Simultaneously admired and vilified, he personified the rake-hell.
Libertine, profane, promiscuous, heshocked his pious contemporaries
with his doubts about religion and his blunt verses that dealt with
sex or vicious satiric assaults on the high and mighty of the
court. This account of Rochester and his times provides the facts
behind his legendary reputation as a rake and his deathbed
repentance. However, it also demonstrates that he was a loving if
unfaithful husband, a devoted father, a loyal friend, a serious
scholar, a social critic, and an aspiringpatriot. An Emeritus
professor of English at the University of Rochester, James William
Johnson is the author or editor of nine books and many articles
treating British and American Literature.
On Media Violence is a definitive examination of this hotly debated social topic. Media scholar W. James Potter asks provocative questions such as: How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the way violence is portrayed? What effect does it have on viewers individually, as members of particular groups, and as members of society? The book is organized in four parts. The first part presents a thorough review of more than 40 years of research and theories about media violence. The second part is an extended critique of the assumptions and practices of that research and thinking. The book proposes re-conceptions of definitions of violence, context, levels of phenomena, the role of human development, effects, risk, and the nature of the media industries. Potter also addresses the necessity for a reconfiguration of the methodological tasks used to assess the content and effects of media violence. The final part introduces Lineation Theory, a suggested perspective and new theoretical approach explaining it. On Media Violence is essential reading for students and scholars of Media Studies, Communication Theory, Popular Culture, Social Psychology, and Sociology. Part I of the book offers a thorough review of more than 40 years of research on media violence. Part II proposes re-conceptions of these theories, focusing in particular on violence, context, levels of phenomena, human development, effects, risk, and the media industries. In the latter half of the book, Part III addresses the necessity for a reconfiguration of the methodological tasks used to assess media violence. Part IV introduces the concept of Lineation Theory, a suggested perspective for thinking about media violence and a new theoretical approach to explaining it. On Media Violence is essential reading for students and scholars of Media Studies, Communication Theory, Popular Culture, Social Psychology, and Sociology.
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