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My Tired Telephone (Hardcover)
Suzette D. Harrison; Illustrated by Carl Anthony
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Dr. Carl Leonard assesses the impact of a stress management, a
self-development and a relaxation technique on the quality of
school life and attendance of 448 elementary school students in New
South Wales, Australia. The importance of contextualising student
quality of school life as a key indicator of school effectiveness
and measure of school improvement, is identified. Overall, the
interventions implemented appeared to have had some small impact on
student quality of school life and absence; and, teacher stress,
satisfaction and absence. Of particular interest were the
differential effects of the interventions for: teachers and
students, classes, schools, and, at least in part, the
effectiveness of the implementation of the interventions. Possible
explanations and implications of these differences are discussed
including the importance of positive peer relationships and an
exciting and enjoyable curriculum in ensuring students have a high
quality of school life are described. Dr. Carl Leonard advocates
the establishment of classroom environments where students and
teachers want to be, educational outcomes are enhanced, and
students are led to a broader life experience.
Countries commencing industrialization with relatively low levels
of agricultural productivity, hence low wages, enjoy advantages
that can also prove host to daunting challenges. The chief
advantage is a relatively elastic supply of labor for
manufacturing; the chief challenge is how to free up farm labor for
factory employment through the raising of labor productivity in
farming. Key to raising agricultural labor productivity is
providing incentives to increase effort levels including hours
worked - access to markets being crucial - and improving the
quality of labor as measured by health indicators and educational
attainment. The willingness of elites to promote improvements in
infrastructure - physical infrastructure in the form of roads and
railroads and hydroelectric systems; human capital enhancing
infrastructure augmenting the educational attainment and health of
populations in rural areas; and financial infrastructure - and to
invest directly in factories is crucial to the process by which
labor is transferred from farming to manufacturing activities.
During the period 1850 to 1935 elites in China tended to resist the
requisite changes while elites in Japan did not. This legacy played
a crucial role in shaping the nature of post-1950 economic
development in the two countries.
Four-fifths of Americans now live in the nation's sprawling
metropolitan areas, and half of the world's population is now
classified as "urban." As cities become the dominant living
environment for humans, there is growing concern about how to make
such places more habitable, more healthy and safe, more ecological,
and more equitable--in short, more "humane." This book explores the
prospects for a more humane metropolis through a series of essays
and case studies that consider why and how urban places can be made
greener and more amenable. Its point of departure is the legacy of
William H. Whyte (1917-1999), one of America's most admired urban
thinkers. From his eyrie high above Manhattan in the offices of the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Whyte laid the foundation for today's
"smart growth" and "new urbanist" movements with books such as The
Last Landscape (1968). His passion for improving the habitability
of cities and suburbs is reflected in the diverse grassroots urban
design and regreening strategies discussed in this volume. Topics
examined in this book include urban and regional greenspaces, urban
ecological restoration, social equity, and green design. Some of
the contributors are recognized academic experts, while others
offer direct practical knowledge of particular problems and
initiatives. The editor's introduction and epilogue set the
individual chapters in a broader context and suggest how the
strategies described, if widely replicated, may help create more
humane urban environments. In addition to Rutherford H. Platt,
contributors to the volume include Carl Anthony, Thomas Balsley,
Timothy Beatley, Eugenie L. Birch, Edward J. Blakely, Colin M.
Cathcart, Steven E. Clemants, Christopher A. De Sousa, Steven N.
Handel, Peter Harnik, Michael C. Houck, Jerold S. Kayden, Albert
LaFarge, Andrew Light, Charles E. Little, Anne C. Lusk, Thalya
Parilla, Deborah E. Popper, Frank J. Popper, Mary V. Rickel,
Cynthia Rosenzweig, Robert L. Ryan, Laurin N. Sievert, Andrew G.
Wiley-Schwartz, and Ann Louise Strong.
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