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Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be
‘great’, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through
deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by
his writings as a journalist and historian. But Churchill’s path
to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along
the way – friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such
as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George,
Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting
presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his
troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its
absence, in ways that influenced his own career. This book includes
some whom Churchill would not have deemed ‘great’, but who –
in our own day – offer alternative mirrors of what that word
might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting
the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision
of ‘Great Britain’ was socialist and post-imperial. And his
darling Clementine, channelling her ‘pinko’ sentiments to
become Winston’s essential helpmate and most devoted critic.
Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchill’s
life and work, showing how this unique man – with dazzling gifts
and jagged flaws – learned from his ‘great contemporaries’
and what they saw in him.
The best one-volume history of the United States ever written
(Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump
presidencies In America, Empire of Liberty, prizewinning historian
David Reynolds offers a single-volume account spanning the entire
course of US history, from 1776 to today. He demonstrates how
tensions between empire and liberty have often been resolved by
faith. Both evangelical Protestantism and the larger belief in the
nation's righteousness, he explains, have energized American
politics for centuries and driven the country's expansion. In this
new edition, Reynolds also addresses America's turbulent recent
history. From the 2008 financial crash to the 2020 coronavirus
pandemic, he recounts the dramas of change and crisis at home and
abroad during the Obama and Trump presidencies, as well as ongoing
cultural conflicts over race and identity. In an uncertain era,
America, Empire of Liberty offers essential insight into our
nation's past.
• Gives first-hand insights into the World leading Chinese Master
maths teacher method • An invaluable resource for pre-service
teachers wishing to improve their teaching of maths in primary
schools • Offers evidence-informed solutions for improved
teaching from leading peers
Prophecy: From Now On... A Layman's guide to Bible prophecy is an
Everyman's guide. Scriptures are written out, not merely
referenced. Print is B&W and eBook has full color charts,
graphs and images. A direct read (literal) is used to understand
the Bible, just like any other book. This book takes a futurist
approach and is pre-tribulational and pre-millennial in its
approach.
Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be
‘great’, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through
deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by
his writings as a journalist and historian. But Churchill’s path
to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along
the way – friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such
as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George,
Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting
presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his
troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its
absence, in ways that influenced his own career. This book includes
some whom Churchill would not have deemed ‘great’, but who –
in our own day – offer alternative mirrors of what that word
might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting
the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision
of ‘Great Britain’ was socialist and post-imperial. And his
darling Clementine, channelling her ‘pinko’ sentiments to
become Winston’s essential helpmate and most devoted critic.
Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchill’s
life and work, showing how this unique man – with dazzling gifts
and jagged flaws – learned from his ‘great contemporaries’
and what they saw in him.
This major work trancends the conventional sub-cultures of academic
history by bringing economic, social, military, and diplomatic
history back together, where they belong. Allies at War represents
a collaborative effort among British, American, and Russian
scholars - with the Russian contributions being among the first
fruits of access to Soviet archives - in which all the historians
have attempted to set aside the accumulation of patriotic myth and
political ideology that have characterized many Cold War studies of
World War II. Strategy, economy, the home front, and foreign policy
are each studied 'nationally' and then in the context of the other
members of the alliance. Allies at War therefore represents a
pioneering attempt to see the wartime alliance as both 'national'
and 'international' history.
As he moseys from east to west, driving slowly, stopping frequently
he meets Trump's countrymen and women - white, black, Hispanic,
Asian, native American; Christian, Muslim, atheist, Mormon,
Mennonite; rich, middling, poor. They talk about everything from
slavery and Indian reservations to , Butch Cassidy, and Marilyn
Monroe. Everyone has something to say about Donald Trump, whether
they love him or hate him, and the outcome of the presidential
election Reynolds follows the direction of history, the direction
taken by explorers and pioneer settlers. As he travels he conjures
a vivid picture of the US then and now; its landscape and its
people in all their diversity
• Gives first-hand insights into the World leading Chinese Master
maths teacher method • An invaluable resource for pre-service
teachers wishing to improve their teaching of maths in primary
schools • Offers evidence-informed solutions for improved
teaching from leading peers
The Effectiveness of Mathematics Teaching in Primary Schools:
Lessons from England and China provides a unique insight into the
mathematics classrooms of these two countries and arrives at a time
when the world is eager to know how Chinese learners consistently
excel at learning mathematics and other core subjects. Showcasing
the kinds of teaching methods that work within and across
countries, this book presents a rich collection of views, including
those from teachers, their native colleagues, their foreign
colleagues and the researcher, regarding the quality of mathematics
teaching today. Interweaving scientific results about teaching and
learning evaluations with multiple perspectives of various roles in
and out of the classroom, Miao and Reynolds offer insights into how
and why different approaches of teaching have led to different
learning outcomes in mathematics internationally. Building on rigid
and robust analyses of the most up-to-date data in England and
China, the book indicates that it is through changing teaching
rather than changing teachers that mathematics learning can be
improved, because it is what teachers do in the classroom that
really makes a big difference. Containing four decades of wisdom
from the field of teaching effectiveness research, this book is
essential reading for all who want to improve the quality of
mathematics teaching worldwide. This book is particularly relevant
for educational researchers, postgraduate students and teachers, as
well as school leaders, policymakers and parents.
The Effectiveness of Mathematics Teaching in Primary Schools:
Lessons from England and China provides a unique insight into the
mathematics classrooms of these two countries and arrives at a time
when the world is eager to know how Chinese learners consistently
excel at learning mathematics and other core subjects. Showcasing
the kinds of teaching methods that work within and across
countries, this book presents a rich collection of views, including
those from teachers, their native colleagues, their foreign
colleagues and the researcher, regarding the quality of mathematics
teaching today. Interweaving scientific results about teaching and
learning evaluations with multiple perspectives of various roles in
and out of the classroom, Miao and Reynolds offer insights into how
and why different approaches of teaching have led to different
learning outcomes in mathematics internationally. Building on rigid
and robust analyses of the most up-to-date data in England and
China, the book indicates that it is through changing teaching
rather than changing teachers that mathematics learning can be
improved, because it is what teachers do in the classroom that
really makes a big difference. Containing four decades of wisdom
from the field of teaching effectiveness research, this book is
essential reading for all who want to improve the quality of
mathematics teaching worldwide. This book is particularly relevant
for educational researchers, postgraduate students and teachers, as
well as school leaders, policymakers and parents.
What constitutes quality schooling? What are the implications for
educational practice and administration? The text looks at these
questions and examines international research evidence and reform
initiatives with particular emphasis on North America, UK,
Australasia and the Third World. It offers a synopsis of the Third
World School Effects Research (SER). The authors claim that the
challenges now facing educational leaders is to find a balance
between SER and the other school movements and to ask more
demanding questions of our educational systems.
The International Handbook of Educational Effectiveness and
Improvement draws together leading academics and researchers in the
field to reflect on the history, traditions and the most recent
developments in this dynamic and influential field. This handbook
provides a comprehensive overview of: the foundations of the field
the evolution of educational effectiveness theory and methodology
the links with other research disciplines the links between policy
and practice. In conclusion, the handbook sets out a new agenda for
future educational effectiveness research. This handbook is an
essential resource for those interested in the effectiveness of
educational systems, organisations and classrooms. It offers
academics, researchers, students and policy-makers new insights
into the latest thinking and evidence about educational
effectiveness.
This book brings together the often separated histories of
diplomacy, defence, economics and empire in a provocative
reinterpretation of British 'decline'. It also offers a broader
reflection on the nature of international power and the mechanisms
of policymaking. For this Second Edition, David Reynolds has added
a new chapters and extends his lively and incisive analysis to the
beginning of the new millennium.
Animated comedy featuring the voice of David Spade as Inca Emperor
Kuzco, a rich, vain man who takes delight in other people's
misfortunes. His former-advisor Yzma (Eartha Kitt) would like to
get rid of him and hatches a plan to poison him. But when this is
botched by Yzma's assistant and instead the potion turns Kuczo into
a lowly (but talking) llama, Kuzco finds that he has to learn what
life is like for the people at the bottom. Kuzco enlists the help
of a poor farmer (voiced by John Goodman) to get him back to the
palace and find a sorcerer that can reverse the spell whilst
dodging Yzma and her assistant who are still trying to finish off
their evil plan. The film features songs by Sting, one of which was
nominated for an Oscar.
This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness
and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in
this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and
practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become
ingrained into the theoretical and methodological traditions of the
field. By challenging these orthodoxies, it provides a framework
that sets a new agenda and repositions the field to meet the
emerging challenges of the twenty-first century. It argues that
traditional measures of school effectiveness are challenged as
systems have attempted to adapt to a complex range of emerging
agendas. New theoretical perspectives are required which consider
'education' and a 'broader set of outcomes'. This shift requires a
rethink of how effectiveness and improvement have been understood
by the field, and a reconstruction by policy makers and
practitioners. Attention must be given to promoting equity as well
as effectiveness so that one school or student's gain no longer
means another's loss. The field must develop new methodologies if
inequities are to be challenged and a broader set of outcome
measures are to be developed. The two questions guiding this book
are: How can educational effectiveness and improvement research and
practice support the development of a more equitable education
service? What are the key indicators of educational effectiveness
and improvement and what are the new methodologies required to
facilitate a shift from 'school' effectiveness and improvement to
'educational' effectiveness and improvement? This book uses lenses
of research, policy and practice to explore these key questions and
articulate what such a repositioning may look like and how it may
be achieved. It will prove invaluable for teachers, school leaders
and anyone involved in policy and educational research.
This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness
and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in
this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and
practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become
ingrained into the theoretical and methodological traditions of the
field. By challenging these orthodoxies, it provides a framework
that sets a new agenda and repositions the field to meet the
emerging challenges of the twenty-first century. It argues that
traditional measures of school effectiveness are challenged as
systems have attempted to adapt to a complex range of emerging
agendas. New theoretical perspectives are required which consider
'education' and a 'broader set of outcomes'. This shift requires a
rethink of how effectiveness and improvement have been understood
by the field, and a reconstruction by policy makers and
practitioners. Attention must be given to promoting equity as well
as effectiveness so that one school or student's gain no longer
means another's loss. The field must develop new methodologies if
inequities are to be challenged and a broader set of outcome
measures are to be developed. The two questions guiding this book
are: How can educational effectiveness and improvement research and
practice support the development of a more equitable education
service? What are the key indicators of educational effectiveness
and improvement and what are the new methodologies required to
facilitate a shift from 'school' effectiveness and improvement to
'educational' effectiveness and improvement? This book uses lenses
of research, policy and practice to explore these key questions and
articulate what such a repositioning may look like and how it may
be achieved. It will prove invaluable for teachers, school leaders
and anyone involved in policy and educational research.
David Reynolds is recognised internationally as one of the leaders
of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement, and
Failure Free Education? brings together for the first time many of
his most influential and provocative pieces. Drawing on the
author's work from over three decades, these extracts from his
seminal books, chapters, papers and articles combine to give a
unique overview of how the movement developed, the problems
involved in the application of the knowledge and the disciplines'
potentially glittering future now. The book also covers the issues
raised by, and lessons learned from, his close involvement with
English government educational policymaking from the mid 1990s to
date. This book is essential reading for those who seek to
understand how we can make every school a good school, and what the
obstacles may be to achieving that goal.
Designed to cover the most up-to-date Standard Grade requirements,
these books should provide everything you need to prepare your
students for their exams. There are exam-style questions and
full-colour presentation throughout, while the topics covered are
among the most popular at this level.
In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding
sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of
Flanders -- of young men whose lives were cut off in their prime
for no evident purpose. But by reducing the conflict to personal
tragedies, however moving, we have lost the big picture: the
history has been distilled into poetry. In TheLong Shadow,
critically acclaimed author David Reynolds seeks to redress the
balance by exploring the true impact of 1914-18 on the 20th
century. Some of the Great War's legacies were negative and
pernicious but others proved transformative in a positive sense.
Exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and
capitalism and re-examining the differing impacts of the War on
Britain, Ireland and the United States,TheLong Shadowthrows light
on the whole of the last century and demonstrates that 1914-18 is a
conflict that Britain, more than any other nation, is still
struggling to comprehend. Stunningly broad in its historical
perspective, The Long Shadowis a magisterial and seismic
re-presentation of the Great War.
This lively and penetrating examination of British international policy since 1890 explores international relations. Britannia Overruled, 2e, brings together a history of diplomacy, defense and economics, and is up-to-date with information added on post-Thatcher period while providing a provocative re-interpretation of the British `decline'.
The question of what makes schools effective is the subject of much international debate. This book brings together for the first time research that has been done in the hitherto separate fields of school effectiveness and school improvement. An international team of contributors look at the conceptual, conditional and practical characteristics of effectiveness, and offer guidelines on ways and means of working towards creating better schools. The contributors emphasise the need for collaborative working, and provide a range of discussion points and further reading lists to help school managers and their teams.
The disciplines of school effectiveness research and school
improvement practice and research have been apart for too long.
This book is the first major attempt, by leading writers and
practitioners in these fields, to bring the areas together in a
coherent way.
Existing knowledge about the characteristics of good' schools is
outlined, together with the knowledge base about how to make
schools good schools'.
The book also makes an entirely original contribution to
re-thinking practice in school improvement that can revolutionise
our thinking in the late 1990s, and which can be of use to
academics, to policymakers and to the practitioners which much
existing work has neglected.
In this book the authors have conducted extensive research and
describe what makes a successful school and how this varies in
different countries. The book follows the progress of a cohort of
7-year-old children through their schools over a two-year period.
It covers schools in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia,
the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ireland and: *draw together
what it is that the most and least effective schools do in each
country *pinpoints what makes 'effective teaching' across the globe
*analyses which effectiveness-producing school and teaching factors
appear to be the same and which are context specific *discusses how
educational policies can be used to generate World Class Schools
and which new blends of practice can, or should be used The
existing literature based upon the comparison of the educational
achievements of different countries is inadequate. This unique
study provides a rich picture of the processes of the education
systems of different countries which will appeal to practitioners
and policy makers.
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