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Here with Me
David Walker; Illustrated by David Walker
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Don't miss the other books in this adorable series: If Animals
Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals
Celebrated Christmas, and If Animals Gave Thanks! What if animals
did what YOU do? This sweet story describes what animals might do
in the classroom! If animals went to school...what would they do?
Beaver would practice counting with sticks. Goat would snack on the
storybooks. And at recess, Goose would glide down Giraffe's neck
slide! Across the animal kingdom, every creature would learn, play,
and make new friends.
'This is a wonderful companion for Lent by Bishop David Walker. It
is short but deep, and engages the reader in both prayer and
reflection. A perfect way to explore what it means for all of us to
belong to Christ in a challenging world.' Justin Welby, Archbishop
of Canterbury Every day during Lent Bishop David Walker invites us
to look afresh at a Biblical character or saint. We gain new
insights into their lives. He helps us journey through Lent with a
deeper knowledge of how much God loves and treasures us. God
reminds us 'You are mine.' David draws on his experience as an
ordinary member of a family and a friend, a theologian and a
Bishop. God's desire is for us to belong to Jesus and to each
other. The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu 'Again and again, as
I have sought to look into both the scriptures and my own life, I
have heard in the silence the one who assures me, ever more
strongly, 'You are mine'. My hope and prayer is that you who read
it will hear something of the same.' At this time of Lent, David
Walker explores different aspects of human belonging through the
medium of scripture and story in order to help us recognise the
different ways in which we are God's beloved. And as we recognise
ourselves and our own lives in the narrative of God's engagement
with humanity and his creation, he gently challenges us to engage
for God's sake with God's world.
Introducing engineering students to numerical analysis and
computing, this book covers a range of topics suitable for the
first three years of a four year undergraduate engineering degree.
The teaching of computing to engineers is hampered by the lack of
suitable problems for the students to tackle, so much effort has
gone into making the problems in this book realistic and relevant,
while at the same time solvable for undergraduates.
Taking a balanced approach to teaching computing and computer
methods at the same time, this book satisfies the need to be able
to use computers (using both formal languages such as Fortran and
other applications such as Matlab and Microsoft Excel), and the
need to be able to solve realistic engineering problems.
If animals tried to be kind . . .what would they do? Porcupine
would knit a scarf for Giraffe, long enough to fit. Cat would
snuggle Mouse to sleep with her lullaby purrrrrr. Stork would lift
up Lizard, so she could be close to the sky, just once. And across
the animal kingdom, every creature would try to be thoughtful and
kind to each other. Another winner from Ann Whitford Paul and David
Walker, If Animals Tried to Be Kind is perfect for showing children
the power of being considerate and caring.
An interdisciplinary approach, integrating a rich body of
scholarship and drawing upon a range of resources including maps,
novels, poetry, art, diaries and reports, giving the book a
comprehensive nature. Targets the emerging Australian Studies
market, whilst also feeding into Indigenous Studies. Goes beyond
general histories or specific aspects of the national story, to
introduce the history and geography along with politics, cultures,
and key socio-political shifts. A fresh engagement with Australia's
history and geography, with a focus on mid to late twentieth
century, including the impact of social movement and globalisation,
environmental issues, gender, race, sexuality and ethnicity, whilst
also engaging with broader socio-political issues.
The Story of Australia provides a fresh, engaging and comprehensive
introduction to Australia's history and geography. An island
continent with distinct physical features, Australia is home to the
most enduring Indigenous cultures on the planet. In the late
eighteenth century newcomers from distant worlds brought great
change. Since that time Australia has been shaped by many peoples
with competing visions of what the future might hold. This new
history of Australia integrates a rich body of scholarship from
many disciplines, drawing upon maps, novels, poetry, art, music,
diaries and letters, government and scientific reports, newspapers,
architecture and the land itself, engaging with Australia in its
historical, geographical, national and global contexts. It pays
particular attention to women and Indigenous Australians, as well
as exploring key themes including invasion/colonisation, land use,
urbanisation, war, migration, suburbia and social movements for
change. Elegantly written, readers will enjoy Australia's story
from its origins to the present as the nation seeks to resolve
tensions between Indigenous dispossession, British tradition and
multicultural diversity while finding its place in an Asian region
and dealing with global challenges like climate change. It is an
ideal text for students, academics and general readers with an
interest in Australian history, geography, politics and culture.
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The Shmoogly Boo (Paperback)
Eileen Wharton; Illustrated by David Walker
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First Published in 1985. This is a volume of collected articles on
reflection in learning, looking at the model, experience-based
learning, development of learning skills, writing and the
importance of the listener.
This newly updated book offers a comprehensive introduction to the
scope and nature of engineering work, taking a rigorous but common
sense approach to the solution of engineering problems. The text
follows the planning, modelling and design phases of engineering
projects through to implementation or construction, explaining the
conceptual framework for undertaking projects, and then providing a
range of techniques and tools for solutions. It focuses on
engineering design and problem solving, but also involves economic,
environmental, social and ethical considerations. This third
edition expands significantly on the economic evaluation of
projects and also includes a new section on intractable problems
and systems, involving a discussion of wicked problems and soft
systems methodology as well as the approaches to software
development. Further developments include an array of additional
interest boxes, worked examples, problems and up-to date
references. Case studies and real-world examples are used to
illustrate the role of the engineer and especially the methods
employed in engineering practice. The examples are drawn
particularly from the fields of civil and environmental
engineering, but the approaches and techniques are more widely
applicable to other branches of engineering. The book is aimed at
first-year engineering students, but contains material to suit more
advanced undergraduates. It also functions as a professional
handbook, covering some of the fundamentals of engineering planning
and design in detail.
A new collection with contributions from performing musicians and
Grainger scholars and a detailed Catalogue of Works. In the thirty
years since his Centenary in 1982 it has become even clearer that
Percy Grainger [1882-1961] - composer, pianist and revolutionary -
was a man born out of his time. Many of his ideas, both musical and
social, sit farmore easily in our contemporary world. Those thirty
years have also seen a notable expansion of interest in Grainger's
music. Innumerable recordings have been made, including the first
complete Grainger recording survey by Chandos in its monumental
Grainger Edition. The growth of the internet has made it possible,
as never before, for Grainger's music to be heard widely. The
central theme of The New Percy Grainger Companion is to give
information and help from established musicians for performing and
listening to this life-celebrating repertoire. The Companion's
fully detailed, up-to-date Catalogue of Works - the most complete
of any existing catalogue - givesinvaluable assistance.
Authoritative contextual chapters in the Companion offer some
surprising new background information, together with thoughtful
evaluations which signal a new twenty-first century perspective in
Grainger scholarship. PENELOPE THWAITES is recognised
internationally as a leading Grainger exponent. Her research,
performances and extensive Grainger discography over four decades
reflect a unique understanding of the manand his music.
Contributors: BRIAN ALLISON, TERESA BALOUGH, ROGER COVELL, KAY
DREYFUS, LEWIS FOREMAN, PAUL JACKSON, JAMES JUDD, JAMES KOEHNE,
ASTRID BRITT KRAUTSCHNEIDER, BARRY PETER OULD, STEWART MANVILLE,
MURRAY MCLACHLAN, TIMOTHY REYNISH, BRUCE CLUNIES ROSS, DESMOND
SCOTT, PETER SCULTHORPE, GEOFFREY SIMON, RONALD STEVENSON, STEPHEN
VARCOE, DAVID WALKER
From the illustrator of Bob Dylan's If Not for You comes a wildly
cute, encouraging picture book about a lovable lion who learns to
be brave and that you're never too small to make a difference.
Lions are BIG and they're BRAVE, we all know that. But not Little
Lion: he's a fraidy-cat! He's afraid of his shadow and noises at
night, even sounds in the day will give him a fright. Little Lion
and his friend Bird often hide in the woods, watching the Big Lions
play from afar. "Someday we'll be big, with no fears at all," he
says, hoping that he'll outgrow his small stature and finally have
courage. But when his feathered friend gets into a scary situation
and the other lions are just too big to help, Little Lion will have
to face his fears and discover that maybe he's a little bit
courageous after all!
The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education offers the reader a
comprehensive and authoritative account of both the theoretical and
practical complexities of cultivating virtue in education and
beyond. The book moves beyond the usual philosophical literature
that merely discusses virtue in the abstract, and offers scholarly,
research-informed suggestions for practice. Drawn from a highly
successful international conference organised by the Jubilee Centre
for Character and Virtues, the chapters in this volume offer a
unique insight into the varieties of approaches that leading
scholars have identified for putting the learning and nurturing of
virtues into practice. Featured are chapters from internationally
acclaimed scholars primarily in the fields of philosophy,
psychology and education, which are categorised under three
headings: philosophical and theoretical foundations for cultivating
virtues; developing virtues in practice; and nurturing specific
virtues. Beginning with chapters that examine differing theoretical
complexities of virtue education, the book then moves on to explore
different approaches to nurturing virtue in the classroom and
beyond. This practical approach is further evidenced in the final
section, where individual virtues are discussed. The Theory and
Practice of Virtue Education highlights the theoretical complexity
of putting virtue education into practice and, as a result, is of
real use to researchers, academics and postgraduates in the fields
of education, philosophy, psychology, sociology and theology. It
should also be essential reading for educators in character and
virtue.
This book illustrates correct techniques and demonstrates how to
achieve optimal results in Racquetball. It focuses on skills and
drills or program design, and addresses a broad range of strategies
specifically designed to improve performance now and in the future.
Inclusion means educating students of all abilities in mainstream
schools, it has become an important topic - politicians now stress
their commitments to inclusion as proof of their commitment to
wider social justice. The inclusive mood, which is about including
everyone in society's institutions, has created a growing demand
for schools to find effective ways of including and teaching all
children - even those who at one time would have been sent to
special schools. The book combines a theoretical examination of
inclusion and its rationale with the story of a group of schools in
which teachers, assistants and children have striven to make
inclusion happen. It explores the arguments for inclusive schools;
examines the international evidence about children's well-being and
academic progress in inclusive schools; describes how the pioneers
have developed their practice for inclusion; and presents the
findings of an in-depth 18 month study of a group of schools which
have striven to make inclusion happen.
Inclusion is a buzzword of the 1990s. Politicians now stress their commitment to inclusion and social justice - not competition. For schools, inclusion means accepting and educating all children, irrespective of their difficulties. The new inclusive mood is about including everyone in society's institutions. It has created a growing demand for schools to find effective ways of including and teaching all children - even those who at one time would have been sent to special schools. The book combines a theoretical examination of inclusion and its rationale with the story of a group of schools in which teachers, assistants and children have striven to make inclusion happen. This new book * explores the arguments for inclusive schools * examines the international evidence about children's well-being and academic progress in inclusive schools * describes how the pioneers have developed their practice for inclusion * presents the findings of an in-depth 18 month study of a group of schools which have striven to make inclusion happen
Michael Oakshott described conservatism as a non-ideological
preference for the familiar, tried, actual, limited, near,
sufficient, convenient and present. Historically, conservatives
have been associated with attempts to sustain social harmony
between classes and groups within an organic, hierarchical order
grounded in collective history and cultural values. Yet, in recent
decades, conservatism throughout the English-speaking world has
been associated with radical social and economic policy, often
championing free-market models which substitute the free movement
of labour and forms of competition and social mobility for organic
hierarchy and noblesse oblige. The radical changes associated with
such policies call into question the extent to which contemporary
conservatism is conservative, rather than ideological. This book
seeks to explore contemporary conservative political thought with
regard to such topics as, 'One Nation' politics and Big Society,
sovereignty, multiculturalism and international blocs, paternalism
and negative liberty with regard to narcotics, pornography and
education, regional and international development, and public
faith, establishment and religious diversity. This book will be
published as a special issue of Global Discourse.
This book is part of the Teach, Coach, Play series, emphasizing a
systematic learning approach to sports and activities. Both visual
and verbal information are presented so that readers can easily
understand the material and improve performance. Built-in learning
aids help readers master each skill in a step-by-step manner. Using
the cues, summaries, skills, drills, and illustrations will help
build a solid foundation for safe and effective participation now
and in the future. The basic approach in all of the Teach, Coach,
Play activity titles is to help readers improve their skills and
performance by building mastery from simple to increasingly complex
levels. The books strive to illustrate correct techniques and
demonstrate how to achieve optimal results. The basic organization
in each book is as follows: Section 1 overviews history,
organizations and publications, conditioning activities, safety,
warm up suggestions, and equipment. Section 2 covers exercise or
skills, participants, action involved, rules, facility or field,
scoring, and etiquette. Section 3 focuses on skills and drills or
program design. Section 4 addresses a broad range of strategies
specifically designed to improve performance now and in the future.
Section 5 provides a convenient glossary of terms.
Michael Oakshott described conservatism as a non-ideological
preference for the familiar, tried, actual, limited, near,
sufficient, convenient and present. Historically, conservatives
have been associated with attempts to sustain social harmony
between classes and groups within an organic, hierarchical order
grounded in collective history and cultural values. Yet, in recent
decades, conservatism throughout the English-speaking world has
been associated with radical social and economic policy, often
championing free-market models which substitute the free movement
of labour and forms of competition and social mobility for organic
hierarchy and noblesse oblige. The radical changes associated with
such policies call into question the extent to which contemporary
conservatism is conservative, rather than ideological. This book
seeks to explore contemporary conservative political thought with
regard to such topics as, 'One Nation' politics and Big Society,
sovereignty, multiculturalism and international blocs, paternalism
and negative liberty with regard to narcotics, pornography and
education, regional and international development, and public
faith, establishment and religious diversity. This book will be
published as a special issue of Global Discourse.
As a psychiatric term 'depression' dates back only as far as the
mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were
used: 'melancholy' carried enormous weight, and was one of the two
confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume
set is the first large-scale study of depression across an
extensive period.
As a psychiatric term 'depression' dates back only as far as the
mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were
used: 'melancholy' carried enormous weight, and was one of the two
confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume
set is the first large-scale study of depression across an
extensive period.
As a psychiatric term 'depression' dates back only as far as the
mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were
used: 'melancholy' carried enormous weight, and was one of the two
confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume
set is the first large-scale study of depression across an
extensive period.
As a psychiatric term 'depression' dates back only as far as the
mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were
used: 'melancholy' carried enormous weight, and was one of the two
confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume
set is the first large-scale study of depression across an
extensive period.
Don't miss the other books in the adorable If Animals Kissed Good
Night series by Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker: If Animals
Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals
Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Went to School, If Animals Gave
Thanks, and If Animals Tried to be Kind! If animals
trick-or-treated . . .what would they do on Halloween night? Owlet
and friends would knock-knock-knock at nests, outside dens, and
under a rock, promising a trick if they didn't get treats. And
Parrot would give out her yummy seed sweets. Across the animal
kingdom, every creature would celebrate Halloween in their own
special way.
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