* Provides educational researchers with philosophical and theoretical frameworks as well as methodological practices for conducting discourse analysis of educational events * Provides multiple cases to illustrate and model the use of philosophical and theoretical frameworks and methodological practices * Provides ways for conceptualizing how discourse analysis of language and literacy in educational settings can contribute to the improvement of the everyday lives of educators through providing a new language with which to examine and re-fashion classroom life. * Expands on a popular and cutting-edge book to bring it up to date for an international audience, with a more diverse and international array of examples

At the centre of this book is the exploration of how logic-in-use both leads to a particular understanding of the phenomena of interest (such as opportunities for learning specific processes) and shapes a particular view of what evidence counts in constructing claims. The contributions brought together here invite readers to explore the processes involved in developing and studying educational innovations, and to undercover the interdependent conceptual and epistemological actions, processes and practices of instructors, programme developers and students. Taken together, the book brings forward an argument related to the reflexive turn - the understanding that researchers in the social sciences construct, rather than find, phenomena of interest. Therefore, this book creates the potential to examine not only the logic-in-use developed by different researchers, but also to examine the complex nature of particular phenomena of interest to the researcher themselves. This book was originally published as a special issue of Pedagogies: An Educational Journal.

* Provides educational researchers with philosophical and theoretical frameworks as well as methodological practices for conducting discourse analysis of educational events * Provides multiple cases to illustrate and model the use of philosophical and theoretical frameworks and methodological practices * Provides ways for conceptualizing how discourse analysis of language and literacy in educational settings can contribute to the improvement of the everyday lives of educators through providing a new language with which to examine and re-fashion classroom life. * Expands on a popular and cutting-edge book to bring it up to date for an international audience, with a more diverse and international array of examples

Integrated Resource and Environmental Management (IREM) can be defined as both a management process and a philosophy, that takes into account the many values associated with natural resources within a particular area.This book presents an overview and history of natural resource management, from a global perspective. It discusses the challenges facing IREM by examining issues such as conflict, property rights and the role of science in the management of natural resource. It also addresses the definition and application of IREM from several different contexts, including real-world applications, planning frameworks, and complex systems. It provides a comprehensive aid in natural resource decision-making within the context of the real world. "

At the centre of this book is the exploration of how logic-in-use both leads to a particular understanding of the phenomena of interest (such as opportunities for learning specific processes) and shapes a particular view of what evidence counts in constructing claims. The contributions brought together here invite readers to explore the processes involved in developing and studying educational innovations, and to undercover the interdependent conceptual and epistemological actions, processes and practices of instructors, programme developers and students. Taken together, the book brings forward an argument related to the reflexive turn - the understanding that researchers in the social sciences construct, rather than find, phenomena of interest. Therefore, this book creates the potential to examine not only the logic-in-use developed by different researchers, but also to examine the complex nature of particular phenomena of interest to the researcher themselves. This book was originally published as a special issue of Pedagogies: An Educational Journal.

The war between Heaven and Satan has raged across time and space. After a crushing defeat in the Midwest, Satan retreats into a black hole just outside of Heaven. Despite his never ending study of the Bible, he can do nothing to stop the Holy Father's plan. Jesus is coming to judge the living and the dead and His kingdom will have no end. Sensing God's judgment is about to befall him as written in the Book of Revelations, Satan decides to challenge the Almighty one last time. Learning from his experience with Job, Satan selects the not- so-righteous Commodore Elle Baker. Commodore Elle Baker is the commanding officer of the Eastern Fleet whose mission is to maintain order in the wilds of deep space. In control of a powerful fleet of impressive capability, there seems to be little in the universe that can threaten the Eastern Fleet. Her faith walk with Christ is put to the test as Elle is asked to find the missing Northern Fleet and instead confronts a storm in space, a phenomena that neither human or spirit can explain. Marooned on a hostile planet, Elle is befriended by a benign and prayerful native species where she is carried to a colony of humans struggling to survive day to day on the burning surface of Uz. Elle must now stand for Christ with nothing but her faith in the Holy Spirit to guide her. Elle finds that "when you have nothing, you have God." Overcoming her doubts, fears, and anger, Elle must find the faith to continue to follow God and save the lost colony before Satan is able to exact his revenge.

Sunny Days, The Story of a Digital Soul, is a look behind the heavenly veil in order to catch a glimpse of the old saying, "God works in mysterious ways." Sunny Days is a US artificial intelligence (A.I.) program designed to be the perfect spy and saboteur. When Sunny infiltrates the Chinese MetaCenter to steal a 'valuable file' in order to satisfy an obsessive general, Sunny starts an international struggle between nations and touches the lives of a powerful family with a dangerous legacy. Across 72 hours, Sunny Days finds herself with the Rent family of North Carolina. Fortunately for Sunny, Alex Rent needs a good office administrator and his wife, Jamie Rent, needs help with their two young boys, Isaac and Joseph. What could be a better qualification for an electronic nanny than a talent for assassination and electronic warfare? Particularly if you dealing with the digital armies from China, the e-fleets from the United States, a power mad rogue A.I. named J.R intent on taking over the world, while trying to understand the meaning of life from the bible. Sunny Days is designed to inspire, thrill, and remind that we are never out of God's reach. Military battles, advanced technological worlds, and angelic beings all weave into the plot as the reader watches Sunny decide who she is meant to be. Are we only what we have been taught to be, or can we achieve more?