The book presented here describes an outstanding attempt, not only to include children's views but to partner with children to develop the concept of well-being and to study the phenomenon as the children understand it. The authors do this by placing the concept of children's well-being within the existing discourses on the topic and by developing their unique theoretical approach to the concept. Then, and based on what children told them, the authors identify different domains and dimensions of children's well-being and touch upon its multifaceted nature. The book concludes with drawing research and policy implications from an integrated summary of the study's findings and lists indicator concepts that present an alternative framework and conceptualisation of well-being from a child standpoint.

The book presented here describes an outstanding attempt, not only to include children's views but to partner with children to develop the concept of well-being and to study the phenomenon as the children understand it. The authors do this by placing the concept of children's well-being within the existing discourses on the topic and by developing their unique theoretical approach to the concept. Then, and based on what children told them, the authors identify different domains and dimensions of children's well-being and touch upon its multifaceted nature. The book concludes with drawing research and policy implications from an integrated summary of the study's findings and lists indicator concepts that present an alternative framework and conceptualisation of well-being from a child standpoint.

What if a teacher's most promising pupil is also her most dangerous? Aspiring writer Vera Lundy hasn't entirely overcome her own adolescence when she agrees to teach at a tiny private school. A recent murder has already put their small New England town on edge when Vera bonds with a student who's eerily reminiscent of her younger self. Amid a growing sense of menace, Vera finds herself in the vortex of danger--and suspicion.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

In organizations, teams are often charged with generating new ideas. This book provides insights into two questions related to creativity in teams. What processes are in play when creativity emerges? What are the conditions that enable creativity within teams? Participants in groups develop new ideas through collaboration and learning. One pattern is for members to engage in dialogue with socially influenced new ideas coming from their work. Another pattern is the development of socially constructed ideas that emerge as a product of the group's interaction. While functional group dynamics and having a purpose are important, additional conditions within the groups provide the fertile ground upon which creative groups' ideas grow. Creative teams display a set of facilitating conditions that enable new idea generation. Professionals in training and development, team coaching and OD will find this information useful as they develop organization members' abilities to engage in creativity in the group environment. In addition, practitioners who are expected to generate new, creative solutions will gain insights into how they can contribute more effectively to their groups.

Katherine Cottle received her BA from Goucher College and her MFA from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her work has appeared in such literary journals as Eclipse, The Greensboro Review, Karamu, The Mochila Review, The New Delta Review, Poetry East, and River Oak Review, as well as in several national anthologies.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

"A new edition of the book that received the Historic Preservation Book Prize and the American Society for Landscape Architects' Honor Award"

Since publication of the first edition of "Saving America's Countryside" in 1989, the fight to save America's rural resources has met with much success. Approaches considered experimental just a decade ago--greenways and heritage areas, for example--are now widespread. Yet at the same time, such disquieting developments as continuing suburban sprawl, the weakening of federal laws, and the so-called property rights movement all suggest that work remains to be done.

"Saving America's Countryside" was the first and is still the only comprehensive, step-by-step guide to protecting the natural, historic, scenic, and agricultural resources of a rural community. The authors show how to organize a conservation effort, inventory available resources, pass effective new laws, set up land trusts, take advantage of federal programs, and change public attitudes.

The thoroughly revised and updated second edition reports on changes in conservation over the past eight years and adds a chapter on making economic development compatible with rural conservation. It includes new case studies, more than fifty new illustrations, and a section on heritage tourism. As in the previous edition, the detailed case studies document a variety of successful--and often surprisingly innovative--conservation efforts by residents of rural communities throughout the United States.