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First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
With only 10 days to go before England's crucial World Cup
Qualifier against Germany, national manager Glenn Gould resigns,
blaming Brendon Fendon, the FA's Machiavellian chief executive, of
taking an unhealthy interest in team affairs. A shortlist of
temporary replacement managers is drawn up -- the instant favourite
is Ron Atkinson. Brendan Fendon leaves for Brazil to attend a
career-enhancing FIFA conference on the elasticity of corner flags.
Meanwhile, Nottingham plumber and Sunday League manager Reg
Atkinson is concerned that his tender for the undersoil heating
contract at the new Wembley stadium will be lost in the latest
crisis to hit the England team. But he is soon reassured by a call
from the FA asking him to an interview. Reg quickly hones his
knowledge of the Swedish undersoil heating system and heads for
London. After a swift selection process, Brendan Fendon's stand-in
Sir Richard Scratcher appoints Atkinson and calls a press
conference to announce the new England boss. But, as the mass media
soon discover, the man taking the stage isn't Ron but Reg who has
signed a multi-million pound contract to take charge of the
national team. The press have a field day, but Brendan Fendon is
none the wiser as his delayed flight from Rio lands at Heathrow.
When the truth dawns he realises the only way out is to force Reg
to resign by preventing all England's stars from playing against
Germany. What does Reg do now? If he resigns he'll lose his money,
but if he continues, England will be forced to forfeit the match
and Germany will surely qualify. The press are camped outside Reg's
humble semi in Nottingham, he's suffered a mysterious break-in and
his plumbing business and the future of English football look like
going down the pan...
This book provides a timely examination of the effects of class
size reduction (CSR) on teaching and learning processes. It
represents a departure in that the research covered focuses solely
on the relationship between CSR and effective teaching in real
secondary school classrooms. The book also presents a much-needed
and powerful student voice on the impact of class size reduction on
teaching and learning processes. It conceptualises the effects of
class size on teaching and learning processes in secondary school
classrooms, which are another under-researched perspective in this
field. Drawing on multiple case studies concerning teaching and
learning processes in large and small Hong Kong secondary-school
classes, it highlights the qualitative differences in teaching and
learning processes. On the basis of those studies, the book argues
for a more purposeful, dynamic approach to education for teachers
working in small or reduced-size classes.
This book provides a timely examination of the effects of class
size reduction (CSR) on teaching and learning processes. It
represents a departure in that the research covered focuses solely
on the relationship between CSR and effective teaching in real
secondary school classrooms. The book also presents a much-needed
and powerful student voice on the impact of class size reduction on
teaching and learning processes. It conceptualises the effects of
class size on teaching and learning processes in secondary school
classrooms, which are another under-researched perspective in this
field. Drawing on multiple case studies concerning teaching and
learning processes in large and small Hong Kong secondary-school
classes, it highlights the qualitative differences in teaching and
learning processes. On the basis of those studies, the book argues
for a more purposeful, dynamic approach to education for teachers
working in small or reduced-size classes.
This book assesses the extent to which British news organizations
gave exposure and credence to different political interpretations
of economics and business news in the decade before the 2008
Financial Crisis. Through the content analysis of some 1,600 news
items, this study provides compelling empirical evidence to inform
often theoretical debates about neoliberal assumptions in the
media. In each of the three pre-2008 case studies - economic
globalization, private finance and public services, and Tesco -
Merrill finds that the Telegraph, The Times, the Sunday Times and,
to varying extents, the Guardian-Observer and the BBC gave limited
exposure and credence to ideas from the left of the political
spectrum. As such, he builds an important comparative picture of
economic, business and financial journalism in the period before
the defining event of the decade, the effects of which continue to
resonate.
This study of Manchester football, by leading football historian
Gary James, considers the sport's emergence, development and
establishment through to its position as the city's leading team
sport. The period from 1840 to 1919 saw football in Manchester
develop from an inconsequential, occasionally outlawed activity,
into a major business with a variety of popular football clubs and
supporting industry. This book makes a distinct and original
contribution to the historiography of sport. It is the first
academic study into the development of association football in
Manchester, and is directly linked to the current state of
knowledge and debates within sports history on football's origins.
It adds regional focus to inform the wider debate, contextualising
the growth of the sport in the city and identifies communities who
propagated and developed football. Robust research should ensure
that this becomes the benchmark study of regional football. -- .
The Critical Thinking Book covers not only standard topics such as
definitions, fallacies, and argument identification, but also other
pertinent themes such as consumer choice in a market economy and
political choice in a representative democracy. Interesting
historical asides are included throughout, as are images, diagrams,
and reflective questions. A wealth of exercises is provided, both
within the text and on a supplemental website for instructors.
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This study of Manchester football, by leading football historian
Gary James, considers the sport's emergence, development and
establishment through to its position as the city's leading team
sport. The period from 1840 to 1919 saw football in Manchester
develop from an inconsequential, occasionally outlawed activity,
into a major business with a variety of popular football clubs and
supporting industry. This book makes a distinct and original
contribution to the historiography of sport. It is the first
academic study into the development of association football in
Manchester, and is directly linked to the current state of
knowledge and debates within sports history on football's origins.
It adds regional focus to inform the wider debate, contextualising
the growth of the sport in the city and identifies communities who
propagated and developed football. Robust research should ensure
that this becomes the benchmark study of regional football. -- .
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
The Sandino rebellion in Nicaragua and the Punitive Expedition into
Mexico confirm counterinsurgency best practices and provide insight
into, and lessons for, the current conflict in Afghanistan. This
paper's framework is a quick look exploratory case study of
Afghanistan, the Sandino Rebellion and the Punitive Expedition with
a comparative analysis of the cases' lessons learned to each other
through the prism of current thought on counterinsurgency best
practices. The Sandino Rebellion and the Punitive Expedition were
chosen for their parallels to the current counterinsurgency in
Afghanistan and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The cases'
comparisons to current counterinsurgency best practices show
cross-cultural and cross time applicability of the Latin American
counterinsurgency's lessons to Afghanistan. They show the US is now
on the right path in Afghanistan, but still needs to educate the
military, government and civilian populace better in
counterinsurgency. Still lacking is a long-term, strategic guidance
and cross governmental focus for counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
and proper application of some counterinsurgency best practices,
such as properly securing the border with Pakistan, the importance
of properly trained and organized police forces, and applying
amnesty, rehabilitation and employment programs for former or
future insurgents. The primacy the host nation government and US
civilian institutions should have in all aspects of the
counterinsurgency is also being neglected or ignored. The Latin
American examples provide a warning about mission creep if tempted
to perform large force raids into Pakistan in the hunt for bin
Laden or others, and show how US forces' mere presence and failure
to follow counterinsurgency best practices undermined the US'
strategic goals in Latin America having a lasting impact, still
felt today.
A collection of poems written about the dark side of anger issues,
aggressive topics all written in poetic rhyming balanced stanza.
Each poem written to rhyme touched with many resolving results.
Most of the aggressive and volatile issues written in poetic rhyme
in a healing resolved fashion. Shared in a light where definition,
synonyms and examples expressed with tempo and rhyming stanzas. A
good tool to touch base and come to understand when reflecting on
ones own discord. The disturbing notions faced in life shared in a
fashion to bring peace when troubled. Here is a delightful
collection of rhyming poetry and a feel good book on the topics.
Enjoy the read, an understanding that we need. A healing in deed,
as overcoming grief will proceed.
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