The book is made up of 21 chapters from 25 presentations at the 23rd MAVI conference in Essen, which featured Alan Schoenfeld as keynote speaker. Of major interest to MAVI participants is the relationship between teachers' professed beliefs and classroom practice. The first section is dedicated to classroom practices and beliefs regarding those practices, taking a look at prospective or practicing teachers' views of different practices such as decision-making, the roles of explanations, problem-solving, patterning, and the use of play. The focus of the second section in this book deals with teacher change, which is notoriously difficult, even when the teachers themselves are interested in changing their practice. The third section of this book centers on the undercurrents of teaching and learning mathematics, what rises in various situations, causing tensions and inconsistencies. The last section of this book takes a look at emerging themes in affect-related research. In this section, papers discuss attitudes towards assessment.

A highly diverting celebration of television s favourite naturalist, packed with games, trivia and Attenborough-inspired activities.

Attenborough. Just saying the name makes everyone feel better. Words like 'dependable', 'inspiring' and 'soothing' cascade like the rains returning to the sun-parched savanna. And according to a recent poll, he's the most trustworthy person alive, above Michelle Obama and The Queen.

When the public was tasked with coming up with a name for the British Antarctic Survey's new research vessel, there was only one real choice. We could all picture the Queen christening the Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough. And then someone came up with Boaty McBoatface. Game over. Yet amid the cries of 'Democracy has failed!' the name chosen was RRS Sir David Attenborough. To the delight of the nation, though, Sir David, with a twinkle in his eye, confirmed that 'Boaty' would endure as the name of a remotely operated yellow submarine on board.

So what have we learned from this? British people love silliness. And this book is a celebration of our two favourite things: Attenborough and silliness.

You'll find games like Guess the animal from David's description, the David Attenborough drinking game, Create your own Attenborough coat of arms, Spot the fake species, Attenbingo, come up with a new animal print design for David's patented blue shirt in Patternborough, and if you find yourself in times of trouble, seek solace with the What would Attenborough do? self-help guide. Everything you've ever wanted to know about the great man from fun facts and remarkable quotes, plus ludicrous games lies within the sustainably forested habitat of these pages. It's the perfect present for, well, anyone, really.

This book combines experience in child protection with expertise in clinical pharmacology and forensic toxicology, to set out a broad contemporary understanding of child maltreatment with drugs. It explores presentations that range through ante-natal exposure, factitious illness, deliberate poisoning, drug accidents while in the care of drug-affected adults, misuse of therapeutic drugs and the drug-related death of a child. It describes how to recognise where deliberate drug exposure or perversion of proper therapeutics is being used to harm a child, how to use laboratory testing to confirm a diagnosis, how to combine medical and social care with the need to gather legal evidence and how to deploy social, medical and legal resources for child protection. The roles of the forensic toxicologist and contemporary forensic laboratory methods in resolving cryptic presentations are discussed in each context. There is guidance on effective communication about drugs within the child protection team and on writing reports for legal purposes, on the way to returning the child to safety. The book also explores the particular difficulties that arise in reconciling parents' rights and cultural beliefs with the obligation to document a child's drug exposure and in dealing with parents and carers who themselves may be drug-impaired.

James Joyce's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen learns to negotiate the 'snares of the world', to avoid the pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive boarding school, and the various beautiful young ladies who capture his heart. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an unforgettable depiction of childhood and adolescence, as well as a lyrical evocation of life in Ireland over a century ago. It shocked readers on its publication in 1916 and it is now regarded as one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man features an afterword by Peter Harness. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

The "Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia" represents the lifework of the most visionary poet of the American postwar generation. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) played a major role in shaping the poetics of both the Beat and the Surrealist movements in the United States. First mentored by the San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, the teenage Lamantia also came to the attention of the French Surrealist leader Andre Breton, who, after reading Lamantia's youthful work, hailed him as a "voice that rises once in a hundred years." Later, Lamantia went "on the road" with Jack Kerouac and shared the stage with Allen Ginsberg at the famous Six Gallery reading in San Francisco, where Ginsburg first read "Howl." Throughout his life, Lamantia sought to extend and renew the visionary tradition of Romanticism in a distinctly American vernacular, drawing on mystical lore and drug experience in the process. The "Collected Poems" gathers not only his published work but also an extensive selection of unpublished or uncollected work; the editors have also provided a biographical introduction.

The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia represents the lifework of the most visionary poet of the American postwar generation. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) played a major role in shaping the poetics of both the Beat and the Surrealist movements in the United States. First mentored by the San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, the teenage Lamantia also came to the attention of the French Surrealist leader Andre Breton, who, after reading Lamantia's youthful work, hailed him as a "voice that rises once in a hundred years." Later, Lamantia went "on the road" with Jack Kerouac and shared the stage with Allen Ginsberg at the famous Six Gallery reading in San Francisco, where Ginsburg first read "Howl." Throughout his life, Lamantia sought to extend and renew the visionary tradition of Romanticism in a distinctly American vernacular, drawing on mystical lore and drug experience in the process. The Collected Poems gathers not only his published work but also an extensive selection of unpublished or uncollected work; the editors have also provided a biographical introduction.

This absorbing collection of essays arises from the teachings of MahaGuruJi, a Brahmin priest born in India, who came to the U.S. and in 1960 founded the Vedic Society of America in California. His lectures, known as "Soul Seminar Classes," focused not only on classical Hindu epics, Vedic literature, and the Upanishads, but also on the words and writings of philosophers, mystics, and theologians spanning different religions, time periods, and geographical and cultural boundaries. The essays assembled in this volume take MahaGuruJi's lectures as their impetus, drawing on some two decades of notes, reflections, and observations. For the uninitiated, these pages offer a bountiful catalogue of deep and profound thought that is reflexive, poetic, instinctive, and mysterious. For previous students of Eastern traditions and mystical beliefs, this collection affords a meditative consideration of timeless ideas, set in striking counterpoint to the words of other kindred philosophers and thinkers. The Rig Veda, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita, and other stories drawn from the Mahabharata are brought into illumination and clarity, with more contemporary writers, ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Jefferson to Rabindranath Tagore and T. S. Eliot, echoing these foundational words of inspiration. The Vedas, recorded by Brahmin priests more than 3,000 years ago, address universal questions: Why are we here? Whence did we come from? What are we to do here? Whither do we go from here? The essays in this volume offer a point of departure for further study in one's search for divinity, and provide a sustaining source of contemplative thoughts on God. The key point to these teachings is that one must continually study, seek, and expand one's intellectual learning and contemplate one's own spiritual values. These essays and the wisdom they contain will serve as a guide and source of inspiration as one goes forward on the path in this cosmic journey to reach eventual salvation.

Do You Have Mysterious Symptoms That Even Your Doctor Can't Explain? Hidden "Imbalances" are linked to most conditions The authors scanned the globe researching the health practices of various cultures and discovered there is a "Chemistry" to weight loss, good health, beauty and longevity. "The Balance Diet is a self-care lifestyle system that offers relief for symptoms from A-Z and is loaded with tips to Help You restore "Balance" and pprevent "Imbalances" which Destroy Health, Cause Disease & Accelerate Aging . Learn to Identify and Eliminate Mysterious Symptoms and Hidden Causes that are the Major Culprits of many illnesses, including the Weight Epidemic. Invigorate Your Life, Restore Your Health, Slenderize Your Body and Soothe Your Mind with this Empowering self-care system that combines nutritional solutions with the wisdom of various multi-cultural health practices from around the world to provide symptom relief and better health. New Studies Prove Being Overweight Is Not Just About Your Diet What is preventing you from losing weight? Dieting Doesn't Work Enjoy success with 3 Easy Menus for 3 Body Types and 3 Quick and Easy Exercises to achieve a healthy and fit body and mind. This Empowering Whole Person Approach to Self-Care Helps You Reach Your Health and Fitness goals with an innovative new lifestyle program that Optimizes and Balances Your Powerful Mind-Body Connection with a unique combination of diet, physical and mental exercises, beauty treatments, meditation and yoga. You are not only what you eat, you are what you think Learn how to achieve "Balance" as everything you think, eat, drink or consume; physically or mentally, has an effect on your health, weight, chemistry, DNA, cells, pH, moods, internal balance, future and lifespan. This is a lifestyle solution that offers a fun and enlightening way to Lose Weight, Develop Healthier Habits, Manage Stress and Emotions and Restore Health. Create the Life and Body of Your Dreams. You can do it This Book Can Help "This mind body approach has the potential of being the real answer to weight loss and good Mind Body health."