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For courses in Applied Mechanics, Statics/Dynamics, or Introduction
to Stress Analysis. Featuring a non-calculus approach, this
introduction to applied mechanics text combines a straightforward,
readable foundation in underlying physics principles with a
consistent method of problem solving. It presents the physics
principles in small elementary steps; keeps the mathematics at a
reasonable level; provides an abundance of worked examples; and
features problems that are as practical as possible without
becoming too involved with many extraneous details. This edition
features 7% more problems, an enhanced layout and design and a
logical, disciplined approach that gives students a sound
background in core statics and dynamics competencies.
This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational
system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all
schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions
that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How
do school communities flourish together? How does supporting
educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in
schools? What characteristics, qualities and strategies support the
wellbeing of the whole school community? This book is unique in
that it answers these questions from the perspectives of teachers,
students, administrators in K-12 schools, as well as from
university and the wider community. Importantly, these chapters
provide a repertoire of varied answers to the question that
underpins this shift in research toward a positive organizational
perspective: How can we leverage what works well to grow more, to
instill in each community member a sense of their value and
capacity to contribute? These chapters serve as examples,
invitations, and inspiration for readers to notice in their own
contexts ways they can grow wellbeing through a focused attention
on building appreciative, strengths-based, positive approaches to
teaching, learning, and leading in all schools.
Mindful Alignment: Foundations of Educator Flourishing develops a
foundation for educators to flourish by promoting self-awareness as
a mindful approach to ongoing professional inquiry. It presents
three mindful arts-the art of well-being; the art of positive
relationships; and the art of living from strengths, passions, and
purposes-detailing several practices that, when executed over time,
can provide a focus for developing mindful alignment. The authors
present an approach to personal, professional learning that
encourages educators to slow down, create space to notice, and then
nurture their intentions and actions toward fulfilling their
purposes and passions, in order to grow a sense of flourishing at
work and overcome the challenges presented by teaching in ever
increasingly fast-paced, rapidly-changing, accountability-driven
professional environments.
What happens when the very same system designed to protect children
fails? That's exactly what is happening right now in the UK family
courts in cases of Parental Alienation, a form of post-divorce
abuse. Cafcass define Parental Alienation as 'when a child's
resistance or hostility towards one parent is not justified and is
the result of psychological manipulation by the other parent'; yet
experts, therapists and social workers are not trained to assess or
deal with cases involving Parental Alienation. I spent years making
my case to judges, experts and lawyers, all of whom failed to agree
on what was actually happening between my ex-wife, my kids and
myself. At the time it seemed like I was constantly trying to prove
a negative, to find a new direction to reach my kids, and while all
were promising, all ended in expensive dead ends as my ex-wife
pursued her agenda. If I had to sum up the experience of trying to
prove Parental Alienation in the courts, I would describe it as
being trapped in the backseat of a car while it crashes in slow
motion. The system is not fit for purpose. The family courts are
slow and busy, burdened by the backlog of cases. Once you do get a
hearing, they are often set months away and even then, traditional
safeguarding assessments fail to detect Parental Alienation. The
longer the child is away from a parent, the harder it is to stop
the alienation, and the longer the issue remains unaddressed, the
risk of the children suffering mental health and behavioural
problems increases. Alienated parents also often display signs of
post-traumatic stress: paranoia, anxiety and in some cases are
suicidal. It is my hope that this book will not only draw attention
to the potential injustice in cases of Parental Alienation and the
need for meaningful reform to prevent further irreparable damage,
but that it will help a parent going through a family separation
spot signs before it's too late. About the author: The author is a
successful businessman, loving father and victim of parental
alienation. The author has used a ghost writer to validate his
story. The characters have been anonymised to both protect their
privacy and lift the veil on the inner workings of the family
court, which the author believes is in the public interest of
protecting children from harm.
This groundbreaking volume highlights the work of contemporary
women writing in French whose cultural links, ethnic identities,
and historical roots lie outside France. The writings of these
women emanate from the cultures of Africa and the Indian Ocean, the
Middle East, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and Quebec and other
French-speaking regions of Canada. By writing in French, the
writers discussed in both acknowledge and write against the
cultural heritage of France. In doing so, they participate in the
subversion of European literary traditions and take part in various
forms of cultural and linguistic blending, generating new artistic
currents. Each of this essays articulates contemporary debates
about the politics and cultural effects of sexism, homophobia,
racism, and essentialism, as well as pointing out connections and
points of resistance among such diverse strings as feminism,
nationalism, and ethnicity.
This book reflects the efforts and insights of a vibrant learning
community. What happens when you take the time to ask the adults
what they are learning and what is working for them and do the same
for the children in a school. The focus on how adult learning
replicates in children learning is one that has borne fruit in the
experiences of Langham Elementary School in the Prairie Spirit
School Division in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Less than one decade ago a small number of educators began to image
what it would be like to provide access to K-12 teaching and
learning in the context of rural, remote and urban schools, using
emerging technology and good will. This book tells the story of Sun
West School Division's serious investment and initiatives to
develop distance learning for 21st Century learners.
This monograph presents the context for congregations in Canada,
across Catholic, Mainline and Conservative Protestant sectors. The
monograph presents the voices of several dozen experts from across
Canada and presents preliminary findings from consultations with
over 100 denominational and local congregation leaders.
Mindful Alignment: Foundations of Educator Flourishing develops a
foundation for educators to flourish by promoting self-awareness as
a mindful approach to ongoing professional inquiry. It presents
three mindful arts-the art of well-being; the art of positive
relationships; and the art of living from strengths, passions, and
purposes-detailing several practices that, when executed over time,
can provide a focus for developing mindful alignment. The authors
present an approach to personal, professional learning that
encourages educators to slow down, create space to notice, and then
nurture their intentions and actions toward fulfilling their
purposes and passions, in order to grow a sense of flourishing at
work and overcome the challenges presented by teaching in ever
increasingly fast-paced, rapidly-changing, accountability-driven
professional environments.
There is a world-wide thirst for authentic leaders who are somehow
able to create school learning communities characterized by the
purveyance of flourishing faith, hope, and love. Servant-leadership
for Catholic school principals is considered one of the most
meaningful and effectual callings imaginable. Informed by
conversations with six exemplary servant leaders, this book
explores the servant-leadership vocation of Catholic school
principals.The culminating conceptual framework emphasizes the
importance of personal identity and Faith formation as foundational
to the exercise of authentic servant-leadership. As each Catholic
school community lives out its unique features, signature history,
a particular call to meet community needs, and its leader-shaped
personality, this book serves to remind educators to clarify and
sharpen their service toward the common mission of Catholic
schooling.The relevance of servant leadership in the Catholic
school principalship is demonstrated through the experiences,
insights, narratives and expertise of the principals and then
synthesized with conceptual reflections. An underlying theme in
this book is that the exercise of servant-leadership provides hope
for followers because of its exceptional interest in helping all
constituents develop their own capacities, capabilities and
potentials such that each person becomes a servant leader.
This book, although targeting educational leaders, - teachers,
school-based administrators, superintendents, board members, policy
makers and education students, is also addressed to those
interested in the topic of ethics and those who seek the
development of an ethical awareness and an appropriate intellectual
processes when facing ethical issues. In particular, the book uses
both deductive and inductive methods to provide the reader with a
progressive experience of ethical discernment and analysis in order
to deal with and prepare the reader to address ethical issues in
the public square - a task which requires that such decisions are
rational, defensible, and clearly articulated. Institutional
leaders' diligence and integrity requires no less in attaining and
sustaining the support of those they must lead in and through the
institutional decisions and policies which effect constituents'
lives. Through the use of clearly stated definitions, the
presentation of ethical schools of thought, cases, original plays -
within which readers are encouraged to engage while in a safe
learning environment - and references to poems, movie, and video
clips, the book provides a lively and challenging approach to
studying the topic of ethics.
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