|
Showing 1 - 25 of
125 matches in All Departments
A clear and comprehensive guide to evaluating and supporting
instructional coaches and coaching programs, including how to
recruit, hire, and retain effective coaches. With sound practices
in place to evaluate coaching programs, instructional coaches will
become better partners, teachers will become better mentors, and
students will become better learners.Few evaluation systems are
specifically geared toward coaching roles. Ensuring that school
districts have accurate information about both coaches and coaching
programs is crucial to guide improvement in supporting classrooms,
as well as in ensuring accountability. With sound evaluation
processes in place, districts can effectively evaluate
instructional coaches and coaching programs and use data to set
goals. A joint publication of ASCD and One Fine Bird Press.
As one of America's most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, has a
long list of stories of the supernatural, such as the story of the
first two people hanged in colonial Savannah for the murder of
their abusive master. Or James Stark, a tempestuous planter, and
Dr. Philip Minis, who settled their dispute with a duel and still
hang around the old building at Moon River Brewing Co. Or the
terrifying "boy-giant," Rene Rhondolia, who preys on young girls
and animals. Join authors Michael Harris and Linda Sickler as they
navigate the chilling world of those who refuse to leave their
Savannah homes.
In schools, every day is ""game day."" Every day, teachers need the
best resources and forms of support because students deserve the
best we as educators can offer. An instructional playbook aims to
serve as that kind of support: a tool that coaches can use to help
teachers match specific learning goals with the right
research-based instructional strategies. Coaches have enormous
potential to help teachers learn and implement new teaching
practices, but coaches will be effective only if they deeply
understand the strategies they describe and their explanations are
clear. The Instructional Playbook: The Missing Link for Translating
Research into Practice addresses both issues head on and offers a
simple and clear explanation of how to create a playbook uniquely
designed to meet teachers' instructional needs. The idea of an
instructional playbook has caught fire since Jim Knight described
it in The Impact Cycle (2017). This book helps instructional
coaches create playbooks that produce a common language about
high-impact teaching strategies, deepen everyone's understanding of
what instructional coaches do, and, most important, support
teachers and students in classrooms.
Contains all you need to know to understand statistics in medicine.
Medical Statistics Made Easy has been a perennial bestseller since
the first edition was published (it is consistently a #1 bestseller
in medical statistics on Amazon). It is recommended worldwide on a
variety of courses and programmes, from undergraduate medicine,
through to professional medical qualifications. It is a book of key
statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine
and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. It is
ideal for non-statisticians who need to understand how statistics
are used and applied in medicine and medical research. Using a
consistent format, the authors describe the most common statistical
methods in turn and then rate them on how difficult they are to
understand and how common they are. The worked examples that
demonstrate the statistical method in action have been updated to
include current articles from the medical literature and now
feature a wider range of medical journals. This fourth edition
continues with the same structure as the previous editions, with
new sections on cut-off points and ROC curves, as well as a new
chapter on choosing the right statistical test. It also features a
completely revised and updated 'Statistics at work' section.
Challenges provides * Coursebooks that can be completed in one
year, giving students a clear sense of progress * Informative and
engaging topics that involve teenagers in their learning * Unique
features on word building and sentence patterns * Characters that
promote positive values and use real spoken language. * Activities
for building learner strategies for independent learning * Magazine
at the back of the Students Book to support mixed ability classes *
Strong grammar and skills sections give students confidence in
using the language * A picture dictionary in Levels 1 and 2 that is
easy and fun to use * A unique teacher's package gives total
support and maximum flexibility
Challenges provides Coursebooks that can be completed in one year,
giving students a clear sense of progress Informative and engaging
topics that involve teenagers in their learning Unique features on
word building and sentence patterns Characters that promote
positive values and use real spoken language. Activities for
building learner strategies for independent learning Magazine at
the back of the Students Book to support mixed ability classes
Strong grammar and skills sections give students confidence in
using the language A picture dictionary in Levels 1 and 2 that is
easy and fun to use A unique teacher's package gives total support
and maximum flexibility
Challenges provides Coursebooks that can be completed in one year,
giving students a clear sense of progress Informative and engaging
topics that involve teenagers in their learning Unique features
include word building, text building and sentence patterns
Characters that promote positive values and use real spoken
language. Activities for building learner strategies for
independent learning Magazine at the back of the Students Book to
support mixed ability classes Strong grammar and skills sections
give students confidence in using the language A full Word Bank
that is easy to use A unique teacher's package gives total support
and maximum flexibility
Dive into these fishy facts: Did you know that the prehistoric
shark, megalodon, had jaws so big that it could swallow a car? Or
that goats, pigs, dogs, cats, and even an alpaca have all learned
how to surf? And if that's not weird enough for you, one man even
rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean for 312 days! In this book
filled with 300 wacky facts and pictures, you'll glimpse the
ocean's weirdest wildlife, uncover shocking shipwrecks, and meet
sensational seafarers, from pirates and sailors to ground-breaking
marine scientists. Perfect for ocean enthusiasts and trivia-loving
landlubbers alike!
* Provides a step-by-step guide for completing a successful student
consulting project, which should be essential reading for specific
experiential Business Consulting modules, as well as recommended
reading for students studying Small Business Management and
Strategic Management at postgraduate and MBA level. * Fully updated
6th edition, including new tools and resources, new real-life
examples, material on technologies and remote working, and a focus
on student employability. * Promotes a conceptual understanding of
the consulting process.
As well as being spatial, planning is necessarily also about the
future - and yet time has been relatively neglected in the
academic, practice and policy literature on planning. Time, in
particular the need for longer-term thinking, is critical to
responding effectively to a range of pressing societal challenges
from climate change to an ageing population, poor urban health to
sustainable economic development. This makes the relative neglect
of time not only a matter of theoretical importance but also
increasing practical and political significance. A Future for
Planning is an accessible, wide-ranging book that considers how
planning practice and policy have been constrained by
short-termism, as well as by a familiar lack of spatial thinking in
policy, in response to major social, economic and environmental
challenges. It suggests that failures in planning often represent
failures to anticipate and shape the future which go well beyond
planning systems and practices; rather our failure to plan for the
longer-term relates to wider issues in policy-making and
governance. This book traces the rise and fall of long-term
planning over the past 80 years or so, but also sets out how
planning can take responsibility for twenty-first century
challenges. It provides examples of successes and failures of
longer-term planning from around the world. In short, the book
argues that we need to put time back into planning, and develop
forms of planning which serve to promote the sustainability and
wellbeing of future generations.
History, Art politics, African, African American, Performance
* Provides a step-by-step guide for completing a successful student
consulting project, which should be essential reading for specific
experiential Business Consulting modules, as well as recommended
reading for students studying Small Business Management and
Strategic Management at postgraduate and MBA level. * Fully updated
6th edition, including new tools and resources, new real-life
examples, material on technologies and remote working, and a focus
on student employability. * Promotes a conceptual understanding of
the consulting process.
This state-of-the-art Handbook encompasses theoretical and
empirical research on Chinese organizational behavior over the last
two decades of its renaissance, with prominent scholars providing
critical reviews of empirical studies in Chinese societies on 14
important topics. This comprehensive Handbook explores limitations
and challenges arising from attempts to develop indigenous theories
and constructs applicable to Chinese social reality. Key
contributors integrate the literature in their topic areas,
providing directions for pushing forward the frontiers of research
into a more culturally sensitive and powerful representation of
Chinese organizational behavior. Areas examined include emotional
intelligence, creativity and motivation, leadership, team
conflicts, trust, power and business ethics. Experienced
practitioner input is included. Scholars interested in research on
international business and Chinese work behaviors and their
effective management will find much of value in this compilation.
Students of management, including organizational behavior, human
resource management, strategic management, and international
management will also find information and guidance that will prove
invaluable as will practitioners who have business connections in
China and other Chinese societies. Contributors: S. Aryee, M.H.
Bond, P. Cardona, C.C. Chen, N.Y. Chen, X.-P. Chen, Z.X. Chen,
F.M.-c. Cheung, M. Chong, W. Fan, R. Fischer, R. Friedman, P.P. Fu,
D.N. Henry, S. Hornung, G.-h. Huang, X. Huang, K.-K. Hwang, T.-Y.
Kim, S.J. Kulich, J.Y.M. Lai, C.K. Lam, L.W. Lam, D.C.-s. Lau, C.
Lee, Y.-t. Lee, K. Leung, W. Li, W. Liu, V.M.-C. Lun, I. Ng, S.B.C.
Ng, K. Peng, D.M. Rousseau, Y.F. Shang, P.B. Smith, L.J. Song, D.
Tjosvold, A.S. Tsui, S.S. Wen, A. Wong, C.-S. Wong, J. Wu, M. Wu,
J. Wuttke, E. Xu, J. Yao, H.H. Zhao, J. Zhou
As well as being spatial, planning is necessarily also about the
future - and yet time has been relatively neglected in the
academic, practice and policy literature on planning. Time, in
particular the need for longer-term thinking, is critical to
responding effectively to a range of pressing societal challenges
from climate change to an ageing population, poor urban health to
sustainable economic development. This makes the relative neglect
of time not only a matter of theoretical importance but also
increasing practical and political significance. A Future for
Planning is an accessible, wide-ranging book that considers how
planning practice and policy have been constrained by
short-termism, as well as by a familiar lack of spatial thinking in
policy, in response to major social, economic and environmental
challenges. It suggests that failures in planning often represent
failures to anticipate and shape the future which go well beyond
planning systems and practices; rather our failure to plan for the
longer-term relates to wider issues in policy-making and
governance. This book traces the rise and fall of long-term
planning over the past 80 years or so, but also sets out how
planning can take responsibility for twenty-first century
challenges. It provides examples of successes and failures of
longer-term planning from around the world. In short, the book
argues that we need to put time back into planning, and develop
forms of planning which serve to promote the sustainability and
wellbeing of future generations.
Behind the mask of objective science lie the dynamics of what
happens to scientists who go to live and work in another culture.
Those who work and study in an alien culture often find themselves
changed in ways that affect their scientific work. How does this
challenge, stimulate, provoke, suggest and inspire advances and
novelty in their theories, methods and instruments? Originally
published in 1997, each of the essays in this title explores these
issues through the experiences of a distinguished practitioner,
describing the process of intellectual growth and development.
Chosen for their extensive experience with people holding a
different worldview, the authors have all achieved renown for their
contributions to the social science of culture.
Research demonstrates that faculty of color in historically white
institutions experience higher levels of discrimination, cultural
taxation, and emotional labor than their white colleagues. Despite
efforts to recruit minority faculty, all of these factors undermine
their scholarship, pedagogy, social experiences, promotion and
retention. This edited volume builds upon the existing research on
faculty of color, however, it also departs from the existing
literature and unravels the socio-emotional experiences of being in
front of the classroom, in labs, and in the Ivory Tower for faculty
who are in multiple racialized social locations. In an effort to
circulate the experiences of faculty of color more widely to
academic and non-academic audiences, this edited volume replaces
conventional scholarly technical papers with unconventionally
accessible letters. Stories from the Front of the Room focuses on
the boundaries which faculty of color encounter in everyday
experiences on campus and presents a more complete picture of life
in the academy - one that documents how faculty of color are
tested, but also how they can not only overcome, but thrive in
their respective educational institutions.
Research demonstrates that faculty of color in historically white
institutions experience higher levels of discrimination, cultural
taxation, and emotional labor than their white colleagues. Despite
efforts to recruit minority faculty, all of these factors undermine
their scholarship, pedagogy, social experiences, promotion and
retention. This edited volume builds upon the existing research on
faculty of color, however, it also departs from the existing
literature and unravels the socio-emotional experiences of being in
front of the classroom, in labs, and in the Ivory Tower for faculty
who are in multiple racialized social locations. In an effort to
circulate the experiences of faculty of color more widely to
academic and non-academic audiences, this edited volume replaces
conventional scholarly technical papers with unconventionally
accessible letters. Stories from the Front of the Room focuses on
the boundaries which faculty of color encounter in everyday
experiences on campus and presents a more complete picture of life
in the academy - one that documents how faculty of color are
tested, but also how they can not only overcome, but thrive in
their respective educational institutions.
"Falling Down Getting Up" is about an incredible journey in life.
It begins with a personal and revealing story of the author,
Michael Harris, and his falling down in life. There were a few big
falls like losing more than half of his liver in an accident at 12
years old, becoming an alcoholic by 16, and nearly losing his legs
from vascular disease at 27. Once Michael gets you through the gory
details of the mess he found himself in, he'll tell you what he did
to get back up out of that mess. Perhaps as you read "Falling Down
Getting Up," you will chuckle a little (or a lot) and be
entertained as Michael shares his journey of falling down and
getting back up. If you find yourself falling down in life,
hopefully the suggestions in "Falling Down Getting Up" just might
help you get back up too. Michael Harris is a writer, business
coach, and popular yoga teacher. He is driven by an incredible
enthusiasm for living a full life. Michael has been interviewed by
a broad range of media including NBC, NPR, BBC, The Los Angeles
Times, The Oregonian, and The Bend Bulletin. Michael loves to
travel and, in his spare time, you can find him hiking the
mountains near his home in Bend, Oregon.
New Challengeshelps students become more effective learners and
better citizens of the world through personal development. The
information-driven approach in New Challengesencourages teenagers
to think about the world around them and provides lively achievable
tasks, building their confidence, creativity, participation and
performance. With New Challengesteachers make lessons educational,
successful and fun Studentsmove from a beginner level into
secondary methodology which then prepares them for a more formal
learning environment. Levels 1 and 2 cover the key objectives in
the Council of Europe's Waystage level (A2), corresponding to
CESOL's KET exam. Levels 3 and 4 cover all the key objectives in
the Council of Europe's Threshold level (B1), corresponding to
CESOL PET exam, as well as some of the objectives in the Vantage
level (B2). The Workbook and Multi-ROM include preparation and
practice for these exams.Themes are: * related to students' own
world (friends, shopping, films, neighbours, holidays, sport)
*cross-curricular (science and technology, history) * develop
citizenship education (belonging and identity, diversity, awareness
of disability) * about other cultures around the world (lifestyles,
charity concerts, technology) Organisation: *Get Readypage
introduces topics *first lessonpresents grammar through reading
texts and practice *second lessondevelops reading, presents
vocabulary and practises speaking *third lessondevelops the story
with a focus on speaking and listening *Across Cultureslessons with
reading, speaking project work *Your Challenge writing tasks and
Understanding Grammarspots * the end of every module has a language
check and learner development spot *Fact or Fictiontexts extend
students' language by deciding whether information is true or false
*Time Outmagazine with fun activities like puzzles, games and
reading for pleasure. Picture Dictionary
Behind the mask of objective science lie the dynamics of what
happens to scientists who go to live and work in another culture.
Those who work and study in an alien culture often find themselves
changed in ways that affect their scientific work. How does this
challenge, stimulate, provoke, suggest and inspire advances and
novelty in their theories, methods and instruments? Originally
published in 1997, each of the essays in this title explores these
issues through the experiences of a distinguished practitioner,
describing the process of intellectual growth and development.
Chosen for their extensive experience with people holding a
different worldview, the authors have all achieved renown for their
contributions to the social science of culture.
When The Hunger Games series began in 2008, many commentators
lumped it in with other young adult genre fiction. But The Hunger
Games was always more political. It's since become the defining
story for a generation that's grown up with economic crisis and
never ending war. An uber-rich ruling class gorge themselves in
their gleaming high-tech Capitol, while working people are left
behind to survive in exploited districts. Revolution is a forgotten
hope kept at bay by brutal policing, aching poverty, and rigid
class segregation. Suzanne Collins' dark vision has only become
more relevant as The Hunger Games generation are thrown into an
arena of increasingly brutal competition from which it seems like
there is no escape, amid the climate crisis, global pandemics,
rampant inequality, authoritarianism, media misinformation, and
violence and cruelty as TV spectacle. It's no wonder the story
continues to resonate. Stay Alive uses the story to shed light on
our own age of extreme inequalities and climate collapse, in which
elites use state power, compliant media, and violent spectacle to
pacify their populations. The elite endgame is leading us towards
our own version of Panem, an authoritarian state order we'll call
Capitolism. The world is catching fire. Elites have no intention of
burning with us. And yet there is hope, which Michael Harris finds
for his readers in revolution and radical solidarity, in the
anti-authoritarian, empathetic, cooperative politics of a
generation that has no choice but to rebel.
Americans today recognize and celebrate leadership genius in the
management of private companies. At the same time, the American
public remains deeply skeptical of government's ability to address
real economic and social challenges. The contributors to this
timely and important volume increase our understanding of the
potential incentives for and barriers to creative problem-solving
in the public sector. Drawing on case studies of state and local
government, as well as theoretical literature on private sector
management, these scholars reveal both the problems and the
possibilities in governmental decision-making.
Americans today recognize and celebrate leadership genius in the
management of private companies. At the same time, the American
public remains deeply skeptical of government's ability to address
real economic and social challenges. The contributors to this
timely and important volume increase our understanding of the
potential incentives for and barriers to creative problem-solving
in the public sector. Drawing on case studies of state and local
government, as well as theoretical literature on private sector
management, these scholars reveal both the problems and the
possibilities in governmental decision-making.
The emergence and impact of the modern term limits movement is a
unique story of political development and transformation. Despite
its significant impact on politics and policy making, the 1990s
implementation of term limits at the state level has received
limited scholarly attention. This book, divided in two parts,
presents an overview and detailed analysis of the origins and
effects of the movement. The first part analyzes the political
concept of term limits and its theoretical foundations. The second
part focuses on the modern process of implementation at the state
level. Term Limits will be of significant interest to leglislators,
government officials, lobbyists, members of the judicial branch of
state government and anyone who seeks an explication of this
movement within its full political, economic, judicial, and
historical context.
|
|