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In both education and training, teachers are faced with many and
varied problems relating to their teaching and their students'
learning. Educational technology, in its widest sense, provides
teachers with methods and tools which, if properly used, can
alleviate some of these problems. The computer is one such tool,
offering, within certain limitations, some possible solutions.
Originally published in 1979, this book describes the use of the
computer as a resource and as a manager in education and training.
It discusses the use, potential and limitations of this technology
in helping the teacher and trainer. Beginning with a consideration
of the role of the computer as a mediator in the flow of
information between the student and his learning environment, the
book goes on to look at Computer Assisted Learning from an
educational viewpoint, the strength and weaknesses of a number of
different media, and the problems of managing modular courses and
course structures and handling information on students' performance
and progress. A chapter on informatics and education addresses the
problem of what both teachers and students should know about
computers, while the final chapter examines the practical problems
of prompting and organising the appropriate use of this technology.
Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development
of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication
of British national security secrets. It is based on official
documents, many of which have not previously been available to a
general audience, as well as on media sources. From Victorian
times, British governments have consistently seen the need, in the
public interest, to prevent the media publishing secret information
which would endanger national security. The UK media have meanwhile
continuously resisted official attempts to impose any form of
censorship, arguing that a free press is in the public interest.
Both sides have normally seen the pitfalls of attempting to resolve
this sometimes acrimonious conflict of interests by litigation, and
have together evolved a system of editorial self-regulation,
assisted by day-to-day independent expert advice, known
colloquially as the D-Notice System. The book traces the
development of this system from nineteenth-century colonial
campaigns, through two world wars, to modern operations and
counter-terrorism in the post-Cold War era, up to the beginning of
the Labour government in 1997. Examples are drawn from media,
political and official sources (some not yet open), and cover not
only defence issues (including Special Forces), but also the
activities of the secret intelligence services MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.
These cases relate principally to the UK, but also to American and
other allies' interests. The story of how this sometimes
controversial institution now operates in the modern world will be
essential reading for those in the media and government
departments, and for academics and students in the fields of
security, defence and intelligence, as well as being an accessible
expose for the general reader. Nicholas Wilkinson served in the
Royal Navy 1959-98, and from 1999 to 2004 he ran the independent
Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee. He was a Press
Complaints Commissioner from 2005 to 2008, and is a Cabinet Office
Historian.
With his last opera Mozart created a piece of theatre which defies
categorization. In theory it is a Singspiel, a mixture of songs and
dialogue, in which the spectacular effects and comedy fit
naturally: they appeal today as much as they did when it first
opened in a popular Viennese theatre two hundred years ago. Rodney
Milnes recalls some of the other pieces playing at the time, such
as Kaspar the Bassonist, or The Magic Zither. On the other hand, it
belongs to a tradition of Enlightenment texts in which a young
prince, destined to be a ruler, learns from his adventures how to
behave wisely as a social being. This is a re-working of the
Orpheus myth, in the context of the Age of Reason and Freemasonry.
David Cairns describes the many beauties of the score in loving
detail, taking the reader through the complex plot, to clarify and
interpret it. Famous commentaries by Goethe, Berlioz, E.T.A.
Hoffmann and G.B. Shaw reveal their enthusiasm for the opera. A
useful and unusual feature of this guide is the complete dialogue,
in German with an English translation, which is often badly cut in
performance. Like so many fairy tales, The Magic Flute repays
careful attention: its music has a charm to inspire the child in
every listener. Contents: Synopsis; 'Singspiel and Symbolism',
Rodney Milnes; 'A Vision of Reconciliation' David Cairns; 'A Public
for Mozart's Last Opera' Nicholas John; Die Zauberfloete: Libretto
by Emanuel Schikaneder and Carl Ludwig Giesecke; The Magic Flute:
Lyrics by Michael Geliot, Dialogue by Anthony Besch
This reference book provides traffic safety researchers and
practitioners with an international and multi-disciplinary
compendium of theoretical and methodological chapters. Together,
these chapters discuss the research and application of "Traffic
Safety Culture" as an important approach to traffic safety,
including the vision of zero traffic fatalities and serious
injuries. Traffic crashes are a significant cause of death and
debilitating injury worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income
countries. Whereas most traditional safety efforts teach safe
behavior (education), punish risky behavior (enforcement), or
design the environment to minimize crash injury resulting from
those behaviors (engineering), there is also the need to understand
the culture of our social environments that influence our concern
for traffic safety and choice of behaviors. As a result, there is
growing interest in the concept of Traffic Safety Culture. However,
this concept is relatively new and is not yet supported by a robust
theoretical foundation or amassed large body of research. The goal
of this book is to create a theoretical foundation and
methodological framework for using traffic safety culture,
including the discussion of best practices for developing,
implementing and evaluating culture-based strategies.
In both education and training, teachers are faced with many and
varied problems relating to their teaching and their students'
learning. Educational technology, in its widest sense, provides
teachers with methods and tools which, if properly used, can
alleviate some of these problems. The computer is one such tool,
offering, within certain limitations, some possible solutions.
Originally published in 1979, this book describes the use of the
computer as a resource and as a manager in education and training.
It discusses the use, potential and limitations of this technology
in helping the teacher and trainer. Beginning with a consideration
of the role of the computer as a mediator in the flow of
information between the student and his learning environment, the
book goes on to look at Computer Assisted Learning from an
educational viewpoint, the strength and weaknesses of a number of
different media, and the problems of managing modular courses and
course structures and handling information on students' performance
and progress. A chapter on informatics and education addresses the
problem of what both teachers and students should know about
computers, while the final chapter examines the practical problems
of prompting and organising the appropriate use of this technology.
All buildings in the UK must now adhere to the recently published
wind code BS 6399-2. The introduction of a new code is often
traumatic, especially so in this case,as the previous code has been
in place for 25 years.The authors considerable practical knowledge
of wind engineering, together with his involvement in drafting this
standard and his experience in conducting workshops on this subject
make him the ideal person to convey the strengths and weaknesses of
BS 6399-2 in this guide.Following recent amendments to BS
6399-2(2002) this popular guide has been revised.
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of
all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor
of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to
Christianity. The book also contains treatments of Julian's laws,
inscriptions, coinage, as well as his artistic programme. Across
nineteen papers, international specialists in the field of Late
Antique Studies offer original interpretations of an extraordinary
figure: emperor and philosopher, soldier and accomplished writer.
Julian, his life and writings, are here considered as parts of the
tumult in politics, culture and religion during the Fourth Century
AD. New light is shed on Julian's distinctive literary style and
imperial agenda. The volume also includes an up-to-date,
consolidated bibliography.
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Parsifal (Paperback)
Richard Wagner; Volume editing by Nicholas John
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These Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide
stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text
of each opera in English and the original. More than any other work
in the operatic repertory, Parsifal demands a personal commitment
and response. As the culmination of half a lifetime's preoccupation
with the issues of compassion and redemption, it has profound
philosophical implications. As the ultimate example of Wagner's
idiom it is an extraordinary musical structure. The unique quality
of the subject inspired a wholly original musical conception. Here
are four very different essays designed, in their variety, to set
you thinking about it what it means to you. The translation was
commissioned for the first production by English National Opera in
1986. Contains: A Very Human Epic Mike Ashman Recapitulation of a
Lifetime Dieter Borchmeyer Experiencing Music and Imagery in
'Parsifal' Robin Holloway 'Parsifal': Words and Music Carolyn
Abbate Discussions into the Dramaturgy of 'Parsifal' Gerd Rienacker
Thematic Guide Lionel Friend 'Parsifal' poem by Richard Wagner
'Parsifal' English translation by Andrew Porter Discography Cathy
Peterson Bibliography
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Carmen (Paperback)
Georges Bizet; Volume editing by Nicholas John
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"Bizet describes himself as 'pagan', and Carmen has a savage
Mediterranean beauty quite unique in music. The essays included in
this guide suggest some reasons for its legendary theatrical
appeal. Martin Cooper describes the traditional mixture of spoken
words and song that stimulated Bizet to exclaim, 'I want to
revolutionize opera-comique!': the translators show the ingenious
and inspired ways in which he set about it. Lesley Wright analyses
the score and Michael Rabaud shows the uncanny appropriateness of
Nietzche's support for Bizet in his famous attacks on the decadence
of Wagner. This is the first time that the complete text of the
verses that Bizet set to music and the full dialogue (much of it
especially translated for this Opera Guide), have ever been
published. Contents: Introduction, Nicholas John; Opera-Comique,
Martin Cooper; A Musical Commentary, Lesley A. Wright; 'Carmen': A
tragedy oflove, sun and death, Michel Rabaud; Carmen: French text
by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy after the novel by Prosper
Merimee; Carmen: English version by Nell and John Moody"
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The Operas of Monteverdi (Paperback)
Claudio Monteverdi; Translated by Anne Ridler; Volume editing by Nicholas John
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Monteverdi's 1607 version of the legend of Orpheus is arguably the
first masterpiece of opera. Composed for the court of Mantua, where
Monteverdi was employed, it is very different from his two other
surviving operas, which he wrote more than thirty years later to
entertain Venetian audiences in the first public opera houses.
Orfeo was long considered untranslatable, because the text is so
closely tied to the music, and the Venetian librettos owe some of
their brilliance to Spanish Golden Age theatre. This opera guide is
an opportunity to read all three of Monteverdi's stage works
together, in Anne Ridler's graceful translations. Contents: Operas
contained in this volume: Orfeo, Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria,
L'incoronazione di Poppea; Monteverdi, Opera and History, lain
Fenlon; On Translating Opera, Anne Ridler; PART ONE: Mantua; A
masterpiece for a Court, John Whenham; Music Examples; 'Orfeo':
Favola in musica by Alessandro Striggio the Younger; Orfeo: English
singing version by Anne Ridler; PART TWO: Venice; Musical Theatre
in Venice, Paolo Fabbri; The Spanish Contribution to the Birth of
Opera, Jack Sage; Monteverdi Returns to his Homeland, Tim Carter;
Musical Examples; ll ritorno d'Ulisse in patria: Dramma in musica
by Giacomo Badoaro; The Return of Ulysses: English singing version
by Anne Ridler; Public Vice, Private Virtue, lain Fenlon and Peter
Miller; Musical Examples; L'incoronazione di Poppea: Opera musicale
by Giovanni Francesco Busenello; The Coronation of Poppea: English
singing version by Anne Ridler
In this guide to Verdi's popular opera, Marcello Conati of the
Institute for Verdi Studies points out that, although audiences
have always adored it, critics are only now coming to see that it
represents a step forward, not back, from the revolutionary drama
of Rigoletto, completed a year before. Professor D.R.B. Kimbell, an
expert on Verdi's music, clarifies the story and takes us through
the score, while Professor Donald Shaw examines the unusual
symbolism of the Spanish Romantic movement. Il Trovatore can be
approached just as a theatrical experience, but these essays give
brief and valuable insights into the type of drama it is, and the
way it works. Contents: 'Higher than the highest', Marcello Conati;
'Il trovatore': Music and Drama, D.R.B. Kimbell; Antonio Garcia
Gutierrez's 'El trovador', Donald Shaw; Il trovatore: Libretto by
Salvatore Cammarano; Il trovatore: English translation by Tom
Hammond
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Manon (Paperback)
Jules Massenet; Translated by Edmund Tracey; Volume editing by Nicholas John
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The story of Manon Lescaut has become part of the European
imagination: she is the fun-loving woman who is irresistible to
men. Of Massenet's many operas, she inspired the most popular one,
and this libretto shows his minute attention to detail in bringing
the character and the period to life. This guide opens with a
general survey of Massenet's career by the musicologist Gerard
Conde, and includes two essays about this particular opera.
Professor Hugh Macdonald explores the interplay of speech and song
in Manon and Massenet's genius for comedy. Professor Vivienne Mylne
traces the sources and context of Prevost's novel. Contents:
Massenet, Gerard Conde; A Musical Synopsis, Hugh Macdonald; Prevost
and 'Manon Lescaut', Vivienne Mylne; Manon: Libretto by Henri
Meilhac and Philippe Gille; Manon: English version by Edmund Tracey
This book shows how operator theory interacts with function theory
in one and several variables. The authors develop the theory in
detail, leading the reader to the cutting edge of contemporary
research. It starts with a treatment of the theory of bounded
holomorphic functions on the unit disc. Model theory and the
network realization formula are used to solve Nevanlinna-Pick
interpolation problems, and the same techniques are shown to work
on the bidisc, the symmetrized bidisc, and other domains. The
techniques are powerful enough to prove the Julia-Caratheodory
theorem on the bidisc, Lempert's theorem on invariant metrics in
convex domains, the Oka extension theorem, and to generalize
Loewner's matrix monotonicity results to several variables. In Part
II, the book gives an introduction to non-commutative function
theory, and shows how model theory and the network realization
formula can be used to understand functions of non-commuting
matrices.
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