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Tentmakers (Hardcover)
James W Watson, Narry F. Santos; Foreword by Jeff Christopherson
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With the dawn of research into leader-behaviors, scholars
differentiated between being task-oriented, which is important, and
also being people-oriented. People matter. And we tend to guard
against leader attitudes that treat persons as objects, as passive
or inert, as instruments, as so much clay to be shaped and molded.
Hannah Arendt (1958) rejected the idea that leadership is like
work, in which a craftsman picks up the raw materials and the
requisite tools in order to create a product according to an image
in his head. No, she said, leadership is social action in which we
all participate, each with his or her unique and creative
spontaneity, collaborating in an erratic cascade toward the future.
Leadership is something people do together. And to achieve that
vision, we must acknowledge each other as persons and not as
figures in a ledger or pieces on a chessboard. This volume is
intended as a call to be curious about what we take for granted as
individuals, educators, and leaders. In essence to ask ourselves
the more difficult questions about who we are as we recognize our
need for others within a community? What does it mean to be a
person and to recognize another's personhood? Nathan Harter (2021)
draws us into a space to dialogue with ourselves about the notion
of personhood as leaders. "So, what does it mean to be a person?
And what does it mean to treat someone as a person? What does
anyone owe another person?" (p. 4). In what way then do leaders
contend with such questions as they are becoming; becoming better
leaders, becoming better individuals, becoming their sacred selves.
A person-centered ethic would be universal in scope, yet adapted to
local conditions that many leaders must deal with on a daily basis.
Nearly every religion already addresses both what it means to
become a person and what one owes a person ethically, regardless of
race, ethnicity, nationality, or other affiliation. Regardless if
organizations deal directly with the notion of personhood, leaders
deal with the workplace challenges of which the human bring him or
her entire self to the unit. Hence, a comprehensive and integrate
context forces us to revisit our assumptions about who exactly is a
person and what they might deserve. This volume would bring those
voices into conversation. In addition, we intend to complicate the
question by extending similar questions into emerging areas of
increasing relevance in a technological age that crosses geographic
boundaries, such as online presences, corporate entities, and the
prospects of Artificial Intelligence. If anything, an expanded
interdisciplinary and global context makes this volume relevant and
timely for leaders and leadership studies across multiple fields of
study and professions.
This book explores the many ways and opportunities in which men and
women might work together to highlight creative ways as well as
examine the role of men in schools, families, and community
engagement. The book helps to broaden the group's "collective
identity" of those who work with male teachers and caregivers by
expanding an understanding of their experiences in order to better
ways of collaboration. This book serves as a practical guide and
resource to challenge the status quo in following our own intuition
about our life's work as men and women in early childhood
education. The central theme that is sought here is to remember the
general purpose of education: to enlighten for multiple purposes
and to ask the resounding questions of how do we best achieve this
purpose as men and women working together without the confines of
gender roles, especially as educators in early childhood and the
general educational setting where gender roles are specific to men
and women's perceived ways of caring, nurturing, providing, and
educating future generations.
This book provides new insights about the roles in which LGBTQ
individuals contribute in society and various organizations. The
literature is divided into two sections. Section one includes three
chapters from higher education administrators, faculty and
community activists. The chapters share personal narratives
describing the life experiences of those who are often marginalized
within academia. Each chapter provides personal and professional
aspects of the authors' lives. Section two includes four chapters
which, shares voices of people whom are normally excluded from
research. Each author's identity is shared as an aspect of their
research. The authors present a broad range of issues, challenges
and concerns, supported by prior literature, organized around
several broad topical areas and intended to fill the gaps in our
knowledge about how LGBTQ leadership is engaged across multiple
types of institutions and how the experiences affect the quality of
life for LGBTQ individuals throughout the academic community. Their
complex identities affect their research interests, findings, and
interpretations. "Including the topics of leadership, LGBT issues,
spirituality and race in one book is a miracle into itself." -
Lemuel W. Watson "The first thing I remember missing when I arrived
on campus was the presence of other gender queer or transgender
people." - Shae Miller "My authority has been challenged in the
classroom; as a queer/gender queer person I chose not to heed
warnings that I should not come out to my classes" - Shae Milller
"Being non-heterosexual in student affairs can leave administrators
feeling marginalized and lonely despite the inclusive mission
statements, diversity philosophies, ally trainings, and mottos they
espouse." - Joshua Moon Johnson "Many educators who serve within
social justice roles put their own well-being aside in order to
best serve students. Educators can only withstand a certain level
of institutional, cultural, and individual oppression before they
face burn-out and lose hope." - Joshua Moon Johnson "I live at the
cross-roads of my identities. As a South Asian/Desi, Queer man from
a working class, orthodox Hindu-Brahmin family and being the first
in my family to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees, I
often find myself in spaces where I do not quite fit in." - Raja
Bhattar
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Originally published in 1989. Given the events of 1987 and 1988-the
death of Admiral Sergei G. Gorshkov, who had served as
Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy from 1956 to 1985 and was so
influencial in the development of the current Soviet Navy, the
Soviet policy of glasnost', the U .S.-Soviet arms negotiations,
Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Washington, President Ronald
Reagan's visit to Moscow, and the treaty concerning
intermediate-range nuclear weapons- a study of the Soviet naval
threat to Europe is particularly timely. This study begins by
examining Soviet military and naval strategy, which provides a view
of how the Soviets intend to use their forces. Then the book
explore Soviet naval capabilities and operations, because a full
understanding of Soviet naval power provides an understanding of
the isolation that Europeans often feel. In the fourth and fifth
sections of the book we examine the threat to northern and southern
Europe.
Since Admiral Sergei G. Gorshkov was appointed to the office of
commander in chief of the Soviet Navy in 1956, the Soviet Union has
made a massive investment in naval construction, training, and
operations. As a result, the Soviet Navy has grown from a coastal
defense force to one of the world's two strongest navies. This book
offers a detailed assessment of every major aspect of the Soviet
Navy, from fleet structure and training facilities to command and
control procedures and warfare and intelligence collection
capabilities.
LGBTQ+ advocacy and support continues to be a priority in the U.S.
higher education, and recent research shows this as a critical
population who continues to be marginalized and mistreated on
college and university campuses. Over the last few decades there
has been significant research describing how LGBTQ students
experience higher education and highlighting that these students
are not graduating or succeeding at the same rates as the general
population. However, few if any research studies or articles
address LGBTQ advocacy on community college campuses. There are
more than 1,000 community colleges in the U.S. Even with the
extraordinary number of students that the community college system
educates, approximately 15 institutions nationally have paid staff
to provide LGBTQ services to students. That being said, community
colleges are now putting a larger emphasis on understanding and
supporting this community. For example, The California Community
College (CCC) system's 116 colleges now require all campuses to
create a plan on how to improve success rates of LGBTQ+ students.
The CCC is the largest higher education system in the country
serving over 2 million students. This comprehensive practitioner
focused book will combine relevant research and guidance on
practices to aid colleges in establishing services and programs to
build effective LGBTQ+ services on their college campuses.
Contains analyses of the war by several prominent U.S. experts on
national security affairs. Their observations reflect the
continuing debate on such key issues in U.S. defence planning - and
in Soviet defence planning as well - as the controversy over large
versus small carriers, the advantages and dis advantages of a
diesel-versus nuclear-powered submarine fleet, the effectiveness of
the Harrier-type aircraft, the influence of high technology on
amphibious warfare, and the ever increasing use of 'smart' weapons
by all-purpose convectional armed forces.
Boyhood to Manhood: Deconstructing Black Masculinity through a Life
Span Continuum seeks to foster an open and honest discussion about
the intersection of multiple identities found among Black males.
The book explores topics such as what it means to be a Black male;
race and ethnicity; health; [dis]ability; athletics; socioeconomic
status; historical accounts; employment; religion and sexual
identity. Many Black men share the experience of being members of
cultures that are guided by strict gendered norms. These norms
often require men to conform to "masculine" behaviors, which may
increase their levels of risk-taking behavior, anxiety and fear of
being ostracized should they fail to display the appropriate "male"
skill sets. The ability to explore and embrace other possibilities
for the ways that men can construct their personal and professional
realities helps to enhance and broaden the ways in which men live
their lives and seek opportunities. The qualitative, quantitative
and historical data presented in this book provide new
understandings of the experiences, roles and perspectives of Black
men.
Boyhood to Manhood: Deconstructing Black Masculinity through a Life
Span Continuum seeks to foster an open and honest discussion about
the intersection of multiple identities found among Black males.
The book explores topics such as what it means to be a Black male;
race and ethnicity; health; [dis]ability; athletics; socioeconomic
status; historical accounts; employment; religion and sexual
identity. Many Black men share the experience of being members of
cultures that are guided by strict gendered norms. These norms
often require men to conform to "masculine" behaviors, which may
increase their levels of risk-taking behavior, anxiety and fear of
being ostracized should they fail to display the appropriate "male"
skill sets. The ability to explore and embrace other possibilities
for the ways that men can construct their personal and professional
realities helps to enhance and broaden the ways in which men live
their lives and seek opportunities. The qualitative, quantitative
and historical data presented in this book provide new
understandings of the experiences, roles and perspectives of Black
men.
This book offers one of the first comprehensive academic views on
Just Cause, the December 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama.
It presents excellent positions for the reader to consider and give
a comprehensive view of all of the factors and events that prompted
the operation.
This is the only book to offer a detailed chronology of modern
Soviet naval operations set within the framework of long-range
Soviet foreign and domestic policy. This context is important
because it puts the navy in its proper place as a significant cog
in the gigantic machinery of Soviet "grand strategy." Commander
Watson argues that the Soviet Navy's physical configuration,
strategy, and operations reflect a long-term "upgrading" pattern,
designed to create an equal-partner status in the total balance of
Soviet military forces. Changes in the navy's activities are not
merely pragmatic reactions to momentary crises or shifts in world
power trends. TTie navy has played an integral part in implementing
the four strategic long-range goals of Soviet policy: defense of
the Soviet Union, enhancement of its international position,
establishment and maintenance of Soviet military superiority
internationally, and the promotion of other Communist revolutions.
Commander Watson discusses in detail Soviet naval operations in ail
of the world's oceans. He provides new insight into the dimensions
of Soviet naval presence and port visit activity, using vast
amounts of statistical material gathered from his original
research. The text is supplemented by maps, photographs, and
extensive tabular documentation.
This is the only book to offer a detailed chronology of modern
Soviet naval operations set within the framework of long-range
Soviet foreign and domestic policy. This context is important
because it puts the navy in its proper place as a significant cog
in the gigantic machinery of Soviet "grand strategy." Commander
Watson argues that the Soviet Navy's physical configuration,
strategy, and operations reflect a long-term "upgrading" pattern,
designed to create an equal-partner status in the total balance of
Soviet military forces. Changes in the navy's activities are not
merely pragmatic reactions to momentary crises or shifts in world
power trends. TTie navy has played an integral part in implementing
the four strategic long-range goals of Soviet policy: defense of
the Soviet Union, enhancement of its international position,
establishment and maintenance of Soviet military superiority
internationally, and the promotion of other Communist revolutions.
Commander Watson discusses in detail Soviet naval operations in ail
of the world's oceans. He provides new insight into the dimensions
of Soviet naval presence and port visit activity, using vast
amounts of statistical material gathered from his original
research. The text is supplemented by maps, photographs, and
extensive tabular documentation.
This book offers one of the first comprehensive academic views on
Just Cause, the December 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama.
It presents excellent positions for the reader to consider and give
a comprehensive view of all of the factors and events that prompted
the operation.
In this important volume, the authors focus on the connections
between academic learning and student affairs. Beginning with the
premise that academic learning is a critical part of the overall
personal development of each student, the authors show how student
affairs professionals can work in harmony with their academic
colleagues to create a campus milieu that is truly conducive to
that development. Such a milieu would offer a rich array of social,
athletic, academic, and artistic events, all of which would enrich,
enhance, and give deeper meaning to the learning that occurs in the
classroom. With its emphasis upon partnership building and
interdisciplinary collaboration, this work will be extremely useful
to student affairs professionals, college administrators, and
faculty members as they work together to design courses and
programs that will optimize student learning. Co-published with
American College Personnel Association.
Scale insects feed on plant juices and can easily be transported to
new countries on live plants. They sometimes become invasive pests,
costing billions of dollars in damage to crops worldwide annually,
and farmers try to control them with toxic pesticides, risking
environmental damage. Fortunately, scale insects are highly
susceptible to control by natural enemies so biological control is
possible. They have unique genetic systems, unusual metamorphosis,
a broad spectrum of essential symbionts, and some are sources of
commercial products like red dyes, shellac and wax. There is,
therefore, wide interest in these unusual, destructive, beneficial,
and abundant insects. The Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests is the
most comprehensive work on worldwide scale insect pests, providing
detailed coverage of the most important species (230 species in 26
families, 36% of the scale insect pest species known). Advice is
provided on collection, preservation, slide-mounting, vouchering,
and labelling of specimens, fully illustrated with colour
photographs, diagrams and drawings. Pest species are presented in
two informal groups of families, the 'primitive' Archaeococcoids
followed by the more 'advanced' Neococcoids, covered in
phylogenetic order. Each family is illustrated and diagnosed based
on features of live and slide-mounted specimens, with information
on numbers of genera and species, main hosts, distribution, and
biology. For the important pest species, coverage includes
information on the morphology of live and slide-mounted specimens,
common names, principal synonyms, geographical distribution, plant
hosts, plant damage and economic impact, reproductive biology,
dispersal, and management strategies including biological, cultural
and chemical control, sterile insect techniques, regulatory
control, early warning systems and field monitoring. An additional
complete list of scale insect pests worldwide is provided,
comprising 642 species in 28 scale insect families (about 8% of the
8373 species of living scales known), with information on plant
hosts, geographical distribution and validation sources. Beneficial
uses of scale insects include sources of red dyes, natural resins
and waxes, and agents for invasive weed control, alongside the
importance of their honeydew to bees for making honey, and as a
food source to other animals. Academic researchers, students,
entomologists, pest management officials in agribusiness or
government including plant quarantine identifiers, extensionists,
farmers, field scientists and ecologists will all benefit from this
book.
The focus of this book is on bridging the gap between two
extreme methods for developing software. On the one hand, there are
texts and approaches that are so formal that they scare off all but
the most dedicated theoretical computer scientists. On the other,
there are some who believe that any measure of formality is a waste
of time, resulting in software that is developed by following gut
feelings and intuitions.
Kourie and Watson advocate an approach known as
"correctness-by-construction," a technique to derive algorithms
that relies on formal theory, but that requires such theory to be
deployed in a very systematic and pragmatic way. First they provide
the key theoretical background (like first-order predicate logic or
refinement laws) that is needed to understand and apply the method.
They then detail a series of graded examples ranging from binary
search to lattice cover graph construction and finite automata
minimization in order to show how it can be applied to increasingly
complex algorithmic problems. The principal purpose of this book is
to change the way software developers approach their task at
programming-in-the-small level, with a view to improving code
quality. Thus it coheres with both the IEEE's Guide to the Software
Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) recommendations, which
identifies themes covered in this book as part of the software
engineer's arsenal of tools and methods, and with the goals of the
Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) initiative, which
aims to "refound software engineering based on a solid
theory.""
The focus of this book is on bridging the gap between two
extreme methods for developing software. On the one hand, there are
texts and approaches that are so formal that they scare off all but
the most dedicated theoretical computer scientists. On the other,
there are some who believe that any measure of formality is a waste
of time, resulting in software that is developed by following gut
feelings and intuitions.
Kourie and Watson advocate an approach known as
"correctness-by-construction," a technique to derive algorithms
that relies on formal theory, but that requires such theory to be
deployed in a very systematic and pragmatic way. First they provide
the key theoretical background (like first-order predicate logic or
refinement laws) that is needed to understand and apply the method.
They then detail a series of graded examples ranging from binary
search to lattice cover graph construction and finite automata
minimization in order to show how it can be applied to increasingly
complex algorithmic problems. The principal purpose of this book is
to change the way software developers approach their task at
programming-in-the-small level, with a view to improving code
quality. Thus it coheres with both the IEEE's Guide to the Software
Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) recommendations, which
identifies themes covered in this book as part of the software
engineer's arsenal of tools and methods, and with the goals of the
Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) initiative, which
aims to "refound software engineering based on a solid
theory.""
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