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Internationalisation in a Shrinking World
Das Buch enthält die Beiträge des Symposions zum zwanzigjährigen Bestehen von ITE - (Innovation and Internationalisation of Teacher Education) - einem Netzwerk europäischer Lehrerbildungsinstitutionen, das gemeinsam von der Stiftung Pädagogische Akademie Burgenland und der Universität Dalarna auf dem Campusgelände in Falun, Schweden, organisiert wurde. Das Rahmenthema "Internationalisation in a Shrinking World" sollte für alle gegenwärtigen Veränderungen in der Pädagogik Platz bieten, welche infolge der Entwicklung der elektronischen Medien und der Technisierung die Bildungsinstitutionen betreffen. Dabei werden in den einzelnen Artikeln alle Facetten dieser weltweiten Herausforderung betrachtet. Die Autoren, renommierte Fachleute der Pädagogik und Lehrerausbildung aus Europa, Amerika und Australien, stellen jeweils in ihrem Artikel ihren Zugang - oft unter Einbeziehung ihrer persönlichen Forschungsarbeiten - zu dem Thema dar. Das englischsprachige Buch bietet einen Einblick in die zukünftigen Aufgaben der Pädagogik und kann als Grundlage für Lehrveranstaltungen im Rahmen der Lehrerausbildung herangezogen werden.
An Introduction to the Study of Education
What is education? This core textbook will help students in pursuit of this question by providing a comprehensive, gentle and reflective introduction to the initial study of education. Updated in line with the latest policies, reforms and issues within education, this third edition includes: full exploration of the historical, sociological, philosophical and psychological roots of education a focus on all levels of education – pre-school, primary, secondary, post-16 and lifelong learning the latest controversies and debates within education new material on compulsory education, special educational needs and post-16 developments clear insights into the role and background of research within education.
The Book of St John
'The Book of St John is too witty to be a manifesto, but it is a sturdy invocation of the need for comfort, generosity and ritual at the table. And it is a gurglingly delightful compendium of - quite simply - delicious ideas and stories' Nigella Lawson 'An unutterable joy from the team behind one of the most influential and important restaurants in Britain ... This is much more than a book of recipes, though (glorious as they are). It’s also about the importance of the table, of feasting, of friendship, of the white cloth napkin on your knee. And it sings of simple but wonderful pleasures: a bacon sandwich and a glass of cider, a doughnut and a glass of champagne.’ Diana Henry, The Teleg...
Dead Doubles
THE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War. People the world over were shocked when its exposure revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB 'illegals' - spies operating under false identities stolen from the dead. The CIA's revelation to MI5 in 1960 that a KGB agent was stealing crucial secrets from the world-leading submarine research base at Portland in Dorset looked initially like a dangerous but contained lapse of security by a British man and his mistress. But the couple were tailed by MI5 'watchers' to a covert meeting with a Canadian businessman, Gordon Lonsdale. The unsuspecting Lonsdale in turn led MI5's spycatchers to an innocent-looking ...
Putting Folklore To Use
The first book of its kind, Putting Folklore to Use provides guidance to folklorists but also informs practitioners in other fields about how to use folklore studies to augment their own studies. How can acting like a folklore fieldworker help a teacher reduce inter-group stereotyping and increase student's self-esteem? How can adopting a folklore fieldworker's point of view when interviewing patients help practitioners render health care more effectively? How can using folklore research help rural communities survive and thrive? Thirteen folklorists provide answers to these and other questions and demonstrate the many ways folklore can be put to use. Their essays, commissioned for this volu...
Hethydect
In “Hethydect," Trevor commands the T-3 police craft, leading a relentless battle against the insidious spread of Hethydect, a dangerous drug plaguing the galaxy. With his trusted second-in-command, Mark, by his side, Trevor faces the daunting task of combating a substance that threatens to tear apart families and communities. The drug's allure is undeniable: Hethydect, with its distinct green hue and ominous black trails, offers users the ability to revisit past memories with a single touch. But its effects are devastating, leading to addiction and despair among those who succumb to its temptations. For Trevor, the fight against Hethydect is personal. With loved ones ensnared by the drug'...
Stone of Destiny
Through an onslaught of gunfire a well known professor leaps to his death off the mighty Irish Cliffs of Moher. Discovering a buried secret was his last fruitless act; keeping hidden a far greater secret, a secret concealed by the Queen of England herself, was his sacrificial intention. As cogs drop into play throughout the United Kingdom a young American in London finds himself caught up in the world's greatest unknown conspiracy. With the life of his grandfather on the line, and the legitimacy of the British royal family in question, Trevor Emerson races against time and history in his shared quest to find the Stone of Destiny.From Edinburgh Castle to Piccadilly Circus to King Arthur's ancient Isle of Avalon, join our heroes down the rabbit hole of royalty where the right secret, sufficiently veiled, can ensure the lifelong reaping of billions of dollars, and worse, the lifelong ruling over billions of lives.Is the Queen of England playing the world for a con? Where is the Stone of Destiny?To answer one question is to answer the other.
Scarborough
City of Toronto Book Award finalist Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighborhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner city communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. Scarborough the novel employs a multitude of voices to tell the story of a tight-knit neighborhood under fire: among them, Victor, a black artist harassed by the police; Winsum, a West Indian restaurant owner struggling to keep it together; and Hina, a Muslim school worker who witnesses first-hand the impact of poverty on education. And then there are the three kids who work to rise above a system that consistently fails them: Bing, a...
The Secrecy Order (Paperback)
The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 is a little known law that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office uses to keep sensitive inventions from falling into the hands of the wrong people. Trevor Askew is an ambitious associate at a D.C. law firm and he has just been drawn into a national security crisis without even knowing it. Trevor specializes in patent law and his only client is Jeff Nelson, the CEO of a high-tech start-up company with an invention that the Patent Office has placed under secrecy. When Jeff receives the secrecy order on the morning of critical negotiations with a potential customer, he and Trevor are faced with the decision of whether or not to obey the secrecy order. They decide to throw the dice and violate the order. When the patent examiner who issued the secrecy order is murdered, Jeff quickly becomes the primary suspect. The result is a suspenseful trail of revenge, greed and national security that keeps leading back to The Secrecy Order.
