In this anthology, Mark Raab and Terry Jones present a series of research articles that dispel lingering mythologies about California's prehistory. They begin with the most enduring notion - that of an essentially stable, benign climate - presenting evidence that prehistoric climate flux played a significant role in culture change. From there, ......
This volume brings together some of the best writing published in the journal Management Learning since its re-launch under this title in 1994. This collection provides readings grouped under six key headings which reflect where some of the most influential and provocative work in the field has been done over recent years, namely: Organizational Learning and Learning Organizations; Individual Learning; Learning and New Technology; Critical Approaches to Management Education; Pedagogical Practice; Globalization and Management Learning; Along with an editorial introduction, this volume will provide a unique and invaluable resource for anyone studying or researching management learning and cognate areas, by bringing together some of the best peer-reviewed work in the field.
Concurrent with the dawn of multiparty politics in 1990, Mirko Pejanovic emerged in Bosnia-Herzegovina as the leader of the Socialist Alliance. His organization was in charge of implementing policies of the League of Communists. This memoir, beginning in 1990, tells the story of his experiences as a public and political leader. Through Bosnian ......
The genius of this arrangement, the first edition declared, is that church-state tensions were worked out symbolically rather than coercively, legally, or economically. The Political Pulpit Revisited updates this argument and then offers reflections by eight distinguished scholars who reexamine the contract in light of recent events. The result is ......
From the days of Z. N. Morrell and James Huckins to Bill Pinson and Charles Wade, Baptists have played and continue to play an important role in the religious, secular, and political life of Texas. Over the previous one hundred and fifty years several Texas Baptist histories have been written, but not until now have the documents used in the ......
An experienced teacher of the prophetic materials provides students with an accessible entre into this fascinating aspect of Hebrew Bible studies. The author begins by asking five basic questions about Israelite prophecy and the prophetic books. Do the prophetic books witness to a real phenomenon of prophecy in Israel? What is the ......
Assessing Elementary and Secondary School Teachers
"The New Handbook of Teacher Evaluation" is a comprehensive look at the process of selecting, assessing and developing teachers. Successor to the "Handbook of Teacher Evaluation", this volume expands on its predecessor in many ways. In the decade since publication of the first handbook, the profession of teaching has undergone major changes, including a greater awareness and insistence on teacher accountability, increases in teacher testing and certification requirements, and the development career ladder plans and other incentives toward excellence in the profession. At the same time, the political, social and organizational factors that affect the performance and evaluation of teachers have been the subject of intensive scrutiny. Reflecting these changes in the field, the new handbook includes the contributions of over 30 of the leading experts in this area, and reflects current practices, issues and controversies related to evaluation of teachers at the elementary and secondary level.
The authors of this volume make an impassioned plea for dramatic changes in the content, processes and structures of school districts in the United States. Using examples to illustrate their controversial model, they provide a guide for the systematic planning of high-performance learning activities for an improved education system.
