`I recommend this book to anyone who lives or works with families, children or teenagers' - Nurturing Potential `This is a valuable book, worth attention in every child and family service. My own agency has ordered a copy!' - Robert Cumming, Nurturing Potential `John Sharry's book is a jewel in the solution-focused literature. It is ......
"Portfolios are used more and more in the education field. This book is user-friendly for anyone, whether starting a new portfolio, or updating an older one. A portfolio truly has to reflect the owner and this book helps to show how that can be done." Karen K. Coblentz, Principal Dassel Elementary, Dassel-Cokato Schools, Minnesota "This ......
`The book is a pleasure to read and whether the model is adopted in whole or in part, as a lens through which to examine and understand what is going on in a learning community it has much to offer' - Improving Schools `As a head of department in a comprehensive school in an education action zone, this book has made me think about not only ......
From the author of "Mass Communication Theory", this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the growing field of assessment and evaluation of the performance of mass media. It questions what "public interest" means in this context, which criteria are relevant for assessing media performance, how such values are established, and how they can be reconciled with the economic, industrial and audience market contexts. The book is intended for academics and students of media and communication studies, and for media professionals.
Openings expert and international master Angus Dunnington explains the ideas and strategies of one of White's most popular responses to the ultra-solid Nimzo-Indian Defence. This variation received a big boost in popularity after Vladimir Kramnik used it to crush Kasparov in their 2000 Brain Games World Championship in London.
In Survival Guide for Chess Parents, Tanya Jones concentrates on the numerous aspects of being a "chess parent" and answers the many questions facing those with chess-playing children.
Victimization, Vengeance, and Vindictiveness in Shakespeare
Talks about Shakespeare's treatment of revenge. This work treats revenge primarily as a strategy (among other strategies) by which victims of malicious injury strive to restore personal integrity and recover from feelings of powerlessness, violation, and injustice.
Promoting Group Responsibility and Individual Accountability
Assessing Students in Groups: Promoting Group Responsibility and Individual Accountability explains how to form productive groups and assess individual student performance in group work. David W Johnson and Roger T Johnson, prominent experts in cooperative learning, provide many practical resources that teachers can put to immediate use, including ......
