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Миром правят не деньги, а истории. О биткоине, который стоит тысячи долларов, потому что люди в него поверили. О компаниях-гигантах, которые «не могут» обанкротиться. О ценах на акции, которые «обязательно» обвалятся в следующем месяце.
Роберт Шиллер первым обратил внимание на то, что экономические модели на базе вирусных историй – нарративы – получаются более точными. И получил за это Нобелевскую премию. Согласно его теории, благодаря изучению историй, подкрепленных верой людей и принимающих форму «информационной эпидемии», можно строить более точные прогнозы. Такие прогнозы способны подготовить человечество к экономическим потрясениям и уменьшить их потенциальный ущерб.
Именно об этом и рассказано в «Нарративной экономике».
Роберт Шиллер – американский экономист, профессор экономики Йельского университета, лауреат Нобелевской премии по экономике за 2013 год, автор бестселлеров New York Times.
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The Social Animal is a classic investigation of human beings as social animals.The Social Animal is a short, wide-ranging, witty and accessible book that sets out the present extent of our knowledge about how human societies and institutions really work, and what motivates the people who live within them.W. G. Runciman’s superb book is a welcome corrective to the view that there are no societies, only collections of individuals and their families: he shows that wherever they may live in the world, human beings are quintessentially social animals.Using the latest insights from the fields of biology, anthropology, psychology, economic history and sociology, Runciman proposes a new social science, based not upon outmoded marxist ideas, but on the insights of Charles Darwin.The Social Animal is a book that can be read for pleasure as well as profit by anyone who has pondered what the social sciences are really about; how far they can assist policy makers create a better world; and what experiences are common …
Настоящее издание составлено в соответствии с новым утвержденными «Требованиями проектирования бетонных конструкций» (ГОСТ 50010-2002), «Требованиями антисейсмического проектирования сооружений» (ГОСТ 50011-2001), «Требованиями к нагрузке конструкций сооружений» (ГОСТ 50009-2001), с «Техническими условиями бетонных конструкций высотных сооружений» (JGJ 3-2002), «Требованиями проектирования баз основания сооружений» (ГОСТ 50007-2002) и др.
В книге дано описание свойств конструкций многоэтажных и высотных сооружений, приведены основные требования проектирования, расчета и анализа конструкций.
Рассказывается об особенностях антисейсмического проектирования, определения вариантов конструкций сооружений, рамных конструкций, конструкции рамы – жесткой стены, конструкции жесткой стены, ствольной конструкции, панельной колонной конструкции, конструкции панели – жесткой стены, комбинированной конструкции, конструкции основания и базы и т.д.
Ценность содержания данного издания заключается в том, что вопросы теории …
Edited by the most prominent person in the field and top researchers at US pharmaceutical companies, this is a unique resource for drug developers and physiologists seeking a molecular-level understanding of ion channel pharmacology. After an introduction to the topic, the authors evaluate the structure and function of ion channels, as well as related drug interaction. A section on assay technologies is followed by a section each on calcium, sodium and potassium channels. Further chapters cover genetic and acquired channelopathies, before the book closes with a look at safety issues in ion channel drug development. For medicinal and pharmaceutical chemists, biochemists, molecular biologists and those working in the pharmaceutical industry.
Achieve stellar savings with the techniques used on bradsdeals.com Do More, Spend Less provides tips, advice, real-world examples, and strategies consumers need to know to compete in the consumer world. Author Brad Wilson, founder of BradsDeals.com, explains the techniques and buying strategies that are used on his site, which have saved 19 million consumers more than $200 million on BradsDeals.com in the past year alone. The majority of deals on his site provide free, or nearly free, products and services. This book provides tips, advice, real-world examples, and strategies consumers need to know to compete in the consumer world. Shares why you should never buy an Apple product from the Apple store Details how to spend three weeks in a suite at the Park Hyatt Paris for $20 Shares the unknown way to clean up your credit report and add at least 20 points to your score The entire basis for thinking about how best to shop, spend, travel, bank—essentially all aspects of being a consumer—has fundamentally chan…
This first book to focus on catalytic processes from the viewpoint of green chemistry presents every important aspect: ? Numerous catalytic reductions and oxidations methods ? Solid-acid and solid-base catalysis ? C-C bond formation reactions ? Biocatalysis ? Asymmetric catalysis ? Novel reaction media like e.g. ionic liquids, supercritical CO2 ? Renewable raw materials Written by Roger A. Sheldon – without doubt one of the leaders in the field with much experience in academia and industry – and his co-workers, the result is a unified whole, an indispensable source for every scientist looking to improve catalytic reactions, whether in the college or company lab.
Describing the fundamental physical properties of materials used in electronics, the thorough coverage of this book will facilitate an understanding of the technological processes used in the fabrication of electronic and photonic devices. The book opens with an introduction to the basic applied physics of simple electronic states and energy levels. Silicon and copper, the building blocks for many electronic devices, are used as examples. Next, more advanced theories are developed to better account for the electronic and optical behavior of ordered materials, such as diamond, and disordered materials, such as amorphous silicon. Finally, the principal quasi-particles (phonons, polarons, excitons, plasmons, and polaritons) that are fundamental to explaining phenomena such as component aging (phonons) and optical performance in terms of yield (excitons) or communication speed (polarons) are discussed.
Майкл Томаселло – американский психолог, всемирно известный специалист в области развития коммуникации и кооперации у ребенка и высших приматов, директор Института эволюционной антропологии Макса Планка.
Книга «Истоки человеческого общения» (2008) показывает, что способность к коммуникации вырастает на основе и вместе с развитием «способности участвовать с другими в совместных действиях с разделяемыми целями и интенциями», т. е. на основе и вместе с развитием совместной интенциональности. Язык, по Томаселло, не рождается готовым, как Афина из головы Зевса. Этапы становления языка связаны с развитием его прагматики.
Книга адресована лингвистам, психологам, специалистам в области когнитивных наук о человеке, а так же самому широкому кругу читателей, интересующихся вопросами происхождения разумного поведения и языка.
For the first time the discipline of modern inorganic chemistry has been systematized according to a plan constructed by a council of editorial advisors and consultants, among them three Nobel laureates (E.O. Fischer, H. Taube and G. Wilkinson). Rather than producing a collection of unrelated review articles, the series creates a framework which reflects the creative potential of this scientific discipline. Thus, it stimulates future development by identifying areas which are fruitful for further research. The work is indexed in a unique way by a structured system which maximizes its usefulness to the reader. It augments the organization of the work by providing additional routes of access for specific compounds, reactions and other topics.
Название этой книги звучит интригующе: неужели у полосок может быть своя история? М. Пастуро утвердительно отвечает на этот вопрос: их история, которую он прослеживает вплоть до конца XX века, полна самыми невероятными событиями. Каждая эпоха порождала новые практики и культурные коды, постоянно усложнялись системы значений, связанных с полосками как в материальном, так и в символическом плане. Во времена Средневековья полосатая одежда воспринималась как нечто низкопробное, возмутительное, а то и просто дьявольское. Во времена Возрождения и романтизма получили распространение «правильные» полоски – знаки праздников и символы свободы. Современная культура восприняла все практики и коды предыдущих эпох: «дьявольские» коннотации (полосатая одежда узников лагерей смерти) или сигнализирующие об опасности (зебра и другая разметка дорожного движения); полоски, связанные с гигиеной (постельные наборы и нижнее белье), спортом (профессиональная экипировка), игрой и т. д. Семиология полосок рассматривается Пастуро п…
Фридрих Ницше – немецкий философ, филолог-классик, поэт, автор таких известных трудов, как «Рождение трагедии из духа музыки», «По ту сторону добра и зла», «Генеалогия морали», «Сумерки кумиров». В настоящем издании вниманию читателей предлагается глубокая и стилистически совершенная книга, написанная Ницше зимой 1881/82 года. Почти в каждой фразе «Веселой науки» («La gaya scienza») «глубина мысли сочетается с шаловливой легкостью – мудрость и резвость идут рука об руку как нежные друзья», философия здесь – озорство духа.
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Командир танка Отто Кариус воевал на Восточном фронте в составе группы армий «Север» в одном из первых экипажей «тигров». Автор погружает читателя в самую гущу кровавого боя с его дымом и пороховой гарью. Рассказывает о технических особенностях «тигра» и его боевых качествах.
В книге приведены технические доклады по испытаниям «тигра» и отчеты о ходе боевых действий 502-го батальона тяжелых танков.
The only book series to summarize the latest progress on organic reaction mechanisms, Organic Reaction Mechanisms, 1976 surveys the development in understanding of the main classes of organic reaction mechanisms reported in the primary scientific literature in 1976. The 12th annual volume in this highly successful series highlights mechanisms of stereo-specific reactions. Reviews are compiled by a team of experienced editors and authors, allowing advanced undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and chemists to rely on the volume's continuing quality of selection and presentation.
В книге впервые представлены результаты сопоставительного анализа текстов «Сутры Белого Старца» на «ясном письме» из трех основных регионов современного проживания ойратов – России, Монголии и Китая. Белый Старец – божество, издревле почитавшееся в Центральной Азии и на Дальнем Востоке и включенное в буддийский пантеон в качестве защитника Учения. Его культ пользуется наибольшей популярностью среди западных монголов – ойратов и калмыков. Корпус ритуальных текстов, сложившийся вокруг культа Белого Старца у монгольских народов, включает стихотворные молитвы (ранг) и прозаический текст, известный под кратким названием «Сутра Белого Старца». Публикация будет интересна не только исследователям ойратского языка, литературы и культуры, но и читателям, желающим познакомиться с традициями и верованиями буддистов России.
Имя Томаса Мальтуса – одно из самых одиозных в науке. Марксизм и впоследствии советская наука жестко клеймили его за социальный пессимизм, неверие в производительные силы, мизантропию. Между тем, ученый был лишь дитем своего времени, когда рост населения был на лицо, а возможности экономики и агрикультуры вызывали сомнения.В наши дни мальтузианство уже не представляется столь кощунственным. Бангладеш и Египет преодолели все мыслимые показатели плотности населения, а рост населения продолжается, что в обозримом будущем грозит этим странам гуманитарной катастрофой. Многие страны Африки с трудом могут прокормить своих жителей при плотности 30-40 чел/км. Примеров – масса и в ближайшие десятилетия их число умножится. Ценность книги в том, что она представляет одно из первых демографических исследований в истории. К тому же, она дает возможность познакомиться с сутью мальтузианства напрямую, не прибегая к пристрастным комментариям позднейших исследователей.
Настоящее издание традиционно не включает в себя втор…
Lay the foundation for successful flipping and bring home the bucks Want to flip houses? This no-nonsense guide gives you the inside scoop on buying, renovating, and selling property, with plenty of time- and money-saving tips to keep you on budget and on schedule. You get savvy strategies for negotiating deals, modernizing for maximum profit, marketing your home, avoiding common blunders, and staying afloat in a slow market. Make money in any market – discover simple guidelines that will help you to profit no matter what the economic climate Secure funding for your flip – explore all your options for the capital you need Build a budget – understand all the costs you may face and avoid any costly surprises Maximize your tax savings – get valuable tips on what expenses you can deduct Find buried real estate treasures – learn how to spot homes with untapped potential and how to buy homes from foreclosures and tax sales Buy property at the best price – find out negotiation secrets that will add thousands of …
Build an online catalog and a members-only site Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site! Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more. Discover how to * Plan and implement a Web database application * Design and build a MySQL 5 database * Build dynamic HTML forms * Create scripts that store, retrieve, and update database information * Display database information in a Web page
Thanks to the tireless efforts of open-source developers, Cocoon has quickly gained visibility as the preeminent XML-based Web publishing framework. Unfortunately, its documentation remains a significant shortcoming. If you're new to Cocoon, gaining a sense of exactly what you can do with it can be difficult, and actually getting started can be even harder. Cocoon 2 Programming: Web Publishing with XML and Java clearly explains the value of Cocoon and helps you build on your familiarity with XML and Java Servlets as you design, build, and implement a range of Cocoon applications. You'll begin by learning to control presentation for various platforms, both wired and wireless. Then you'll move on to Cocoon's capabilities for logic control and content management, using both sitemaps and XSP to create a site dynamically generated from a variety of data sources and types. As you'll see, Cocoon also supports powerful organizing techniques known as design patterns, and you'll master their use in both presentatio…
В том вошли следующие работы одного из основателей функциональной школы в английской антропологии: «Динамика культурных изменений», «Преступление и обычай в обществе дикарей», «Миф в первобытной психологии» и др. Малиновский противостоял эволюционистским и диффузионистским теориям культуры, выступал против рассмотрения отдельных аспектов культуры в отрыве от культурного контекста. Культуру он понимал как целостную, интегрированную, согласованную систему, все элементы которой тесно связаны друг с другом. Сравнительный анализ культур, проведенный Б. Малиновским, позволяет открыть универсальные культурные закономерности.
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Do you commit apostrophe atrocities? Are you tormented by the lie/lay conundrum? Do you find yourself stuck between floaters and danglers? Do your subjects and your verbs refuse to agree? If so, you're not alone. Some of the most prominent professionals in TV broadcasting and at major newspapers and magazines-people who really should know better-are guilty of making all-too-common grammatical errors. In this delightfully amusing, clever guide, Thomas Parrish points out real-life grammar gaffes from top-notch publications such as the New York Times and the New Yorker to illustrate just how widespread these errors are. With red pen in hand, Parrish's fictional friend the Grouchy Grammarian leads the charge, examining the forty-seven most common mistakes in English and imparting the basics of good grammar with a charming mixture of fussiness and common sense. All of which makes The Grouchy Grammarian the most entertaining, accessible how-not-to guide you'll ever read.
The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment – at work and at home. Jon infuses this engaging story with keen insights as he provides a powerful roadmap to overcome adversity and bring out the best in yourself and your team. When you get on The Energy Bus you’ll enjoy the ride of your life!
Hailed by financial professionals worldwide as the single best guide of its kind, Valuation, Fourth Edition is thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect business conditions in today's volatile global economy. Valuation provides up-to-date insights and practical advice on how to create, manage, and measure an organization's value. Along with all-new case studies that illustrate how valuation techniques and principles are applied in real-world situations, this comprehensive guide has been updated to reflect the events of the Internet bubble and its effect on stock markets, new developments in academic finance, changes in accounting rules (both U. S. and IFRS), and an enhanced global perspective. This edition contains the solid framework that managers at all levels, investors, and students have come to trust.
The Science Quest introduces the Inquiry/Discovery instructional framework, an innovative method for captivating students? interest in science, for building their skills in scientific thinking, and for dramatically enriching their understanding of scientific content and concepts. For teachers curious how to implement ?inquiry? learning as called for in the National Science Education Standards, this book provides detailed and practical guidance. It shows teachers how to transform ordinary lessons in ways that 1) encourage students to take initiative in posing scientific ?inquiry? questions; and 2) enable students to independently ?discover? answers to their questions by engaging in investigative practices and critically evaluating the findings. Inquiry/Discovery practices can be introduced in stages, starting with simple activities and gradually increasing the levels of challenge. The Science Quest includes everything a teacher needs to bring successful instruction, including: Extensive lesson planning and…
This hands-on book offers teachers a much-needed resource that will help maximize learning for English Language Learners (ELLs). How to Teach English Language Learners draws on two wide-ranging teacher quality studies and profiles eight educators who have achieved exceptional results with their ELL students. Through highly readable portraits, the authors take readers into these teachers' classrooms, illustrating richly what it is they do differently that yields such great results from English learners. Because most teachers profiled work within a three-tiered Response-to-Intervention framework, the book shows how to implement RTI effectively with ELLs—from providing general reading instruction for the entire classroom to targeted interventions with struggling students. Written by noted ELL educators Diane Haager, Janette K. Klingner, and Terese Aceves, How to Teach English Language Learners is filled with inspiring success stories, teaching tips, activities, discussion questions, and reflections from thes…
Рене Декарт – удивительный французский математик, философ, механик, физик и физиолог. Он создал математическую символику, которой мы пользуемся и по сей день, а его вклад в философию поистине не оценим. Но главное, чем прославился этот человек – это метод радикального мышления, который он использовал для познания окружающего мира.
В данный сборник вошли:
«Рассуждение о методе» – одна из известнейших работ Рене Декарта о рациональном методе научного познания.
«Первоначала философии» – попытка понять и постичь знание, которая привела к формулированию первых законов физики.
«Правила для руководства ума» – доказательство того, что результатом любого научного познания является особое направление ума.
Тексты сопровождают подробные комментарии Николая Карпицкого.
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A panel of internationally renowned scientists discuss the latest results in plasma technology. This volume has been compiled with both a didactic approach and an overview of the newest achievements for industrial applications. It is divided into two main sections. One is focused on fundamental technology, including plasma production and control, high-pressure discharges, modeling and simulation, diagnostics, dust control, and etching. The section on application technology covers polymer treatments, silicon solar cell, coating and spray, biomaterials, sterilization and waste treatment, plasma propulsion, plasma display panels, and anti-corrosion coatings. The result is an indispensable work for physicists, chemists and engineers involved in the field of plasma technology.
To understand the brain and its devastating diseases, we need to reveal the mechanisms that produce it and the ways in which it can constantly change throughout a lifetime. This book features a timely and insightful discussion between developmental neurobiologists and clinicians who deal with disorders of the nervous system. Chapters in this book deal specifically with cell fate determination, cell migration and disorders of cell migration; current concepts and new ideas about cortical arealisation, and disorders which can arise from incorrect arealisation; genes implicated in the development of cortical connectivity and related pathologies such as schizophrenia and synaesthesia; and susceptibility genes for cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia, autism, dyslexia, and attention deficit disorder.
Petroleum is not as easy to find as it used to be. In order to locate and develop reserves efficiently, it's vital that geologists and geophysicists understand the geological processes that affect a reservoir rock and the oil that is trapped within it. This book is about how and to what extent, these processes may be understood. The theme of the book is the characterization of fluids in sedimentary basins, understanding their interaction with each other and with rocks, and the application of this information to finding, developing and producing oil and gas. The first part of the book describes the techniques, and the second part relates real-life case histories covering a wide range of applications. Petroleum geology, particularly exploration, involves making the best of incomplete results. It is essentially an optimistic exercise. This book will remove some of the guesswork. Brings together the most important geochemical methods in a single volume. Authored by two well-respected researchers in the oil in…
Renewable Bioresources: scope and modification for non-food applications is the first text to consider the broad concept of renewable materials from the socio-economic aspects through to the chemical production and technical aspects of treating different raw products. The text sets the context of the renewables debate with key opening chapters on green chemistry, and the current situation of US and EU policy regarding sustainability and industrial waste. The quantitative and technical scope and production of renewable resources is then discussed with material looking at integral valorisation, the primary production of raw materials, downstream processing, and the identification of renewable crop materials. The latter part of the book concludes with a discussion on the uses for renewable materials such as carbohydrates, woods, fibres, biopolymers, lipids and proteins in different industrial applications, including a key chapter on the high value-added industries. Covers the broad concept of renewable resou…
Renewable Bioresources: scope and modification for non-food applications is the first text to consider the broad concept of renewable materials from the socio-economic aspects through to the chemical production and technical aspects of treating different raw products. The text sets the context of the renewables debate with key opening chapters on green chemistry, and the current situation of US and EU policy regarding sustainability and industrial waste. The quantitative and technical scope and production of renewable resources is then discussed with material looking at integral valorisation, the primary production of raw materials, downstream processing, and the identification of renewable crop materials. The latter part of the book concludes with a discussion on the uses for renewable materials such as carbohydrates, woods, fibres, biopolymers, lipids and proteins in different industrial applications, including a key chapter on the high value-added industries. Covers the broad concept of renewable resou…
A startling investigation of what it means to be human.Human beings know how to make machines. But what kind of machine is a human being? And could we ever make one?In order to answer these questions, other questions get in the way:What is it like to be a human being?What is it like to be some other kind of animal?What is reality?What is consciousness?Is there a God?What is love?Why live?The questions proliferate.But all these questions can be viewed as facets of a single question:What is science?In ‘How To Make a Human Being’ Christopher Potter shows how, at every scale of description, human beings escape the net of scientific reductionism. What it is to be human can be glimpsed in the details: in the opening of a window, in a shared joke. But cannot be caught by any reductive scientific description.
В книге излагается классический метод познания и рассуждения, который использовали все великие философы прошлого от Парменида, Сократа, Платона до Декарта, Канта, Гуссерля.
Автор дает рациональный критерий и показывает, что такое диалектика, философия, мудрость. Прежде чем обсуждать или спорить о чем-то необходимо установить главные принципы, базовые определения: что такое рациональность, дух, бытие, сознание, справедливость, общество?
Эти простые понятия и правила логики должен знать каждый интеллигентный человек, если он хочет мыслить рационально. Тогда не сложно понять Аристотеля, других великих мыслителей, которые достигли высшего состояния разума.
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Searching Skills Toolkit is an expert guide to help you find the clinical evidence you need more easily and effectively. Clearly presented with useful tips and advice, flow charts, diagrams and real-life clinical scenarios, it shows the best methods for finding quality evidence. From deciding where to start, to building a search strategy, refining results and critical appraisal, it is a step-by-step guide to the process of finding healthcare evidence, and is designed for use by all health and social care professionals. This second edition has been expanded with new chapters on searching for sources to support evidence-based management decision making and how to better enable your patients to make informed choices. It has also been fully updated to include new web sources, open source reference management software, and new training resources and exercises. Searching Skills Toolkit is an ideal reference for doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, managers and decision makers, researchers and students.
It's estimated that, in the coming decade, as many as 2 million students with military experience will take advantage of their education benefits and attend institutions in all sectors of higher education. This monograph provides useful information about students with military experience who attending college by blending the theoretical, practical and empirical. The authors assemble some of the best-known theories and research in the literature of the field to provide starting points from which to investigate the phenomenon of today's veteran attending college. Other frameworks and theories, particularly from the literature on college student development, from recognizable names such as Baxter Magolda, Braxton, Chickering, Schlossberg, and Tinto, are used–sometimes directly in their own words. New issues to our generation, such as the unique subpopulation of women veterans and the challenges they face, are explored. This volume equips higher education professional with a fundamental understanding of the i…
Solidification and Crystallization Processing in Metals and Alloys Hasse Fredriksson KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Ulla Åkerlind University of Stockholm, Sweden Solidification or crystallization occurs when atoms are transformed from the disordered liquid state to the more ordered solid state, and is fundamental to metals processing. Conceived as a companion volume to the earlier works, Materials Processing during Casting (2006) and Physics of Functional Materials (2008), this book analyzes solidification and crystallization processes in depth. Starting from the thermodynamic point of view, it gives a complete description, taking into account kinetics and mass transfer, down to the final structure. Importantly, the book shows the relationship between the theory and the experimental results. Topics covered include: Fundamentals of thermodynamics Properties of interfaces Nucleation Crystal growth – in vapours, liquids and melts Heat transport during solidification processes Solidific…
A topical and provocative volume that invites consideration of the most fundamental issues concerning future educational provision: what is the purpose of our schools, and what should we do in them? Cutting-edge research by contributors who are leading figures internationally in philosophy and education, for whom these issues have been particular points of concern Includes a substantial keynote essay by leading philosopher of education, Richard Pring, which is the springboard for the complementary essays that follow Engages with questions Pring raises under five themes: defending and questioning the comprehensive ideal; common schools in multicultural societies; common schools and religion; school choice and the comprehensive ideal; and common schools and inclusion Dedicated to the memory of Terence H. McLaughlin, whose tireless pursuit of the philosophical questions and challenges raised by the common school and the comprehensive ideal is emulated in these pages
The contributors to this volume are academics working directly or indirectly with teaching and learning centers and professional communities, serving in the capacity of educational developer, researcher, or specialist; unit manager or director; or senior administrator. Drawing on survey and interview data, individual experience or perspective, and familiarity with the educational literature, they offer a context to understand and appreciate how the field of educational development, developer practice, and individual pathways have evolved, further highlighting what territory remains to be explored and uncovered. Over the last fifty years, educational development has evolved from an informal set of instructional improvement activities championed by individuals to a scholarly field of study and practice that aims to advance teaching and learning at the individual, institutional and (more recently) sector levels. During this time, educational development work has moved from the fringes to the mainstream of th…
Instructors are under pressure to integrate technology into their traditional or online instruction, but often they aren't sure what to do or why they should do it. The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching offers instructors a down-to-earth guide to common technologies, explains the pedagogical purposes they serve, and shows how they can be used effectively in online or face-to-face classrooms. Designed to be easy to use, the book includes a decision-making matrix for each technology tool: a series of questions that teachers can use to decide whether these tools support their teaching goals. This comprehensive resource contains an array of useful tools that address problems of organization such as a time management calendar, aids for scheduling meetings, and mind-mapping or graphic organizers. The authors also include a variety of online tools for communication and collaboration, and tools to present content, help establish presence, and assess learning. Praise for The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching «Feelin…
Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide is an accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases. Increasingly this form of evidence is becoming more important in forensic investigation and yet there are few trained botanists able to assist in such cases. This book is intended to show how useful simple collection methods and standard plant analysis can be in the course of such investigations and is written in a clear and accessible manner to enhance understanding of the subject for the non-specialist. Clearly structured throughout, this book combines well known collection techniques in a field oriented format that can be used for casework. Collection of evidence differs from formal plant collection in that most professional plant collectors are gathering entire plants or significant portions of a plant for permanent storage and reference. Evidence frequently consists of fragments, sometimes exceedingly tiny. Exemplars (examples of reference pl…
While the term benchmarking is commonplace nowadays in institutional research and higher education, less common, is a solid understanding of what it really means and how it has been, and can be, used effectively. This volume begins by defining benchmarking as “a strategic and structured approach whereby an organization compares aspects of its processes and/or outcomes to those of another organization or set of organizations to identify opportunities for improvement.” Building on this definition, the chapters provide a brief history of the evolution and emergence of benchmarking in general and in higher education in particular. The authors apply benchmarking to: Enrollment management and student success Institutional effectiveness The potential economic impact of higher education institutions on their host communities. They look at the use of national external survey data in institutional benchmarking and selection of peer institutions, introduce multivariate statistical methodologies for guiding that sele…
The field of coaching adult populations has grown dramatically over the past two decades. This volume brings together coaching scholars and experts to review this trend, examine some of the theoretical foundations of the field, and explore how coaching adults manifests itself in the workplace, at executive levels, and in educational and nonprofit organizations. Readers will: Gain understanding of this field of coaching adult audiences, Learn how adult development and adult learning theories undergird this work, and See applications of coaching approaches through numerous case studies. This is the 148th volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums. This is the 148th volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directio…
Leadership education has become an essential outcome of higher education in the past decade and yet leadership development efforts vary greatly on campuses. In response, the International Leadership Association (ILA) published “Guiding Questions: Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs.” The Guiding Questions document is a result of a five-year, collaborative process to create guidelines for leadership education programs. ILA’s format of open-ended guiding questions is applicable to any student affairs practitioner developing a leadership learning program. This sourcebook was developed specifically to assist higher education professionals in their understanding, conceptualization, and implementation of the five standards outlined in the ILA Guiding Questions: Context, Conceptual Framework, Content, Teaching and Learning, and Assessment of Leadership Education. It explores leadership education for undergraduate students and provides a foundation for readers to develop students’ leadership capacity. Us…
Prepare your institution for a new generation of disability services that embraces the growing student, as well as staff and faculty population with disabilities. Legal compliance, reasonable accommodations, classroom instruction issues, strategies to improve the campus climate and more–this volume examines what disability services may have to offer, and have cmapuses and disability service professionals may need to collaborate or expand traditional notions of disability and disability services. Volume editors Wendy S. Harbour, Lawrence B. Taishoff Professor of Inclusive Education at Syracuse University, and Joseph W. Madaus, co-director of the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability, assemble an introduction, and overview of disability services. Contributing authors examine campus case-studies, procedures and terminology, legal compliance and disability services for staff and faculty. The volume concludes with a broad view of disability itself and how its role as a part of campus diversity. This…
This book presents one of the first studies of the Renaissance notion of conscience, through examining theological manuals, legal treatises, letters and other sources of the period. Represents one of the few modern studies exploring developments in scholastic and Renaissance notions of conscience Synthesizes literary, theological and historical approaches Presents case studies from England and the Hispanic World that reveal shared traditions, strategies, and conclusions regarding moral uncertainty Sheds new light on the crises of conscience of ordinary people, as well as prominent individuals such as Thomas More Offers new research on the ways practical theologians in England, Spain, and France participated in political debate and interacted with secular counsellors and princes