Make your school soar by escalating trust between teachers, students, and families Trust is an essential element in all healthy relationships, and the relationships that exist in your school are no different. How can your school leaders or teachers cultivate trust? How can your institution maintain trust once it is established? These are the questions addressed and answered in Trust Matters: Leade…
This book provides an important new contribution to debates around housing policy and its impact on community cohesion. There has never been a more prescient time to discuss these concepts: the book provides an interpretation of housing, race and community cohesion in a highly politicized and fluid policy context. It is designed to initiate discussion and debate but this should not be esoteric and…
If higher education is to fulfill its vital social mission, new department leaders must be prepared for their positions and get up to speed on the basics quickly, educating themselves about the role and continuing to learn on the job. In this second edition of his classic resource, Don Chu outlines the proven ideas and strategies new department chairs need in order to do their jobs well. Thoroughl…
In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the uniqu…
So you’ve heard about Blender, the free 3D animation software. You really want to know more about the features of Blender, where to get it, and how to use it. You’re in luck! It’s all in Blender For Dummies, including Blender software on the bonus DVD. Because there’s a lot to learn about Blender, you’ll be glad this book takes it step by step. First, you’ll learn to install Blender 2.48 and think…
Use BuddyPress to create the ultimate site experience BuddyPress is a suite of free WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. It contains all the features you would expect from WordPress, but it aims to let members socially interact. With this fun and friendly guide, you'll learn how to customize BuddyPress so that it matches the style of your Web site. You'll walk through …
Get the know-how to weld like a pro Being a skilled welder is a hot commodity in today's job market, as well as a handy talent for industrious do-it-yourself repairpersons and hobbyists. Welding For Dummies gives you all the information you need to perform this commonly used, yet complex, task. This friendly, practical guide takes you from evaluating the material to be welded all the way through t…
Рене Декарт – выдающийся математик, физик и физиолог. До сих пор мы используем созданную им математическую символику, а его система координат отражает интуитивное представление человека эпохи Нового времени о бесконечном пространстве. Но прежде всего Декарт – философ, предложивший метод радикального сомнения для решения вопроса о познании мира. В «Правилах для руководства ума» он пытается доказать…
XIV век – переломное время. Одно из самых мрачных и загадочных столетий не только во французской, но и в европейской истории. Время «авиньонского пленения» пап, Столетней войны, пандемии «Черной смерти», которая унесла жизни трети населения Европы, короткой и кровавой Жакерии и расцвета множества причудливых ересей. Время насилия и беззакония, голода и разорения, безверия и уныния. Но жизнь продол…
Интерес к теориям Зигмунда Фрейда, оказавшим значительное влияние на психологию, медицину, социологию, антропологию и искусство XX века, не прекращался всю его жизнь и продолжается по сей день. Эрих Фромм, второй гений от психологии, анализирует тезисы теории своего кумира, открывая новые грани во всемирно известном учении. В формате a4.pdf сохранен издательский макет.
Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores the relationship between the media and multiculturalism. Summarises and critically discusses current approaches to multiculturalism and the media from a global perspecive Explores both the theoretical debates and empirical findings on multiculturalism and the media Assumes the new perspective of mediation of cultural diversity, which critically combines…