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Embracing Technology in the Early Years A Practitioner’s Guide

Embracing Technology in the Early Years A Practitioner’s Guide

Why should we embrace technology? How can it make the practitioner’s role easier? This book is the answer to these questions equipping Early Years practitioners with the skills and knowledge to use technology: both that which they already have and that which they can access from beyond the setting (such as in the local community and online). Written by an expert in both Early Years and Digital Inclusion it provides practical tips and guidance for practitioners working at all levels to implement the use of technology across all areas of the curriculum and to support the development of the characteristics of effective learning. Drawing on contemporary theory and research chapters cover key topics such as: the short- and long-term benefits of incorporating technology for children families and staff making the most of pre-existing technology alongside guidance on how best to use new technology consideration of safeguarding issues around the use of technology with children technology beyond the setting and the use of local resources how technology can support professional development potential pitfalls of using technology Containing links to curriculum and reflective prompts this engaging and accessible book is essential reading for those interested in using technology to develop as a practitioner and continue to provide the best care and learning for every child. | Embracing Technology in the Early Years A Practitioner’s Guide

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Creating a Strong Culture and Positive Climate in Schools Building Knowledge to Bring About Improvement

Creating a Strong Culture and Positive Climate in Schools Building Knowledge to Bring About Improvement

If there is one thing that school leaders need to get right it is school culture. When they do children learn more and colleagues have a stronger sense of purpose - they are more motivated and ultimately more fulfilled. Creating a strong culture and a positive climate requires an understanding of the complexity of school life and this begins by building knowledge. This book supports leaders to do just that. Drawing on ideas from different domains this insightful book reveals the role of concepts such as autonomy and trust in school improvement. Each chapter sets out the specific knowledge and expertise required by school leaders for great cultural leadership and offers practical examples and case studies to show how they can be applied in different school contexts. Creating a Strong Culture and Positive Climate in Schools is an essential lens through which to examine the common problems faced by school leaders. It is invaluable reading for all those wanting to become more expert in school leadership and to better solve the everyday problems that arise from leading a school. | Creating a Strong Culture and Positive Climate in Schools Building Knowledge to Bring About Improvement

GBP 16.99
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Reform in Europe Breaking the Barriers in Government

Reform in Europe Breaking the Barriers in Government

One of the most prevailing myths within the social sciences is the difficulty of achieving reform. Governments are either unwilling to push for reform or if they are willing they are unable to do so. This volume illustrates that reform can and does happen and therefore need not by mythologized. Through carefully selected case studies the contributions to this volume illustrate reform in several policy sectors and countries to include the smoking bans in Ireland public housing in the Netherlands and asylum procedures in Germany. Designed to enhance our understanding of the reform process this volume is highly suited to the fields of public administration and policy. | Reform in Europe Breaking the Barriers in Government

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Boys Do Cry Improving Boys’ Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

Boys Do Cry Improving Boys’ Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

Schools are undergoing a mental health crisis and adult statistics surrounding male suicide paint a bleak picture of the future for boys in our schools. From bullying and sexism to traditional ideals of masculinity outdated expectations of what it is to be male are causing boys to suffer. Research also shows that this is having a negative impact on girls in our schools. Clearly the issue of boys’ mental wellbeing has never been so important. Boys Do Cry examines key research on factors impacting boys’ mental health and arms teachers with a range of practical strategies to start enacting positive change. Combining the latest research personal anecdote expert advice and a uniquely engaging writing style Matt Pinkett provides focused evidence-based guidance on what those working in schools can do to improve and maintain the mental wellbeing of boys. The chapters follow an easy-to-navigate three-part structure detailing personal stories key research and practical solutions to the problems raised. With sensitivity Pinkett deals with a diverse range of topics relating to boys’ mental health including: Anger Self-harm and suicide LGBTQ+ masculinity Body image Friendships Pornography This is an essential read for teachers and school leaders who want to ensure they are improving the mental health of boys in their schools challenging toxic behaviours and equipping the current generation of boys to become happy healthy emotionally articulate men. | Boys Do Cry Improving Boys’ Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

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Relationships in Recovery Repairing Damage and Building Healthy Connections While Overcoming Addiction

Relationships in Recovery Repairing Damage and Building Healthy Connections While Overcoming Addiction

One of the most devastating aspects of addiction is the damage it causes to relationships-with intimate partners family friends or colleagues. But recovery programs often recommend that you focus solely on sobriety and don’t emphasize the need to rebuild relationships. Psychologist and addictions expert Kelly Green wants to change that. Through her work with hundreds of clients Dr. Green has learned that social support is key to the recovery process. This compassionate judgment-free guide shares powerful tools you can use to recognize the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships set and maintain boundaries reestablish emotional intimacy communicate your feelings and needs and end harmful relationships respectfully. With inspiring stories and easy-to-use worksheets (you can download and print additional copies as needed) this book lights the way to a life untethered from addiction-and filled with positive connections | Relationships in Recovery Repairing Damage and Building Healthy Connections While Overcoming Addiction

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Unity in Diversity: Achieving Structural Race Equity in Schools

Unity in Diversity: Achieving Structural Race Equity in Schools

A third of all children in our schools are from racially minoritised backgrounds. Yet the data on attainment exclusion progression and representation indicates that our education system is structurally racist. Unity in Diversity explores the unconscious biases at play in our schools and demonstrates how educators can address this by improving representation in the curriculum staffroom and on the governing/trust board. Drawing on case studies from leaders this book demonstrates what schools are already doing to create an impactful anti-racist ethos and how these strategies may be applied in practice. Written by an experienced headteacher who has supported a diverse range of schools in improving their race equity each chapter addresses a different aspect of race inequality and provides practical strategies for overcoming it. This book empowers readers: To acknowledge that systemic race inequality exists in schools and that this necessitates an anti-racist approach To become comfortable talking about race and to create safe spaces for staff and students to engage in discussions about race To address unconscious biases and white fragility and to examine the inequality and underrepresentation of ethnic groups To audit all aspects of educational provision to determine what needs to change and to action and implement this change with lasting impact. Schools and teachers can play a major role in eliminating systemic racism in society. This book is an essential read for any teacher leader governor or trustee who is restless to address race inequity in our education system creating a more equal and represented school community. | Unity in Diversity: Achieving Structural Race Equity in Schools

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Women in Rugby

Women in Rugby

This is the first book to introduce key themes in the study of women’s rugby from multi-disciplinary perspectives including history sociology gender studies sport development and sport science. Featuring contributions from leading researchers and former international players from across Canada England France New Zealand and the USA the book opens with a global history of women’s rugby locating the game in the wider context of the development of women’s sport and exploring important social issues such as race gender and violence. The book then looks at training and performance analysis at pitch level helping the reader get a sense of the game from the ground up before focusing on women’s rugby through the eyes of others (such as rugby coaches) women’s experiences of rugby’s culture and promotional culture. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in women’s sport rugby sport and social issues sport development or sport history. | Women in Rugby

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Social Welfare in Africa

Social Welfare in Africa

First published in 1987 this book analyses social welfare in the major countries of Africa at that time. For each country it considers the ideological framework underlying the social welfare system and describes the historical development of both the system and the political and socio-economic context. Each chapter looks at the structure and administration of the systems in place and how these are financed. Contributions examine the nature of the different parts of the welfare system surveying social security personal social services and the treatment of the following key target groups: the aged; those with disabilities and handicaps; children and youth; disadvantaged families; the unemployed; and the sick and injured. Each chapter concludes with an assessment of the effectiveness of the system considered. In this book particular attention is paid to the role of foreign aid agencies and to missionaries and to the special problems of poverty and famine in Africa. | Social Welfare in Africa

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Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment CMS Emerging Fields in Music

Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment CMS Emerging Fields in Music

This book provides an overview of professional musicians working within the healthcare system and explores programs that bring music into the environment of the hospital. Far from being onstage musicians in the hospital provide musical engagement for patients and healthcare providers focused on life-and-death issues. Music in healthcare offers a new and growing area for musical careers distinct from the field of music therapy in which music is engaged to advance defined clinical goals. Rather this volume considers what happens when musicians interact with the clinical environment as artists and how musical careers and artistic practices can develop through work in a hospital setting. It outlines the specialized skills and training required to navigate safely and effectively within the healthcare context. The contributors draw on their experiences with collaborations between the performing arts and medicine at Boston University/Boston Medical Center University of Florida/UF Health Shands Hospital and the Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins Medicine. These experiences as well as the experiences of artists spotlighted throughout the volume offer stories of thriving artistic practices and collaborations that outline a new field for tomorrow's musical artists. | Music as Care: Artistry in the Hospital Environment CMS Emerging Fields in Music

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Religion in America: The Basics

Religion in America: The Basics

Religion in America: The Basics is a concise introduction to the historical development of religions in the United States. It is an invitation to explore the complex tapestry of religious beliefs and practices that shaped life in North America from the colonial encounters of the fifteenth century to the culture wars of the twenty-first century. Far from a people unified around a common understanding of Christianity Religion in America: The Basics tracks the steady diversification of the American religious landscape and the many religious conflicts that have changed American society. At the same time it explores how Americans from a variety of religious backgrounds worked together to face the challenges of racism poverty war and other social concerns. This thoroughly revised second edition now covers the Obama and Trump administrations Black Lives Matter Christian nationalism pluralism and the development of the nones and the unaffiliated. With each chapter featuring concise summaries and suggested further readings this book is an invaluable resource for students approaching the history of religion in America for the first time.

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Participatory Forest Policies and Politics in India Joint Forest Management Institutions in Jharkhand and West Bengal

Participatory Forest Policies and Politics in India Joint Forest Management Institutions in Jharkhand and West Bengal

Originally published in 2004. In a radical breakaway from colonial and postcolonial policies that were based on centralized and revenue-orientated control of forests the government of India announced the Joint Forest Management (JFM) policy resolution in 1990. JFM promised important managerial concessions including share in cash profit from the timber harvest to forest citizens in exchange for management of state-owned forests. The government also asked the Forest Departments to invite village councils and NGOs to take part in the joint forest management schemes. Over a decade since its inception this volume examines the JFM highlighting how state bureaucracy local institutions and NGOs attempt to achieve the multiple goals of meeting subsistence needs rural equity sustainable forestry practices and forest cover conservation. Investigating four institutions - village-based forest protection groups the Forest Department village councils and NGOs - across the States of Jharkhand and West Bengal the book focuses on forest citizens and how they interact with other JFM institutions. In doing so it challenges notions of assumed virtues of moral economy and romanticized views of gender and indigenous knowledge and practices. The monograph also raises issues of social capital (local history politics and leadership) common property resource (CPR) management and incentives for participation. While pointing out various inconsistencies that exist in the participatory forest framework the book also shows the potential of JFM and suggests future directions forest management should take in India and elsewhere. | Participatory Forest Policies and Politics in India Joint Forest Management Institutions in Jharkhand and West Bengal

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Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World

Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World

Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World explores the opportunities and constraints that the dynamics of globalisation present for human development in a range of different countries and situations. Arguing that globalisation is currently a system of organising social relations along neoliberal lines this timely volume examines practical examples of how people respond to significant social changes in their communities. The idea of communities is deconstructed to show that globalisation has collapsed the boundaries of time space and place in ways that have exacerbated inequalities at the same time giving rise to unparalleled riches for some. The book encompasses a number of case studies that speak to policymakers practitioners educators and students interested in studying globalisation and making the most of its potential for change.

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The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

This title was first published in 2001. The victory of former lieutenant colonel Hugo Chavez in the Venezuelan presidential elections of 1998 was criticized as a blow against the country's deep-seated democratic tradition. It is claimed that this simplistic argument fails to recognize the extent of democratic deterioration in the country and the limitations imposed by discredited political actors on a meaningful democratic reform process. The book aims to break new ground in providing unseen evidence of electoral fraud and offers a fresh perspective on the nature of democratic development. | The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

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Textual Patronage in English Drama 1570-1640

Textual Patronage in English Drama 1570-1640

Through an investigation of the dedications and addresses from various printed plays of the English Renaissance the author recuperates the richness of these prefaces and connects them to the practice of patronage. The prefatory matter discussed ranges from the printer John Day's address to readers (the first of its kind) in the 1570 edition of Gorboduc to Richard Brome's dedication to William Seymour and address to readers in his 1640 play Antipodes. The study includes discussion of prefaces in plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as Shakespeare himself among them Marston Jonson and Heywood. The author uses these prefaces to show that English playwrights printers and publishers looked in two directions toward aristocrats and toward a reading public in order to secure status for and dissemination of dramatic texts. The author points out that dedications and addresses to readers constitute obvious signs that printers publishers and playwrights in the period increasingly saw these dramatic texts as occupying a rightful place in the humanistic and commercial endeavor of book production. | Textual Patronage in English Drama 1570-1640

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New Directions in Sport History

New Directions in Sport History

Emerging from the ‘history from below’ movement sport history was marginalised for decades by those working within more traditional historical fields (and institutions). Although a degree of ignorance still exists sport history has now acquired a level of credibility through the dedicated work of professional historians. And yet as this authority has been established changes to UK higher education funding (the removal of direct state funding the Research Excellence Framework and tuition fees) and academic publishing (open access) have the potential to damage or even end sports research. This book examines sport history from a variety of perspectives. Do mainstream historians need to engage or ‘play’ with sports historians? Has the postmodernist ‘cultural turn’ in sports history been helpful to the sub-discipline? How can the teaching of sports studies be more innovative and inspiring? How can oral history and sport history be utilised in the study of other branches of historical interest. Although changes are required in dealing with the current political reality of UK higher education sport history still has a great deal to offer students future employers and the public alike. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport. | New Directions in Sport History

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Smashing Glass Ceilings: Empowering Women in Education

Smashing Glass Ceilings: Empowering Women in Education

Smashing Glass Ceilings is the book to help elevate and excite women across the education sector to become confident successful and fulfilled in their careers. Empowerment can look and feel different for everyone and this book is designed to show every woman how you can succeed in the education sector. In addition to providing a wealth of advice about leadership progression bestselling author and presenter Kate Jones shares guidance on alternative options to leadership for women in education. Have you ever thought about launching and hosting your own podcast about teaching and learning? Are you keen to lead professional development training internally and/or externally? Are you a keen writer but not sure how to set up a website to blog or how to get published? Helpful tips and suggestions for these routes and more are presented alongside a wide range of diverse case studies and interviews that shine a spotlight on innovative women from school leaders to entrepreneurs in education. The book also contains advice for male colleagues so that they too can help empower women in education. This book will provide advice guidance and inspiration for all women in education regardless of age role or experience. | Smashing Glass Ceilings: Empowering Women in Education

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InterMedia in South Asia The Fourth Screen

InterMedia in South Asia The Fourth Screen

The emergence of new media today in South Asia has signalled an event the meaning of which remains obscure but whose reality is rapidly evolving along gradients of intensity and experience. Contemporary media in and from South Asia have come to sense a new arrangement of value sensation and force - new forms of becoming that might be usefully termed as 'media ecologies'. This evolution from nation-based forms of communication (Doordarshan All India Radio the national feudal romance) to simultaneous global ones conform and mutate the structures of feeling of local national diasporic and transnational belonging. This collection of original essays is concerned with understanding how people are making meaning from the new media and how subaltern tinkering (pirating peer to peer file sharing hacking noise jamming indymedia etc. ) does things to and in the new media. This exciting works helps us to make sense of the creation of new publics new affects and new experiences of pleasure and value in convergences of intermedia in a fast developing South Asia context. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian Popular Culture. | InterMedia in South Asia The Fourth Screen

GBP 12.99
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The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West

The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West

First published in 1998 this volume asks: are new social classes in the making in eastern Europe? Are class issues withering away? How do different classes organize their lives what kind of strategies do they adopt in East and West. Markku Kivinen brings Eastern Europe into the class debate. Recent sociological discussions have touched upon questions of class in Eastern Europe only very provisionally. On the other hand old analyses of social stratification under conditions of 'actually existed socialism' are no longer relevant in the current situation. This book analyses processes of class relations in Eastern Europe from new theoretical vantage-points using up-to-date empirical data. Under socialism power was said to be vested in the working class. However there was a constant tension between the 'holy proletariat' and the real life of the working class. Today all political forces in Eastern Europe; leftist and liberal alike are hankering for the middle class. This book explores the real processes in both East and West. This leads to more concrete political and even moral issues. The new 'sacred middle class' is challenged. The contributors adopt several conceptual approaches and perspectives which enter into a fruitful exchange in this book. | The Kalamari Union: Middle Class in East and West

GBP 14.99
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Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

Originally published in 1997 this book puts information management in the context of technology transfer industrialization and national development. As well as showing the necessity for the efficient use of information resources the book also examines the costs of poor information management in undermining negotiation the preparation of contingencies and the ability to let go of 'dead projects'. The book includes case studies of two technology transfer projects in Kenya are included. | Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

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Disparate Regional Development in Brazil A Monetary Production Approach

Disparate Regional Development in Brazil A Monetary Production Approach

Published in 1997 an analysis of the regional development problem in Brazil from a monetary perspective. The author deals with the vicious circles generated in a country with strong regional disparities emphasizing the link between real and financial problems. Some elements of dependency theory and of post-Keynesian monetary theory are adopted to create a new model which can cope with both financial and real problems in the same framework. State policies for the regions are also examined and the study finds that they are inadequate in the prevention of the vicious circles which lead to disparate regional growth. | Disparate Regional Development in Brazil A Monetary Production Approach

GBP 14.99
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Power and Gender in European Rural Development

Power and Gender in European Rural Development

Since the early 1990s new public and private actors emphasizing issues such as landscape nature environment and food safety have challenged EU rural development policies. This book looks at this innovative framework and in particular the impacts of the interactions between established interests and newcomers in local power relations. Specific attention has been given to the gendered nature of these processes. Case studies from throughout Western Europe analyze local rural power relations and present overviews of the significance of rural gender relations. The book demonstrates that traditional and new forms of social organization in rural areas create new forms of political participation. Changing forms of social capital and political participation not only influence the relation between state and civil society but also male-female relationships. The book argues that the dynamics of these gendered power relations produce competing discourses which can often hinder policy making and implementation. | Power and Gender in European Rural Development

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Parties and Political Change in South Asia

Parties and Political Change in South Asia

Over the past seven decades and more political parties have become an essential feature of the political landscape of the South Asian subcontinent serving both as a conduit and product of the tumultuous change the region has experienced. Yet they have not been the focus of sustained scholarly attention. This collection focuses on different aspects of how major parties have been agents of - and subject to - change in three South Asian states (India Pakistan and Sri Lanka) examining some of the apparent paradoxes of politics in the subcontinent and covering issues such as gender religion patronage clientelism political recruitment and democratic regression. Recurring themes are the importance of personalities (and the corresponding neglect of institutionalisation) and the lack of pluralism in intraparty affairs factors that render parties and political systems vulnerable to degeneration. This book was published as a special issue of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. | Parties and Political Change in South Asia

GBP 9.99
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Survival: April - May 2022 War in Europe

Survival: April - May 2022 War in Europe

Survival the IISS’s bimonthly journal challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh often controversial perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: Nigel Gould-Davies assesses that Russia’s war has not only unleashed countervailing strength among Ukrainians and Ukraine’s supporters but also shattered myths about Russia’s own strength Paul Meyer considers how an arms race in outer space where orbital debris is already a cause of concern might be restrained Kelsey Davenport contends that the US should embed denuclearisation within a broad set of transformational goals in future negotiations with North Korea Jonathan (Yoni) Shimshoni examines the North’s flawed application of a society-centric strategy towards the South during the American Civil War And nine more thought-provoking pieces as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Assistant Editor: Jessica Watson Editorial Assistant: Charlie Zawadzki | Survival: April - May 2022 War in Europe

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