What are professional doctorates? How do they change professional knowledge and improve practice? This book examines the relationship between advanced study on higher education courses and professional practice. It explores contributions made by research on practice to professional development.[...]
Examines the nature of successful school leadership - what is it, what does it look like in practice and what are the consequences for schools and pupils.[...]
The oversized page and double-column layout make the text accessible and highlight the book s impressive art program. The text s outstanding pedagogy keeps the central themes of the narrative in sight throughout.
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Using cases from the authors' files or from case files of other working clinicians, "Casebook in Abnormal Psychology, International Edition" portrays the rich and arresting nature of disorders manifested in real people. Cases illustrate every major DSM-IV category, followed by a therapy outcome sect[...]
White Americans, abetted by neo-conservative writers of all hues, generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that undeniably persist - in wages, family income, access to housing or health care - can be attributed to African Americans' cultura[...]
This reader brings together carefully selected material from a wide range of authors on the meaning and status of divine action. It samples the recent literature on providence, miracle, prayer and grace together with some relevant classical texts. Topics include locating God's action, images of divi[...]
Romanticism was "a way of feeling" rather than a style in art in the period c.1775-1830. Against the background of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, artists, poets and composers across Europe initiated their own rebellion against the dominant political, religious and social ethos of the day[...]
Presents the history of Bristol. This volume contains a portfolio of new and original views of Bristol's locations, all by local photographers. It depicts how the city has evolved to meet the changing needs and tastes of its residents and visitors.[...]
Paranormal activity is BIG in popular culture these days. Vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts are everywhere (look out!): on TV, in books, comics, video games and movies, hiding behind your curtains ...Luckily, the authors of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series are back w[...]
Updated with revised material and a new chapter assessing the future, this is a comprehensive introduction to the process and politics of global environmental policy making. Although discussions about the global environment are now a daily occurrence, it remains a topic plagued by misinformation and[...]
Complex Contracting uses core social science concepts to provide wide-ranging practical advice on how best to manage complex acquisitions.[...]
Contrary to popular mythology, the designs of favorable products and successful systems do not appear suddenly, or magically. This second edition of Engineering Design demonstrates that symbolic representation and related problem-solving methods, offer significant opportunities to clarify and articu[...]
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and implementation processes of urba[...]
Two key long-term energy trends are shifting the strategic balance between the United States and China, the world's superpower rivals in the 21st century: first, a domestic boom in U.S. shale oil and gas is dramatically boosting America's energy security; second, the frenetic and successful search f[...]
For a busy clinician in the Emergency Department, the ability to spot a lethal cardiac condition is critical. "Rapid Interpretation of ECGs in Emergency Medicine" fills a gap in ECG training in an easy-to-use, highly visual format. ECG patterns, gathered from patient records and from the files of ph[...]
An authoritative handbook, this volume offers both a comprehensive review of the current science of mindfulness and a guide to its ongoing evolution. Leading scholars explore mindfulness in the context of contemporary psychological theories of attention, perceptual processing, motivation, and behavi[...]