Perhaps best known for his contributions to such hit films as Bee Movie, Treasure Planet, and The Princess and the Frog, Craig Elliott is truly a multi-faceted craftsman. Equally adept at designing animated characters and backgrounds, comic book covers and pages, handcrafted jewelry and landscape ar[...]
This book is concerned with action research as a form of teacher professional development. In it, John Elliot traces the historical emergence and current significance of action research in schools. He examines action research as a "cultural innovation" with transformative possibilities for both the [...]
Takes a fresh look at educational change. This work brings together the ideas of major educational change theorists from three continents, and invites the reader to explore the idea of educational change at a number of levels and from a variety of perspectives.[...]
John Elliott has been a leading researcher, writer and thinker in education for thirty years, and has contributed over twenty books and five hundred articles to the field. This book brings together sixteen of his key writings, drawn together to show the development of his most important ideas and th[...]
Published in 1780, the first work to suggest that specific receptors were responsible for communicating auditory and optical sensation.[...]
Marine sediments provide the largest habitat on planet earth, yet knowledge of the structure and function of their flora and fauna continues to be poorly described in current textbooks. This concise, readable introduction to benthic ecology builds upon the strengths of the previous edition but has b[...]
This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus' arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a [...]
How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles? In this provocative study of 'life on the move', Anthony Elliott and J[...]
Focuses on the various ways in which an athlete, whether the average participant or the elite competitor, can modify technique to achieve optimal performance. This volume helps readers learn to recognise and use appropriate methods to develop optimal physical qualities for skilled performance.[...]
"Introduction to Fiber Optics" is well established as an introductory text for engineers, managers and students. It meets the needs of systems designers, installation engineers, electronic engineers and anyone else looking to gain a working knowledge of fiber optics with a minimum of maths. Review q[...]
This book gives a clearly written, authoritative introduction to social-scientific criticism of the New Testament, including the rise of this method, its practitioners and the focal points of their work, how the method is applied to the interpretation of the biblical text, and the presuppositions an[...]
Investigates the functions of the brain and explores the relationships between brain systems and human behaviour. This book presents developments in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience resulting from traditional research methods as well as brain-imaging techniques.[...]