The inspirational stories of the diverse & courageous acts of men & women awarded the Victoria Cross & George Cross 400 pages 2x 8pp plate section The Sebastopol Project ...

ON COURSE STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE & IN LIFE empowers you with the tools you need to take charge of your academic & lifelong success Now in its 8th edition ON COURSE presents the choices that successful students make A self-assessment at the beginning of the text helps you identify behaviors & beliefs you may wish to change in order to achieve more of your potential in college & in life Through short articles & distinctive guided journal entries the author encourages you to explore & develop eight keys to your success personal responsibility self-motivation self-management interdependence self-awareness lifelong learning emotional intelligence & self-esteem As you develop these skills you'll find yourself making more effective choices & achieving greater success In addition the " Toolbox for Active Learners" provides extensive coverage of study skills that will help you excel in all of your college courses Another self-assessment before & after the " Toolbox for Active Learners" will show you how much you've learned about being an effective learner ...

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ON COURSE STRATEGIES FOR CREATING SUCCESS IN COLLEGE & IN LIFE STUDY SKILLS PLUS 3rd Edition empowers you with the tools you need to take charge of your academic & lifelong success A self-assessment at the beginning of the text helps you identify behaviors & beliefs you may wish to change in order to achieve more of your potential in college & in life Through short articles & distinctive guided journal entries the author encourages you to explore & develop eight keys to your success personal responsibility self-motivation self-management interdependence self-awareness lifelong learning emotional intelligence & self-esteem As you develop these skills you'll find yourself making more effective choices & achieving greater success The Toolbox for Active Learners provides numerous study skills that will help you excel in all of your college courses As you learn these new strategies you'll have the opportunity to practice applying them to solve academic challenges With enhanced critical & creative problem-solving you'll be able to achieve greater success in all parts of your life Another self-assessment before & after the Toolbox for Active Learners will show you how much you've learned about being an effective learner ...

& Craftsmanship has again become fashionable in high places just as it did in the last few recessions& The concept of craftsmanship has never been as relevant & timely as it is today Assailed on all sides by
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- flexible working short-termism portfolio careers quick-fix training & the cult of celebrity it has recently re-entered public debate with a new sense of urgency Why? This series of linked essays by the man who ran the Royal College of Art for many years explores the crafts in education in history & literature in the contemporary arts landscape in the language in the digital age & takes an unsentimental hard-headed look at craftsmanship today Only when the romantic cobwebs have been blown away it argues can the key importance of the crafts be fully understood

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This is a sweeping survey of the current state of Critical Pedagogy offering inspiration to everybody invested in the future of radical educational change For thirty years Henry Giroux has been theorizing pedagogy as a political moral & cultural practice drawing upon critical discourses that extend from John Dewey & Zygmunt Bauman to Paulo Freire This impassioned book starts with the crucial role of pedagogy in schools before extending the notion to the educational force of the wider culture Giroux focuses on five crucial elements associated with critical pedagogy First he presents an overview of the term as it applies to schooling & to larger cultural spheres Second he analyzes the increasingly empirical orientation of teaching focusing on the culture of positivism Section Three examines some of the major economic social & political forces undermining the promise of democratic schooling in both public & higher education Giroux then outlines increasing attempts by both right wing & liberal interests to reduce schooling to training & students merely to customers Finally the book focuses on the legacy of Paulo Freire & issues a fundamental challenge to educators public intellectuals & others who believe in the promise of a radical democracy Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Pedagogy of the Oppressed the new series Critical Pedagogy Today provides a range of incisive overviews & applications of Critical Pedagogy across fields & disciplines Building on the work of Paulo Freire the series reinvigorates his legacy & provides educators with an array of tools for questioning contemporary practices & forging new pedagogical methods ...

Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening & more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations businesses & societies Renowned scientist David Bohm believed there was a better way for humanity to discover meaning & to achieve harmony He identified creative dialogue a sharing of assumptions & understanding as a means by which the individual & society as a whole can learn more about themselves & others & achieve a renewed sense of purpose ...

Four years ago Jocelyn Butler left her tragic past behind in the States & started over in Scotland burying her grief ignoring her demons & forging ahead without attachments Her solitary life is working well
- until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core 432 pages Young Samantha
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A compelling first-hand look at one of today's most fascinating food trends
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First published in her pioneering treatise Statecraft the opinions & projections of the former Prime Minister on Europe remain potent & resoundingly prophetic Margaret Thatcher foresaw the European Union as a swelling superstate gradually eroding Britain's freedom Irreparable & doomed European integration did not allow for the birthright of nationhood It was the most recent incarnation of an idea that has been tried many times before & the outcomes were far from happy " During my lifetime" she says "most of the problems the world has faced have come in one fashion or other from mainland Europe & the solutions from outside it" ...