The Action-Oriented Approach: A Dynamic Vision of Language Education (Piccardo Enrica)(Paperback)

The Action-Oriented Approach: A Dynamic Vision of Language Education (Piccardo Enrica)(Paperback)

This book presents the background to the current shift in language education towards action-oriented teaching and provides a theorization of the Action-oriented Approach (AoA). It contains a research-informed description of the AoA and explains its implications for curriculum planning, teaching,

Moffet's Pediatric Infectious Diseases: A Problem-Oriented Approach (Fisher Randall G.)(Paperback)

Staying true to the unique, problem-oriented approach of Dr. Hugh Moffet's previous editions, the fifth edition of Moffet's Pediatric Infectious Diseases walks the reader step by step through diagnosis and management using a signs and symptoms approach. This patient-oriented structure leads to a

Debates in Modern Languages Education (Driscoll Patricia)(Paperback)

Debates in Modern Languages Education offers a comprehensive introduction and synthesis of the major themes and research evidence in language learning and teaching today, providing an up-to-date, authoritative review of traditional and contemporary issues in language teaching. With chapters by

Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care: Languages of evaluation (Dahlberg Gunilla)(Paperback)

Taking a broad approach, Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care relates issues of early childhood to the sociology of childhood, philosophy, ethics, political science and other fields and to an analysis of the world we live in today. It places these issues in a global context and

The History of Waldorf Education Worldwide: 1919-1945 (Saltet Jan Kees)(Paperback)

The story of Waldorf Education is a compelling tale of sacrifice and vision, given by many the to establish and develop Waldorf education throughout the world. From its inception in Stuttgart, Germany, and followed by inspiring and dedicated teachers who started schools in countries all over

Listening in the Language Classroom (Field John)(Paperback)

This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of comprehension questions. The book's central argument is that a preoccupation with the notion of 'comprehension' has led teachers to focus upon the product of

Content-Based Language Teaching (Lyster Roy)(Paperback)

This module explores the content-driven approach to language teaching, or the teaching of non-linguistic content such as geography, history, or science using the target language. It lays out effective techniques that help facilitate students' comprehension of curricular content and also discusses

Work Psychology in Action (Sutton Anna)(Paperback)

The new edition of this popular, accessible and skills-oriented textbook introduces key psychological concepts and demonstrates how they come into play in the real world of work, while building strong awareness of how business priorities inform and underpin applied psychology. It combines summaries

Marks' Essentials of Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach (Lieberman Michael A.)(Paperback)

Marks' Essentials of Medical Biochemistry takes a patient-oriented approach that links biochemistry to physiology and pathophysiology, allowing students to apply fundamental concepts to the practice of medicine. Based on the established text, Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry, Marks' Essentials is

The Handbook of Critical Theoretical Research Methods in Education (Matias Cheryl E.)(Paperback)

The Handbook of Critical Theoretical Research Methods in Education approaches theory as a method for doing research, rather than as a background framework.Educational research often reduces theory to a framework used only to analyze empirically collected data. In this view theories are not

The Dynamic Assessment of Language Learning (Hasson Natalie)(Paperback)

This is a practical, accessible manual for Speech and Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists and Educators who assess children with language impairments, explaining how and why to implement Dynamic Assessment and gives you a huge range of ready-to-use, practical tools.Where normal

Object-Oriented Analysis, Design and Implementation: An Integrated Approach (Dathan Brahma)(Paperback)

The second edition of this textbook includes revisions based on the feedback on the first edition. In a new chapter the authors provide a concise introduction to the remainder of UML diagrams, adopting the same holistic approach as the first edition. Using a case-study-based approach for providing

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation (Brown Catana)(Pevná vazba)

A person-centered, recovery-oriented, and occupation-based approach to mental health across the lifespan This revision of a well-loved text continues to embrace the confluence of person, environment, and occupation in mental health as its organizing theoretical model, emphasizing the lived

Gestalt Counselling in Action (Clarkson Petruska)(Paperback)

Simon Cavicchia has oriented Clarkson's seminal work of Gestalt Counselling in Action within a more contemporary context, adding voices of significant and divergent thinkers as counter-point and extensions of the author's work. Michael Clemmens, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, USA This popular and

Conscious Action Theory: An Introduction to the Event-Oriented World View (Baer Wolfgang)(Paperback)

Conscious Action Theory provides a logical unification between the spirit and the material, by identifying reality as an event that processes personal experiences into explanatory memories, from which personal experiences are regenerated in a never-ending cycle of activity. Baer explores the idea

Understanding the International Student Experience (Montgomery Catherine)(Paperback)

Presents a contemporary approach to the experience of international students in Higher Education. Using empirical and qualitative data, the book explores their social and cultural context and its impact on their learning experience

Programming Groovy 2: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer (Subramaniam Venkat)(Paperback)

Groovy brings you the best of both worlds: a flexible, highly productive, agile, dynamic language that runs on the rich framework of the Java Platform. Groovy preserves the Java semantics and extends the JDK to give you true dynamic language capabilities. Programming Groovy 2 will help you, the

From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Essays and Reflections (Byram Michael)(Paperback)

This book analyses the evolution of theory of intercultural competence and its relationship to education for citizenship. It analyses the concepts of intercultural competence by discussing the ways in which language education policy develops and by comparing the theories and purposes of foreign

Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art (Kristeva Julia)(Paperback)

Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation, extending over a period of ten years, into the semiotics of literature and the arts. But the essays of Julia Kristeva in this volume, though they often deal with literature and art, do not amount to either 'literary criticism' or 'art

Capstone: Inquiry & Action at School (Leacock Nina)(Paperback)

Capstone: Inquiry & Action at School addresses the what, why, and how of capstone education. Capstone programs are modern rituals that give meaning back to 'schooling' and create transformative relationships between students and teachers. Capstone programs energize schools and can point the way for

Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children (Pangrazi Robert P.)(Paperback)

Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children (DPE) is the longest-running elementary methods textbook on the market, and this latest edition is just as pertinent, essential, and cutting-edge as ever. DPE does more than provide the foundational knowledge needed to teach quality physical

Psychology for Language Teachers: A Social Constructivist Approach (Williams Marion)(Paperback)

Psychology for Language Teachers examines the field of educational psychology and considers various ways in which a deeper understanding of this discipline can help language teachers. The first part presents an overview of educational psychology, and discusses how different approaches to psychology

Academics in Action!: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service (Barnes Sandra L.)(Pevná vazba)

The theory, vision, and implementation of a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to social learning The academy is often described as an ivory tower, isolated from the community surrounding it. Presenting the theory, vision, and implementation of a socially engaged program for the Department of

Languages of Art - An Approach to a Theory of Symbols (Goodman Nelson)(Paperback / softback)