Decision theory: general Books
The University of Michigan Press Breaking New Ground
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Cambridge University Press The Foundations of Causal Decision Theory
Book SynopsisThis book defends the view that any adequate account of rational decision making must take a decision maker's beliefs about causal relations into account. In providing the most complete and robust defence of causal decision theory the book will be of interest to a broad range of readers.Trade Review"The author writes in a style that is on the one hand entertaining and lighthearted and on the other hand highly technical in its analysis of axiomatic foundations. Readers who are interested in theoretical, prescriptive decision making from a philosophical perspective will find this a valuable book." Journal of Mathematical Psychology"This book makes a significant contribution to the standard decision theory." Chrisw Swoyer Univ. of OklahomaTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction: a chance to reconsider; 1. Prudential rationality as expected utility maximization; 2. Decision problems; 3. Savage's theory; 4. Evidential decision theory; 5. Causal decision theory; 6. A general theory of conditional beliefs; 7. A representation theorem for causal decision theory; 8. Where things stand; Notes; References.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Leaders Groups and Coalitions
Book SynopsisHow do we determine whose positions count in the making of foreign policy? Does it matter how these policy makers are configured? Does the decision-making process such people engage in influence the type of policy that results? This volume synthesizs the literatures on leadership, group dynamics, organizational theory, and coalition politics to demonstrate how the nature of the decision unity shapes foreign policy. Synthesizes theories on leadership, group dynamics, organizational theory, and coalition politics to demonstrate how the nature of the decision unit shapes foreign policy Authors explore how policymakers'' preferences become aggregated in the foreign policymaking process when there is a predominant leader or there are single groups or coalitions Table of ContentsPreface. Part I: Does Decision Making Matter? Joe D. Hagan. Part II: How Decision Units Shape Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Framework: Margaret G. Hermann. Part III: Who Leads Matters: The Effects of Powerful Individuals: Margaret G. Hermann; Thomas Preston; Baghat Korany; Timothy M. Shaw. Part IV: Resolve, Accept, or Avoid: Effects of Group Conflict on Foreign Policy Decisions: Charles F. Hermann; Janice Gross Stein; Bengt Sundelius; Stephen G. Walker. Part V: Foreign Policy by Coalition: Deadlock, Compromise, and Anarchy: Joe D. Hagan; Philip P. Everts; Haruhiro Fukui; John D. Stempel. Part VI: People and Processes in Foreign Policymaking: Insights from Comparative Case Studies: Ryan K. Beasley; Juliet Kaarbo; Charles F. Hermann; Margaret G. Hermann.
£37.35
Paul J Thornton Next Level Schools
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Harvard University Press Game Theory
Book SynopsisEminently suited to classroom use as well as individual study, Roger Myerson’s introductory text provides a clear and thorough examination of the models, solution concepts, results, and methodological principles of noncooperative and cooperative game theory.Trade ReviewIn a clear, Myersonian writing style, this book systematically describes our state-of-the-art knowledge of game theory. Written as an introductory text, it looks at the subject from the viewpoint of a newcomer to the field, beginning with utility theory and arriving at the most sophisticated ideas discussed today. Myerson not only gives complete mathematical statements and proofs, but also supplies the intuitive arguments that motivate them...Because of its comprehensiveness, researchers and users of game theory can find descriptions of almost all special game theoretic topics and issues presented in "user friendly" style...It is very likely that Myerson's Game Theory will remain the main introductory text for many years to come. -- Ehud Kalai * Games and Economic Behavior *Exposing an applied mathematics field on a basic level poses a challenge to an author, namely, to find the proper mix of displaying the models, providing the motivation and presenting the mathematical results and derivations. This is even more true in a field like game theory, where the models are not universally acceptable as adequately depicting real applications. The author, in the text under review, is doing remarkably well. The models are displayed with enough details and explanations to generate motivation even in newcomers to the field...All in all, it is a very good elaborate introduction to game theory. -- Zvi Artstein * Mathematical Reviews *Myerson provides a good introduction to game theory, focusing on the 'generality and unity of game theory' rather than on its extensive applications. After a brief overview of Bayesian decision theory, noncooperative and cooperative models of games are explored in the context of their solutions, results, and guiding methodological principles. The relative merits of the extensive form and the strategic form of a game are illustrated, which lead naturally into an analysis of equilibria for each representation. Special extensions are discussed, including games with communication, repeated games, and noncooperative games that introduce the elements of bargaining and coalitions...The book has interesting and challenging problem sets for each chapter as well as a bibliography for students who want to study in more depth specific topics in game theory. * Choice *A very well-written introduction to game theory. * American Mathematical Monthly *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Decision-Theoretic Foundations 1.1 Game Theory, Rationality, and Intelligence 1.2 Basic Concepts of Decision Theory 1.3 Axioms 1.4 The Expected-Utility Maximization Theorem 1.5 Equivalent Representations 1.6 Bayesian Conditional-Probability Systems 1.7 Limitations of the Bayesian Model 1.8 Domination 1.9 Proofs of the Domination Theorems Exercises 2. Basic Models 2.1 Games in Extensive Form 2.2 Strategic Form and the Normal Representation 2.3 Equivalence of Strategic-Form Games 2.4 Reduced Normal Representations 2.5 Elimination of Dominated Strategies 2.6 Multiagent Representations 2.7 Common Knowledge 2.8 Bayesian Games 2.9 Modeling Games with Incomplete Information Exercises 3. Equilibria of Strategic-Form Games 3.1 Domination and Ratonalizability 3.2 Nash Equilibrium 3.3 Computing Nash Equilibria 3.4 Significance of Nash Equilibria 3.5 The Focal-Point Effect 3.6 The Decision-Analytic Approach to Games 3.7 Evolution. Resistance. and Risk Dominance 3.8 Two-Person Zero-Sum Games 3.9 Bayesian Equilibria 3.10 Purification of Randomized Strategies in Equilibria 3.11 Auctions 3.12 Proof of Existence of Equilibrium 3.13 Infinite Strategy Sets Exercises 4. Sequential Equilibria of Extensive-Form Games 4.1 Mixed Strategies and Behavioral Strategies 4.2 Equilibria in Behavioral Strategies 4.3 Sequential Rationality at Information States with Positive Probability 4.4 Consistent Beliefs and Sequential Rationality at All Information States 4.5 Computing Sequential Equilibria 4.6 Subgame-Perfect Equilibria 4.7 Games with Perfect Information 4.8 Adding Chance Events with Small Probability 4.9 Forward Induction 4.10 Voting and Binary Agendas 4.11 Technical Proofs Exercises 5. Refinements of Equilibrium in Strategic Form 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Perfect Equilibria 5.3 Existence of Perfect and Sequential Equilibria 5.4 Proper Equilibria 5.5 Persistent Equilibria 5.6 Stable Sets 01 Equilibria 5.7 Generic Properties 5.8 Conclusions Exercises 6. Games with Communication 6.1 Contracts and Correlated Strategies 6.2 Correlated Equilibria 6.3 Bayesian Games with Communication 6.4 Bayesian Collective-Choice Problems and Bayesian Bargaining Problems 6.5 Trading Problems with Linear Utility 6.6 General Participation Constraints for Bayesian Games with Contracts 6.7 Sender-Receiver Games 6.8 Acceptable and Predominant Correlated Equilibria 6.9 Communication in Extensive-Form and Multistage Games Exercises Bibliographic Note 7. Repeated Games 7.1 The Repeated Prisoners Dilemma 7.2 A General Model of Repeated Garnet 7.3 Stationary Equilibria of Repeated Games with Complete State Information and Discounting 7.4 Repeated Games with Standard Information: Examples 7.5 General Feasibility Theorems for Standard Repeated Games 7.6 Finitely Repeated Games and the Role of Initial Doubt 7.7 Imperfect Observability of Moves 7.8 Repeated Wines in Large Decentralized Groups 7.9 Repeated Games with Incomplete Information 7.10 Continuous Time 7.11 Evolutionary Simulation of Repeated Games Exercises 8. Bargaining and Cooperation in Two-Person Games 8.1 Noncooperative Foundations of Cooperative Game Theory 8.2 Two-Person Bargaining Problems and the Nash Bargaining Solution 8.3 Interpersonal Comparisons of Weighted Utility 8.4 Transferable Utility 8.5 Rational Threats 8.6 Other Bargaining Solutions 8.7 An Alternating-Offer Bargaining Game 8.8 An Alternating-Offer Game with Incomplete Information 8.9 A Discrete Alternating-Offer Game 8.10 Renegotiation Exercises 9. Coalitions in Cooperative Games 9.1 Introduction to Coalitional Analysis 9.2 Characteristic Functions with Transferable Utility 9.3 The Core 9.4 The Shapkey Value 9.5 Values with Cooperation Structures 9.6 Other Solution Concepts 9.7 Colational Games with Nontransferable Utility 9.8 Cores without Transferable Utility 9.9 Values without Transferable Utility Exercises Bibliographic Note 10. Cooperation under Uncertainty 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Concepts of Efficiency 10.3 An Example 10.4 Ex Post Inefficiency and Subsequent Oilers 10.5 Computing Incentive-Efficient Mechanisms 10.6 Inscrutability and Durability 10.7 Mechanism Selection by an Informed Principal 10.8 Neutral Bargaining Solutions 10.9 Dynamic Matching Processes with Incomplete Information Exercises Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press Practice for Life
Book SynopsisUndergraduates do not experience college as having a clear beginning and end. Their engagement with higher education is at best episodic. But as Practice for Life shows, the disruptions provide opportunities for reflection and course-correction as students learn to navigate the future uncertainties of adulthood.Trade ReviewUnlike many books on higher education, Practice for Life doesn’t rely on the usual ways of categorizing the undergraduate experience. The authors examine the most normal—even obvious—features of college life in new and insightful ways, showing how what students actually do in college can be profoundly important to how they live the rest of their lives. A satisfying read. -- Daniel Chambliss, coauthor of How College WorksI read this book first as a college president and then as a parent. In both respects, I found my views challenged as the authors opened up new avenues for thinking about and understanding how students experience college. By focusing on the daily decisions students make, the authors explore the ways college is practice for life and the strategies colleges (and parents) can use to deepen the learning that takes place across campus. -- Adam Weinberg, President, Denison UniversityAt a time when the value of college is a major subject of debate, this book answers the question: what do students really learn in college? The authors convincingly demonstrate that liberal education provides the critical framework needed for students to develop the ability to understand choices and make life-changing decisions. The depth of research reflected in this book, involving hundreds of students interviewed over the course of four years of college, makes it a unique resource for college and university administrators, professors, and students and families who seek to understand the nature of the college experience. -- Alison Byerly, President, Lafayette CollegeThis book…reminds us that a substantial amount of the learning that takes place—perhaps the majority of it—occurs outside of the college classroom. The arguments in this book will remain with me in the coming years in my role as a faculty adviser, or when I am meeting with students in my office hours, or even when I am considering how to invite students to connect more deeply with my courses. -- James M. Lang * Chronicle of Higher Education *[Practice for Life] has been invaluable as a way of thinking about helping my students adjust to college…For those interested in advising students, the vignettes collected here provide much food for thought. -- Jason B. Jones * Chronicle of Higher Education *
£30.56
Princeton University Press Guardrails
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Princeton University Press Campus Economics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Economics may be the dismal science, but it provides essential language and concepts as we strive to balance needs, wants and resources."---Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Education
£25.50
Manchester University Press Bounded Rationality in DecisionMaking
Book SynopsisChallenging standard economic models, this book shows how farmers tend to use cognitive shortcuts and how professional pride frequently trumps profit considerations when farmers make decisions about fertilizers and other types of decisions. -- .Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction2. Theoretical approaches to rational behaviour3. A positive model of bounded rationality: From theoretical approaches to analytical model4. Research design5. The empirical setting – agriculture and environmental regulation6. Fertiliser application around optimal norms: effect of decision environment7. Information shortcuts and rules of thumb: How farmers make decisions on fertilisers8. Optimising or satisficing: when and what 9. Conclusion: Money also mattersAppendix: List of features of the farmers interviewed for the qualitative analysisReferences
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Releasing the Imagination
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This remarkable set of essays defines the role of imagination ingeneral education, arts education, aesthetics, literature, and thesocial and multicultural context.... The author argues for schoolsto be restructured as places where students reach out for meaningsand where the previously silenced or unheard may have a voice. Sheinvites readers to develop processes to enhance and cultivate theirown visions through the application of imagination and the arts.Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for alleducators, particularly those in teacher education, and for generaland academic readers." (Choice) "Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes an impassionedargument for using the arts as a tool for opening minds and forbreaking down the barriers to imagining the realities of worldsother than our own familiar cultures.... There is a strong rhythmto the thoughts, the arguments, and the entire sequence of essayspresented here." (American Journal of Education) "Maxine Greene, one of the greatest education philosophers of thelast half century, constantly reminds teachers that the arts andthe social imagination are central to humane and caringlearning.... Her work is a constant reminder that teaching is amoral profession and that children's imaginations are a treasure wecan neglect only at the peril of our future." (Review in Teacher byHerbert Kohl, senior fellow, Open Society Institute, New YorkCity) "Releasing the Imagination gives us a vivid portrait of thepossibilities of human experience and education's role in itsrealization. It is a welcome corrective to current pressures foreducational conformity." (Elliot W. Eisner, professor of educationand art, Stanford University) "Releasing the Imagination challenges all the cant and clichelittering the field of education today. It breaks through theroutine, the frozen, the numbing, the unexamined; it shocks thereader into new awareness." (William Ayers, associate professor,College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Narrative in the Making. CREATING POSSIBILITIES. 1. Seeking Contexts. 2. Imagination, Breakthroughs, and the Unexpected. 3. Imagination, Community, and the School. 4. Discovering a Pedagogy. 5. Social Vision and the Dance of Life. 6. The Shapes of Childhood Recalled. ILLUMINATIONS AND EPIPHANIES. 7. The Continuing Search for Curriculum. 8. Writing to Learn. 9. Teaching for Openings. 10. Art and Imagination. 11. Texts and Margins. COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING. 12. The Passions of Pluralism. 13. Standards, Common Learnings, and Diversity. 14. Multiple Voices and Multiple Realities.
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) New Directions in Education Policy Implementation
Book SynopsisProvides the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of contemporary research in education policy implementation.A companion to Allan R. Odden''s Education Policy Implementation, also published by SUNY Press, this book presents original work by a new generation of scholars contributing to education policy implementation research. The contributors define education policy implementation as the product of the interaction among particular policies, people, and places. Their analyses of previous generations of implementation research reveal that contemporary findings not only build directly on lessons learned from the past, but also seek to deepen past findings. These contemporary researchers also break from the past by seeking a more nuanced, contingent, and rigorous theory-based explication of how implementation unfolds. They argue that researchers and practitioners can help improve education policy implementation by not asking simply what works, but rather focusing their attention on what works, for whom, where, when, and why.
£24.27
State University of New York Press Democratic Education Stretched Thin How
Book SynopsisArgues that the complexity of our pluralistic social world demands an enriched conception of democratic education.Is a democratic education promoting the ideals of human equality and individual liberty still tenable in a postmodern world of increasingly diverse and competing interests? Drawing on contemporary political theorists, including Michael Walzer and John Rawls, and also on philosophers such as Descartes and Hume, David J. Blacker addresses this question, outlining the dispute between orthodoxy and proceduralism, and proposing a new approach of liberal contextualism to resolve the impasse and enrich our conception of democratic education. He discusses a wide range of controversies surrounding students'' constitutional rights, religion in public schools, special education, civic and moral education, sex education, students'' citizenship status, and educational accountability, and argues for change at both the institutional and personal levels. He concludes that democratic education must be allowed to connect with how individuals understand the ultimate aims and purposes of their lives.
£22.96
Corwin Secrets of Highly Effective Meetings
Book SynopsisThis book provides educational leaders with practical, hands-on strategies for improving meetings. Chapters address the key effects of productive meetings, types of meetings and how to avoid conflicts and problems.Table of ContentsIntroduction Key Effects of Productive Meetings Types of Meetings Building Blocks to Advanced Planning for Meetings Secrets to Opening and Closing Meetings Methods of Avoiding Problems During Meetings
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Stanford University Press Engaging Resistance
Book SynopsisEngaging Resistance provides a new empirical framework for understanding the nature of resistance to organizational change. This book points the way towards strategies that can be successfully employed by change champions as they work to engage less enthusiastic colleagues.Trade Review"Engaging Resistance meaningfully builds an emergent theory in an engaging style. Anderson grounds his framework well, illustrating how two institutions of higher education overcome resistance to change. The stories of these institutions include exemplary detail, so that students can easily transfer the lessons-learned to other organizational settings. This book makes a welcome addition to the reading list for my Strategies for Institutional Change course."—Sharon F. Rallis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, author of Learning in the Field: An Introduction to Qualitative Research"In a refreshingly clear voice, Anderson presents powerful ideas on transformational change and resistance in an easy-to-understand format. Engaging Resistance serves as a template that may be used by change agents anywhere who are committed to making a positive difference in for profit, non-profit, and governmental settings."—Jane C. Edmonds, Senior Fellow, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies
£93.00
Stanford University Press Engaging Resistance
Book SynopsisEngaging Resistance provides a new empirical framework for understanding the nature of resistance to organizational change. This book points the way towards strategies that can be successfully employed by change champions as they work to engage less enthusiastic colleagues.Trade Review"Engaging Resistance meaningfully builds an emergent theory in an engaging style. Anderson grounds his framework well, illustrating how two institutions of higher education overcome resistance to change. The stories of these institutions include exemplary detail, so that students can easily transfer the lessons-learned to other organizational settings. This book makes a welcome addition to the reading list for my Strategies for Institutional Change course."—Sharon F. Rallis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, author of Learning in the Field: An Introduction to Qualitative Research"In a refreshingly clear voice, Anderson presents powerful ideas on transformational change and resistance in an easy-to-understand format. Engaging Resistance serves as a template that may be used by change agents anywhere who are committed to making a positive difference in for profit, non-profit, and governmental settings."—Jane C. Edmonds, Senior Fellow, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies
£26.99
Stanford University Press Improving Learning Environments
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first systematic comparative cross-national study of school disciplinary climates.Trade Review"Improving Learning Environments is a superb examination of the relationship between school discipline and educational achievement, carried out cooperatively by distinguished scholars who investigate countries on which they are leading authorities. It's a must read for scholars and school reformers alike."—Stephen L. Morgan, Cornell University"This state-of-the-art work addresses the important question of the extent to which school disciplinary environments shape educational outcomes. This new volume will provide policy makers with a much needed empirical basis for the development of effective policies."—Meir Yaish, University of Haifa
£49.30
John Wiley & Sons What Every Principal Needs to Know to Create
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Foundation for Critical Thinking A Guide for Educators to Critical Thinking
Book SynopsisPre-order now for June 1 sales release.The Foundation for Critical Thinking has developed an authoritative system of competency standards to ensure successful and consistent integration of critical thinking skills in schools and educational programs at every level and in every discipline. The critical thinking competency standards articulated in this guide serve as a resource for teachers, curriculum designers, administrators and accrediting bodies. As part of the Thinker's Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.
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Foundation for Critical Thinking A Critical Thinkers Guide to Educational Fads
Book SynopsisPre-order now for June 1 sales release.The history of education is also the history of short-term solutions to deep-seated educational problems. While programs like No Child Left Behind or Common Core Curriculum are well-intentioned, they result in intense fragmentation of energy and resources in schools. This guide critiques many current educational trends and fads, illuminating their underlying motivations and providing holistic, sustainable solutions.Teachers, school administrators, and policy makers will find this book an eye-opening overview of education trends and fads, and a refreshing outlook on future reform.As part of the Thinker's Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Thinkers Guide to Intellectual Standards
Book SynopsisThis volume of the Thinkerâs Guide Library analyzes the intellectual standards by which reasoning is judged by skilled thinkers. It broadens the discussion of essential standards such as clarity, accuracy, relevance, and fairness to encompass banks of standards useful for any teacher, administrator, or professional in an evaluative role.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Aspiring Thinkers Guide to Critical Thinking
Book SynopsisThis critical thinking guide introduces concepts and strategies for developing essential reasoning skills and intellectual character. As part of the Thinkerâs Guide Library, this book is an essential resource for students learning new academic disciplines and encountering new situations in life.
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Foundation for Critical Thinking The Student Guide to Historical Thinking
Book SynopsisPre-order now for June 1 sales release.Learning history as only a collection of dates and names prevents us from seeing the true value of the past. This volume of the Thinker's Guide Library reveals the study of history as a mode of thinking with real current-day implications. It begins with a focus on important historical understandings and then presents strategies for fostering fairminded historical thinking. Students learn to engage with the past in a way that promotes critical thinking about the present and future.As part of the Thinker's Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers How to Improve Student Learning
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Thinkers Guide to the Human Mind
Book SynopsisThis volume of the Thinkerâs Guide Library offers insight into the mindâs core functions of thinking, feeling, and wanting and examines how to take command of emotions. It reveals intrinsic barriers to criticality in human thought that impede learning and self-development and is essential reading for those wishing to take full command their minds.
£18.99
Kobalt Books The Underground Philosophy of Education Teaching
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Cambridge University Press Rationality and Time Bias
Book SynopsisWe often care not only about what happens to us, but when it happens to us. We prefer that good experiences happen sooner, rather than later, and that our suffering lies in our past, rather than our future. Common sense suggests that some ways of caring about time are rational, and others are not, but it is surprisingly challenging to provide justifying explanations for these tendencies. This Element is an opinionated, non-technical guided tour through the main philosophical issues about the relevance of the temporal location of our experiences to our desires and our choices, and the major arguments for and against different kinds of so-called time bias.
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Cambridge University Press Decisions about Decisions
Book SynopsisHow do we decide how we decide? On the largest matters and the smallest ones, we make such decisions all the time. This book casts light on decisions about decisionswhat they are, where they go wrong, and how they can be helped to go right.Trade Review'How should we choose when our values might change as a result of our choice? Or when we have limited time to assess the options? How should we decide what we want to learn and what we ought to believe? In Decisions about Decisions, Sunstein presents a rich and diverse set of reflections on these and other questions about how we do, and should, decide how to make the choices that fill our lives. The prose is clear and engaging; the essays packed with illuminating and accessible examples; the thought deeply informed throughout by Sunstein's broad knowledge of behavioral economics, public policy, legal theory, and philosophy.' Richard Pettigrew, University of Bristol'For over three decades, Cass Sunstein has thought deeply and creatively about decisions, large and small, personal and professional, public and private. From environmental protection to free speech, from cognitive burdens to nudges. Join him here on an adventurous voyage exploring how we decide about our decisions - not only their outcomes, but also the emotional impact our decisions have on us decision-makers.' Eldar Shafir, Princeton University'Sunstein is a brilliant and wide ranging thinker whose work in decision theory has been extraordinarily influential. Decisions about Decisions is a deeply insightful - and deeply fun - tour de force of decision-making large and small, a must read for anyone interested in the practical art of how to decide.' L. A. Paul, Yale University'In Decisions about Decisions, Cass Sunstein challenges the premise, widely adopted in Economics and other disciplines, that decision making is merely a means to an end. Instead, he posits that the process of arriving at a choice is emotionally consequential. The book systematically explores implications for how we choose who we are, what we value, what we know, what we believe, and ultimately what we do. Sunstein rewards the reader with rich insights and novel perspectives on human behavior.' B. Douglas Bernheim, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Second-order decisions; 2. Deciding to opt; 3. Deciding to know; 4. Deciding to believe, 1: The case of climate change; 5. Deciding to believe – 2. In general; 6. Deciding inconsistently; 7. Deciding to consume – 1. In general; 8. Deciding to consume – 2. The case of social media; 9. Deciding by algorithm; 10. Deciding for oneself; Epilogue: 'Get drunk!'.
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Cambridge University Press The Measurement of Subjective Probability
Book SynopsisThis Element discusses the main approaches to the measurement of belief. Epistemic approaches explain the measurement of belief by appeal to relations between belief states themselves, whereas decision-theoretic approaches appeal to relations between beliefs and desires in the production of choice and preference.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Meeting the Challenges of Existential Threats
Book SynopsisMeeting the Challenges of Existential Threats through Educational Innovation is the first book of its kind to provide an educational and systematic analysis of problems and solutions regarding the most pressing threats that humankind is facing. The book makes a case for the importance of education responding to significant threats; including climate change, pandemics, decline in global biodiversity, overpopulation, egoism, ideologies, nuclear, biological and chemical warfare, inequality, artificial intelligence, and ignorance and the distortion of truth. Written by leading experts in their field based on cutting-edge research, the chapters explore these issues and offer suggestions for how education can address these problems in the future. This groundbreaking and highly topical book will be an essential reading for academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of education research, environmental studies, educational politics aTable of Contents1 Basic Constructs in the Science of Sustainability Education 2 SSE-Based Frame of Reference. Outlines for a Global Curriculum: Turning Existential Threats into Resources 3 Climate change. Foundations for a Transformative Learning Agenda 4 Biodiversity. The Decline in Global Biodiversity and How Education Can be Part of the Solution 5 Overpopulation: A Century of Debate that Deserves Re-Examination 6 Infectious Disease, Pandemics, and Education. From Miasms to Covid-19 7 Infectious Disease Threats—Antibiotic Resistance, Covid-19 and Future Pandemics 8 Holding Oneself in the World: Is there a Need for Good Egoism? 9 Inequality: Education, Opportunity and Existential Threat 10 Ideologies, Threats and Sustainability. How can Education and Knowledge of the Unforeseen Help Reduce the Threat Posed by Ideologies? 11 Understanding the Threat of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare 12 Artificial Intelligence: Is the Power Matched with Responsibility? 13 Ignorance and Truth Afterword
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Taylor & Francis Straight Choices
Book SynopsisStraight Choices provides a fascinating introduction to the psychology of decision making, enhanced by discussion of relevant examples of decision problems faced in everyday life. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, this edition provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision-making and shows how psychological research can help us understand our uncertain world. The book emphasizes the relationship between learning and decision-making, arguing that the best way to understand how and why decisions are made is in the context of the learning and knowledge acquisition which precedes them, and the feedback which follows. The mechanisms of learning and the structure of environments in which decisions are made are carefully examined to explore their impact on our choices. The authors then consider whether we are all constrained to fall prey to cognitive biases, or whether, with sufficient exposure, we can find optimal decision strategies and improve our decisionTrade Review‘This excellent book is a rare combination – an enjoyable read that beginners will like and a serious text that scholars will study’. - Daniel Kahneman, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, USA Table of ContentsPREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS1. FALLING OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.2. DECISION QUALITY AND AN HISTORICAL CONTEXT3. STAGES OF JUDGMENT I: DISCOVERING, ACQUIRING AND COMBINING INFORMATION4. STAGES OF JUDGMENT II: FEEDBACK EFFECTS AND DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS5. APPRAISING PROBABILITY JUDGMENTS6. JUDGMENTAL HEURISTICS AND BIASES7. EXPLANATION-BASED DECISION MAKING8. ANALYSING DECISIONS I: A GENERAL FRAMEWORK9. ANALYSING DECISIONS II: PROSPECT THEORY AND PREFERENCE REVERSALS10. DECISIONS FROM EXPERIENCE11. DECISIONS ACROSS TIME12. LEARNING TO CHOOSE, CHOOSING TO LEARN13. OPTIMALITY AND EXPERTISE14. TWO SYSTEMS OF JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING?15. EMOTIONAL INFLUENCES ON DECISION MAKING16. GROUP DECISION MAKING17. APPLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE LABORATORY18. LEARNING TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS: WHEN, HOW AND WHY (NOT)?REFERENCES
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Cambridge University Press Frame It Again
Book SynopsisFraming effects are everywhere. An estate tax looks very different to a death tax. Gun safety seems to be one thing and gun control another. Yet, the consensus from decision theorists, finance professionals, psychologists, and economists is that frame-dependence is completely irrational. This book challenges that view. Some of the toughest decisions we face are just clashes between different frames. It is perfectly rational to value the same thing differently in two different frames, even when the decision-maker knows that these are really two sides of the same coin. Frame It Again sheds new light on the structure of moral predicaments, the nature of self-control, and the rationality of co-operation. Framing is a powerful tool for redirecting public discussions about some of the most polarizing contemporary issues, such as gun control, abortion, and climate change. Learn effective problem-solving and decision-making to get the better of difficult dilemmas.Trade Review'This is an engaging and authoritative tour through the world of frames. Whether you are interested in psychology, economics, or sociology, framing effects are indeed central to the power of human reason, rather than its undoing.' Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, and author of The Mind Is Flat'… fascinating and well-written book Bermúdez does a great job in showing us the complexities of human decision-making, and the intriguing role frames play in the process.' Annemarie Kalis, Metascience'Bermudez's book is a welcome contribution to the important, broader task of problematizing and challenging the powerful narrative that he labels the litany of irrationality.' Fay Niker, Economics and Philosophy'… Bermúdez has written a remarkable book. We highly recommend it to everyone seeking a fresh perspective on framing and rational decision-making.' Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics'…Frame It Again is an excellent book. The argumentation is clear and to the point, confronting the reader with a compelling defense of framing effects. The examples of rational frames brought forward by the author are convincing and pervasive, ranging from games to political decisions, from mythological and literary characters to our day-to-day life.' Chiara Caporuscio, Philosophical PsychologyTable of Contents1. Priming the pump: Framing and the litany of human irrationality; 2. Framing: The classic experiments; 3. Where the rubber hits the road: Frames, investors, and markets; 4. Juliet's principle; 5. Rational frames; 6. Agamemnon and climate change; 7. Framing temptation and reward: The challenges of self-control; 8. Chickens and chariot races: Framing in game theory; 9. Fair's fair: Framing for cooperation and fairness; 10. Getting past No: Discursive deadlock and the power of frames; 11. Opening the door to non-Archimedean reasoning; Appendix. Frames in the brain
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) A Handbook for Teaching Assistants Teachers and
Book SynopsisThis revised new edition provides essential guidance for all teaching assistants, especially those who are new to the job, and to the teachers working with them. Glenys Fox details the roles and responsibilities of the TA, as well as providing helpful advice on how to best support the teacher, the pupil, the curriculum and the school. This practical handbook will bring experienced TAs up to date on changes to National educational guidance, including changes in the National Curriculum, assessment, and the Special Educational Needs framework. This text enables the assistant and the teacher to work together more effectively in supporting and promoting the progress of children and young people. Written in light of recent research and updates in legislation, this guide will ensure that: teaching assistants know what to expect of colleagues, and vice versapupils are given the best possible support by teaching assistants who understand their needsteaching assistants and teachers are able to work together effectively to support the learning of all children, especially children who have special educational needs and disabilitiesany training received is relevant and helpful. A Handbook for Teaching Assistants is an ideal textbook for training, as well as a useful classroom handbook for teaching assistants working in early years, primary and secondary settings.Trade ReviewAt our university we currently run a Foundation in Teaching and Learning Support and we have a number of books from Glenys Fox in our library. I would certainly recommend that you publish an updated edition. Dr Sue Bentham, University of ChichesterThe proposed new edition directly addresses TAs. I think that conveys a powerful message (or two): that TAs can take responsibility for their own professional development, whether they are offered PD opportunities through school or not; that we believe TAs want to improve and enhance their effectiveness. That raises their status quite considerably. They may not officially be part of a profession, but it tells them that we expect them to be professional – and are happy to provide them with some of the tools to do that. Such as this book. Do you recommend that we publish an updated edition? Yes indeed. Please add any additional comments you feel may be helpful. I’m pleased to see Glenys updating this book. I have liked her books as being very practical, and recommend them to my students who are TAs. I’ve often said to them that I wish Glenys Fox had written more books.Jill Morgan, Senior Lecturer, University of Wales Trinity St David"This book gives an excellent overview and foundation for what takes place in the classroom, with its focus on teachers and TAs working together. The book explains the roles and responsibilities of the TA, as well as providing helpful advice on how to best support the teacher, the pupil, the curriculum and the school; it sets guidelines for what can be a difficult balance [...] A perfect textbook for both new and experienced TAs and also very valuable for teachers, helping them gain a better insight into the roles and responsibilities of their TAs." - Sarah Brew, Parents in Touch Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The role of the teaching assistant 2. How to be an effective teaching assistant 3. Supporting the pupil 4. Supporting the teacher 5. Supporting the curriculum 6. Supporting the school 7. Promoting effective learning 8. Special Educational Needs 9. Supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs 10. Supporting social, emotional, behavioural and mental health needs 11. The role of school managers and special needs co-ordinators 12. The role of the teacher 13. Professional development and trainingSome final comments Appendix A. An example of a job description Appendix B. The roles of supporting professionals Appendix C. Glossary of abbreviations References ?
£35.14
WW Norton & Co Lead Like a Teacher
Book SynopsisFor the sake of students, close the empathy gap between the classroom and the front office
£23.74
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Smart Thinking
Book SynopsisA clear and practical review of the 50 most common thinking challenges everyone faces from day to day, with a full guide to the most accessible and practical solutions.Many of us find ourselves facing difficult work situations, day after day - often as a result of existing patterns of behaviour - or at the mercy of negative and intrusive thoughts. But such cycles can be broken, allowing you to approach problems and challenges in a more robust and sustainable way. Smart Thinking focuses on common thinking challenges we all face from time to time, both rational (such as problem-solving) and emotional (mental health issues, for example), while also offering an array of practical and realistic solutions. It explains the problems and highlights the best options to resolve them, while encouraging you to look differently at the circumstances around you, and then to develop new, and permanent, ways of tackling any challenges.From getting the best out of others
£13.49
SAGE Publications Inc Leadership Teaming
Book SynopsisAt last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership.Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational LeadershipTrinity UniversityThis book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams.Elaine McEwan, Educational ConsultantAuthor, Ten Traits of Highly Effective SchoolsThis thoughtful book is cutting edge.Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational LeadershipUniversity of Missouri, ColumbiaThis book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools.Joanne Rooney, CodirectorMidwest Principals' CenterBuild alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrTrade Review“This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams.” -- Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant“This thoughtful book on how superintendents and principals can collaborate as effective teams to form professional learning communities is cutting edge.” -- Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership“This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground in its clarification of contemporary leadership literature and how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools.” -- Joanne Rooney, Codirector“As a former high school principal and school superintendent, I found myself wishing I had had access to a book like this when I began my administrative roles. The book provides ample resources based on contemporary research and literature and is filled with practical, field-based suggestions and activities that will assist school administrators in building cohesive, goal-oriented, successful teams.” -- Marcus J. Haack, Clinical Associate Professor"The authors have been in the trenches, yet their book represents a hopeful message that schools can be high-performance organizations as well as healthy and supportive places for adults and students." -- Susan Printy, Associate Professor of Educational Administration"Relationships are key, and this book beautifully provides the necessary highs and lows of positions, how they relate, and the successes of a productive relationship.” -- Teresa P. Cunningham, Principal“While based on clearly described leadership theory, this book is filled with practical ways to improve teamwork in any school district." -- William Bushaw, Executive Director“At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership.” -- Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational LeadershipTable of ContentsPreface Superintendent′s Perspective Principal′s Perspective About Our Book Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. Leadership Teaming 1.The Superintendent′s Perspective: Characteristics of High-Quality Teams Leadership Teams Work in Harmony Vision of a Leadership Team Develop an Affirmative Orientation Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 2. The Principal′s Perspective: What Phenomenal Teams Look and Feel Like Teamwork Defined The Right People The Right Work The Right Way Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Part II. Leadership Qualities 3. The Superintendent′s Perspective: What Superintendents Want in a Principal? Competence Character A Caring Heart Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 4. The Principal′s Perspective: Superintendents Principals Want to Work For The Transformational Leader Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Superlative Superintendents Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Part III. Leadership Team Essentials 5. The Superintendent′s Perspective: The Importance of Trust in Communication Message Madness The Importance of Trust Portraits of Trust Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 6. The Principal′s Perspective: Communication Expectations and Relationships Critical Attributes Principals′ Perspectives Superintendents′ Perspectives Expectation Development Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Part IV. Leadership Learning 7. The Superintendent′s Perspective: Cultivating Team Capacity The Learning Team Applying the Professional Learning Community Concepts The Arlington Leadership Professional Learning Community Lessons Learned, Points to Ponder Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking 8. The Principal′s Perspective: Perfecting Principal Performance Ensuring Success Perfecting Performance Principal Performance Impact Perfecting Superintendent Performance Take-Away Message Closing in on Key Concepts Extending Your Thinking Conclusion Leadership Teaming Key Concepts Resources Resource A: Code-Building Exercise 1 Resource B: Code-Building Exercise 2 Resource C: Code Review Activity Resource D: Principal Entry Plan Resource E: Principal Professional Goal Plan References Suggested Readings Index
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SAGE Publications Inc Schools as Professional Learning Communities
Book SynopsisRoberts and Pruitt offer practical advice to educators who seek to address one of the greatest obstacles to creating effective schools: how to get school staff to collaborate and learn from each other. Their insights and suggestions are smart, useful, and demonstrate a genuine understanding of how schools work.Pedro A. Noguera, Executive DirectorMetropolitan Center for Urban Education, New York UniversityYour one-stop sourcebook for building a professional learning community in your school! More and more educational leaders are turning to the collaborative learning community model to create school change and improvement. This practical resource offers research-based activities and strategies for providing professional learning opportunities that lead to the building of community in schools as well as improved learning outcomes for both teachers and students. Ideal for school leaders and staff developers, this updated Trade Review"Brings a completely different philosophy of schools to the forefront and provides specific strategies and activities that promote the school as a learning community with student learning as a focus." -- Sharon Neff, Technology and Literacy Specialist"An excellent resource for teacher leaders, administrators, or mentors as a tool for establishing useful collaboration. There are specific examples and tips that can be applied to collaborative groups." -- Kandace Klenz, Literacy Teacher"Roberts and Pruitt offer practical advice to educators who seek to address one of the greatest obstacles to creating effective schools: how to get school staff to collaborate and learn from each other. Their insights and suggestions are smart, useful, and demonstrate a genuine understanding of how schools work." -- Pedro A. Noguera, Executive Director"The wealth of ideas and information leads readers to make their own deductions and formulate their own vision and mission. This is an important step toward school improvement. The book is also very practical and has excellent examples." -- Lyndon Oswald, Principal"The case studies, examples, and references to additional sources of information such as Web sites make this an excellent study guide and reference work for leaders who are engaged in the difficult task of building learning communities." -- Max Skidmore, Academic Professional"Provides aspiring educational leaders with the tools they need to build learning communities among school teachers. The activities are not only creative but allow for the development of complex skills critical to leading and transforming contemporary schools. This is a must-read book for those looking for school-based professional development activities and for those preparing leaders to be change agents in the 21st century." -- Hazel M. Carter, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership"Roberts and Pruitt have created a guidebook that those in leadership positions can use to successfully implement the learning community model. The activities included skillfully address the issues that teachers and leaders face as they strive to transform their schools into places where learning opportunities for all can be maximized. This book is a storehouse of information with many practical applications and ideas that can be used by those who are engaged in the school improvement process." -- Linnea Weiland, Department Chair and Associate ProfessorTable of ContentsForeword by Susan Sullivan Preface About the Authors 1. The Professional Learning Community: An Overview Preview of the Chapter What is a learning community? What are the characteristics of a learning community? What is the role of the learning community in an age of accountability? What are the key elements of the school improvement framework for learning community schools? How is student achievement affected by the learning community model? How are teachers affected by the learning community? How do refelection and reflective practice contribute to the building of learning communities? Conclusion Making It Work Activities 2. Learning Through Shared Leadership What are the roles of educational leaders in a learning community? What steps must a principal take to develop a shared mission and vision? What strategies can educational leaders use to communicate and sustain the vision? What about emotional intelligence and leadership? How do principals build the trust that contributes to improved student achievement? What communication skills do leaders need to successfully lead learning communities? What do leaders need to know about the change process? How do you begin the process of building a learning community? Conclusion Making It Work Activities 3. Learning Through Ongoing Professional Development What are the guiding principles for professional development in learning communities? What strategies meet the needs of adults as learners? How can we find enough time for professional development? How do we assess the effectiveness of professional development? How do we get started with professional development? Conclusion Making It Work Activities 4. Learning Through Teamwork How can we overcome barriers to effective teamwork? What behaviors promote effective teamwork? What are the stages of group development? How may conflict among team members be effectively managed? What are effective ways for teams to make decisions? How should meetings be conducted to promote team development in learning communities? Conclusion Making It Work Activities 5. Learning Through Study Groups What is a study group? What are the purposes and benefits of study groups for a community of learners? How do you initiate a study group? How can teacher book study groups be planned and conducted? Conclusion Making it Work 6. Learning Through Classroom Observation What is the purpose of classroom observation? How does the standards-based walk-through for teachers contribute to a culture of collaborative instruction? How does conferencing with teachers set the stage for the calssroom observation process? How does clinical supervision improve learning and foster collaboration? What about the observation of the differentiated classroom? Conclusion Making it Work Activities 7. Learning Through Collaborative Approaches How may issues of equity and diversity be addressed in a collaborative learning community? What is the role of collaboration in the learning community? How do mentoring and coaching enhance the learning community? How does collaborative assessment of student work build learning communities? How may we collaborate with parents in the learning community? Conclusion Making It Work Activities 8. Learning Through Professional Portfolios What is the role of professional portfolios in the learning community? What goes into a professional portfolio? How do you get started developing the portfolio? How should the portfolio be organized? What about electronic portfolios? How may the portfolio be evaluated? What strategies support the development and use of portfolios in the learning community? Conclusion Making it Work Activities 9. Sustaining the Professional Learning Community How do we sustain a culture that supports a collaborative approach to improving instructional practice and student outcomes? How do we sustain the structures that support learning community schools? What must we do to maintain the focus on continuous student learning that characterizes learning communities? How do we maintain a focus on the school′s mission and shared vision statements that stress student achievement? What steps must be taken to ensure that shared leadership is sustained in learning community schools? Conclusion Making It Work Activities References Index
£39.70
SAGE Publications Inc Now What Confronting and Resolving Ethical
Book SynopsisThis is a book that should set off needed conversations in every school and classroom and school board meetingand the dinner table. Sometimes I wanted to quarrel with the authors, and that's part of its genius. It always managed to provoke me to think and to engage with these dilemmas.Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar and Adjunct ProfessorNew York UniversityThe Mackenzies show us how to recognize moral dilemmas, employ guidelines for addressing them, and teach us how to resolve them on our own. A gift to educators, the educational profession, and to all who would behave ethically and professionally within it.Roland Barth, Educational ConsultantGuidance for navigating the ethical dilemmas that teachers face!Teachers deal with ethical issues on a regular basis, from confidentiality regarding student information to discipline to communication. As moral exemplars, educators need guidance for handling such challenges. Written byTrade Review"This is a book that should set off needed conversations in every school and classroom and school board meeting—and the dinner table. Sometimes I wanted to quarrel with the authors, and that′s part of its genius. It always managed to provoke me to think and to engage with these dilemmas." -- Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor"Schools are full of situations fraught with ethical implications. The Mackenzies show us how to recognize moral dilemmas, employ guidelines for addressing them, and, by walking us through abundant yeasty cases, teach us how to resolve them on our own. A gift to educators, the educational profession, and to all who would behave ethically and professionally within it." -- Roland Barth, Educational ConsultantTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. Thinking About Ethics 1. Engaging in Ethics 2. Ethical Behavior: Some General Principles Part II. Acting Ethically: Teachers and Their Constituents 3. The Essential Learning Relationship: Teachers and Students 4. Important Pieces of the Puzzle: Teachers and Parents Part III. Acting Ethically: Teachers and Their Colleagues 5. Trust and Respect: Teachers as Colleagues 6. The Sum of the Parts: Teachers on Collaborative Teams 7. Clash of Philosophies: The School Faculty 8. Clashing Codes: Professional Communities of Teachers Part IV. Acting Ethically: Teachers and Supervisors 9. Power and Authority: Teachers and Their Principals 10. The Teacher, Superintendent and School Board, and the Community 11. Summing Up Resource A. Workshop Outline: Tools for Teachers and Teacher Leaders Resource B. Examining Critical Events References Index
£30.39
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development How to Make Decisions with Different Kinds of
Book SynopsisBest-selling author Susan Brookhart helps teachers and administrators understand the critical elements and nuances of assessment data and how that information can best be used to inform improvement efforts in the school or district.
£19.76
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Level Up Your Classroom The Quest to Gamify Your
Book SynopsisLooks at what happens to student learning when it is gamified; why you might want to gamify instruction for your students; and the process for gamifying both your classroom and your lessons. The gamified classroom - an exciting new frontier of 21st century learning awaits you and your students.
£21.56
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Learning Transformed
Book SynopsisPresents eight keys - each a piece of a puzzle for transforming the K-12 education system of teaching and learning - to intentionally design tomorrow's schools so today's learners are prepared for success... and stand ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems.
£26.95
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Design Thinking in Play
Book SynopsisOffers educators a practical guide for navigating design thinking's invigorating challenges and reaping its considerable rewards. The authors dig deep into the five-stage design thinking process, highlighting risk factors and recommending specific steps to keep you moving forward.
£25.60
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Turning HighPoverty Schools Into HighPerforming
Book SynopsisExpanding on the authors’ original framework's concepts of actions and school culture, this book incorporates new insights for addressing equity, trauma, and social-emotional learning. These fresh perspectives combine with lessons learned from high-poverty, high-performing schools to form the updated and enhanced Framework for Collective Action.
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Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development From Underestimated to Unstoppable
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Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Training Design Delivery and Diplomacy
Book SynopsisRegardless of your starting point or previous experiences, this book outlines the essential components you need to build a powerful training program. It presents dozens of strategies to help both novice and expert trainers avoid common (and not-so-common) training pitfalls, enabling the design and delivery of powerful sessions.
£21.56
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Critical Thinking in the Elementary Classroom
Book SynopsisTeaching critical thinking skills in the elementary grades is often an afterthought - if it’s a thought at all. Erin Shadowens proposes that students of all ages benefit when teachers expand the definition of what is possible by engaging young learners with real challenges and supportive, accessible learning environments.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc The Coup Detat of the New Orleans Public Schools
Book SynopsisThe Coup D'état of the New Orleans Public Schools explores and criticizes the contemporary educational reforms of the New Orleans public school system. The New Orleans education reforms implemented after Hurricane Katrina, using the corporate model approach, have been an academic failure with charter operators making millions of dollars while reestablishing a segregated school system based on race and classall in the name of school reform. Despite the claims of unprecedented academic success the educational reforms have been a dismal failure academically and operationally, and have resurrected equity and access issues. Equally as disturbing the reforms firmly have re-established a tiered public school system that segregates students by race and class. The Coup D'état of the New Orleans Public Schools puts the corporate education reform movement in its proper context, which is to create a new twenty-first century model for turning around urban public school districts Trade Review“Illegal. Fraudulent. Criminal. Unconstitutional. These words merely understate the dehumanizing abuses the families, children and educators in New Orleans are continuing to fight back against. When I lived there and worked at the University of New Orleans, in close partnership with the public schools, I was inspired by the rich cultural heritage preserved and passed on in neighborhood institutions, including the city schools. What has been done to the schools and neighborhoods in this city is nothing short of war—not only against the Black community but also against freedom and democracy. It is my fervent hope that in the tradition of David Walker’s 1829 Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, Raynard Sanders’s meticulously researched and courageous eye-witness testimony, The Coup D’état of the New Orleans Public Schools, will also serve as a radicalizing wake-up call to those of us who cherish liberation and believe in defending human freedom. Let us all say with the people of New Orleans: ‘We won’t bow down. We don’t know how.’”—Joyce E. King, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Georgia State University“Raynard Sanders provides a vivid account of how the educational ‘Miracle in New Orleans’ following Hurricane Katrina has created an educational marketplace that offers ‘choice’ to the most advantaged students and a revolving door of failing schools to the least advantaged, while re-segregating the city even more starkly than before. Sanders meticulously outlines the equity and access issues that have emerged in a marketplace that provides only the illusion of school choice to many families who have witnessed the destruction of neighborhood schools that were once the hub of their communities. The Coup D’état of the New Orleans Public Schools is critically important reading for those who care about the future of public education and the fight for equal rights in American society.”—Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor Emeritus, Stanford University and President, Learning Policy Institute“The struggle over the fate and future of public education has played out with notable intensity in New Orleans, Louisiana, never more significantly than in recent years as NOLA has become—post-Hurricane Katrina—the laboratory for a thoroughgoing corporate takeover of public education. In this compelling account the educator/activist/scholar Raynard Sanders documents the treacherous alliance that formed between old-school white supremacists and modern-day corporate raiders eager to get their grasping hands on what they perversely perceive as the ‘public education market.’ The Coup D’état of the New Orleans Public Schools illustrates the case in compelling detail, and shows us precisely what’s at stake: education as a basic human right versus schooling as a product for sale in the marketplace; democracy as a vital force for human development or the veritable erasure of the public; a step forward in the abiding and courageous press of Black parents for a full and decent education for their children as a pathway to authentic equality versus a further continuance of the shameful American tradition of apartheid schooling. This is a necessary book.”—William Ayers, Author of several books on education including Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World, To Teach, and Teaching Toward Freedom“Raynard Sanders follows the trail of money to show how a group of white community-and-political leaders snatched control of the public schools from the citizens of New Orleans. They turned the schools over to profit-driven ‘reformers’ who made it nearly impossible for parents to participate in any meaningful way in their children’s schools, and they discarded a largely African American work force—eerily reminiscent of what happened in New Orleans following Reconstruction. Sanders peers behind the curtain of the ‘New Orleans Miracle,’ and what he shows us is not pretty.”—Al Kennedy, Historian and Author of Chord Changes on the Chalkboard: How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New OrleansTable of ContentsForeword – Acknowledgments – The Coup D’état – Privatizing Public Education: New Orleans the Perfect Place – Intended and Unintended Consequences: The Assault – School Communities Disenfranchised and Destroyed – The New Orleans Public School Gold Rush – Old Lessons Learned in New Orleans – Glossary – Appendix A: Picard Letter to the Department of Education – Appendix B: Act No. 35 – Appendix C: Charter School Grant Program Amounts Allocated to Charter Schools – Appendix D: Louisiana’s 7th Grade Cohort Graduation Rate – Appendix E: Reasons for Judgement, Eddy Oliver versus Orleans Parish School Board – Appendix F: Carver Civil Rights Complaint – Appendix G: Civil Rights Complaint on School – Appendix H: Data Sharing Agreement – Appendix I: Act No. 91 – Index.
£68.58
Peter Lang Publishing Inc The Country of the Blind
Book SynopsisThe Country of the Blind challenges the reigning conception of Ibsen as social critic. It offers new and unique interpretations stressing his preoccupation with the limitations and failings of humankind that do not change, in particular one's reluctance or inability to confront unpleasant truths about one's self and the consequent attempts to conceal those truths from self and from others. The result, in the plays considered, is that his personae are not what they appear to be. We shall observe that Mrs. Alving is not an heroic figure who has sacrificed all for her beloved son; that the virtuous parson Manders may in fact be the father of Oswald; that neither Gregers Werle nor Dr. Thomas Stockmann are the idealists they profess to be; that Hedda Gabler and Halvard Solness are the very antitheses of the persons they imagine themselves. This gulf between illusion and actuality is evident even in the case of secondary agents, confirming the supposition that Ibsen believTable of ContentsPreface – Alternative Realities in Ghosts – Who Is Ibsen’s Enemy of the People? – De Profundis – Hedda’s Revenge – The Master Builder – Select Bibliography.
£68.58
Ebookit.com Logically Fallacious The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies Academic Edition
£33.96
