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Information Age Publishing Catalytic Improvement Communities: Cultivating
Book SynopsisIn chemistry, a catalyst accelerates change without being depleted. As we seek school improvement, we need sustainable, scalable changes, and therefore catalytic structures are ideal. From communities of practice to professional learning communities to Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) much has been made in the scholarly and consultancy literature about collaborative approaches to improvement.The benefit of improvement communities that operate in networks over professional learning communities or isolated communities of practice is that they allow for broader experimentation, more rapid iteration, and greater possibility for scaling improvement. Educators have many tools and protocols to support the various approaches to improvement, evidenced by the many tools the Carnegie Foundation has developed for NICs alone. However, we need to understand how these are being used in a wide range of contexts and iterations.This book answers three questions: 1) How can improvement communities act as catalysts? 2) How do improvement communities serve as discipline, creative inquiry? 3) Most importantly, how do improvement communities support flourishing individuals? These three questions serve as the drivers of three sections with practical recommendations and insights for teachers, administrators, and policymakers that will lead to more sustainable leadership practices and thriving educators, students, and communities.
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Information Age Publishing Catalytic Improvement Communities: Cultivating
Book SynopsisIn chemistry, a catalyst accelerates change without being depleted. As we seek school improvement, we need sustainable, scalable changes, and therefore catalytic structures are ideal. From communities of practice to professional learning communities to Networked Improvement Communities (NICs) much has been made in the scholarly and consultancy literature about collaborative approaches to improvement.The benefit of improvement communities that operate in networks over professional learning communities or isolated communities of practice is that they allow for broader experimentation, more rapid iteration, and greater possibility for scaling improvement. Educators have many tools and protocols to support the various approaches to improvement, evidenced by the many tools the Carnegie Foundation has developed for NICs alone. However, we need to understand how these are being used in a wide range of contexts and iterations.This book answers three questions: 1) How can improvement communities act as catalysts? 2) How do improvement communities serve as discipline, creative inquiry? 3) Most importantly, how do improvement communities support flourishing individuals? These three questions serve as the drivers of three sections with practical recommendations and insights for teachers, administrators, and policymakers that will lead to more sustainable leadership practices and thriving educators, students, and communities.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Susan Isaacs
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Challenging the Cult of SelfEsteem in Education
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Group Work in the Primary Classroom
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Macroeconomic Policy Credibility and Politics Harwood Fundamentals of Pure Applied Economics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Educating Children with Facial Disfigurement Creating Inclusive School Communities
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Taylor & Francis The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture Routledge Research International Series in Social Psychology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Passion to Learn
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Making Inclusion Work for Children with Dyspraxia Practical Strategies for Teachers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mankind Nation and Individual Otto Jespersen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Education and the City
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Great Cities of the World Their Government
Book SynopsisThe giant city of today is a unique phenomenon. Never before have such acute problems of government, the provision of essential services, planning, social life, and civilized living arisen from uncontrolled urbanization. In the West and in the East, in the more developed and in the less developed countries, in capitalist and communist states, the great metropolis represents a problem of the first importance which challenges the statesman, the official, the town planner, the political scientist, the sociologist and, above all, the intelligent citizen.The editor has here assembled an authoritative series of studies describing the growth, significance, government, politics adn planning of twenty-four great cities of the world. They show how these widely scattered cities faced essentially similar problems. Each study deals with the actual working of one city in the 1950s, how its elective adn executive bodies are organized, the kind of political forces which motivate their activiTable of ContentsPart One: The Great City of Today 1. A modern phenomenon 2. The metropolitan community 3. Special constitutional features 4. The elected council 5. The city council as executive 6. An executive appointed by the council 7. The elected mayor as executive 8. An elected committee as executive 9. An executive appointed by the central government 10. Municipal services 11. The need for integration 12. The attempt to expand 13. The Ad Hoc authority for special purposes 14. Other attempts to solve the problem 15. Politics in the great city 16. Divided civic and political interest 17. Relations with higher authorities 18. Municipal finance 19. Planning the great city 20. The problems summarized 21. The metropolitan region of tomorrow PART TWO Amsterdam, J.P. Wilschut Bombay and Calcutta, Professor M. Verkatarangaia Buenos Aires, Professor Rafael Bielsa Chicago, Professor Robert A. Walker Copenhagen, Dr Axel Holm London, Professor William A. Robson Los Angeles, Professor Winston W. Crouch and Professor Dean E. McHenry Manchester, Lady Shena Simon Montreal and Toronto, K.B. Callard Moscow, Roger Simona and Maurice Hookham New York, Professor Rexford Guy Tugwell Paris, Brian Chapman Rio de Janeiro, Jose Arthur Rios Rome, Professor Giuseppe Chiarelli Stockholm, Professor Gunnar Heckscher and Per HOlm Sydney, Professor F.A. Bland Wellington, Ralph H. Brookes Zurich, Professor Max Imboden SUPPLEMENTARY STUDIES Cologne, Lorenz Fischer and Peter van Hauten Johannesburg, Dr L. P. Green Tokyo and Osaka, Professor Masamichi Royama
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) The Handbook of Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play
Book SynopsisThis completely revised and updated second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to using play to communicate with troubled or traumatized children and their families, and to heal emotional damage. The book gives examples of good practice in different settings and situations.Drawing on psychodynamic, systemic and attachment theory, the book provides an integrated theory base for using play in therapeutic work with children. It emphasizes non-directive approaches to therapeutic play and play therapy, based on supporting the child's developing self within the safe boundaries provided by the setting and the worker's emotional holding and containment. Areas explored include: children with disabilities and illnesses daily living with abused and traumatized children helping troubled families difficulties in early years children experiencing separation, loss and bereavement children moving to new families. Trade Review"This book is pervaded by a sense of hope and an overriding belief in the 'healing power of play.' I was moved by the case examples and by McMahon's sense of compassion and empathy for the children whose stories are recorded in this book. I would highly recommend it to anyone considering play therapy as a career or to those already practicing." - Jackie Townsend, Counselling Children and Young People, September 2009praise for the first edition:"…essential reading for all those who purport to practice play therapy." – British Journal of Occupational Therapy"A Handbook like this is an excellent idea for other workers who want to help disturbed children but don’t know where to start." – Nicholas Tucker, The Times Educational SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction: The State of Play. The Development of Play. Approaches to Therapeutic Play. The Process of Therapeutic Play and Play Therapy. Therapeutic Play in the Early Years. Play in Helping Troubled Families. Therapeutic Play for Children with Disabilities and Illness. Therapeutic Play for Children Experiencing Separation, Loss and Bereavement in Their Families. Therapeutic Play with Children who have Experienced Continual Trauma and Loss. Therapeutic Play in Daily Living with Abused and Traumatized Children. Play in Therapeutic Work with Children Moving to New Families.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Psychology for the Classroom Constructivism and Social Learning
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