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Book SynopsisTourism is one of the world's biggest industries. Responsible tourism is concerned with the effects of tourism on people, ecology, and communities, and seeks to ameliorate these impacts by providing tourism which benefits host communities, improves working conditions, involves the local community, promotes cultural heritage, and benefits the environment. This book discusses responsible tourism as a whole, including the politics, policy and planning behind it, and major sub-topics such as poverty reduction, the environment, transport, governance, wildlife tours and heritage.Table of Contents1: Introduction PART 1: Responsible Tourism and Responsibilities 2: The Responsible Tourism Debate 3: International Transport and Climate Change: Taking Responsibility Seriously 4: The Consumers of Tourism PART 2: The Central Tenets of Tourism 5: Destination Communities and Responsible Tourism 6: Environmental Performance 7: The Politics of Tourism and Poverty Reduction 8: Governance and Responsible Tourism PART 3: Responsible Tourism in Action? 9: Adventure Tours: Responsible Tourism in Practice? 10: Responsible Wildlife Tourism in Africa 11: Cultural Heritage: World Heritage Sites and Responsible Tourism in Argentina 12: Hospitality Enterprise - a Key Influence 13: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe Student Newspaper Survival Guide has been extensively updated to cover recent developments in online publishing, social media, mobile journalism, and multimedia storytelling; at the same time, it continues to serve as an essential reference on all aspects of producing a student publication. Updated and expanded to discuss many of the changes in the field of journalism and in college newspapers, with two new chapters to enhance the focus on online journalism and technology Emphasis on Web-first publishing and covering breaking news as it happens, including a new section on mobile journalism Guides student journalists through the intricate, multi-step process of producing a student newspaper including the challenges of reporting, writing, editing, designing, and publishing campus newspapers and websites Chapters include discussion questions, exercises, sample projects, checklists, tips from professionals, sample forms, story ideTable of ContentsPreface xii Acknowledgments xiv 1 THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT PRESS 3 TIPS FROM A PRO Susan Goldberg 5 REFLECTIONS OF A COLLEGE NEWSPAPER EDITOR Ed Ronco 9 2 RECRUITING AND TRAINING YOUR STAFF 13 TIPSHEET Training your staff 15 CHECKLIST Planning a training workshop 16 Q&A Miguel M. Morales 18 Appendix 2.A Training exercises 20 3 COVERING A CAMPUS 23 CHECKLIST Covering a beat 27 TIPSHEET How to fi nd story ideas 28 TIPSHEET Covering meetings 35 TIPS FROM A PRO Mike Donoghue 36 4 REPORTING 43 TIPSHEET Student journalists share advice on covering a campus shooting 46 TIPSHEET Evaluating information on the Web 49 TIPSHEET Interviewing 51 CHECKLIST Reporting for accuracy 54 5 NEWSWRITING 57 TIPSHEET Writing ledes 60 TIPSHEET Newswriting 62 CHECKLIST Self-editing 64 6 THE LIFESTYLE PAGES 67 CHECKLIST Profi le writing 69 TIPS FROM THE PROS Debby Herbenick and Jennifer Bass 72 Q&A Josie Roberts 72 7 SPORTSWRITING 77 CHECKLIST The game story 79 Q&A Adam Rubin 86 TIPS FROM A PRO Joe Gisondi 88 8 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WRITING 91 Q&A Roger Ebert 93 CHECKLIST Entertainment review 94 TIPS FROM A PRO Sean McCourt 94 Q&A Rob Owen 96 9 OPINION PAGES 99 CHECKLIST The editorial 105 TIPS FROM A PRO Jill "J.R." Labbe 105 Q&A Nate Beeler 108 10 EDITING 111 TIPS FROM A PRO Steve Buttry 114 CHECKLIST Editing a story 118 TIPS FROM A PRO Becky Sher 124 11 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 137 TIPS FROM A PRO John Frank 144 TIPSHEET A dozen ways to avoid being burned by a hot story 145 Q&A Matt Waite 147 12 PHOTOJOURNALISM 151 CHECKLIST Photo editing 161 TIPS FROM A PRO Kenneth Kobré 161 CHECKLIST Writing cutlines 164 13 LEGAL ISSUES 167 TIPS FROM A PRO James M. Wagstaffe 169 CHECKLIST Newspaper theft 172 CHECKLIST Legal issues 176 Q&A Student Press Law Center on copyright and fair use 177 14 ETHICAL ISSUES 181 TIPS FROM A PRO Harry Kloman 184 TIPSHEET Dealing with potentially controversial content 191 REFLECTIONS ON AN ETHICAL DILEMMA Joel Elliott 192 15 STARTING A NEW NEWSPAPER 197 Q&A George Srour 203 16 DESIGN AND GRAPHICS 207 CHECKLIST Designing for content 208 TIPSHEET Good page design 211 TIPSHEET Creating a design style guide 214 CHECKLIST Page layout 216 CASE STUDY Anatomy of a newspaper redesign 217 Q&A Emmet Smith 218 17 WEBSITES 223 Newspaper or news organization? 224 CHECKLIST Breaking news shift 225 TIPSHEET Breaking news online 226 TIPSHEET Writing breaking news 230 CHECKLIST The newspaper website 231 TIPS FROM A PRO Jake Ortman 236 18 MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING 241 TIPSHEET Multimedia reporting 243 CHECKLIST Multimedia equipment 244 TIPSHEET Audio reporting 245 TIPSHEET Shooting video 249 19 SOCIAL MEDIA 257 TIPS FROM A PRO Josh Shannon 263 TIPSHEET Twitter for journalists 265 20 ADVERTISING AND MARKETING 271 TIPS FROM A PRO Kami Hammerschmith 274 Q&A Leigh Sabey 282 APPENDIX 1 Associated Press style cheat sheet 285 APPENDIX 2 Contests for student journalists 289 Index 293

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Book SynopsisA sequel to Mobile Processing in Distributed and Open Environments (Wiley, 1999), this title introduces an extended, universal WAVE-WP model for distributed processing and control in dynamic and open worlds of any natures.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Toward Coordination and Management of Large Systems. 1.2 Problems of Managing Large Distributed Systems. 1.3 WAVE-WP: Basic Ideas. 1.4 Example: The Shortest Path Problem. 1.5 Example: Distributed Knowledge Representation and Processing. 1.6 System organization as a function of the application scenario. 1.7 Relation to the Previous Book. 1.8 Comparison with Other Works in Related Areas. 1.9 Organization of the Book. 2. WORLDS AND WAVES IN THE WAVE-WP MODEL. 2.1 Physical World. 2.2 Virtual World. 2.3 United Physical–Virtual World. 2.4 Execution World. 2.5 Waves. 2.6 Conclusions. 3. WORLD PROCESSING LANGUAGE. 3.1 Top Language Organization. 3.2 Data Definitions. 3.2.1 General on Constants. 3.2.2 Special Constants. 3.2.3 Vectors. 3.3 Variables. 3.4 Acts. 3.5 Rules. 3.6 Forward Rules. 3.7 Echo Rules. 3.8 Expressions. 3.9 Working with Physical Matter. 3.10 Conclusions. 4. DISTRIBUTED WAVE-WP INTERPRETATION IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. 4.1 Doers and Their Networks. 4.2 Wave-WP Interpreter Architecture. 4.3 Track Infrastructure. 4.4 Elementary Operations Involving Multiple Doers. 4.5 More Complex Spatial Operations. 4.6 Other Distributed Interpretation Issues. 4.7 Conclusions. 5. SPATIAL PROGRAMMING IN WAVE-WP. 5.1 Traditional Sequential and Parallel Programming. 5.2 Virtual World Programming. 5.3 Mobility of Doers in Physical World. 5.4 Moving and Acting in Physical World Directly. 5.5 Programming in Integration of Physical and Virtual Worlds. 5.6 Conclusions. 6. EXEMPLARY MISSION SCENARIOS. 6.1 Coordinated Movement of a Group. 6.2 Physical Matter Delivery and Remote Processing. 6.3 Physical World Search Assisted by Virtual World. 6.4 Map-Based Collection of Samples. 6.5 Conclusions. 7. DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC INFRASTRUCTURES. 7.1 Distributed Creation and Reconfiguration of an Infrastructure. 7.2 Dynamic Hierarchy Based on Physical Neighborhood. 7.3 Basic Command-and-Control Scenario in WAVE-WP. 7.4 Solving Distributed Management Problems. 7.5 Air Traffic Management in Dynamic Environments. 7.6 Conclusions. 8. MORE CRISIS MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS AND SYSTEMS. 8.1 Region Patrol by Mobile Robots. 8.2 Distributed Dynamic Cognitive Systems. 8.3 Multirobot Hospital Scenarios. 8.4 Future Combat Systems. 8.5 Crises Management in Open Networks. 8.6 Using Global Infrastructures in WAVE-WP. 8.7 Conclusions. 9. CONCLUSIONS. 9.1 Summary of the Main Features of WAVE-WP. 9.2 Some Main Application Areas. 9.3 Final Remarks. 9.4 Future Plans. APPENDIX: WAVE-WP SUMMARY. A.1 Extended Language Syntax. A.2 Compact Syntax Description. A.3 Permitted Abbreviations. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisEcoResponsive Environments integrates our current knowledge of designing for human needs, with a deeper understanding of natural systems. The book offers both a call to action and a comprehensive yet pragmatic framework for practising the art and science of settlement design, called EcoResponsive Design.Bridging the gap between theory and generic policy on the one hand, and design for specific places and sites on the other, the book is aimed not only at the professionals involved in planning, designing and developing these places, but also the wider range of communities interested in creating better spaces for our everyday lives.EcoResponsive Design encompasses all scales, ranging from the overall form of settlements and the landscapes in which they sit, to buildings and the detailed design of public spaces. Drawing from projects, places and best practices in many different countries and contexts across the world, it demonstrates how positive changes at the loca

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Book SynopsisLearn how to navigate the challenging terrain of connecting with a child who is afraid, angry, and/or sad. Framing this work as emotionally responsive teaching, this book expands current conceptualizations of trauma-informed practice to encompass more broadly the relational demands of supporting young children with challenging life circumstances.Table of Contents Contents Foreword Mary Benson McMullen ix Acknowledgments and Dedication  xi Introduction  1 1.  Teaching Children With Messy Lives  7 Developing a Shared Perspective  8 Messy Lives as a Context for Development  11 Trauma Is the Symptom, Not the Problem  14 A Conceptual Framework for Thinking More Deeply  16 Summary  21 2.  Essential Elements of an Emotionally Responsive Teaching Approach  23 Defining Emotionally Responsive Teaching  24 The Essence of Emotionally Responsive Teaching  30 Development and Emotionally Responsive Teaching  33 The Aims of Emotionally Responsive Teaching  37 The Emotionally Responsive Ethic  39 Summary  40 3.  Teaching From Hope Versus Teaching From Fear  43 Self-Fulfilling Expectations  43 Teaching in Treacherous Times  46 We All Teach Our Own Story  57 Summary  66 4.  Reframing Resilience for Children With Messy Lives  69 I Keep Me Safe  70 Development Along Alternative Pathways  71 A Developmental Pathways Approach  74 Reframing Resilience  79 Moving Forward  87 Summary  88 5.  Redefining Trauma: The Embodied Experience of Threat  91 Sinking in the Pool  91 The Embodied Experience of Threat  95 The Stress Response System  100 Differentiating Brief Stress, Adversity, Toxic Stress, and Trauma  107 Summary  110 6.  Too Scared to Learn: The Impact of Fear on Development and Learning  111 A Shift in Worldview  112 Adversity and Learning  118 Summary  137 7.  Cultivating Emotionally Responsive Teaching  139 The Anchors of Emotionally Responsive Teaching  140 Summary  168 8.  The Courage to Care  171 All Children Benefit From Emotionally Responsive Teaching  172 Sustaining the Emotionally Responsive Teacher  176 Summary  185 References  187 Index  199 About the Author  207

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Book SynopsisTourism is one of the world's biggest industries. Responsible tourism is concerned with the effects of tourism on people, ecology, and communities, and seeks to ameliorate these impacts by providing tourism which benefits host communities, improves working conditions, involves the local community, promotes cultural heritage, and benefits the environment. This book discusses responsible tourism as a whole, including the politics, policy and planning behind it, and major sub-topics such as poverty reduction, the environment, transport, governance, wildlife tours and heritage.Table of Contents1: Introduction PART 1: Responsible Tourism and Responsibilities 2: The Responsible Tourism Debate 3: International Transport and Climate Change: Taking Responsibility Seriously 4: The Consumers of Tourism PART 2: The Central Tenets of Tourism 5: Destination Communities and Responsible Tourism 6: Environmental Performance 7: The Politics of Tourism and Poverty Reduction 8: Governance and Responsible Tourism PART 3: Responsible Tourism in Action? 9: Adventure Tours: Responsible Tourism in Practice? 10: Responsible Wildlife Tourism in Africa 11: Cultural Heritage: World Heritage Sites and Responsible Tourism in Argentina 12: Hospitality Enterprise - a Key Influence 13: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisCulturally and Linguistically Responsive Education provides a much-needed blueprint for how school leaders can leverage the power of collaborative learning to create more culturally and linguistically responsive schools. The book describes an innovative network of twenty preK-8 schools located across the United States striving to address the barriers to inclusive education. Based on an ongoing initiative begun in 2012 by a team at Boston College, the book shows how these schools transformed to better serve their diverse, multilingual communities by adopting a two-way immersion model with the help of local faculty and other experts in bilingual education serving as mentors. Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education describes the founding of the network, the theory of action that drove its design, and the compelling evidence linking the networked approach to subsequent growth in student achievement and enrollment at the schools. Chapters written by the network's mentors examine in detail six practices that were key to driving the schools' transformation, including critical conversations, fidelity assurances to the two-way immersion model, coordinated professional development, teacher reflection cycles, family engagement, and distributive leadership. The editors draw key lessons from this network for other leaders and argue for increased attention to culturally and linguistically responsive schooling that builds on students' sociocultural competence, cultivates an appreciation and proficiency in multiple languages, and promotes high levels of academic achievement.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to be more responsive to the diversity among your middle schoolers. This important book, co-published with the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), helps you understand racial, ethnic, linguistic, socioeconomic, gender, intellectual, and social aspects of diversity, and consider how they relate to the unique needs and development of young adolescents. Each chapter begins with a brief case study, followed by background information, questions to consider, practical strategies, and appendices with additional resources. With the helpful advice in this book, you'll be better prepared to create a more equitable learning environment for all.Table of Contents1. Who are middle school students? 2. Racial and ethnic diversity 3.Linguistic diversity 4. Socioeconomic diversity 5. Family structures 6. Physical diversity 7. Gender and sexual diversity 8. Intellectual diversity 9. Emotional diversity 10. Social diversity 11. Geographical diversity 12. Religious diversity 13. Developing a diverse curriculum 14. Differentiating instruction

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Book SynopsisDr. Lalon Alexander is an Associate Professor of Fashion Management for the University of the Incarnate Word, and co-owner of Elephant Embellishments, a school for hand embroidery and beading. She holds a BS in fashion design from Texas Tech University, an MFA in costume design from Carnegie Mellon University, an MS in creativity from Buffalo State College, and a PhD in higher education from the University of the Incarnate Word. She has taught classes in fashion industry basics, pattern manipulation, construction techniques, computer illustration, and portfolio development at the undergraduate and graduate levels.Theresa Alexander is an Associate Professor in Fashion Management at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas and the co-owner of Elephant Embellishments embroidery school. Theresa has degrees from Texas Tech University, Nottingham Trent University, and the University of the Incarnate Word. She has taught fashion courses in illustration, pattern making, CAD, and hand embroidery for over 25 years.

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Book SynopsisIt is a complete training in digital communications in the same book with all the aspects involved in such training: courses, tutorials with many typical problems targeted with detailed solutions, practical work concretely illustrating various aspects of technical implementation implemented. It breaks down into three parts. The Theory of information itself, which concerns both the sources of information and the channels of its transmission, taking into account the errors they introduce in the transmission of information and the means of protect by the use of appropriate coding methods. Then for the technical aspects of transmission, first the baseband transmission is presented with the important concept and fundamental technique of equalization. The performance evaluation in terms of probability of errors is systematically developed and detailed as well as the online codes used. Finally, the third part presents the Transmissions with digital modulation of carriers used in radio transmissions but also on electric cables. A second important aspect in learning a learner's knowledge and skills is this book. It concerns the "Directed Work" aspect of a training. This is an ordered set of 33 typical problems with detailed solutions covering the different parts of the course with practical work. Finally, the last aspect concerns the practical aspects in the proper sense of the term, an essential complement to training going as far as know-how. We propose here a set of 5 practical works.Table of ContentsForeword xi Part 1. Theory of Information 1 Introduction to Part 1 3 Chapter 1. Introduction to Telecommunications 5 1.1. Role of a communication system 5 1.1.1. Types of services offered by communication systems 6 1.1.2. Examples of telecommunications services 7 1.2. Principle of communication 7 1.3. Trend towards digital communications 10 Chapter 2. Measurement of Information of a Discrete Source and Channel Capacity 13 2.1. Introduction and definitions 13 2.2. Examples of discrete sources 14 2.2.1. Simple source (memoryless) 14 2.2.2. Discrete source with memory 14 2.2.3. Ergodic source: stationary source with finite memory 15 2.2.4. First order Markovian source (first order Markov chain) 15 2.3. Uncertainty, amount of information and entropy (Shannon’s 1948 theorem) 16 2.3.1. Entropy of a source 18 2.3.2. Fundamental lemma 18 2.3.3. Properties of entropy 19 2.3.4. Examples of entropy 19 2.4. Information rate and redundancy of a source 20 2.5. Discrete channels and entropies 20 2.5.1. Conditional entropies 22 2.5.2. Relations between the various entropies 24 2.6. Mutual information 25 2.7. Capacity, redundancy and efficiency of a discrete channel 27 2.7.1. Shannon’s theorem: capacity of a communication system 27 2.8. Entropies with k random variables 29 Chapter 3. Source Coding for Non-disturbance Channels 31 3.1. Introduction 31 3.2. Interest of binary codes 31 3.3. Single decoding codes 32 3.3.1. Regular code 33 3.3.2. Single-decoded code (decipherable or decodable code) 33 3.3.3. Instantaneous code (irreducible code) 34 3.3.4. Prefix 34 3.3.5. Design of an instantaneous binary code 35 3.3.6. Kraft McMillan inequality 36 3.4. Average codeword length 36 3.4.1. Coding efficiency in terms of transmission speed 36 3.4.2. Minimum average codeword length lmin 37 3.5. Capacity, efficiency and redundancy of a code 38 3.6. Absolute optimal codes 38 3.7. K-order extension of a source 39 3.7.1. Entropy of the 2nd order extension of a source [S] 39 3.7.2. Simple example of the interest of coding a source extension 40 3.8. Shannon’s first theorem 41 3.9. Design of optimal binary codes 42 3.9.1. Shannon–Fano coding 42 3.9.2. Huffman code 43 Chapter 4. Channel Coding for Disturbed Transmission Channels 47 4.1. Introduction 47 4.2. Shannon’s second theorem (1948) 48 4.3. Error correction strategies 48 4.4. Classification of error detection codes or error correction codes 49 4.5. Definitions related to code performance 50 4.5.1. Efficiency 50 4.5.2. Weight of linear code or Hamming’s weight 50 4.5.3. Hamming distance 51 4.6. Form of the decision 51 4.6.1. Maximum a posteriori likelihood decoding 52 4.7. Linear group codes 53 4.7.1. Decoding ball concept: Hamming’s theorem 54 4.7.2. Generating matrix [G] and test matrix [H] 55 4.7.3. Error detection and correction 58 4.7.4. Applications: Hamming codes (r = 1) 59 4.7.5. Coding and decoding circuits 62 4.7.6. Extension of Hamming codes 63 4.7.7. Relationships between columns of the matrix [H’] 64 4.8. Cyclic codes 65 4.8.1. Introduction 65 4.8.2. Expression of a circular permutation 67 4.8.3. Generating polynomial g(x), generating matrix [G] and theorem of cyclic codes 68 4.8.4. Dual code generated by h(x) and parity control matrix [H] 71 4.8.5. Construction of the codewords (coding) 72 4.9. Linear feedback shift register (LFSR) and its applications 83 4.9.1. Properties 84 4.9.2. Linear feedback shift register encoder and decoder (LFSR) 85 4.9.3. Coding by multiplication: non-systematic code 92 4.9.4. Detection of standard errors with cyclic codes 95 4.9.5. Pseudo-random sequence generators: M-sequences, Gold, Kasami and Trivium 97 Part 2. Baseband Digital Transmissions and with Carrier Modulation 117 Introduction to Part 2 119 Chapter 5. Binary to M-ary Coding and M-ary to Signal Coding: On-line Codes 123 5.1. Presentation and typology 123 5.2. Criteria for choosing an on-line code 125 5.3. Power spectral densities (PSD) of on-line codes 126 5.4. Description and spectral characterization of the main linear on-line codes with successive independent symbols 127 5.4.1. Binary NRZ code (non-return to zero): two-level code, two types of code 128 5.4.2. NRZ M-ary code 131 5.4.3. Binary RZ code (return to zero) 132 5.4.4. Polar RZ on-line code 134 5.4.5. Binary biphase on-line code (Manchester code) 136 5.4.6. Binary biphase mark or differential code (Manchester mark code) 138 5.5. Description and spectral characterization of the main on-line non-linear and non-alphabetic codes with successive dependent symbols 139 5.5.1. Miller’s code 140 5.5.2. Bipolar RZ code or AMI code (alternate marked inversion) 141 5.5.3. CMI code (code mark inversion) 144 5.5.4. HDB-n code (high density bipolar on-line code of order n) 145 5.6. Description and spectral characterization of partial response linear codes 147 5.6.1. Generation and interest of precoding 148 5.6.2. Structure of the coder and precoder 150 5.6.3. Power spectral density of partial response linear on-line codes 153 5.6.4. Most common partial response linear on-line codes 155 Chapter 6. Transmission of an M-ary Digital Signal on a Low-pass Channel 167 6.1. Introduction 167 6.2. Digital systems and standardization for high data rate transmissions 168 6.3. Modeling the transmission of an M-ary digital signal through the communication chain 170 6.3.1. Equivalent energy bandwidth Δfe of a low-pass filter 174 6.4. Characterization of the intersymbol interference: eye pattern 175 6.4.1. Eye pattern 176 6.5. Probability of error Pe 179 6.5.1. Probability of error: case of binary symbols ak = ±1 180 6.5.2. Probability of error: case of binary RZ code 185 6.5.3. Probability of error: general case of M-ary symbols 187 6.5.4. Probability of error: case of bipolar code 193 6.6. Conditions of absence of intersymbol interference: Nyquist criteria 196 6.6.1. Nyquist temporal criterion 196 6.6.2. Nyquist frequency criterion 196 6.6.3. Interpretation of the Nyquist frequency criterion 197 6.7. Optimal distribution of filtering between transmission and reception 206 6.7.1. Expression of the minimum probability of error for a low-pass channel satisfying the Nyquist criterion 211 6.8. Transmission with a partial response linear coder 212 6.8.1. Transmission using the duobinary code 213 6.8.2. Transmission using 2nd order interleaved bipolar code 215 6.8.3. Reception of partial response linear codes 217 6.8.4. Probability of error Pe 220 Chapter 7. Digital Transmissions with Carrier Modulation 223 7.1. Introduction and schematic diagram of a digital radio transmission 223 7.2. Multiple access techniques and most common standards 225 7.3. Structure of a radio link, a satellite link and a mobile radio channel 230 7.3.1. Structure of a terrestrial link (one jump) 230 7.3.2. Structure of a satellite telecommunication link 230 7.3.3. Mobile radio channel 231 7.4. Effects of multiple paths and non-linearities of power amplifiers 232 7.4.1. Effects of multiple paths: simple case of a direct path and only one delayed path 232 7.4.2. Effects of non-linearities of power amplifiers 235 7.5. Linear digital carrier modulations 237 7.5.1. Principle 237 7.5.2. General characteristics of the modulated signal s(t) 238 7.6. Quadrature digital linear modulations: general structure of the modulator, spatial diagram, constellation diagram and choice of a constellation 241 7.6.1. General structure of the modulator 242 7.6.2. Spatial diagram (or vectorial) and constellation diagram 243 7.6.3. Choosing a constellation diagram 245 7.7. Digital radio transmission and equivalent baseband digital transmission: complex envelope 246 7.7.1. Equivalent baseband digital transmission: complex envelope 247 7.8. Equivalent baseband transmission, interest and justification: analytical signal and complex envelope 251 7.8.1. Interest: important simplification in numerical simulation 251 7.8.2. Analytical signal and complex envelope of a modulated signal 251 7.9. Relationship between band-pass filter H and equivalent low-pass filter He 253 7.9.1. Probability of errors 258 7.10. M-ary Phase Shift Keying Modulation (M-PSK) 258 7.10.1. Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation and demodulation 259 7.10.2. Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation and demodulation 262 7.10.3. Differential M-PSK receiver 267 7.10.4. Offset Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (OQPSK) 271 7.11. M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (M-QAM) 274 7.12. Detailed presentation of 16-QAM modulation and demodulation 275 7.12.1. Spectral occupancy of the 16-QAM modulated signal 277 7.13. Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying Modulation (APSK) 280 7.13.1. CIR (4, 4, 4, 4) modulation: 4 amplitudes, 4 phases (ITU-V29, 1980) 280 7.14. Detailed presentation of the 8-PSK modulation and demoludation 281 7.14.1. Differential coding and decoding of the 8-PSK modulation 284 7.14.2. Realization of the differential encoder and decoder: by Simulink simulation (MATLAB) and hardware implementation based on a ROM or EPROM memory 285 7.15. Performances of modulations in spectral occupancy and efficiency 291 References 293 Index 295

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Book SynopsisGet hands-on with game development tools and techniques in this illustrated guide to build a game project using the latest version of Unreal Engine and C++, two of the most widely used tools in the game industry Key Features Kickstart your career or develop a new hobby by learning game development with Unreal Engine 5 and C++ Learn techniques to prototype and develop your own ideas with key images printed in color Reinforce your skills with project-based learning by building a series of games from scratch Book DescriptionImmerse yourself in the Unreal game projects with this book, written by four highly experienced industry professionals with many years of combined experience with Unreal Engine. Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5 will walk you through the latest version of Unreal Engine by helping you get hands-on with the game creation projects. The book starts with an introduction to the Unreal Editor and key concepts such as actors, blueprints, animations, inheritance, and player input. You'll then move on to the first of three projects, building a dodgeball game, where you'll learn the concepts of line traces, collisions, projectiles, user interface, and sound effects. You’ll also discover how to combine these concepts to showcase your new skills. The second project, a side-scroller game, will help you implement concepts such as animation blending, enemy AI, spawning objects, and collectibles. And finally, you'll cover the key concepts in creating a multiplayer environment as you work on the third project, an FPS game. By the end of this Unreal Engine book, you'll have a broad understanding of how to use the tools that the game engine provides to start building your own games.What you will learn Create a fully functional third-person character and enemies Implement navigation with keyboard, mouse, and gamepad Program logic and game mechanics with collision and particle effects Explore AI for games with Blackboards and behavior trees Build character animations with animation blueprints and montages Polish your game with stunning visual and sound effects Explore the fundamentals of game UI using a heads-up display Discover how to implement multiplayer in your games Who this book is forThis book is for game developers looking to get started with using Unreal Engine 5 for their game development projects. Anyone who has used Unreal Engine before and wants to consolidate, improve, and apply their skills will find this book useful. To better grasp the concepts explained in this book, prior knowledge of C++ basics such as variables, functions, classes, polymorphism, and pointers is required. For full compatibility with the IDE used in this book, a Windows system is recommendedTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction to Unreal Engine Working with Unreal Engine Character Class Components and Blueprint Setup Getting Started with Player Input Query with Line Traces Setting Up Collision Objects Working with UE5 Utilities Creating User Interfaces with UMG Adding Audio-Visual Elements Creating the SuperSideScroller Game Working with Blend Space 1D, Key Bindings, and State Machines Animation Blending and Montages Creating and Adding the Enemy Artificial Intelligence Spawning the Player Projectile Exploring Collectibles. Power-Ups, and Pickups Getting Started with Multiplayer Basics Using Remote Procedure Calls Using Gameplay Framework Classes in Multiplayer

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Book SynopsisIn Restorative and Responsive Human Services, Gale Burford, John Braithwaite, and Valerie Braithwaite bring together a distinguished collection providing rich lessons on how regulation in human services can proceed in empowering ways that heal and are respectful of human relationships and legal obligations. The human services are in trouble: combining restorative justice with responsive regulation might redeem them, renewing their well-intended principles. Families provide glue that connects complex systems. What are the challenges in scaling up relational practices that put families and primary groups at the core of health, education, and other social services?This collection has a distinctive focus on the relational complexity of restorative practices. How do they enable more responsive ways of grappling with complexity than hierarchical and prescriptive human services? Lessons from responsive business regulation inform a re-imagining of the human services to advanTrade ReviewRules against violence, bullying, child abuse, and sexual assault too often fail to improve safety while escalating the numbers of individuals incarcerated, separated from their families, schools, and chances for learning and starting anew. Restorative justice methods make inroads but remain marginal or even coopted by dominant and punitive approaches, but the authors of this book demonstrate how prevention strategies and rigorous efforts to strengthen relationships and communities can better protect individuals and communities from violence and other harms. Drawing lessons from settings as diverse as a nuclear power plant meltdown, auto industry cheating on emissions, and a sports stadium riot, to foster care crises and campus sexual assault and harassment, this book shows the elements in lasting solutions that draw on knowledge and build capacities of those most affected and the concentric circles of communities, professionals, and flexible systems focused on fixing problems rather than stigmatizing individuals. Martha Minow, A.B., Ed.M., J.D., Author, Between Vengeance and Forgiveness, 300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University__________This groundbreaking collection from the leading theorists of responsive regulation and restorative justice offers an insightful investigation of alternatives to the prevailing punitive authoritarian approach to human services and regulation. Contributors offer impressive evidence of the benefit of an empowerment relational approach to human services as well as the ability of ordinary citizens to, in turn, demand state and market accountability – whether on behalf of nursing home residents, farmworkers, or child-welfare involved African American mothers. The book places restorative justice and responsive regulation in dialogue and examines critically overlapping goals as well as divergence. It is a must-read not only for human service providers and policy makers, but for all who seek justice and who believe in the capacity of communities to create social change.Donna Coker, B.S.W., M.S.W., J.D., Professor of Law, University of Miami Law School__________Restorative justice is badly underestimated when it is portrayed as simply another criminal justice alternative. This remarkable conversation of voices from a range of contexts and perspectives vividly illustrates the true potential of restorative justice as a holistic vision of change, not just in the justice system, but throughout the policy sphere. This inspirational collection is exactly what is needed at this dangerous historical moment we find ourselves in.Shadd Maruna, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Education & Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland_________This stimulating collection of essays charts the path toward a more comprehensive integration of the principles of restorative justice and responsive regulation, to the mutual benefit of both endeavours and with a particular focus on its implications for the human services sector. This book will be of keen interest to scholars, policymakers, regulators, community activists and restorative practitioners.Chris Marshall, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D., Professor, The Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Author of All Things Reconciled: Essays on Restorative Justice, Religious Violence and the Interpretation of Scripture__________This timely book makes an important intervention into contemporary human services, which globally are struggling to respond to calls for equity and inclusion from within settings now fundamentally defined by neoliberal policies and practices. Provocatively, it leans into rather than away from the contested question of regulation, offering a richly buttressed argument not for abandoning regulation, but for recapturing it. What emerges is a compelling, detailed, and practically useful case for "nuanced hybridity": responsive and restorative institutional scaffolds, centered in human relationships, accountable to stakeholders, and firmly grounded in democratic values, community imperatives, and social justice commitments.Susan P. Kemp, B.A., C.Q.S.W., M.A., Ph.D., Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work, Professor, University of Auckland, School of Counselling, Human Services and Social WorkTable of Contents1. Introduction to Restorative and Responsive Human Services, 2. Broadening the Applications of Responsive Regulation, 3. Families and Schools That Are Restorative and Responsive, 4. Burning Cars, Burning Hearts, and the Essence of Responsiveness, 5. Familiness and Responsiveness of Human Services: The Approach of Relational Sociology, 6. Families and Farmworkers: Social Justice in Responsive and Restorative Practices, 7. Children’s Hopes and Converging Family and State Networks of Regulation, 8. Black Mothers, Prison, and Foster Care: Rethinking Restorative Justice, 9. Responding Restoratively to Student Misconduct and Professional Regulation: The Case of Dalhousie Dentistry, 10. Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation in Higher Education: The Complex Web of Campus Sexual Assault Policy in the United States and a Restorative Alternative, 11. Responsive Alternatives to the Criminal Legal System in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence, 12. Responsive and Inclusive Health Governance through the Lens of Recovery Capital: A Case Study Based on Gambling Treatment, 13. Why Do We Exclude the Community in "Community Safety"?, 14. Learning from the Human Services: How to Build Better Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Multimedia Communications is a comprehensive resource on multimedia communications. The text covers recent trends and standardization of activities in multimedia communications, including layered structures, underlying theories and the current best design techniques.Trade Review"...an interesting, well-written book that is well worth reading for anyone in multimedia communications." (Computing Reviews.com, December 12, 2006) "As a compendium of the latest research in the field, this book will prove indispensable to both the student and the practicing scientist." (The Electric Review, March/April 2006)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Acronyms. 1. Introduction. 2. Multimedia Communications. 3. Frameworks For Multimedia Standardization. 4. Application Layer. 5. Middleware Layer. 6. Network Layer. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear, concise, and practical guide to understanding research, particularly for students and researchers across scientific fields. Designed to be user friendly and accessible, it requires no extensive prior knowledge of research methods, enabling readers to quickly locate relevant information and strengthen their work. Focusing on practical application, the handbook offers a comprehensive overview of essential research processes while avoiding complex theoretical discussions that may overwhelm beginners. It covers key concepts in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, guiding readers from formulating a question to interpreting and sharing findings.The authors developed this handbook to ensure researchers have a solid understanding of the research process, to simplify complex ideas for non-specialists, and to address knowledge gaps which students and emerging researchers may face. Grounded in both theoretical and practical experience, the book aims to equip readers with the essential skills needed to conduct reliable, effective, and ethically sound research, whether using traditional approaches or integrating new AI-driven tools.

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Book SynopsisThis full-color book will teach you how to use Adobe Illustrator's various tools to create infographics, as well as basic page layouts for them. It focuses on Illustrator’s powerful graphing tools and 2D and 3D effects. How can an infographic or graph be altered and adapted to appear more engaging and still display your data accurately? What additional effects can be used on your infographic to produce the results you envision? In this second volume of Creating Infographics with Adobe Illustrator, you will learn the answers to all these questions. Author Jennifer Harder will walk you through creating basic infographics in Illustrator using Illustrator tools such as Graphing Tools as well as how to create 2D effects and 3D shapes with their related materials, including Symbols. Upon completing this volume, you will have an appreciation for how easy it is to design an infographic or graph to display your data and discover how rudimentary shapes and colors can be altered using patterns, as well as 2D and 3D effects, to enhance readability while conveying meaning to your audience. You will be able to use this knowledge to create your own infographics using Illustrator’s wide array of tools. What You Will Learn Use Illustrator’s Graphing Tools to create and modify basic charts or graphs Work with popular 2D effects to enhance your design in Illustrator Create 3D Shapes using Materials and Symbols and modify your 3D Graphs Explore basic Image Trace and Perspective options in Illustrator Who This Book Is For Beginner-level designers and others who are interested in learning the process of creating infographics for their company, the classroom, for data visualization, an article in a magazine, or a webpage.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Illustrator’s Graphing Tools: Creating a 2D infographic Part 1.- Chapter 2: Illustrator’s Graphing Tools: Creating a 2D infographic Part 2.- Chapter 3: Altering Graphics using the Image Trace Panel and Project Ideas.- Chapter 4: Illustrator’s 2D Effects for Creating Infographics.- Chapter 5: Illustrator’s 3D Effects for Creating Infographics.- Chapter 6: Creating 3D Infographic Projects and Perspective Basics.

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Book SynopsisWe can be grateful that Dr. Stake decided to cap his distinguished career by sharing his ideas in writing. This is a book that evaluators will want to have in their personal library. It tells us a lot about our field, highlights contrasting ways of evaluating without pitting one against the other, and manages to remind us why many of us chose this line of work in the first place.--EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNINGAuthored by a master writer and evaluator, Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation explores the many conceptual choices an evaluator needs to make when doing an evaluation, devoting attention to stakeholders, weighing ethical risks, and writing a useful report. The book begins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively,by explicating criteria, needs, standards, and performances, or qualitatively, by studying the activity, aspirations, problems, and accomplishments of the participants and critical observers. After reading the text, students will have a better appreciation of evaluation as a process that needs to be custom-fit to the situation. Throughout the book, Stake presents evaluation as a series of choices for the reader: - To remain independent or to join with program staff or stakeholders- To value personal experience as evidence or to shun it as biased- To aid development formatively or to assess the existing program summatively- To use issues, goals, gains, efficiency, or problem solving as the key conceptual structure- To invest small or large in trying out and validating data-gathering procedures- To support the standards and ethical codes of professional associationsStandards-Based and Responsive Evaluation will prove an essential text for program evaluation courses in education, nursing, social work, psychology, sociology, communication, and anthropology. Experienced researchers and professional evaluators will also find this an invaluable reference for a more experiential, interpretive approach to evaluation work and policy setting.Key Features:- Provides readers with the tools they need to make choices while practicing evaluation- Employs quotations, poetry, and cartoons to help the reader experience the concepts of evaluation - Includes boxed examples from a variety of cases, giving readers the opportunity to compare an actual evaluation situation with one in which they may be engaged- Allows readers to access extensive examples of evaluation reports, coding excerpts, and more, through a complementary Web site appendixTrade ReviewWe can be grateful that Dr. Stake decided to cap his distinguished career by sharing his ideas in writing. This is a book that evaluators will want to have in their personal library. It tells us a lot about our field, highlights contrasting ways of evaluating without pitting one against the other, and manages to remind us why many of us chose this line of work in the first place. -- EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNINGTable of ContentsFirst Words 1. Criterial and Interpretive Evaluation The Ubiquitous Search For Quality Standards Criterial and Episodic Thinking Roles and Styles of Evaluation Formative and Summative Evaluation The Evaluand The Evaluator 2. Roles, Models, and Dispositions Models Dispositions Roles 3. Standards-Based Evaluation Standards-Based Bias Factors Criteria and Standards for Comparisons Needs Assessment Goals Costs Representations of Performance What Goes Wrong 4. Responsive Evaluation Issues as Conceptual Structure Observations and Judgments Perceptions Combining Responsive and Standards-Based Evaluation Experience as Knowledge Organizing and Reporting Procedures What Goes Wrong 5. Data Gathering Choosing Data Sources Instrumentation Recipient Responses Staff and Management Responses Stakeholder and Public Responses Data Coding and Records Processing Surveys Observation Schedules Interviewing Histories and Artifacts 6. Analysis, Synthesis, and Meta-evaluation Analysis Synthesis Experiential and Probative Inferences Meta-evaluation An Ethic of Continuous Self-Challenge 7.Clients, Stakeholders, Beneficiaries and Readers Participatory Evaluation Stakeholding Utilization Democratic Evaluation Negotiation of a Contract Writing Reports Styles of Reporting Representations of the Evaluand Names and Labels Cutting Edge Offering Recommendations 8. Issues Needing Interpretation Complexity Program Standardization Program Fairness Staff Development 9. Evidence-Based Evaluation Is Evaluation Science? Petite and Grand Generalizations Policy Evaluation Bias Skepticism as a Commitment 10. Doing It Right Quality Work Is Ethical Work Personal Standards Professional Standards Human Subjects Protection Confidentiality and Anonymity The Business of Evaluation Personnel Evaluation Product Evaluation Political and Cultural Contexts Last Words References Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Flutter Overview and New Features.- Chapter 2: Advanced Widget and UI Design.- Chapter 3: Performance Optimization and Profiling.- Chapter 4: Advanced State Management.- Chapter 5: Custom Rendering and Painting.- Chapter 6: Integration with Native Code.- Chapter 7: Web and Desktop Enhancements.- Chapter 8: Networking and API Integration.- Chapter 9: Advanced Animations and Transitions.- Chapter 10: Flutter for Machine Learning and AI.- Chapter 11: Security and App Hardening.- Chapter 12: Advanced Testing and CI/CD for Flutter.- Chapter 13: Flutter for Embedded Systems.- Chapter 14: Flutter in the Enterprise Environment.- Chapter 15: Flutter for Internationalization and Localization.- Chapter 16: Deploying and Maintaining Flutter Apps.

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Book SynopsisSocial Media in Disaster Response focuses on how emerging social web tools provide researchers and practitioners with new opportunities to address disaster communication and information design for participatory cultures. Both groups, however, currently lack research toolkits for tracing participant networks across systems; there is little understanding of how to design not just for individual social web sites, but how to design across multiple systems. Given the volatile political and ecological climate we are currently living in, the practicality of understanding how people communicate during disasters is important both for those researching solutions and for those putting that research into practice.Social Media in Disaster Response addresses this situation by presenting the results of a large-scale sociotechnical usability study on crisis communication in the vernacular related to recent natural and human-made crisis; this is an analysis of the way social web applications are transformed, by participants, into a critical information infrastructure in moments of crisis. This book provides researchers with methods, tools, and examples for researching and analyzing these communication systems while providing practitioners with design methods and information about these participatory communities to assist them in influencing the design and structure of these communication systems.Table of Contents1: Experience, Disaster, and the Social WebArchitecting Mediated SystemsThe Social WebDisaster, Communication, and the Social WebDisaster CasesOverview of ChaptersWho this Book is for2: Methods for Researching and Architecting the Social WebUsers and ParticipantsContent and ExchangeNetworks and AgencyIdentifying and MappingConclusion3: Locating Data in the Aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaEcosystems and DataLocating Data and Sources in the Wake of Hurricane KatrinaPractical SolutionsConclusion4: Validating Information during the London BombingsEcosystems and InformationTracing the Translation from Data to Information in the London BombingsPractical SolutionsConclusion5: Transferring Knowledge During the Mumbai AttacksEcosystems and KnowledgeDistributing Knowledge Across SystemsPractical SolutionsConclusion6: Architecting Systems for ParticipationNew Disasters: Participant Innovations and Continued StrugglesFrameworks for Participant-Centered ArchitecturesParticipatory Futures

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Book SynopsisAugmented and virtual reality are media innovations with specific characteristics. They create immersion in the user, as the user is immersed in the medium and its 360° environment. To successfully develop content and applications for AR and VR, psychological effects, the specifics of the 360° environment, the story, and the way the media is used must be aligned with the needs and experiences of the user. Content producers face novel challenges in content development, method selection, teamwork, and the overall production process of AR and VR experiences.The book introduces readers to the characteristics of immersive media and provides scientific evidence and practical tips to help them produce high-quality, user-centric content for immersive media. The scientifically derived success factors in the form of checklists are a guide and an ideal basis for standardizing the production process and further developing one's own projects.This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Medieninnovationen AR und VR by Elle Langer, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Methods.- Explanation of terms.- AR and VR in the media context.- User experience and needs.- Prouzents for expert interviews.- Analysis of expert interviews.- Outlook.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- Appendix 4.

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Book SynopsisWant to learn something well? Make media to advance knowledge and gain new ideas. You don't have to be a communication professional to create to learn. Today, with free and low-cost digital tools, everyone can compose videos, blogs and websites, remixes, podcasts, screencasts, infographics, animation, remixes and more. By creating to learn, people internalize ideas and express information creatively in ways that may inspire others. Create to Learn is a ground-breaking book that helps learners create multimedia texts as they develop both critical thinking and communication skills. Written by Renee Hobbs, one of the foremost experts in media literacy, this book introduces a wide range of conceptual principles at the heart of multimedia composition and digital pedagogy. Its approach is useful for anyone who sees the profound educational value of creating multimedia projects in an increasingly digital and connected world. Students will become skilled mTable of ContentsWhat to Expect in this Book vii Part I Developing a Communication Strategy 1 1 Create to Learn 3 2 Getting Creative 15 3 Decisions, Decisions 29 4 Accessing and Analyzing Ideas 45 5 Creating Ideas 69 6 Reflecting and Taking Action 87 Part II Nine Media Forms Help You Create to Learn 103 7 Blogs and Web Sites 107 8 Digital Audio and Podcasting 123 9 Images 139 10 Infographics and Data Visualization 155 11 Vlogs and Screencasts 169 12 Video Production 187 13 Animation 205 14 Remix Production 221 15 Social Media 239 Notes 251 Index 271

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Book SynopsisThe third edition of the Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction provides an overview of contemporary research advances in the science of learning (how people learn) and the science of instruction (how to help people learn). With chapters written by leading researchers from around the world, this volume examines learning and instruction in a variety of learning environments, including in and out of K-16 and adult learning classrooms. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how and why educational practice should be guided by scholarly evidence concerning what works in instruction. The book is written at a level that is appropriate for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners interested in evidence-based approaches to learning and instruction.The book is divided into two sections: learning and instruction. The learning section consists of chapters on how people learn in a variety of domains, from reading and writing to science and math and beyond, as well as how people acquire the knowledge and processes required for critical thinking, self-regulation, motivation, and more. The instruction section consists of chapters on effective instructional methodsâfeedback, visualizations, active learning, self-explanation, collaboration, inquiry, games simulations, adaptive learning technologies, among others.Each chapter in this third edition has been thoroughly revised to integrate recent advances in the field of educational psychology. Select returning chapters have been merged for concision and comprehensiveness, while new chapters reflect cutting-edge insights into both socioemotional learning, educational neuroscience, active learning in lecture classes, and generative learning strategies. As with the previous two editions, this foundational volume showcases the highest quality research being done on learning and instruction by traversing a broad array of academic domains, learning constructs, and instructional methods.

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Book SynopsisA growing number of governments have made commitments to achieving gender equality and women''s rights, with many using gender responsive budgeting (GRB) to allocate resources for the delivery of economic policy and governance that benefit men and women equally. At a time when GRB is growing in global traction, this book investigates what it can deliver for gender equality and state resilience in contexts where the state is weak or prone to violence, such as in Timor-Leste.Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Fragile States: The Case of Timor-Leste uses the Timor-Leste case to investigate whether gender equality reform can be adopted at the same time as establishing economic and institutional fundamentals. While some may have thought that the adoption of GRB strategy in 2008 was premature, Monica Costa argues that GRB initiatives have contributed to budget accountability and transparency, and ultimately improved policy and budget processes and deciTrade Review"This book makes a unique contribution by focusing on gender responsive budgeting in Timor Leste, a fragile state, recently emerged from years of conflict. It shows how GRB can make a positive contribution to both gender equality and state resilience. It is highly original in its reflection on how knowledge is produced and communicated; and in identifying the contexts and actors that enable effective translation of gender analysis into improvements in opportunities for women and girls. Essential reading for scholars and students of feminist economics and gender and development; and for development practitioners in international NGOs, aid agencies, and international financial institutions." — Diane Elson, Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Essex"While women’s gender equality claims can be slim in fragile states, Timor-Leste’s engagement with gender responsive budgeting offers hope. This book demonstrates the critical role of women’s participation in civil society and state institutions in establishing an agenda for integrating a gender perspective in the spending and revenue raising activities of government. Its untangling of complex relationships between researchers and policy actors increases our understanding of how policy and budgetary change is affected." — Rhonda Sharp, Professor of Economics, University of South Australia, and former President of the International Association for Feminist Economics"Despite the progress made in women’s political participation in Timor-Leste, gender inequality still persists, due to a lack of investment in the social and economic factors that impact on the status of women and girls. In 2016, Timor-Leste confirmed its commitment to leave no one behind by adopting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – with gender equality being recognized as key to the success of global development. Gender responsive budgeting is an important mechanism to help the Timor-Leste government understand how to allocate and reallocate resources to more efficiently achieve their priorities including gender equality. This book shows that the participation of policy actors and civil society in engendering budgets, is a concrete action for greater accountability to women’s rights, that can improve women, girls, men and boys access to resources and opportunities in a fragile state like Timor-Leste." — Alita Verdial former CEO of Alola Foundation Timor-LesteTable of Contents1.Introduction 2. The Emergence of Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Gender Machinery and the State3. The Influence of Parliamentary Gender-Focused Institutions in Gender-Responsive Budgeting4. The Contribution of the Women’s Movement to Making Economic Policy More Gender Responsive5. The Role of Parliamentary Bodies in Supporting Gender-Responsive Budgeting6. Administrative Data and its Potential for Gender Analysis in the Education Sector7. The Potential of Gender Analysis to Improve Policy and Budgeting8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis third edition of Digital Restoration from Start to Finish walks you step-by-step through the entire process of restoring old photographs and repairing new ones using Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, GIMP and more. This best-selling guide is now updated with the latest software advancements, and new techniques including hand-tinting in lab, repairing water damaged photos, and tips for the spot healing brush and masked layers. No process detail is overlooked, from choosing the right hardware and software, getting the photographs into the computer, getting the finished photo out of the computer and preserving it for posterity. LEARN HOW TO:Scan faded and damaged prints or filmsImprove snapshots with Shadow/Highlight adjustmentCorrect uneven exposureFix color and skin tones quickly with Curves, plug-ins, and Hue/Saturation adjustment layersCorrect uneven exposure and do dodging and burning-in with adjustment layersHTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1 THE BIG PICTURECHAPTER 2 HARDWARE FOR RESTORATIONCHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE FOR RESTORATIONCHAPTER 4 GETTING THE PHOTO INTO THE COMPUTERCHAPTER 5 RESTORING TONECHAPTER 6 RESTORING COLORCHAPTER 7 MAKING MASKSCHAPTER 8 DAMAGE CONTROLCHAPTER 9 TIPS, TRICKS, AND ENHANCEMENTSCHAPTER 10 BEAUTIFICATIONCHAPTER 11 EXAMPLESCHAPTER 12 PRINTING TIPSCHAPTER 13 ARCHIVING AND PERMANENCE

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Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship today between museums, galleries and learning? The Responsive Museum interrogates the thinking, policies and practices that underpin the educational role of the museum. It unravels the complex relationship of museums with their publics, and discusses today's challenges and the debates that have resulted. The highly experienced team of writers, including museum educators and directors, share their different experiences and views, and review recent research and examples of best practice. They analyse the implications of audience development and broadening public access, particularly in relation to special groups, minority communities and disabled people, and for individual self-development and different learning styles; they explore issues of public accountability and funding; discuss the merits of different evaluation tools and methodologies for measuring audience impact and needs; and assess the role of architects, designers and artists in shaping the visitor experience. The latter part of this book reviews practical management and staffing issues, and training and skills needs for the future. This book is for students, museum staff, especially those involved in education and interpretation, and senior management and policy-makers. This is a much-needed review of the relationship between museums and galleries and their users. It also offers a wealth of information and expertise to guide future strategy and practice.Trade Review'The Responsive Museum is a very welcome addition to the literature on museums. In exploring the complex relationship between museums and their audiences, the book challenges the received wisdom, language and prejudices found within the sector. It uses an innovative layout, sound argument and a wealth of references alongside the experience and responses of current practitioners from an unusual variety of backgrounds. The result is a really good read and an essential reference for new entrants to the museum world and those who train them; whilst those who fear they have been around museums too long, will find their thinking refreshed and their passion for sharing knowledge rekindled.' Karen Knight, formerly of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 'This is a thought-provoking and insightful book, written by people who know the reality as well as the theory. It successfully draws together and makes sense of the many complex factors that underpin the fundamental changes we are now seeing in museums, and will inspire students and practitioners alike.' Frazer Swift, Museum of London, UK ’In analyzing developments over the last ten years, this book also sets the agenda for the next decade. It is an indispensible resource, embodying the principle that cultural institutions are places of engagement, reflection and informed debate.’ David Anderson, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK 'What makes the book unusual is that several of the more controversial chapters are responded to with provocative challenges. The result is that readers are given a clear view of the issues and possible solutions.' CILIP Update, March 2007Table of ContentsContents: Introduction, Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard. Understanding Audiences: theory, policy and practice: Introduction; Influences on museum practice, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard; The impact of government policy, Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard; The public access debate, Caroline Lang. Developing Audiences: Introduction; Prioritising audience groups, John Reeve; Networks and partnerships: building capacity for sustainable audience development, Ian Blackwell and Sarah Scaife; Response, Nico Halbertsma; Dancing around the collections: developing individuals and audiences, Eithne Nightingale; Response: Izzy Mohammed; Museums and the Web, Caroline Dunmore; Response, Roy Hawkey; Understanding Museum Evaluation, Kate Pontin; Response, Susan Potter. Managing the Responsive Museum: Introduction; Where does the museum end?, Mike Tooby; Response, Alec Coles; The funding challenge, Phyllida Shaw; Response: Antonia Byatt; Learning, leadership and applied research, Nick Winterbotham; Response: Janet Vitmayer; Audience advocates in museums; John Reeve; Response: Jane Samuels; Whose space? creating the environments for learning, Rick Rogers; Response: Christopher Bagot; An unsettled profession, Vicky Woollard; Response: Caitlin Griffiths; Conclusion: Where do we go from here?, Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard. Appendices: UK museum and gallery visitor figures; Inspiring learning for all framework; A Common Wealth (1997) - Twelve targets; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Responsive University provides practical, real-world solutions for achieving high performance in colleges and universities.Trade ReviewThe book's forward-thinking recommendations should provide useful guideposts as readers assess the challenges and constraints facing their own universities. -- Elaine El-Khawas Studies in Higher Education This book may startle some people... Definitely food for thought. Virginia Quarterly Review The deliberately challenging essays provide both compelling arguments and practical discussions of the implications of these arguments... Like Tierney's other works... this volume is well edited, well written, and challenging. Choice This book is about getting out of the box. It is about rethinking fundamental assumptions of higher education. To survive and thrive in the next century, colleges and universities will have to be responsive in the eyes of those being served. Future Survey Their critical, balanced guide to the for-profit sector presents a welcome antidote to the ill-informed hysteria that has greeted its arrival on both sides of the pond. -- Geoffrey Alderman Times Higher Education Supplement Of interest to scholars and students in education and social sciences, this text would also revitalize the entire university community's conversations on removing barriers for student access and outcomes. Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction. On The Road To Recovery And Renewal: Reinventing AcademeChapter 1. Listening to The People We ServeChapter 2. Tenure Is Dead. Long Live TenureChapter 3. Forming New Social PartnershipsChapter 4. The Implications Of The Changed Environment For Governance In Higher EducationChapter 5. Achieving High Performance: The Policy DimensionConclusion. The Responsive University In The Twenty-First CenturyContributors Index

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Book SynopsisEducators who work with pre-service teachers understand the significant role they play in mentoring the next generation of teachers. Those who have ""walked the talk"" and been classroom teachers themselves, working with students daily over the course of a school year, can share powerful stories on transformative teaching. To fully prepare tomorrow's teachers, educators need to mix theory about best practice with the reality of teaching in classrooms.Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring provides a collection of case studies from former classroom teachers who now work with pre-service teachers to provide an understanding of the expectations and outcomes of teaching through actual K-12 teaching experiences. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural identity, teacher development, and learner diversity, this book is ideally designed for pre-service teachers, mentors, educators, administrators, professors, academicians, and students seeking current research on the diverse nature of schools, children, and learning and applying concepts to best suit the profession.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to provide readers with the skills to assess development potential from a holistic standpoint. Until now, architectural books on conservation matters have focused on preservation at a strategic level and restoration at a technical level. This book offers the architect, developer or planner the rules and tools needed to gauge development prospects in an objective and comprehensive manner. Written by an expert in the field it provides the reader with: the latest legislation relating to heritage in the UK insight into local planning authorities and government advisory boards basic strategies for approaching developments an understanding of the options available for developing a heritage site illustrative case studies to highlight strategy successes. This book is a one-stop-shop for any professional or student working in, or learning about, development in heritage environments. Table of ContentsPart 1: Controlling Principles 1. Planning Hierarchy 2. Listed Buildings 3. Conservation Areas 4. Other Relevant Designations 5. Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas under the Planning Process 6. Listed Building Issues 7. Conservation Area Issues 8. Benefits of Development Part 2: Assessment 9. Historical Background 10. Identification of Heritage Assets 11. Special Interest of a Listed Building 12. Setting of a Listed Building 13. Character and Appearance of a Conservation Area 14. Impact of Development on Heritage Assets 15. Environmental Impact Assessment 16. Benefits of Development Part 3: Case for Consent 17. Heritage Statement 18. Cases for Consent 19. Design Part 4: Case Studies Caltongate, Edinburgh. Notre Dame Campus, Bearsden near Glasgow. House of Fraser Store, Buchanan Street, Glasgow

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Book SynopsisBradford Gyori is Principal Academic in Digital Storytelling at Bournemouth University, UK. A writer-producer for MTV, VH1, E!, and FX and the head writer of the Emmy winning Talk Soup, he has published in academic and literary journals and designed the digital storytelling projects Target BACRIM, Shelley's Heart and Mr Illusion.

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Book SynopsisThe End of Assembly Line Management We're in the midst of a revolution. Quantum leaps in technology are enabling organizations to observe and measure people's behavior in real time, communicate internally at extraordinary speed, and innovate continuously. These new, software-driven technologies are transforming the way companies interact with their customers, employees, and other stakeholders. This is no mere tech issue. The transformation requires a complete rethinking of the way we organize and manage work. And, as software becomes ever more integrated into every product and service, making this big shift is quickly becoming the key operational challenge for businesses of all kinds. We need a management model that doesn't merely account for, but actually embraces, continuous change. Yet the truth is, most organizations continue to rely on outmoded, industrial-era operational models. They structure their teams, manage their people, and evolve their organizational cultures the way they always have. Now, organizations are emerging, and thriving, based on their capacity to sense and respond instantly to customer and employee behaviors. In Sense and Respond, Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden, leading tech experts and founders of the global Lean UX movement, vividly show how these companies operate, highlighting the new mindset and skills needed to lead and manage them--and to continuously innovate within them. In illuminating and instructive business examples, you'll see organizations with distinctively new operating principles: shifting from managing outputs to what the authors call "outcome-focused management"; forming self-guided teams that can read and react to a fast-changing environment; creating a learning-all-the-time culture that can understand and respond to new customer behaviors and the data they generate; and finally, developing in everyone at the company the new universal skills of customer listening, assessment, and response. This engaging and practical book provides the crucial new operational and management model to help you and your organization win in a world of continuous change.Trade ReviewADVANCE PRAISE for Sense and Respond: Eric Ries, author, The Lean Startup-- "The authors' ideas--from the continuous two-way conversation we should be having with customers to the concept of 'learning forward' in order to forge ahead despite uncertainty--provide a crucial framework for the modern world of business. With fascinating case studies and practical advice, Sense and Respond shows how to take the structures and methods of software companies and apply them to organizations of all kinds and sizes." Rita Gunther McGrath, Professor of Management, Columbia Business School; author, The End of Competitive Advantage-- "Gothelf and Seiden starkly highlight that our twentieth-century management systems and practices simply cannot function in a world of constant change. In this insightful and practical book, they provide crucial principles and techniques for becoming a 'sense and respond' organization." Noelle Eder, Executive Vice President, Card Customer Experience and Operations, Capital One-- "Sense and Respond offers compelling, real-world examples and practical advice on what I've seen firsthand: how implementing agile practices and fully embracing a test-and-learn approach to innovation can drive results and create new opportunities--regardless of the industry you work in." Alan Cooper, Software Alchemist; coauthor, About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design-- "The significant challenge of the digital age isn't technology or design or agile methods. Rather it is understanding how to integrate these things into commerce. This demands approaches to organization and leadership that are qualitatively different from conventional ones. Gothelf and Seiden lay out a clear-sighted blueprint for success." Greg Petroff, Chief Experience Officer, GE Digital-- "Sense and Respond vividly illustrates a new world, where products get built dramatically differently and faster than in the past. Gothelf and Seiden show how companies that learn to sense, understand, and respond to customers in real time can leverage this new world to deliver breakout products of their own." Nick Rockwell, Chief Technology Officer, New York Times-- "Gothelf and Seiden translate and transport the essence of agile thinking from software development into the heart of the business. Their message is timely, as most companies are missing the boat on what is truly important about agile. Sense and Respond provides exactly the guidance we need to get back on the right path."

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Book SynopsisGeneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, and classroom instruction. Gay has made many important revisions to keep her foundational, award-winning text relevant for today's diverse student population.

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Book SynopsisDer Band thematisiert in sechs Abschnitten mit insgesamt 12 Beiträgen den Sprachgebrauch, die kommunikativen Verhaltensweisen und die medienspezifischen Entwicklungen in den zentralen Bereichen der Sprache und Kommunikation im Internet - kurz websprache.net. In dem Abschnitt "Das Internet als Medium" wird gefragt, wie es sich mit der Medialität des Netzes verhält, ob es ein Massenmedium ist, wie sich das Internet entwickelt hat und wie es sich möglicherweise weiterentwickeln wird. Der Bereich "Kommunikationspraxen" erörtert den Chat als elektronische Plauderei, diskutiert mögliche Veränderungen des Schreibens durch die E-Mail sowie Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des E-Learning. "Redaktionelles im Internet" zeigt den aktuellen Stand von Online-Publishing, E-Zines und Online-Zeitschriften und fragt kritisch nach der Zukunft des Buches. "Literatur und Internet" thematisiert das Begriffsfeld 'Hypertext' insbesondere unter dem Blickwinkel der Textsortenspezifik - wobei der anknüpfende Beitrag zur digitalen Literatur insbesondere produktions- und rezeptionsästhetische Aspekte ins Zentrum des Interesses rückt. "Text und Bild im Fokus" stellt exemplarisch spezifische Text-Bild-Konstellationen im Intenet dar und deckt neue und alte Werbestrategien im Internet auf. "Kommunikationsgemeinschaften" schließlich klärt Zusammenhänge zwischen computervermittelter Kommunikation und virtuellen Gemeinschaften. Der Band gibt neben der Deskription immer auch einen prospektiven Blick für die weitere Entwicklung von Sprache und Kommunikation im Internetund wird unter http://www.mediensprache.net/ umfassend unterstützt.

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Book SynopsisThis text, based on Louise M. Rosenblatt's transactional model of literature, focuses on the application of transactional reader-response theory in the classroom. It grows from frequent requests from secondary school and college teachers for teaching suggestions on how to put theory into practice. This is not a What should I do on Monday? cookbook, but an expression of the practice of theory in college and secondary school classrooms. The chapters portray a spectrum of strategies--including biopoems, expressive and imaginative writing, journal writing, readers' theater, role playing, and unsent letters--using as examples individual works from several genres. Recognizing that teachers who may have been trained in other theories and methodologies may be hesitant about their quite different role and expectations in the reader-centered classroom, the authors provide stepping stones to develop readiness and confidence, suggestions, and insights to ease the transition to the transactional model of teaching and learning. Pedagogical features: * An explanatory introduction to each section defines its orientation and describes the content and direction of the chapters it contains. * Invitations elicit engagement of readers with concepts, attitudes, or strategies presented in the chapters; they invite readers, as individuals or members of a small group, to consider ideas or to practice a strategy, among other activities, in order to enhance understandings. * A glossary defines key concepts and strategies discussed in the text. * A bibliography provides an extensive list of resources--books and journal articles--both theoretical and applied. New in the second edition: * Six new chapters--three deal with the roles of film-as-literature in the English classroom, and three with enhancing multicultural understandings. * Updates and revisions to several chapters that appeared in the first edition. * Invitations, new in this edition, have been added to focus and expand readers' thinking.Trade Review"In line with current thinking and practices in the field in terms of promoting transactional theory and the value of reader response approaches in the classroom....Transactional theory is presented clearly and consistently--the text is very readable."—Joanne GoldenUniversity of DelawareTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: The Transactional Theory of Literature.N.J. Karolides, The Transactional Theory of Literature. R.C. Small, Connecting Students and Literature: What Do Teachers Do and Why Do They Do It? L. Christenbury, "The Guy Who Wrote This Poem Seems to Have the Same Feelings as You Have": Reader-Response Methodology. R.E. Probst, Writing From, of, and About Literature. Part II: Initiating Readers' Responses: Classroom Processes.J.G. Boyum, Reader Response at the Movies. R. Luce, Mending Walls: Using a Reader-Response Approach to Teach Poetry. P. Kelly, Two Reader-Response Classrooms: Using Pre-reading Activity and Readers Theatre Approaches. D. Appleman, "I Understood the Grief": Theory Based Introduction to Ordinary People.Part III: Developing Readers' Responses: Classroom Processes.M. Toman, Teaching, Eudora Welty's "Petrified Man": Expanding Preliminary Insights. L. Varvel, Reader Response to Drama: Prospecting for Human Understandings and Connections. M.J. Shaars, Hill-Climbing With Thoreau: Creating Meaningful Carryover. E.A. Poe, Intensifying Transactions Through Multiple Text Exploration: A Literature Circle Approach to Novels Set in the United States During World War II. N.J. Karolides, Role Play Experiences: Expanding Readers' Responses to Literature. D.H. Roen, A Writing to Learn/Reader Response Approach to Teaching Antigone.Part IV: Exploring Differences: Gender, Race, and Culture.L. Quinn,Trifles as Treason: Coming to Consciousness as a Gendered Reader. D.W. Furniss, Reading and Teaching From the Outside: Responding to Native American Literature. A.I. Willis, Cultivating Understandings Through Reader Response: Dawn's Responses to The Things They Carried and When Heaven and Earth Changed Places.J. Glazier, M. McVee, S. Wallace-Cowell, B. ShellhornWith T.E. Raphael, S. Florio-Ruane, Teacher Learning About Culture in Response to Autobiographical Literature. L.A. Spears-Bunton, Calypso, Jazz, Reggae, Salsa: Literature for Adolescents From the African Diaspora. J.E. Brown, L.G. Harrison, Reader Responses to Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz": Exploring Different Perspectives.

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Book SynopsisAntonio Weiss is a Senior Partner at The PSC, the UK's longest-standing public service specialist consultancy. He has advised the Office for Artificial Intelligence, the UK Space Agency and NHS AI Lab, the Government Digital Service, and other pioneering organisations on AI adoption and digital transformation. He is an Affiliated Researcher at the University of Cambridge's Digital State programme and the co-founder of Thomas Clipper, which has featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph and GQ. He is based in London, UK.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the notion that the emergent language of contemporary theatre, and more generally of modern culture, has links to much earlier forms of storytelling and an ancient worldview.This volume looks at our diverse and amalgamative theatrical inheritance and discusses various practitioners and companies whose work reflects and recapitulates ideas, approaches, and structures original to theatre's ritual roots. Drawing together a range of topics and examples from the early Middle Ages to the modern day, Chadwick focuses on a theatrical language which includes an emphasis on the psychosomatic, the non-linear, the symbolic, the liminal, the collective, and the sacred.This interdisciplinary work draws on approaches from the fields of anthropology, philosophy, historical and cognitive phenomenology, and neuroscience, making the case for the significance of historically responsive modes in theatre practice and more widely in our society and culture.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements IntroductionPART ONE: Looking Back: Tracing Theatre’s RootsChapter 1. Reaching for the Unknowable: the Human need for RitualChapter 2. A Flexible Superstructure: Macrocosm/Microcosm and the Medieval WorldviewChapter 3. The Power of Archetype: Universal-General and Historical-SpecificChapter 4. Time and Space: Hierophany and Imaginative FlexibilityPART TWO: Moving Forward: New Historically-Responsive MethodsChapter 5. The Sacred Body-as-Text: from Medieval to Avant-GardeChapter 6. Seeking Immersion, Finding Connection: the Contemporary TheatreChapter 7. Theatre in Times of Crisis: the Power of Ancient Forms in Collective Processing BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHanne Knight is a lecturer in Marketing at the University of Plymouth, UK, specialising in sustainability communication and digital engagement. She also serves as an alternate delegate to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), helping bridge research and climate policy practice..Lizette Vorster Larsen is Assistant Professor in Strategic Business Communications at Aarhus University, Denmark. Prior to this, she was Lecturer in Digital Marketing at Northumbria University, UK and has also previously held senior positions in professional practice.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship today between museums, galleries and learning? The Responsive Museum interrogates the thinking, policies and practices that underpin the educational role of the museum. It unravels the complex relationship of museums with their publics, and discusses today's challenges and the debates that have resulted. The highly experienced team of writers, including museum educators and directors, share their different experiences and views, and review recent research and examples of best practice. They analyse the implications of audience development and broadening public access, particularly in relation to special groups, minority communities and disabled people, and for individual self-development and different learning styles; they explore issues of public accountability and funding; discuss the merits of different evaluation tools and methodologies for measuring audience impact and needs; and assess the role of architects, designers and artists in shaping the visitor experience. The latter part of this book reviews practical management and staffing issues, and training and skills needs for the future. This book is for students, museum staff, especially those involved in education and interpretation, and senior management and policy-makers. This is a much-needed review of the relationship between museums and galleries and their users. It also offers a wealth of information and expertise to guide future strategy and practice.Trade Review'The Responsive Museum is a very welcome addition to the literature on museums. In exploring the complex relationship between museums and their audiences, the book challenges the received wisdom, language and prejudices found within the sector. It uses an innovative layout, sound argument and a wealth of references alongside the experience and responses of current practitioners from an unusual variety of backgrounds. The result is a really good read and an essential reference for new entrants to the museum world and those who train them; whilst those who fear they have been around museums too long, will find their thinking refreshed and their passion for sharing knowledge rekindled.' Karen Knight, formerly of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 'This is a thought-provoking and insightful book, written by people who know the reality as well as the theory. It successfully draws together and makes sense of the many complex factors that underpin the fundamental changes we are now seeing in museums, and will inspire students and practitioners alike.' Frazer Swift, Museum of London, UK ’In analyzing developments over the last ten years, this book also sets the agenda for the next decade. It is an indispensible resource, embodying the principle that cultural institutions are places of engagement, reflection and informed debate.’ David Anderson, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK 'What makes the book unusual is that several of the more controversial chapters are responded to with provocative challenges. The result is that readers are given a clear view of the issues and possible solutions.' CILIP Update, March 2007Table of ContentsContents: Introduction, Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard. Understanding Audiences: theory, policy and practice: Introduction; Influences on museum practice, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard; The impact of government policy, Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard; The public access debate, Caroline Lang. Developing Audiences: Introduction; Prioritising audience groups, John Reeve; Networks and partnerships: building capacity for sustainable audience development, Ian Blackwell and Sarah Scaife; Response, Nico Halbertsma; Dancing around the collections: developing individuals and audiences, Eithne Nightingale; Response: Izzy Mohammed; Museums and the Web, Caroline Dunmore; Response, Roy Hawkey; Understanding Museum Evaluation, Kate Pontin; Response, Susan Potter. Managing the Responsive Museum: Introduction; Where does the museum end?, Mike Tooby; Response, Alec Coles; The funding challenge, Phyllida Shaw; Response: Antonia Byatt; Learning, leadership and applied research, Nick Winterbotham; Response: Janet Vitmayer; Audience advocates in museums; John Reeve; Response: Jane Samuels; Whose space? creating the environments for learning, Rick Rogers; Response: Christopher Bagot; An unsettled profession, Vicky Woollard; Response: Caitlin Griffiths; Conclusion: Where do we go from here?, Caroline Lang, John Reeve and Vicky Woollard. Appendices: UK museum and gallery visitor figures; Inspiring learning for all framework; A Common Wealth (1997) - Twelve targets; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisHanne Knight is a lecturer in Marketing at the University of Plymouth, UK, specialising in sustainability communication and digital engagement. She also serves as an alternate delegate to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), helping bridge research and climate policy practice..Lizette Vorster Larsen is Assistant Professor in Strategic Business Communications at Aarhus University, Denmark. Prior to this, she was Lecturer in Digital Marketing at Northumbria University, UK and has also previously held senior positions in professional practice.

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Book SynopsisEthics in communication through digital animation.- Security and Privacy Implications in IPv6 Networks A.- Comprehensive Analysis.- Ethical Reflections and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Academic Field.- Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing into Digital.- Education for Sustainable Land-use Management.- A Cross-Border Perspective.- Disruption of the Ecuatorian Tax System. Tax Tech as an Innovation Engine.

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon experiences at state and local level project evaluation, and based on current research in the professional literature, Payne presents a practical, systematic, and flexible approach to educational evaluations. Evaluators at all levels -- state, local and classroom -- will find ideas useful in conducting, managing, and using evaluations. Special user targets identified are state department of education personnel and local school system administrative personnel. The volume can be used by those doing evaluation projects `in the field', or as a text for graduate courses at an introductory level. The book begins with an overview of the generic evaluation process. Chapter Two is devoted to the criteria for judging the effectiveness of evaluation practice. Chapter Three addresses the all important topic of evaluation goals and objectives. Chapters Four, Five and Six basically are concerned with the approach, framework, or design of an evaluation study. Chapter Four contains a discussion of four major philosophical frameworks or metaphors and the implications of these frameworks for conducting an evaluation. Chapters Five and Six describe predominantly quantitative and qualitative designs, respectively. Design, implementation and operational issues related to instrumentation (Chapter Seven), management and decision making (Chapter Eight), and reporting and utilization of results (Chapter Nine) are next addressed. The final chapter of the book (Chapter Ten) considers the evaluation of educational products and materials. Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Exhibits. Preface. 1. Educational Evaluation: Definitions, Purposes and Processes. 2. Criteria for Effective and Ethical Evaluation Practice. 3. Evaluation Goals, Objectives and Questions. 4. Evaluation Metaphors. 5. Quantitatively Oriented Data Collection Designs. 6. Qualitative and Ethnographic Evaluation. 7. Creating and Selecting Instrumentation. 8. Managing Evaluations. 9. Communicating and Using Evaluation Results. 10. Evaluating Educational Materials. Appendices: A. Multiple Criterion Measures for Evaluation of School Programs. B. Contract for Professional Services. Contract for Educational Program Audit. Subject Index. Name Index.

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