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Mystical Encounters with the Natural World
OUP Oxford 2005; US$ 154.99Some experiences of the natural world bring a sense of unity, knowledge, self-transcendence, eternity, light, and love. This is the first detailed study of these intriguing phenomena. Paul Marshall explores the circumstances, characteristics, and after-effects of this important but relatively neglected type of mystical experience, and critiques explanations... more...
The Tail
Profile 2013; US$ 20.78At the heart of the debate about state-provided education in the UK lies a shocking fact: one child in five leaves school in England without basic skills in literacy and numeracy. Despite the best efforts of reformers and rapidly improving results in academies and elsewhere, even some of the best schools are struggling to help the 'tail' -... more...
Better schools, better teachers, better results
Australian Council for Educational Research 2007; US$ 39.95Performance management is an essential element of any school's strategy to build and maintain a strong and vibrant professional culture that supports high quality teaching and high quality learning. Better Schools, Better Teachers, Better Results specifi cally examines the how of performance management in schools. more...
Plant Canopies
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 34.00This volume is a synthesis of current knowledge about the growth, development and functioning of plant canopies. more...
Population and Society
SAGE Publications 2013; US$ 44.95An up-to-date, student focused introduction that will be adopted on sociology, human geography and population studies modules across the social sciences. more...
Assessment for Learning
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 165.00The starting point of this book was the realisation that research studies worldwide provide hard evidence that development of formative assessment raises students¿ test scores. The significant improvement in the achievements of the students in this project confirms this research, while providing teachers, teacher trainers, school heads and others leaders... more...
Marsupial Genetics and Genomics
Springer 2010; US$ 169.99Marsupials belong to the Class Mammalia, sharing some features with other mammals, yet they also possess many unique features. It is their differences from the more traditionally studied mammals, such as mice and humans, that is of greatest value to comparative studies. Sequencing of genomes from two distantly related marsupials, the short grey-tailed... more...
Improving Learning How to Learn
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 51.95Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils how to learn. This book makes a major contribution to the creation of such a professional knowledge base for teachers by building on... more...
Learning How to Learn
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 44.95Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. This book offers a set of in-service resources to help teachers develop new classroom practices informed by sound research. It builds on previous work associated with ?formative assessment? or ?assessment for learning?. However, it adds an important new dimension by taking account... more...
The Human Tradition in the New South
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2005; US$ 28.99In The Human Tradition in the New South , historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations... more...









