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Achieving your Diploma in Education and Training
by Jim Gould Jodi Roffey-BarentsenThis book supports the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training for anyone training to teach in the further education and skills sector. Full of informed practical guidance and supported by meaningful links to theory and educational research, it covers all mandatory units included in the diploma and has been carefully designed to be your indispensable guide to successfully achieving the qualification. Thought-provoking activities in every chapter highlight key points and show how you can apply them in practice allowing you to enhance your teaching skills. This book clearly communicates what underpins high-quality teaching and empowers you to succeed as a teacher of learners in the further education and skills sector. New to this edition: · Reflective activities in every chapter encouraging you to engage critically with key concepts · New coverage of employability offering pragmatic guidance for succeeding in the workplace · Content updated to reflect current policy directions within the sector · Links to further reading throughout highlighting key literature on each major topic
Achieving your Diploma in Education and Training
by Jim Gould Jodi Roffey-BarentsenThis book supports the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training for anyone training to teach in the further education and skills sector. Full of informed practical guidance and supported by meaningful links to theory and educational research, it covers all mandatory units included in the diploma and has been carefully designed to be your indispensable guide to successfully achieving the qualification. Thought-provoking activities in every chapter highlight key points and show how you can apply them in practice allowing you to enhance your teaching skills. This book clearly communicates what underpins high-quality teaching and empowers you to succeed as a teacher of learners in the further education and skills sector. New to this edition: · Reflective activities in every chapter encouraging you to engage critically with key concepts · New coverage of employability offering pragmatic guidance for succeeding in the workplace · Content updated to reflect current policy directions within the sector · Links to further reading throughout highlighting key literature on each major topic
Achieving your Diploma in Education and Training
by Jodi Roffey-Barentsen Jim GouldThis textbook supports the new Level 5 Diploma in Education Training qualification for those training to teach in the further education and skills sector. Full of informed practical guidance to help you to develop your teaching skills and supported by meaningful links to theory, it covers all mandatory units included in the Diploma and has been carefully designed to be your essential guide to successfully achieving the qualification. Thought-provoking activities throughout every chapter draw out key points and allow you to directly apply them to your own practice. This book clearly communicates what is required for high-quality teaching and empowers you to succeed in the FE classroom and beyond. Chapter topics include: The role and professional responsibilities of teachers Planning and assessing learning Strategies for effective teaching Managing learners in the classroom Career development in education and training.
Achieving your Diploma in Teaching: Putting theory into practice for the qualification or apprenticeship (Further Education and Skills)
by Ann Gravells Gavin LumsdenIf you are training to be a professional teacher in the further education and skills sector, this book is your starting point. The content is applicable to anyone training to be a teacher, or refreshing their current skills and knowledge. The book takes you through everything you need to know to become a successful teacher. Interactive activities are included throughout, along with real examples of teaching in practice and examples of teaching templates. For anyone working towards the Diploma in Teaching qualification or the Learning and Skills Teacher Apprenticeship, or the CertEd/PGCE(PCET) Written in an accessible language, easy to read, up to date and relevant Includes guidance on how to put theory into practice Cross-referenced to the Occupational Standards for the FE sector Follows the bestselling style and layout of books by Ann Gravells This is a comprehensive text covering teaching, learning, assessing, using technology and professional practice.
Achieving your Diploma in Teaching: Putting theory into practice for the qualification or apprenticeship (Further Education and Skills)
by Ann Gravells Gavin LumsdenIf you are training to be a professional teacher in the further education and skills sector, this book is your starting point. The content is applicable to anyone training to be a teacher, or refreshing their current skills and knowledge. The book takes you through everything you need to know to become a successful teacher. Interactive activities are included throughout, along with real examples of teaching in practice and examples of teaching templates. For anyone working towards the Diploma in Teaching qualification or the Learning and Skills Teacher Apprenticeship, or the CertEd/PGCE(PCET) Written in an accessible language, easy to read, up to date and relevant Includes guidance on how to put theory into practice Cross-referenced to the Occupational Standards for the FE sector Follows the bestselling style and layout of books by Ann Gravells This is a comprehensive text covering teaching, learning, assessing, using technology and professional practice.
Achieving Your Doctorate While Working in Higher Education
by Merryl Harvey Barbara Howard-HuntUndertaking a part-time doctorate when you’re working full-time in higher education can be daunting. This guide gives you realistic and reassuring support for the complexities and challenges you might face. Each chapter helps you map the next step in your doctoral journey, from discovering your motivations and making important decisions about where to study, to preparing for thesis submission and your viva – and how to navigate the ‘after’ when you’ve completed your doctorate. The book: Gives you honest, down-to-earth advice about how to navigate professional and personal challenges, such as continuing professional development and maintaining motivation. Discusses unique tensions additionally faced by academics studying in their own institution, such as managing supervisory relationships. Showcases a diverse range of student experiences, with over 20 case studies of postgraduate researchers. Includes practical activities and reflective questions to help you make the right decisions for you. You can also find templates for helpful techniques, such as doing a SWOT analysis, and a collection of carefully-chosen weblinks to handy resources, such as funding information, on the book′s website. This book is a companion for anyone undertaking doctoral research while working in an academic post.
Achieving Your Doctorate While Working in Higher Education
by Merryl Harvey Barbara Howard-HuntUndertaking a part-time doctorate when you’re working full-time in higher education can be daunting. This guide gives you realistic and reassuring support for the complexities and challenges you might face. Each chapter helps you map the next step in your doctoral journey, from discovering your motivations and making important decisions about where to study, to preparing for thesis submission and your viva – and how to navigate the ‘after’ when you’ve completed your doctorate. The book: Gives you honest, down-to-earth advice about how to navigate professional and personal challenges, such as continuing professional development and maintaining motivation. Discusses unique tensions additionally faced by academics studying in their own institution, such as managing supervisory relationships. Showcases a diverse range of student experiences, with over 20 case studies of postgraduate researchers. Includes practical activities and reflective questions to help you make the right decisions for you. You can also find templates for helpful techniques, such as doing a SWOT analysis, and a collection of carefully-chosen weblinks to handy resources, such as funding information, on the book′s website. This book is a companion for anyone undertaking doctoral research while working in an academic post.
Achieving Your Dreams: By Building Your Faith
by Jerry FalwellThis book is drawn from the first four chapters of Building Dynamic Faith, focused on leading an individual to the salvation decision.
Achieving your Masters in Teaching and Learning (Teaching Handbooks Series)
by Mary McAteer Lisa Murtagh Fiona Hallett Gavin TurnbullThis book is for all those taking the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL). The contents reflect the units of this new qualification, building on Initial Teacher Training, deepening and broadening professional understanding and skills while addressing individual teacher needs. Chapters cover core topics such as developing pedagogy, assessment for learning, special educational needs and behaviour. The book provides invaluable support for beginning teachers as they manage their professionally based, postgraduate learning, including guidance on critical thinking, reflective practice and research skills, and is clearly linked to the newly developed framework of Professional Standards for Teachers.
Achieving Your Potential As A Photographer: A Creative Companion and Workbook
by Harold DavisComing from the perspective that true inspiration and great image making are at the core of any high-level photographic endeavour, Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer presents an organized and cohesive plan for kickstarting creativity, and then taking the resulting work into the real world. The ideas presented have been formulated by Harold Davis over many years working as a creative artist and award-wining photographer, and in the celebrated workshops he has developed and led all around the world. These concepts are presented with accompanying exercises so that readers can put them into everyday practice as well as workbook pages bound into the book for note taking and journaling. This book will enrich your photographic practice whether the goal is simply to enrich your photography or to make money from your work.
Achieving Your PTLLS Award
by Mary Francis'Information overload abounds in teacher training in the lifelong learning sector - this extremely accessible guide sets the new regulations into a meaningful context for teachers and trainers. In particular, the chapter on functional skills would be informative reading for all teachers, not just those embarking on their professional career. ' Pip Kings, Institute of Education, University of London, UK This highly accessible book comprehensively covers the assessment requirements for the 'Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector' (PTLLS) award. All new lecturers in the sector must now gain their PTLLS qualification in their first year of teaching, and this book aims to help them achieve this. The book focuses on the five learning outcomes of the PTLLS Award: - Understand own role, responsibilities and boundaries of role in relation to teaching - Understand appropriate teaching and learning approaches in the specialist area - Demonstrate session planning skills - Understand how to deliver inclusive sessions which motivate learners - Understand the different assessment methods and the need for record keeping The authors provide a sound introduction for all lecturers, including those appointed on the basis of expertise and experience in their vocational area, who may be less familiar with academic study. The book includes reader activities, enabling readers to assess their knowledge as they progress through the book. This book is suitable for new entrants and unqualified teachers, and trainers in the lifelong learning sector who require the PTTLS qualification in order to gain their license to practice. It will also challenge those who already have lecturing, teaching or training experience, enhancing the skills they already have and providing stimulus for reflection.
Achieving Your PTLLS Award: A Practical Guide to Successful Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector
by Mary Francis Jim GouldThis accessible book comprehensively covers the new assessment requirements for Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS). <P> This updated edition includes:<P> * practical interactive activities for readers<P> * roles, responsibilities and relationships<P> * inclusive learning and teaching approaches<P> * learning and development for individuals and groups<P> * principles and practice of assessment<P> The book will be helpful to unqualified teachers, and to anyone embarking on a PGCE or Certificate in Education programme in PCE. The book also provides knowledge for Learning and Development units. <P> You can also access additional web resources at www.sagepub.co.uk/francisandgould<P> Moving to the New Award? New edition mapped to the new Level 3 Award in Education and Training available!
Achieving your TAQA Assessor & Internal Quality Assurer Award
by Ann GravellsThis focused and comprehensive text from Learning Matters is written specifically for TAQA trainee assessors and internal quality assurers. The content covers all three assessor and all three internal quality assurance units and all chapters are cross referenced to the standards. Easy-to-read and clearly structured, the text is accessible and includes activities and examples throughout to help trainees link theory with practice. TAQA trainees will find this text both an invaluable resource for their course and a useful handbook to take into practice.
Achieving Zero Hunger in India: Challenges and Policies (India Studies in Business and Economics)
by S. Mahendra Dev A. Ganesh-Kumar Vijay Laxmi PandeyThis open access volume discloses rich set of findings and policy recommendations for India towards achieving the SDG 2.1 target of zero hunger by 2030. Through its fourteen chapters, it takes an integrated approach by examining diverse aspects of food and nutrition security through multidisciplinary lens of Agricultural Economics, Nutrition, Crop Sciences, Anthropology and Law, while being rooted in economics. The chapters reflect this diversity in disciplines in terms of the questions posed, the data sets used, and the methodologies followed. Starting from the evolution of policy response for hunger and nutrition security, the book covers aspects such gender budgeting, dietary diversity, women’s empowerment, calorie intake norms, socio-legal aspects of right to health, subjective wellbeing, bio-fortification, crop insurance and food security linkages, interdependence of public distribution system (for food security) and employment guarantee schemes especially during COVID-19 pandemic, effects of dairy dietary supplements, and so on. With its rich discussions, the book is compelling for students, researchers, policy makers, development professionals and practitioners working in areas of food and nutrition security, SDGs, in particular SDG1, SDG2 and SDG5, and sustainable food systems.
Achille Mbembe (Routledge Critical Thinkers)
by Oliver CoatesAchille Mbembe is a key thinker in contemporary African philosophy who has been influential in literary and cultural theory, African literature, and postcolonial studies. Oliver Coates introduces key concepts within Mbembe’s thought in relation to African history, literature, and philosophy. This accessible guide: Considers examples from African literature in Arabic, English, French, and Yoruba, and shows the relevance of Mbembe’s thought beyond Anglophone writing; Explores how Mbembe’s work relates to contemporary global events and charts Mbembe’s intellectual development between Cameroon, France, and the USA; Discusses core concepts from across Mbembe’s career, including the positioning of Africa within Western and Afrodiasporic thought, the colony, postcolony, necropolitics, decolonization, Afropolitanism, technology, and the environment; Reveals Mbembe’s engagement with key global events, including the #RhodesMustFall and #BlackLivesMatter movements, and the call for the restitution of African objects in Western museums. Offering a clear and accessible route into what can be a complex area, this book shows the significance of Mbembe’s thought across literature, history, postcolonial studies, gender studies, and critical theory.
Achilleid
by Statius Stanley Lombardo Peter Heslin"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the Achilleid is a stand-alone work of compelling contemporary interest that moves with great rapidity and clarity. Its compact narrative, which encompasses a brutish childhood, an overprotective mother, temporary gender bending, sexual violence, and a final coming to manhood with the promise of future military prowess, may be unparalleled in a single narrative of such brevity. The text has survived in hundreds of manuscripts, sometimes copied with Statius’ much longer and lugubrious Thebaid, but just as often with other racy short narratives and dramas taught in the medieval schools. The poem’s literary playfulness, visual imagery, and lighthearted treatment of mythological and historical data made it—and can still make it—a goldmine in the classroom. Until now, however, it has been virtually impossible to get a sense of the work if one did not know Latin—recent translations notwithstanding. Stanley Lombardo's translation of the Achilleid is a dream: it’s sound, enthralling, and will fully engage readers with this enticing, perplexing, at times distressing, but ultimately rewarding work." —Marjorie Curry Woods, Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Achilles: The Deep Sky Saga - Book One (The Deep Sky Saga #1)
by Greg BooseYoung colonists find themselves stranded on an unpopulated moon—and not as alone as they thought—in a series debut from the author of The Red Bishop. The year is 2221, and humans have colonized a planet called Thetis in the Silver Foot Galaxy. After a tragic accident kills dozens of teenage colonists, Thetis’s leaders are desperate to repopulate. So Earth sends the Mayflower 2—a state-of-the-art spaceship—across the universe to bring new homesteaders to the colony. For orphaned teen Jonah Lincoln, the move to Thetis is a chance to reinvent himself, to be strong and independent and brave, the way he could never be on Earth. But his dreams go up in smoke when their ship crash-lands, killing half the passengers and leaving the rest stranded—not on Thetis, but on its cruel and unpopulated moon, Achilles. Between its bloodthirsty alien life forms and its distance from their intended location, Achilles is a harrowing landing place. When all of the adult survivors suddenly disappear, leaving the teenage passengers to fend for themselves, Jonah doubts they’ll survive at all, much less reach Thetis—especially when it appears Achilles isn’t as uninhabited as they were led to believe. Praise for Greg Boose’s The Red Bishop: “Boose’s prose is quick, dark, exciting. He’s got the thriller element dialed. There are shades of Stephen King in the breathless horror of it all. This isn’t your everyday YA novel, there’s way more to it.” —Lauren Herstik, Nerdist.com
Achilles: A Novel
by Elizabeth CookThis powerful, passionate, and beautifully crafted retelling of the epic tale of Achilles re-creates Homer's fated hero in a new and striking reality. Born of the Sea nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters—among them, Hector, Helen, Penthiseleia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and finally John Keats, whose writings form the basis of a meditation on the nature of identity and shared experience. An unforgettable and deeply moving work of fiction, Achilles is also an affirmation of the story's enduring power to reach across centuries and cultures to the core of our imagination.
Achilles (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World)
by Marta González GonzálezAchilles is the quintessential Greek hero, but that does not mean that he is a conventional hero. His uniqueness is dictated by his birth, as the son of a sea goddess, and his education at the hands of a centaur. The hero’s exceptional nature also forms part of the tension that both unites and opposes him to Apollo. Achilles presents the different episodes in the life of this hero conventionally, in chronological order, based primarily on the Greek sources: birth, education, deeds in Troy, death and subsequent destiny as a figure of worship. On the other hand, this study employs the hero Achilles to reflect on various issues, all of them crucial for historians of the Greek world: what it meant to be and become a man in ancient Greece, what a hero’s aretê consisted of, how the Greeks represented the concepts of friendship and camaraderie, what moved them to revenge or reconciliation, what hopes they harboured as they faced their fate, how they imagined something as difficult to conceive of as a human sacrifice, and how they developed their ideas about the afterlife and hero cult.
Achilles And Hector: The Homeric Hero
by Seth Benardete Michael Davis Ronna BurgerSeth Benardete's study of the Iliad, which initiated his scholarly career, bears the hallmarks of the unique turn of mind that characterized all his later work. In a brief Note written thirty years later, included in this volume, he looks back on what he sees as the limits of his original reading of the Iliad. Yet he seems to have been aware of the fundamental problems from early on that he wrestled with explicitly when he returned to Homer some forty years later: the question of the relations among gods, fate, and human choice, which lies at the core of his late "Platonic reading" of the Odyssey, is already guiding his understanding of the Iliad. And he saw, in working out that understanding, how those relations take on a very distinct form for the tragic hero in contrast with the comic hero - Achilles in contrast with Odysseus.
Achilles beside Gilgamesh: Mortality and Wisdom in Early Epic Poetry
by Michael ClarkeIt is widely recognised that the epics of Homer are closely related to the earlier mythology and literature of the Ancient Near East, above all the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. But how should this influence our response to the meaning and message of either poem? This book responds to this question through an experiment in intertextual reading. It begins by exploring Gilgamesh as a work of literature in its own right, and uses this interpretation as the springboard for a new reading of the Homeric epic, emphasising the movement within the poem - beginning from a world of heroic action and external violence, but shifting inwards to the thoughts and feelings of Achilles as he responds to the certainty that his own death will follow that of his best friend. The book will be of interest both to specialists and to those coming to ancient literature for the first time.
The Achilles Heel of Democracy: Judicial Autonomy and the Rule of Law in Central America
by Bowen Rachel E.Featuring the first in-depth comparison of the judicial politics of five under-studied Central American countries, The Achilles Heel of Democracy offers a novel typology of 'judicial regime types' based on the political independence and societal autonomy of the judiciary. This book highlights the under-theorized influences on the justice system - criminals, activists, and other societal actors, and the ways that they intersect with more overtly political influences. Grounded in interviews with judges, lawyers, and activists, it presents the 'high politics' of constitutional conflicts in the context of national political conflicts as well as the 'low politics' of crime control and the operations of trial-level courts. The book begins in the violent and often authoritarian 1980s in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and spans through the tumultuous 2015 'Guatemalan Spring'; the evolution of Costa Rica's robust liberal judicial regime is traced from the 1950s.
The Achilles Heel of the Driven, Ambitious Professional: How Your Drive to Achieve May Be Sabotaging Your Career
by Thomas J. DelongIf you're a successful leader, you probably have a hard-charging, high-need-for-achievement personality. Yet those very traits that have made you successful can sabotage your career without your even knowing it. Sticking with your proven strengths instead of risking exposure of your weaknesses can hold you back from higher levels of success. In this chapter, organizational behavior expert Thomas DeLong introduces eleven traits that characterize high-need-for-achievement professional--and will probably have you saying "I do that!" After describing each trait, DeLong provides a detailed questionnaire that will help you pinpoint which ones are impeding your career progress and job satisfaction. Once you understand how your own drive to achieve can cause you to stall, you'll have taken the first step to understanding how you can rise above these behaviors to find the achievement and fulfillment you seek. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 1 of "Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success."
The Achilles Heel Reader: Men, Sexual Politics and Socialism (Routledge Revivals)
by Victor J. SeidlerFirst published in 1991, The Achilles Heel Reader brings together key articles from Achilles Heel, the path-breaking and influential magazine of men's sexual politics. It also includes an important introduction by the editor, setting the magazine in its intellectual and historical context. Achilles Heel, first published in 1978, was a magazine which explored positive conceptions of masculinity and the ways in which men can change in response to the challenge of feminism. It sought to persuade men to take responsibility for the power they share as men in relation to women - and to use this responsibility both in their personal relationships and in challenging the political and social institutions and practices that embody such power. This selection covers crucial issues in men's lives - work, sexuality, children, relationships, family, class, sharing the experience of different masculinities - and brilliantly catches the tensions and anxieties of men trying to cope with the interplay between their sexuality and their political commitments. By bringing the personal and the political together The Achilles Heel Reader reconsiders basic questions of socialist theory and practice. It will be of great value to students of sociology, women's studies, politics and cultural studies, as well as those interested in feminism as part of a process of reworking socialism.
Achilles in the Quantum Universe: The Definitive History of Infinity
by Richard MorrisCenturies ago, when the ancient philosopher Zeno proposedhis famous paradox involving Achilles and the Tortoise, he struck at the heart of one of science's most enduring and intractable problems: How do we define the infinite? From then on, our greatest natural philosophers, logicians, mathematicians, and scientists, from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking, have been stymied-and driven-by infinity.Acclaimed Science writer Richard Morris guides us on a fascinating, literate and entertaining tour of the efforts made throughout history to make sense of the mind-bending concept of the infinite. In tracing this quest, Morris shows us how each new encounter with infinity drove the advancement of physics and mathematics. Along the way, we encounter such luminaries as Galileo and Newton, Tycho Brahe and Giordano Bruno, and the giants of modern physics: Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Feynmann, Hawking, and numerous others.Beginning with simple logical puzzles and progressing to the latest cosmological theories, Morris shows how these same infinity problems helped spawn such groundbreaking scientific developments as relativity and quantum mechanics. Though in many ways, the infinite is just as baffling today as it was in antiquity, contemporary scientists are probing ever deeper into the nature of our universe and catching fleeting glimpses of the infinite in ways the ancients could never have imagined.Ultimately, we see that hidden within the theoretical possibility of an infinite number of universes may lie the answers to some of humankind's most fundamental questions: Why is there something rather than nothing? Why are we here?