Sage publications dez 1997 (6 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Shows how to promote character growth and discernment of right from wrong among schoolchildren of all age groups.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The perfect prescription! It¿s both an assessment tool and an overall educational strategy for developing healthy attitudes toward learning and life. Klaus Issler, Professor, Biola University, La Mirada, California 'Gives teachers a sound method of getting the best from all their students.' Leo Zuber, High School Superintendent, Ripon Unified School District, California 'A solid, reseach-based approach to moral development. Deserves wide exposure.' Frederic R. Wilson, Educational Consultant, Wheaton, Illinois 'Well written and extremely comprehensive. A great resource.' Robert B. Gonzalez, Teacher, Liberty High School, Brentwood, Califonia This book is tailor-made for teachers who are tired of spending all their time on the 'bad apple' in their class. It shows how to challenge and then change student attitudes for the better. The key is the Virtue Assessment Questionnaire, which lets you measure - simply and easily - your students¿ virtue. Just follow the step-by-step instructions on scoring and interpreting results. The author defines virtue in this context as wanting to do what you have to do - good conduct growing out of good character, an expression of being and doing. Now you can unlock the mysteries of classroom problems and restore virtue to students whose lives are broken. Help students assess negative feelings, change perspectives, figure out what¿s right, develop a desire for virtue, and become people of good character. Loehrer teaches you how your interactions with students and coworkers can help instill virtue and build character in your students. Be their moral leader, and you give them the foundation they need to move toward becoming people of good character. Loehrer offers you these powerful principles you can practice to teach your students virtue: \* Do more than is required \* Give generously \* Forgive freely, without being asked \* Offer encouragement when faced with opposition \* Help others in secret, without acknowledgment \* Handle discipline problems with justice \* Suffer in silence - no complaints \* Persist, and be patient Make your personal ethics system a regular part of your daily classroom activities and see a marked improvement in your students¿ attitudes about learning and about life. Includes scoring forms and guidelines.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Teachers face many pressures today - not least of which is the disruptive and destructive behaviour of some students. This book was written to help secondary school teachers reach difficult students. The author provides numerous assessments and scoring forms for measuring virtue and he discusses the personal cycles that perpetuate virtue or its lack and shows teachers how they can instill virtue in their students.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this major new book, the author of the bestselling McDonaldization of Society provides an exploration of one of the most innovative and imaginative sociological theses of the last decade of the twentieth century - `McDonaldization'. Part One centres on a discussion of Karl Mannheim's theory of rationalization. The author also assesses the degree to which sociology in general and sociological theory in particular have been `McDonaldized'. The second part demonstrates the empirical reach of the `McDonaldization' process with discussions on work, credit and globalization. Part Three moves beyond `McDonaldization' to the worlds of `new means of consumption' and the postmodern perspectives that best illuminate them. The author concludes with a re-evaluation of the McDonaldization thesis and its future. 220 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents a clear and comprehensive overview of the key factors involved in working with adolescent sex offenders.With an emphasis throughout on practical guidance, leading practitioners address a number of important questions: Who are sexually abusive adolescents and what do they do What are the current theories of adolescent sexual abusiveness How can we address issues of risk estimation and management What are the assumptions behind many aspects of assessment and treatment 256 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -How can researchers produce work with relevance to theoretical and formal traditions and requirements of public academic knowledge while still remaining faithful to the experiences and accounts of research participants based in private settings Feminist Dilemmas in Qualitative Research explores this key dilemma and examines the interplay between theory, epistemology and the detailed practice of research. It does this across the whole research process: access, data collection and analysis and writing up research. It goes on to consider ways of achieving high standards of reflexivity and openness in the strategic choices made during research, examining these issues for specific projects in an open and accessible style.Particular themes examined are: the research dilemmas that occur from feminist perspectives in relation to researching private and personal social worlds; the position of the researcher as situated between public knowledge and private experience; and the dilemmas raised for researchers seeking to contribute to academic discourse while remaing close to their knowledge forms. 224 pp. Englisch.…