Carmel: 133 books
by Carmel M. Portillo
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
In this adventurous short story freshman senator from New York, Tony Perez, discovers first hand how his strict, new immigration law can backfire in a big way.
by Richard Kennett, Carmel Bones, Sally Clifford
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Exam board: OCR
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2018
Target success in OCR GCSE (9-1) History B with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam-style questions, revision tasks and practical...
Promoting Integrity
Evaluating and Improving Public Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
What are the right institutional settings and strategies for ensuring honesty and accountability in public life? How do these settings and strategies relate to one another, and how do we know what is working and what is missing from the whole complex tapestry? Taking Australia as a case study that...
Rights, Risk and Restraint-Free Care of Older People
Person-Centred Approaches in Health and Social Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The restraint of older people is a pressing issue for health and social care practice. This book provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative reading resource on the ethics and use of restraint.
The book provides an overview of the different forms of restraint, the conditions...
Social and Emotional Education in Primary School
Integrating Theory and Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
This book synthesizes concepts, findings, and best practices for a complete guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating social and emotional education (SEE) programs. Emphasizing "caught" as well as taught lessons, it offers a whole-school framework for SEE, with content, rationales,...
Fractured Communities
Risk, Impacts, and Protest Against Hydraulic Fracking in U.S. Shale Regions
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
While environmental disputes and conflicts over fossil fuel extraction have grown in recent years, few issues have been as contentious in the twenty-first century as those surrounding the impacts of unconventional natural gas and oil development using hydraulic drilling and fracturing techniques—more...
INTEGRITY
A Guide to Thriving in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2018
At a time in history when poverty is reducing and education is on the rise we face the unprecedented stress of mass migration, the rise of the digital age and the threat of climate change. Our children are suffering mental health issues like no previous generations, our communities are fractured and...
by Nicola Yelland, Carmel Diezmann, Deborah Butler
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Early Mathematical Explorations shows readers how to provide young children with rich mathematical learning environments and experiences. This book presents teachers with a sound theoretical framework to encourage children to become numerate in the twenty-first century. It shows that mathematical...
by Dominic Wyse, Vivienne Baumfield, David Egan
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Is there an ‘ideal’ primary school curriculum?
Who should decide what the curriculum is?
Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?
The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum....
by Carmel M. Portillo
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Short story account of a terrible tragedy at a corporate call center. The mass carnage requires an investigation by the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, but the story goes into an unexpected direction. WARNING: There are some graphically violent scenes. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG READERS.
by Carmel-Ann Mania, Loren M. Gelberg-Goff
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Stress may be a given in our lives, but suffering from it is optional! This premise is the guiding force behind Being Well Within: From Distressed to De-Stressed. In this book you will find guidance, strategies, and tools to help you find your way past the obstacles of stress. You can learn to understand...
by Carmel M. Portillo
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
When Danielle Carroll comes into a sizable inheritance, she is finally able to live out her dream of purchasing a Victorian mansion for a Bed and Breakfast. She finds the perfect place in Pittsfield, N.H. that was built on a plot of land that one of her ancestors once owned. However, she is in for a...
Enhancing University Teaching
Lessons from Research into Award-Winning Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Written by experts in the field, this book aims to provide an alternative approach to quality teaching in higher education by deriving a model of good university teaching from the academics which universities have chosen as their best teachers. Award-winning teachers outline their beliefs and practices...
Family Therapy Beyond Postmodernism
Practice Challenges Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Postmodernist ideas are widely used in family therapy. However, it is argued that these ideas have their limits in meeting the richness and complexity of human experience and therapy practice. Family Therapy Beyond Postmodernism examines postmodernism and its expressions in family therapy, raising...