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There is universal interest in the 'good school'. Parents want to find one, teachers seek to teach in one and children deserve to attend one. This book assumes that success is possible in every school and proivdes ideas on school improvement.

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Provides insights for bridging the gaps between management and employees - and improving everyone's performance in the process. Showcasing practices in corporate strategy, communications, operations, customer service, and employee training, this book demonstrates the positive effects of aligning goals and actions and investing in the front line.

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Brings together a collection of interviews with some of the world's most important and influential philosophers and intellectuals, including: Bernard Williams, Onora O'Neill, Philippa Foot, Philip Pullman, Bhikhu Parekh, Slavoj Zizek, AC Grayling, Igor Alexander, Alexander McCall Smith, Daniel Dennett, and Oliver Letwin.

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This book examines rhetoric surrounding race and ethnicity in movies. By exploring the American movie industrys content, practices, and influences, Satchel calls for an interrogation of media conglomeration and convergence as potential global threats to democracy.

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This book examines rhetoric surrounding race and ethnicity in movies. By exploring the American movie industrys content, practices, and influences, Satchel calls for an interrogation of media conglomeration and convergence as potential global threats to democracy.

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What does evolution mean today Do we have free will How is technology changing the way we understand life Where is God Does art have a value Is science the new philosophy What are the ethics of making war How does language hold meaning Is freedom possible These are only some of the questions addressed in What Philosophers.

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What do we mean when we talk about philosophy today These contributions from contemporary philosophers offer a picture of the character and methods of philosophy; its possibilities and its limitations. It is philosophy in action, offering answers and prompting us to philosophis for ourselves.

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What do we mean when we talk about philosophy today These contributions from contemporary philosophers offer a picture of the character and methods of philosophy; its possibilities and its limitations. It is philosophy in action, offering answers and prompting us to philosophis for ourselves.

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Sets forth in a straightforward and sensible way the philosophical reasons for the non-economist's skepticism of the economist's view of the world.

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The result of a research project, this work, an attempt to report on what has actually been happening in our schools, answers such questions as: what difference have education reforms made to pupils' experience in schools and how has recent education policy impacted on children today

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This book's purpose is to describe the various things banned in schools, the reasons behind attempts to ban such things, the types of people who approve of censoring those things and the types who do not, the outcome of representative cases of censorship, and suggestions for school personnel about how to cope with bans.

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This book's purpose is to describe the various things banned in schools, the reasons behind attempts to ban such things, the types of people who approve of censoring those things and the types who do not, the outcome of representative cases of censorship, and suggestions for school personnel about how to cope with bans.

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Continuing technological advances, coupled with the removal of controls on deposit interest rates and barriers to interstate bank expansion, have ushered in a new age of competition among banks themselves and between banks and other types of financial institutions. What Should Banks Do offers a new and controversial proposal for carefully circumscribed diversification.

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Looks at the War of 1812 in part through the lens of today's America. This provocative book asks: What did Americans learn - and not learn - from the experience What instructive parallels and distinctions can be drawn with more recent events How did it shape the nation

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New teachers will follow 12 steps to become established in their classrooms, while experienced teachers will get great ideas from each chapter.This book guides teachers to build support networks. Unlike any other book on the market, it combines research-based strategies with the authors heartfelt stories of teaching.

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New teachers will follow 12 steps to become established in their classrooms, while experienced teachers will get great ideas from each chapter.This book guides teachers to build support networks. Unlike any other book on the market, it combines research-based strategies with the authors heartfelt stories of teaching.

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This work is based on a research project. The authors have sought to get behind the opinions to discover what has actually been happening in schools. Chapter titles include: teacher stances and strategies in response to change and the changing role of headteachers.