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Why Nations Fail

Author : Daron Acemoglu
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307719227
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Why Nations Fail written by Daron Acemoglu and published by Currency. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.

Resources in Education

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A.L.L. Points Bulletin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A.L.L. Points Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Is the Story Literacy, Decent Jobs Or Political Will?

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is the Story Literacy, Decent Jobs Or Political Will? written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six reporters in diverse areas looked at how their communities were responding to adult literacy, basic skills, and workplace literacy programs. This guide contains six reports, three in each of its two parts: (1) Reporting on Welfare Reform--Is the Story Literacy or Decent Jobs? and (2) Reporting on Literacy Programs--Is There a "Literacy/Basic Skills" System? Part 1 contains the following papers: "San Diego--Gain, but at a Big Price" (Sharong Jones); "Akron--Training for 'Slave Labor,'" (Thrity Umrigar); and "Belle Glade--Heavy on Referrals, Light on Jobs" (Christopher Boyd). Part 2 contains the following papers: "Laurel--Adjusting Again to Higher Skills" (Lea Anne Brandon, Reagan Walker); "Tucson--Skills Gap in Two Languages" (Susan Knight); and "Westchester County--Cracks in the Systems" (Rhoda Gilinsky). The following conclusions are presented: (1) few data attest to the success of these programs; (2) math skills may be more important than reading skills; (3) lack of support services is a significant barrier to program success; (4) no single system for adult literacy exists; (5) more coordination between programs and employers is needed; and (6) programs are more successful if participants improve literacy skills while preparing for jobs. (NLA)

Why I Write

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1913724263
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Why I Write written by George Orwell and published by Renard Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Teaching the Best Practice Way

Author : Harvey Daniels
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1571104054
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Teaching the Best Practice Way written by Harvey Daniels and published by Stenhouse Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone talks about "best practice" teaching--but what does it actually look like in the classroom? How do working teachers translate complex curriculum standards into simple, workable classroom structures that embody exemplary instruction--and still let kids find joy in learning?In Teaching the Best Practice Way, Harvey Daniels and Marilyn Bizar present seven basic teaching structures that make classrooms more active, experiential, collaborative, democratic, and cognitive, while simultaneously meeting "best practice" standards across subject areas and throughout the grades. Each section begins with an essay outlining one key method, providing its historical background and research results, and then describing the structure's vital features. Next, several teachers representing different grade levels and school communities explain how they adopted the basic model, adapted it to their students' needs, and made it their own.Fully updating and expanding Methods that Matter (Stenhouse, 1998), Teaching the Best Practice Way adds the stories of twenty more celebrated teachers, including James Beane, Donna Ogle, Franki Sibberson, and others from around the country. A brand-new chapter focuses on reading as thinking, detailing the ways teachers can nurture strategic readers--readers who not only deeply understand the printed materials they encounter in school, but who also bring these cognitive strategies to their "reading" of film, art, music, and their experience of the world. The book also shares new research studies that validate the principles and activities of best practice teaching, along with lists of recommended materials that support each of the seven methods.Unique in the field, Teaching the Best Practice Way speaks to all teachers, K-12, with stories, examples, and practical classroom materials for the teachers of all children. This is the book for teachers, schools, and districts that believe the big ideas about teaching really do cross all grade levels and subject areas. Education professors will also find this an ideal resource for use in methods courses.

Differences at Work: Practicing Critical Diversity Literacy

Author : Melissa Steyn
Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks
ISBN 13 : 1863352384
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Differences at Work: Practicing Critical Diversity Literacy written by Melissa Steyn and published by Common Ground Research Networks. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides practical tools and concepts forged from international best practice, and sharpened in the context of post-apartheid South Africa, that can be used to build critical diversity literate organizations. Organizations the world over – from nonprofits to large corporations, and secondary schools to massive intergovernmental institutions – increasingly tip into crisis as they fail to meet the challenges of diverse and complex societies. Their durability is tested by how they deal with difference, and whether they break out of dominant ways of thinking about culture, merit, and success. This book is thus designed to contribute to the ongoing conversation between the strategic imperatives of organizational leaders, and the day-management of diversity interventions by diversity practitioners and human resources specialists. The authors present the CDL model in an easily understandable and practically implementable format that is grounded as much in rigorous academic research as it is in thousands of hours of industry experience. Six prominent, active critical diversity literacy practitioners offer concrete advice and insights into addressing racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, and other oppressive dynamics. The text offers guidance on: · Analyzing what has changed in the local and global environment of the contemporary organization, and how to ‘read’ these challenges; · Identifying the warning signs of crisis, and addressing issues before they arise by building a responsive and flexible style of leadership; · Using the Critical Diversity Literacy framework to secure organizational alignment; · Theorizing how change happens within organizations; · Meeting and overcoming resistance from entrenched power interests; · Designing training and organizational development interventions.

Work Won't Love You Back

Author : Sarah Jaffe
Publisher : Bold Type Books
ISBN 13 : 1568589387
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Work Won't Love You Back written by Sarah Jaffe and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do what we love. In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth—the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Told through the lives and experiences of workers in various industries—from the unpaid intern, to the overworked teacher, to the nonprofit worker and even the professional athlete—Jaffe reveals how all of us have been tricked into buying into a new tyranny of work. As Jaffe argues, understanding the trap of the labor of love will empower us to work less and demand what our work is worth. And once freed from those binds, we can finally figure out what actually gives us joy, pleasure, and satisfaction.

A Conflict of Visions

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465004660
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book A Conflict of Visions written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Sowell’s “extraordinary” explication of the competing visions of human nature lie at the heart of our political conflicts (New York Times) Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.

Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice

Author : Allan Luke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351587641
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice written by Allan Luke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the World Library of Educationalists series, international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/or practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field, as well as the development of the field itself. Allan Luke’s work on critical literacy, schooling, and equity has influenced the fields of literacy education, teacher education, educational sociology, and policy for over three decades. This volume brings together Allan Luke’s key writings on literacy and schooling. Chapters cover a range of topics and theories, including the development and application of a social and cultural analysis of literacy education and schooling; a primer on literacy as a social construction; classroom-based case studies of literacy teaching and learning; major theoretical and philosophic essays; practical programmatic work on school reform and enabling curriculum policies; and classroom approaches to teaching critical literacy and multiliteracies.

Political Science Quarterly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Science Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review devoted to the historical statistical and comparative study of politics, economics and public law.

The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

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Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

HIV/AIDS: Political Will and Hope

Author : Gregory Ejiogu Umunna
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 146286936X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book HIV/AIDS: Political Will and Hope written by Gregory Ejiogu Umunna and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-27 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIV/AIDS: Political Will and Hope, demonstrates that the scourge of the AIDS, flourishes within the weaknesses of the Nigerian state and in the deficiencies of socio-cultural, economic and political constructs. The abovementioned structures have nurtured a culture and politics of neglect, inequalities and marginalisation of disempowered and subordinated children, men and more especially women. These disease-prone circumstances expose human behavioural weaknesses and the limitations in the government structures as well as poor implementation of policies especially within the health care sector. The result is the inefficiencies, insufficiencies and inadequacies in the HIV/AIDS preventive as well as care and support programmes. It therefore makes clear that for the Nigerian state to prove itself in the present scourge of AIDS, it would have to exert all its political will in order to construct a proper caring responsibility as a basic attitude for her citizenry in general and for her overwhelming HIV/AIDS patients in particular. This is a challenge to a health-care reform and an adequate caring responsibility for people living with AIDS. To do this effectively, this book recommends a few steps.

Early Literacy Skills Builder

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ISBN 13 : 9781578616329
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Early Literacy Skills Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apply the "science" of reading to students with moderate-to-severe developmental disabilities, including autismThe Early Literacy Skills Builder program incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace.Five years of solid research have been completed through the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, proving ELSB to be a highly effective literacy program and more effective than a sight-word only program. ELSB is based upon the principles of systematic and direct instruction. It incorporates scripted lessons, least-prompt strategies, teachable objectives, built-in lesson repetition, and ongoing assessments. The seven ELSB levels contain five structured lessons each. All students begin at Level 1. If a student struggles here, go back and administer Level A. Instruction is one-on-one or in small groups. Teach scripted lessons daily in two 30-minute sessions. On the completion of each level, formal assessments are given. ELSB includes everything you need to implement a multi-year literacy curriculum.

Vernacular Literacy

Author : International Group for the Study of Language Standardization and the Vernacularization of Literacy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198237136
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book Vernacular Literacy written by International Group for the Study of Language Standardization and the Vernacularization of Literacy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains first-hand information on the history, economics, and politics surrounding literacy issues all over the world. Discussions are supported by case-studies of campaigns to promote vernacular languages, and examples of how people relate to their languages in different cultures. Providing a non-Western perspective, the contributors question traditional notions of the uses of literacy.

Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination - E-Book

Author : Karen Katsademas
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323872689
Total Pages : 747 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination - E-Book written by Karen Katsademas and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly prepare for tests, exams, and clinical placements with Elsevier's Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Examination, 2nd Edition. This is the only CPNRE® and REx-PN® text with accompanying online practice material to provide an exhaustive content review and a wealth of practice questions to help you prepare for PN licensure anywhere in Canada! Thoroughly updated, this edition reflects all current Canadian Council for Practical Nurse Regulators National PN competencies, including those specifically for Ontario and British Columbia. It's a great way to test yourself on all exam competencies, along with your understanding, application, and critical thinking abilities. - Strategic overview of the REx-PN® and CPNRE® exams helps you prepare effectively for your specific Practical Nurse licensure examination. - Client Needs categories are provided in the answers and rationales for all end-of-chapter practice questions and for the REx-PN® practice exams. - Testing of all relevant cognitive levels helps ensure you can understand, apply, and think critically about all the information covered on the REx-PN® and CPNRE® and in clinical practice. - Comprehensive content review covers all the core topic areas tested on the REx-PN® and CPNRE® - Wide variety of practice questions helps you easily assess your own understanding. - The only CPNRE® and REx-PN® review and practice resource which will help you prepare for PN licensure anywhere in Canada! - Thoroughly updated content reflects and tests all current Canadian Council for Practical Nurse Regulators (CCPNR) National PN competencies, including those specifically for Ontario and British Columbia. - NEW! 500+ additional questions in the text and online to help you prepare for PN licensure in any Canadian province or territory! - NEW! More than 1,000 online practice questions, including four full online practice exams (two CPNRE® and two REx-PN®), on the companion Evolve website give you instant performance feedback.

The Really Useful Physical Education Book

Author : Gary Stidder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317285697
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Really Useful Physical Education Book written by Gary Stidder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Really Useful Physical Education Book offers support, guidance and practical ideas for effective, innovative and imaginative physical education lessons. Underpinned by easy-to-understand theory, this second edition is fully updated in line with the National Curriculum for Physical Education at Key Stages 3 and 4 and provides a wide range of high-quality lessons alongside engaging teaching examples and methodologies. With an emphasis on inclusive physical education, it highlights the ways in which schools can re-design the curriculum to ensure maximum enjoyment for all pupils. Key topics covered include: • Planning, progression and assessment • Health and safety issues • Inclusive track and field athletics • Adapting activities to support SEND • Swimming and water-based activities • Alternative activities including street-surfing and combat sports • Introducing dance into the curriculum • Enjoyable gymnastics for physical literacy • On-site adventurous activities • Values-based teaching • Teaching accredited awards • Using new and emerging technologies The Really Useful Physical Education Book offers essential advice and inspiration for both trainee and practising teachers responsible for the 11–16 age range. It is a must-read for all those who want to make their lesson inclusive and fun whilst promoting a healthy lifestyle and enthusiasm for lifelong activity.