The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the elementary school football association, introduced boys to organized football as an out-of-school activity. The influence and significance of this work, insofar as it relates to the elementary school curriculum and the growth of professional and amateur football are explored in detail, including: * How ideological commitments and...

Learn about satellites that affect us every day, how they work, and how we can place and keep them on orbit.Satellite Basics for Everyone presents an introduction and overview to satellites. Its written as clearly and understandably as possible for a wide audience. It provides a learning tool for grade school students. High school and college students can use it for helping them decide on career fields. Its for people with curious minds who want to know about sate...

Are you a writer yearning to see your book among the top bestsellers/ Do you dream of someday seeing your name on the big screen following the words “based on the book by…” Is writing a book something you have on your “bucket list”?  These may seem lofty images—especially if your ideas are still brain-bound and you’ve yet to put pen to paper or log on to your computer. Or perhaps your manuscript is done and it’s buried beneath a pile of rejection slips ...

An introduction to the techniques, contemporary theories and methods of teaching from facilitating problem-based learning to the role of the lecture, this book explores the issues that underpin interpersonal methods of teaching, and offers genuine insights. It will help teachers at all levels to understand the techniques that they can use in different situations, and willenable them to develop more effective teaching practice.This fully updated second edition contains new material ...

Do you want to learn how to stop worrying and start writing that #1 bestselling book? Do you have an amazing idea for a novel, but you can't seem to push through your own mental blocks and put pen to paper?Authors everywhere may struggle with the much dreaded and sometimes misunderstood malady that plagues even the most seasoned writers from time to time. Yes. I'm talking about writer's block.Insert desperate gasp here.Whether you're a beginning wri...

This accessible text on social research methodology teaches students of sociology and related disciplines how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends. The second edition has been updated throughout to incorporate the latest critical scholarship, enhanced discussion of qualitative methods, new material on global issues, sex/sexuality/gender, new discussion of intersectionality, how social media can shape research, and more.Author Joey Sprague describes and evaluates a w...

Many teenagers feel beleaguered in a world where they face increasingly high expectations but greater uncertainties at home, at school, and in the world at large. From fear-inducing infomercials about AIDS and the hazards of smoking, drugs, and drinking, to the War on Terrorism and the threat of biological warfare or worse, today's teens are dealing with adult issues and problems previous generations were not. With little power to control or affect outcomes, it's no wonder that stress and ...

There is more college financial aid available than ever before: over 134 billion. In this comprehensive book you will be privy to the more than 2,200 programs that offer scholarships, internships, or loans to more than 1.7 million students each year. The average rate of tuition at four-year private colleges is about 21,235; while four-year public universities average 5,491. Tuition costs, of course, are just the beginning! If you add room and board, the cost of attending a private college is ...

Celebrating 100 years of Peter Pan, this fourth volume in the Centennial Studies series explores the cultural contents of Barrie's creation and the continuing impact of Peter Pan on children's literature and popular culture today, especially focusing on the fluctuations of time and narrative strategies. This collection of essays on Peter Pan is separated into four parts.The first section is comprised of essays placing Barrie's in its own time period, and tackles issues such as the ...

Now that you are approaching the final stages of your degree, have you ever wondered how you're going to cope with writing your dissertation? Apart from the practicalities of suddenly having to think and work in a completely different, and more in-depth, way trom before, how are you going to fit it in with the rest of your work and also have a social life? Your Student Research Project will show you how. This book gives you practical advice on how to cope with your project and make a succe...

Instant interpretive history is a difficult and demanding task, and certainly more of an art than some would suggest. USA and the World describes not only what happened, but puts events in the context of the past and criticizes policy actions as appropriate. The result goes deeper than most of what appears in current publications. Updated annually and part of the renowned “World Today Series,” USA and the World presents an unusually penetrating look into America and its relationship to the...

Nightingale is best known for her work during the Crimean War, especially her praxis with promoting cleanliness, preventing infection, and publications about the relationship between hygiene and infections. Majority of the time, hackers cannot get to our computer and steal our information and disrupt our life or online learning process if the computer is not infected. Therefore, if we can use or transfer Nightingale zeal as a reformer and educator for infection control to the world of tech...