This book is a guide to research methods for practitioner research. Written in friendly and accessible language, it includes numerous practical examples based on the authors′ own experiences in the field, to support readers.The authors provide information and guidance on developing research skills such as gathering and analysing information and data, reporting findings and research design. They offer critical perspectives to help users reflect on research approaches and to scrutini...

Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerized patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados?Here Albert Jack collects more than 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding, and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins.While brus...

Elephants are gentle giants that need to be protected. They are being killed for their ivory tusks, which are illegally taken for trade. You can condition your child's mind to care for these animals through appropriate introduction that focuses on their importance to the ecosystem. The unique layout plus beautiful images in this book will make that objective a reality soon. Grab a copy now!

Using in-depth qualitative interviews, authors Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin have researched topics ranging from community redevelopment programs to the politics of budgeting and been energized by the depth, thoroughness, and credibility of what was revealed. They describe in-depth qualitative interviewing from beginning to end, from its underlying philosophy and assumptions to project design, analysis and write up."This book is exactly what I was looking for in that it c...

Evaluation researchers are tasked with providing the evidence to guide programme building and to assess its outcomes. As such, they labour under the highest expectations - bringing independence and objectivity to policy making. They face huge challenges, given the complexity of modern interventions and the politicised backdrop to all of their investigations. They have responded with a huge portfolio of research techniques and, through their professional associations, have set up schemes to...

THIS BOOK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED as the 'Millennium Phrase Book' It's filled with the same great content just a NEW updated title. 'The Contemporary Phrase Book'.Inside this exhaustive treasury you'll find fifteen wonderful categories intended for the hard working novelist, neatly organized, with many sub-sections ready to give your imagination a jolt. Of course there are wide ranging physical descriptions for your Hero/Heroine, Body Movemen...

Gun Control. That single phrase is enough to spark a passionate debate from either side. It’s hard to form a view one way or another when there is so much heated opinion for or against it.The ViewCaps Pros and Cons series takes a step back and looks at the issue objectively. It lays out only the facts and let’s you decide what opinion to take.ViewCaps is an imprint of BookCaps™ Study Guides. With each book, a issue is objectively analyzed. We publish a wide array of topics ...

How do you teach Shakespeare in school? This book provides five day lesson plans for over a dozen of Shakespeare’s greatest known plays. Lesson plans include: Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, Othello, As You Like It, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer's Night Dream, Richard III, Love's Labour's Lost, Anthony and Cleopatra, Henvry V, King Lear, and The Tempest. Each lesson plan may also be purchased separately.

A brief description of the most common and numerous wild birds to be seen in the area of Baldoyle, County Dublin, Ireland. There are many illustrations included, both photograph and drawing by the author

Bertrand Russell's History of Philosophy refers to Dewey as 'generally admitted to be the leading living philosopher of America'. This honourable mention lay partly in his pragmatic theory of meaning, through which so many baffling philosophical problems were claimed to have been solved – as well as educational ones. It is in connection with his educational ideas, however, that Dewey became either famous or infamous. In the United States he had been seen both as saviour of America...

Amazon makes it pretty simple to create an eBook version of your picture book  with their free Kids Book Creator. Their software will make your picture book look amazing on a Fire tablet or any other tablet. This short guide will show you how it works. Note: This guide is part of a larger book called “Creating Picture Books on a Budget.” This guide is short (about 1100 words). If you want more in-depth information about writing a picture book, then that would be a bett...

This complete guide to American prep schools covers the admissions process, financial aid, campus life and much more.US boarding schools offer superb preparation for college bound students, but they're not for everyone. American Prep is the only comprehensive guide for parents and students interested in exploring, applying to, and succeeding at these great schools.An alumnus of the Lawrenceville School and a current prep school parent, author Ronald ...