Testing 3, 2, 1 is the story of how Australian education fell behind the world’s best and how Finland came to lead. It is also a guide to how some of Finland’s ideas can be used by teachers and schools to begin to reverse the current malaise of Australia’s education system.Part memoir, part investigative journalism, part call-to-action, this easy-to-read and highly compelling plea for an improved education system can’t be ignored ... Lawrence reminds us tha...

A tiny collection of private writings for private musings. Spontaneous and brings forth a natural flavour. The small collection of poems will entice and enamor.

Creating Schools reminds us that while we argue about reading and instruction styles, the teaching profession is being strangled, and students (and teachers!) in record numbers are feeling alienated from education. The implications of this play out in crime, violence and an inestimable cost to society. “Creating Schools Where Teachers and Students Want to Be by Michael Lawrence and Dr. Fabio D’Agostin is a deep, comprehensive and much needed exploration of what’s broken in the Australian e...

Get Ready Yeti takes Yeti through the process of dressing for outside on a cold day. What should Yeti put on first? And after that? But what if a Yeti doesn't NEED to get ready....Then what happens?Get Ready, Yeti! Takes children through the process of dressing for the cold as they follow along with Yeti getting reday. But Yeti's aren't children, and their needs for outdoor play may be quite unexpected, setting up and ending that will elicite giggles from children of all ages.

It's a bad day.You have offended the wrong people.A million dollars has been offered for your life.So what do you do?Why, make a run for it, of course.But where to?Well, why not that house youknew as a boy when it was a ruin?Bleakridge.Perfect. They'll never find you there.But sometimes things get a littleconfused at Bleakridge.Past and present overlap, get mixed up.At such times you're ...

This newly updated third edition of The Audio Expert offers a comprehensive reference book that covers all aspects of audio. The book includes both practical and theoretical explanations, using common sense plain-English explanations and mechanical analogies, with minimal math.Written for people who want to understand audio at a technical level without needing an engineering degree, it uses an easy-to-read conversational tone as well as more than 400 figures and photos to ...

When a newly married couple holds hands, everyone knows why. When a ten year married couple holds hands, everyone wonders why. Conflicts in marriage often arise due to lack of lively communication, proper understanding and the much needed patience. A common discovery regarding marriage is that harsh thoughts criticize, condemn, and cause the decline of happiness in spousal relationships. To understand the other without any presumptions. To listen to the other without judging and ti be avai...

Have you ever wondered if, just beyond your reach,there's another you, with a life not quite like yours?Lena Rainey of Moorhens wonders this.Lena, 41, stares into mirrors, thinkingthat nothing feels quite right these days,while another Lena, also of Moorhens,died two years ago, aged 39.And that's not all. That's far from all.Before a week's out, the living Lena will havea grown-up son instead of a grown-up daughter,

Evy Miller thinks a summer with her grandparents in sleepy Dorset will be painfully dull. Her suspicions are confirmed when Juby, a wild-haired, lanky old man, strolls through her grandparents' doorway. At first, she thinks he's nothing more than an odd duck who charms her grandmother and annoys her grandfather. The last thing she expects is to become his companion on visits to the small village of Rouklye, whose entire population was evicted during WWII.She has no idea that the rea...

This book is a human and Australian story written in four distinct parts and tied together with the thread of the author’s life. It speaks for migrants who are driven by upheavals and rapid change, youth, adventure, and a desire to succeed; it is for those who arrive with hope and the countries that give them the chance of a better life. The essence is in the characters and the places, and the power is in the interaction of multiple disciplines. It tells of invention, of research and devel...

Tracks & Signs of the Birds of Britain and Europe contains a wealth of fascinating material for any field naturalist.This unique guide enables the reader to find, interpret and understand field marks left by a variety of birds throughout Britain and Europe, and to use these to identify the species in question. It covers subjects including tracks and trails, feeding and other behavioural signs, nests, pellets, droppings, feathers and skulls, habitat types a...

Indian Film Stars offers original insights and important reappraisals of film stardom in India from the early talkie era of the 1930s to the contemporary period of global blockbusters. The collection represents a substantial intervention to our understanding of the development of film star cultures in India during the 20th and 21st centuries.The contributorsseek to inspire and inform further inquiries into the histories of film stardom-the industrial constr...