Teachers as Intellectuals

• Author : Henry A. Giroux,Paulo Freire,Peter McLaren
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 20 January 1988

"a book for all practitioners and all members of the greater community. Giroux demands reader involvement, transformation, and empowerment. He helps us understand that the political relationship between schools and society is neither artificial nor neutral nor necessarily negative. Rather, school personnel have a positive and dynamic political role to play." Educational Leadership "We are fortunate to have these ideas expressed so clearly and in one place. It is a very useful book. . . ." Choice "Offers educators ways for reflecting critically

• Author : Stephanie Reich,Manuel Riemer,Isaac Prilleltensky,Maritza Montero
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 03 July 2007

This is the first in-depth guide to global community psychology research and practice, history and development, theories and innovations, presented in one field-defining volume. This book will serve to promote international collaboration, enhance theory utilization and development, identify biases and barriers in the field, accrue critical mass for a discipline that is often marginalized, and to minimize the pervasive US-centric view of the field.

• Author : Clement I
• Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Release : 13 July 2015

Providing quality content on management and education in the current health care settings, this book is particularly useful for the students of B.Sc. nursing (4th year), where the nurses have to manage patients and simultaneously provide nursing services in an effective manner. This text provides comprehensive coverage of all the important processes and techniques that are important for training and development of nurses as good administrators. Strictly as per the INC syllabus Comprehensive and exhaustive coverage yet concise and

• Author : Edgar Morin
• Publisher : UNESCO
• Release : 20 January 2021

Examines fundamental problems often overlooked or neglected in education. These problems are presented as "seven complex lessons" that should be covered in an education of the future in all societies in every culture, according to means and rules appropriate to those societies and cultures.

• Author : Patricia S. Yoder-Wise
• Publisher : Mosby Incorporated
• Release : 20 January 2021

This edition contains new chapters on translating research into practice and thriving for the future.

• Author : John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson
• Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Release : 10 February 2015

Leadership is fundamental to the nature of nursing to ensure the development of safe practice, interdisciplinary relationships, education, research and ultimately, the delivery of quality healthcare. Leadership and Nursing: Contemporary Perspectives 2e presents a global perspective of leadership issues within the Australian context. It builds on the premise that nursing leadership is for all nurses — not just those who are authorised to hold a position within an organisation. In addition, this book explores how leadership is not possible until one

• Author : Dinesh Mohan,M. Khayesi,Geetam Tiwari,Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,Fredrick Muyia Nafukho
• Publisher : World Health Organization
• Release : 20 January 2021

Road traffic collisions kill about 1.2 million people around the world every year but they are largely neglected as a health and development issue, perhaps because they are still viewed by many as being beyond human control. Efforts to prevent road traffic injuries are hampered by a lack of human capacity. Policy-makers, researchers and practitioners need information on effective prevention measure and on how to develop, implement and evaluate such interventions. There is a need to train more specialists in road

• Author : Ci Ci Stuart
• Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Release : 10 July 2013

This is a ‘how to do it’, practice-centred book, providing workable educational strategies to assist busy practitioners supervise and support the learning and assessment of learners during clinical placements, to achieve valid and reliable assessments. All strategies are underpinned by a solid theoretical and evidence base. The complexity and challenges of mentoring, learning and assessing in the clinical setting are specifically addressed. particular focus on the management of the non-achieving and failing student, with reference to extensive, recent work on

• Author : Diane Huber
• Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Release : 12 March 2014

Uniquely organized around the AONE competencies, this trusted resource gives you an easy-to-understand, in-depth look at today’s most prevalent nursing leadership and management topics. Coverage features the most up-to-date, research-based blend of practice and theory related to topics such as: the nursing professional's role in law and ethics, staffing and scheduling, delegation, cultural considerations, care management, human resources, outcomes management, safe work environments, preventing employee injury, and time and stress management. UNIQUE! Chapters divided according to AONE competencies for

• Author : Richard H. M. Goossens
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 23 June 2018

This book reports on cutting-edge research on social and occupational ergonomics, presenting innovative contributions to the optimization of sociotechnical management systems related to organizational, policy, and logistical issues. It discusses timely topics related to communication, crew resource management, work design, participatory design, as well as teamwork, community ergonomics, cooperative work, and warning systems, and explores new work paradigms, organizational cultures, virtual organizations, telework, and quality management. The book also describes pioneering infrastructures implemented for different purposes such as urban, health,

• Author : Elizabeth M. Thomas-Hope
• Publisher : University of West Indies Press
• Release : 20 January 2021

Annotation. "Originally published in 1992, this classic considers out-migration from the Caribbean in a unique and sophisticated analytical manner. Its comparative approach, involving three islands (Jamaica, Barbados and St. Vincent) and the range of micro-environments within those islands, is based on data from extensive surveys and in-depth interviews. For the first time, analysis of the migration process reflects the perspective of Caribbean potential migrants themselves."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

• Author : Geri C Reeves
• Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Release : 06 April 2020

Each year, Advances in Family Practice Nursing focuses on providing current clinical information on important topics in primary care aimed aimed at the family care nurse practitioner. Dr. Geri Reeves and her editorial board, comprised of top experts in the areas of pediatrics, adult/geriatric, and women's health have assembled authors to bring the following topics to publication in this year's edition: Falls in Older Adults: Prevention and Assessment of Risk in Primary Care; Challenges of Treating Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (

• Author : Karen Elcock,Kath Sharples
• Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
• Release : 01 February 2011

Are you mentoring students or other staff? This is an indispensable handbook for: both new and experienced mentors seeking practical advice academic staff who deliver mentorship programmes link lecturers who support mentors in practice. Guidance and tips on supporting and assessing Understanding accountability – mapping to NMC standards Skills focus, using case studies Hints, tips, insights and humour Supporting the student with a disability Using simulated learning The role of the sign-off mentor

• Author : Roderic Ai Camp
• Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
• Release : 20 January 2021

When Americans and Latin Americans talk about democracy, are they imagining the same thing? For years, researchers have suspected that fundamental differences exist between how North Americans view and appraise the concept of democracy and how Latin Americans view the same term. These differences directly affect the evolution of democratization and political liberalization in the countries of the region, and understanding them has tremendous consequences for U.S.–Latin American relations. But until now there has been no hard data

• Author : WHO,World Health Organization
• Publisher : World Health Organization
• Release : 20 January 2021

This report is part of WHO's response to the 49th World Health Assembly held in 1996 which adopted a resolution declaring violence a major and growing public health problem across the world. It is aimed largely at researchers and practitioners including health care workers, social workers, educators and law enforcement officials.