On the contrary, says Elaine Showalter, fundamentalism has become one of the
lead agencies in the psychic propulsion of 'millennial America, from neurosis to
psychosis, from Cold War ideology to revivalist religion (Showalter 1997, p. 26).
Fundamentalism, write Katherine Dunn and Jim Redden, is for those who believe
in the existence of 'a mind-numbingly vast conspiracy theory' (Dunn and Redden
1995, p.11). As a revivalist movement, it occupies a place of pivotal influence in a
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The primary aim of this chapter is to consider the psychological and educational
aspects of exhibition design, with special reference to museum exhibitions that
have a predominantly educational intent. More precisely, we shall be considering
what the disciplines of psychology and education have to offer, by way of helpful
advice and guidance, to the designers of such exhibitions. To some readers, it
may come as something of a surprise to be told that psychologists and educators
do ...
50 Years of Hard-learned Lessons in Building a World-class Professional Services Firm
Art's Principles reveals the blueprint behind one of the most successful professional services firms, giving career-minded individuals the tools they need to excel in business. The book covers the essentials of leadership, talent acquisition and operations, while outlining the creative strategies that propelled a small business into one of the largest and most admired in its industry. This guidebook is full of well-tested ideas that are applicable to someone running a small, medium or large a professional firm-or running any project where people, profit and customers matter.
The book covers the essentials of leadership, talent acquisition and operations, while outlining the creative strategies that propelled a small business into one of the largest and most admired in its industry.
Change, Challenge and School Nursing looks at both the health needs of young people and good practice in school nursing. Based on a survey of almost three thousand pupils, it examines young people's views on their own health, their support needs, where they turn to for advice, and their contacts with school nurses. Interviews with school nursing professionals, provide a 'snapshot' of school nursing services in transition from a medical model to a public health role, outlining provision, priorities and how young people's health needs are being addressed. The challenges in providing an effective service for all young people are highlighted and taking the views and experiences of young users into account will help to meet some of these. The lessons from this research are broadly applicable across the service.
Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose notation language for specifying and visualizing complex software, especially large, object-oriented projects. Object-oriented programming is when a programmer defines not only the data type of a data structure, but also the types of operations/functions that can be applied to the data structure. Applying UML addresses the practical issues faced by users in adopting UML. As the title suggests, it helps the reader in actually applying UML to real life situations, rather than just in learning the language. The book covers in depth detail of UML, including notation on profiles and extensions. The scope of the book assumes prior experience in software engineering and/or business modeling, an understanding of object-oriented concepts and a basic knowledge of UML. * Case study driven approach covering a wide range of issues * Contains advanced tutorial material to aid learning * Focuses on practical issues in the application of UML
As the title suggests, it helps the reader in actually applying UML to real life situations, rather than just in learning the language. The book covers in depth detail of UML, including notation on profiles and extensions.
This book describes the KobrA method, which supports a model-driven, UML-based representation of components, and a product line approach to their development and evolution.
Sensory and Gender-Based Activities to Enhance Learning
The activities in this book provide numerous ways to introduce sensory and gender-based teaching methods into your classroom. Experience minds-on learning with fresh and fascinating tips and techniques for using color, scent, taste, sound and touch to stimulate the minds of your students. Also find practical and easily-implemented classroom applications that utilize the differences between the ways boys and girls acquire and apply knowledge. Begin doing brain surgery from the inside out by Breaking Brain Barriers!
