New Approaches to Teaching Italian Language and Culture fills a major gap in existing scholarship and textbooks devoted to the teaching of Italian language and culture. A much-needed project in Italianistica, this collection of essays offers case studies that provide a coherent and organized overview of contemporary Italian pedagogy, incorporating the expertise of scholars in the field of language methodology and language acquisition from Italy and four major countries where the study of Italian has a long tradition: Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States. The twenty four essays, divided into six main parts, offer a tremendous variety of up-to-date approaches to the teaching of Italian as a foreign language and L2, ranging from theoretical to more practical, hands-on strategies with essays on curricular innovations, technology, study abroad programs, culture, film and song use as effective pedagogical tools. Each case study introduces a systematic approach with an overview of theory, activities and assessment suggestions, collection of research data and syllabi. The book addresses the needs of instructors and teacher trainers, putting in perspective different examples that can be used for more effective teaching techniques according to the ACTFL guidelines and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
A much-needed project in Italianistica, this collection of essays offers case studies that provide a coherent and organized overview of contemporary Italian pedagogy, incorporating the expertise of scholars in the field of language ...
It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. This volume collects papers from many disciplines examining the Muslim marriage contract. Articles cover doctrines as to marriage contracts (e.g., may a wife stipulate monogamy?); historical instances; comparisons with Jewish and canon law; contemporary legal and social practice; and projects of activists for women worldwide.
It is often said that marriage in Islamic law is a civil contract, not a sacrament. This volume collects papers from many disciplines examining the Muslim marriage contract.
New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel theoretical perspectives and case studies in comparative communication law. Through these cases, Eko describes, explains and illustrates how a number of nation-states, transnational, and international organizations employ culture-specific “distillations” of universal principles to resolve tensions between freedom of expression and other societal interests in real space and cyberspace. This study provides essential scholarship on comparative communication law and policy.
New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel theoretical perspectives and case studies in comparative communication law.
Co-operatives are found in all industry sectors and almost all countries around the world. However, despite their significant economic and social contributions, the academic literature has largely ignored these important businesses. This book is a deta
Case Studies of Organisational Resilience in the Co-operative Business Model
Tim Mazzarol, Sophie Reboud, Elena ... and organisational culture, leadership
and learning (McGuinness and Morgan 2005; Laroche and Nioche 2006). One of
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The professionalisation of executive coaching is in its infancy, with much more research currently available about its theoretical perspective than its work-based practice, an issue that is compounded by the necessary confidentiality of coaching engagements. The development of best practice and sharing of new knowledge is thus hampered, and generalising regarding coaching practice is difficult because different populations and contexts require very different approaches. In the business context, a high proportion of leaders undergoing executive coaching are male, and there is a need to broaden and deepen insight into the nature and order of issues these male leaders are bringing to, and finding emerge in, coaching. The midlife period aged 35-50 is a key, as the development and growth of these leaders in this period impacts both the business and employees hugely. 17 case studies over a seven year period, 2000-2007, involved 15 partners and 2 directors at leading UK professional services firms. Over 1500 separate coaching issues were identified for this cohort which were then analysed to comprise 286 different themes. The top four themes - of fundamental emotional issues, leadership, self-awareness and interpersonal - accounted for 31% of issues raised in the coaching room. This raises questions concerning the scope and depth of coaching education towards preparing coaches to be able to handle the relational, psychological and real-world aspects of coaching such a population, and suggests a necessary complexity in the coach's construction of their own integrated framework and model of professional practice, rather than the inheritance of singular or multiple modelling approaches, and the perpetration of simple prescriptive coaching. Questions are also raised about the requisite intensity of coaching interventions, and the need for both the coach and their integrated model of practice to match the client (rather than the other way round). This in turn highlights the critical but sometimes intangible elements of the client-coach relationship as key.
The professionalisation of executive coaching is in its infancy, with much more research currently available about its theoretical perspective than its work-based practice, an issue that is compounded by the necessary confidentiality of ...
