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The Cooperative Extension Service A National Assessment

The Cooperative Extension Service A National Assessment

The Cooperative Extension Service a publicly supported educational agency is continually struggling to define its proper function and purpose in our changing society. Should its mission be broadly based or narrowly focused? Should staff members be generalists or specialists? Should its clients be primarily rural or urban farm or nonfarm? What role should Extension play in the information networks of the twenty-first century? Professors Warner and Christenson take a broad look at these and other questions concerning where the Extension Service has been how well it is doing and where it ought to go. Theirs is first the only comprehensive national survey that looks at the total Extension organization rather than at just one program area. Second it expresses the viewpoint of Extension clients and the public rather than that of the organization's staff; and third it combines outside survey information with data recorded in the Extension Management Information System (EMIS) and other routine agency reports. The authors evaluate among other things the extent of public awareness of the agency and its four major program areas (agriculture home economics 4-H and community development) determine the users and nonusers of the programs and the accessibility of programs to the general population identify the level of satisfaction with existing programs and outline priorities and policy issues for the future. | The Cooperative Extension Service A National Assessment

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Privatization and the Crisis of Agricultural Extension: The Case of Pakistan The Case of Pakistan

Privatization and the Crisis of Agricultural Extension: The Case of Pakistan The Case of Pakistan

This title was first published in 2003. The public sector plays a dominant international role in the provision of agricultural extension and services. This role has been the subject of much debate. Some argue for extension's privatization claiming that a market driven system provides the most rational and efficient means of information delivery. Based on extensive empirical research from the Punjab (Pakistan) this volume examines the comparative effectiveness of public and private extension services from the perspective of farmers. It also focuses on information from extension agents about their respective organizations and work environments. In so doing the book expands and elaborates on the practical considerations of privatization and information delivery. It then broadens out into a discussion of alternative means of extension delivery focusing on participatory approaches education theory and pluralism. | Privatization and the Crisis of Agricultural Extension: The Case of Pakistan The Case of Pakistan

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Back Rehabilitation Core Stability Re-examined

Back Rehabilitation Core Stability Re-examined

Low back pain affects most of us at some time and exercise is key to both its prevention and treatment. Critically appraising work from several approaches to produce an integrated practical approach suitable for day-to-day clinicians and personal trainers this essential guide looks at the science and practice of designing and teaching the best exercise programmes for this common condition. Learn: Vital client assessment skills Which exercises to use and why The most effective teaching methods How to structure and progress a full back pain management programme Aimed at student therapists and clinical exercise teachers as well as trainers planning exercise programmes for subjects recovering from low back pain Back Rehabilitation is essential reading for therapists and exercise academics and professionals of all types. | Back Rehabilitation Core Stability Re-examined

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Acting for the Camera: Back to One

Acting for the Camera: Back to One

Acting for the Camera: Back to One is a how to book with practical steps to achieve a professional performance on camera. The book focuses on four distinct areas: how to prepare the character how to execute the technical responsibilities that will assist the editor in creating the on-camera performance in post-production tips from industry professionals and how to create effective self-tape auditions. Part One: The Character’s World is packed with tools to analyze the script and fully prepare the character before arriving on set. Part Two: The Actor’s World focuses on developing technical acting skills for the camera that assist the pre- and post-production teams to create a dynamic on-screen performance. In Part Three: The Professional World industry professionals provide tips from inside the film/TV audition room and how to navigate a career in the acting business. The final section Part Four: Self-Tape Like a Pro outlines how to build a self-tape studio in the privacy of your own home and submit high-quality self-tape auditions that will help you stand out from the competition. Written for students enrolled in Acting for the Camera courses Acting for the Camera: Back to One explores techniques that can be practiced and mastered by actors of all levels from the moment they audition for the part through to when they hear that director call cut!

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The Future of Teaching And the Myths That Hold It Back

The Future of Teaching And the Myths That Hold It Back

It’s time for the educational slugfest to stop. ‘Traditional’ and ‘progressive’ education are both caricatures and bashing cartoon images of each other is unprofitable and unedifying. The search for a new model of education – one that is genuinely empowering for all young people – is serious and necessary. Some good progress has already been made but teachers and school leaders are being held back by specious beliefs false oppositions and the limited thinking of orthodoxy. Drawing on recent experience in England North America and Australasia but applicable round the world The Future of Teaching clears away this logjam of bad science and slack thinking and frees up the stream of much-needed innovation. This timely book aims to banish arguments based on false claims about the brain and poor understanding of cognitive science reclaim the nuanced middle ground of teaching that develops both rigorous knowledge and ‘character’ and lay the foundations for a 21st-century education worthy of the name. | The Future of Teaching And the Myths That Hold It Back

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Bringing the People Back In State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800

Bringing the People Back In State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800

The formation of states in early modern Europe has long been an important topic for historical analysis. Traditionally the political and military struggles of kings and rulers were the favoured object of study for academic historians. This book highlights new historical research from Europe’s northern frontier bringing ‘the people’ back into the discussion of state politics presenting alternative views of political and social relations in the Nordic countries before industrialisation. The early modern period was a time that witnessed initiatives from people from many groups formally excluded from political influence operating outside the structures of central government and this book returns to the subject of contentious politics and state building from below. | Bringing the People Back In State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800

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Glocal Languages and Critical Intercultural Awareness The South Answers Back

Glocal Languages and Critical Intercultural Awareness The South Answers Back

This volume provides a new perspective on prevailing discourses on translanguaging and multilingualism by looking at ‘glocal’ languages local languages which have been successfully globalized. Focusing on European languages recreated in Latin America the book features examples from languages underexplored in the literature including Brazilian Portuguese Amerinidian poetics and English Spanish Portuguese outside Europe as a basis for advocating for an approach to language education rooted in critical pedagogy and post-colonial perspectives and countering hegemonic theories of globalization. While rooted in a discussion of the South the book offers a fresh voice in current debates on language education that will be of broader interest to students and scholars across disciplines including language education multilingualism cultural studies and linguistic anthropology. | Glocal Languages and Critical Intercultural Awareness The South Answers Back

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The Regulation of Air Transport From Protection to Liberalisation and Back Again

The Regulation of Air Transport From Protection to Liberalisation and Back Again

The regulation of modern civil aviation can be traced back to the later years of the Second World War. An intense debate about the future regulatory regime resulted in a compromise which to this day essentially dictates the structure of the global airline industry. Further progress towards ‘normalising’ the industry appears to be slowing down and perhaps even going into reverse. Without an understanding of the development of regulation it is not possible to understand fully the industry’s current problems and how they might be resolved. Many books have been written about the development of international air transport covering deregulation privatisation the emergence of new business models among other things but few if any have taken a broad view of the trends which have determined the industry’s current structure. The Regulation of Air Transport charts the development of aviation from the end of the Second World War to the present day following the key trends and disruptive forces. It provides an overview of what has determined the industry’s current structure the problems still facing the industry and the ways in which it could develop in the future. This wide-ranging study is important reading for both professionals and academics within the aviation field as well as anyone interested in the broader development of economic regulation. | The Regulation of Air Transport From Protection to Liberalisation and Back Again

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Revival: Genre and Void (2003) Looking Back at Sartre and Beauvoir

Revival: Genre and Void (2003) Looking Back at Sartre and Beauvoir

This book was first published in 2003: Developing a reading of some of Beauvoir's and Sartre's most influential writings in philosophy Max Deutscher explores contemporary philosophy in the light of the phenomenological tradition within which Being and Nothingness and The Second Sex occurred as striking events operating on the border of the modern and the post-modern. Deutscher traces the shifts of genre that produce their gendered philosophies and responds in terms of contemporary experience to the mood and the arguments of their works. Drawing upon the writings of two contemporary critics in particular - Michele Le D“uff and Luce Irigaray - Deutscher reworks this part of philosophy's history in order to advance thinking in contemporary philosophy generate renewed philosophical reflection on consciousness freedom and one's relation to others and to return a look still cast in our direction from an earlier time. | Revival: Genre and Void (2003) Looking Back at Sartre and Beauvoir

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Getting Over OCD A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life

Getting Over OCD A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life

Thoroughly updated based on the latest science this empowering workbook gives you the skills to overcome obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors-and live a freer happier life. Leading OCD specialist Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz presents a step-by-step program grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) the most effective treatment for the disorder. Vivid stories and numerous practical tools (which you can download and print for repeated use) help you: *Understand how OCD affects your mind and body. *Develop a customized plan for change. *Find relief from distressing intrusive thoughts. *Confront the situations you avoid-and discover a new sense of safety. *Break free of compulsive rituals. *Reduce anxiety and improve your relationships. The second edition is revised throughout with cutting-edge strategies for coping with unwanted thoughts that can't be eliminated completely plus new learning techniques drawn from brain research. Ready to get over OCD? Your journey starts here. | Getting Over OCD A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life

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High Street How our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis

High Street How our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis

The high street is in crisis. How did we get here and what happens next? The global pandemic has made the crisis immeasurably worse but it wasn’t the cause. The crisis was already raging in 2019 with thousands of store closures. Large retailers became complacent and failed to respond to changing consumer behaviour. Town centres are the victims of these changes rather than the cause of them. To understand the current crisis and how it might be addressed this book takes a long view of retailing based on a hundred case studies. It looks at the way town centres responded to previous crises and explores current trends affecting town centres and how places are responding. The message is optimistic: adaptable town centres can once more become the diverse characterful independent places that existed before they were homogenised by big retail. Explore the past – understand the present – find a better future. | High Street How our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis

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The New Psychology of Language From Body to Mental Model and Back

The New Psychology of Language From Body to Mental Model and Back

This illuminating book offers an up-to-date introduction to the psychology of language exploring aspects of language processing that have previously not been given centre stage such as the role of body and brain social aspects of language use and mental models. The New Psychology of Language presents an overarching theoretical account called the Language User Framework for discussing a wide variety of core language activities. How do we understand speech in conversations? How do we read books? How do we convert our thoughts into bodily signals (speech gestures facial expressions) when we speak? What happens in the mind and brain when we have mastered two or more languages? All these aspects of language use are discussed at the level of words and sentences as well as text and discourse. Language is considered as an embodied embedded incremental cognitive activity aiming at the construction and communication of rich and dynamic mental models. Discussion boxes highlight controversies in the field; case studies and practical exercises provide insight into everyday examples; illustrations represent important models of language processing; and key findings come along with clear and concise chapter summaries. Special attention is paid to research techniques for investigating the psychology of language. This accessible book is essential reading for students in disciplines such as psychology cognitive science and neuroscience artificial intelligence biology the language and communication sciences and media studies. It is also a useful resource for a lay audience with an interest in language and communication. | The New Psychology of Language From Body to Mental Model and Back

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The Political Right and Equality Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity

The Political Right and Equality Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity

McManus presents an intellectual history of the conservative and reactionary tradition stretching from Aristotle and Filmer to Alexander Dugin and Patrick Deneen. Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of the intellectual political right McManus traces its core to a nostalgia for the hierarchical cosmos of antiquarian and scholastic thinking. The yearning for a shared vision of the universe where each part of reality has its place maps onto the conservative admiration for orderly political and social stratification. It stamps even the more moderate forms of liberal conservatism which emerged in the aftermath of the revolutionary 18th century as the political right struggled to accept and later master first the politics of liberal capitalism and later universal suffrage. In its most radical forms this nostalgia for an orderly and hierarchical existence can harden into a resentment at the perceived shallowness of liberal modernity. McManus argues for those who support the project of modernity to commit themselves to better understanding the depth of the political right’s critiques many of which expose uncomfortable but solvable problems with the quest for equality and freedom. A critical guide to the history of conservative and reactionary thought for students and scholars of political science and political history. While there are a lot of competing explanations for the contemporary rise of right-wing forces Matt McManus’ new book suggests that it is hostility to equality that actually unites the right. Zeroing in on key intellectuals and writers McManus in a sharply written text offers a compelling explanation for the disproportionate intensity of right-wing grievance politics. | The Political Right and Equality Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity

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Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous People in the North of Colombia Back to the Ancestors' Landscape

Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous People in the North of Colombia Back to the Ancestors' Landscape

Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous People in the North of Colombia explores indigenous people's struggle for territorial autonomy in an aggressive political environment and the tensions between heritage tourism and Indigenous rights. South American cases where local communities especially Indigenous groups are opposed to infrastructure projects are little known. This book lays out the results of more than a decade of research in which the resettlement of a pre-Columbian village has been documented. It highlights the difficulty of establishing the link between archaeological sites and objects and Indigenous people due to legal restrictions. From a decolonial framework the archaeology of Pueblito Chairama (Teykú) is explored and the village stands as a model to understand the broader picture of the relationship between Indigenous people and political and economic forces in South America. The book will be of interest to researchers in Archaeology Anthropology Heritage and Indigenous Studies who wish to understand the particularities of South American repatriation cases and Indigenous archaeology in the region. | Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous People in the North of Colombia Back to the Ancestors' Landscape

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The Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Laws Another Copernican Revolution

The Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Laws Another Copernican Revolution

First published in 1997 this title is a sequel to Dr Noel Curran's first book The Logical Universe: The Real Universe (published by Ashgate under the Avebury imprint 1994). The philosophy of mathematics in this book is based on ideas of Sir William Rowan Hamilton on the ordinal character of numbers the real numbers the measure numbers scalar numbers and the extension to vectors. The final extension is to Hamilton’s quaternions. This algebra is interpreted as the mathematics of spin. This led to a a new theory of time and space which is Euclidian. The motion of spin is absolute no frame of reference is required. If time is assumed to have a beginning it would be asymmetric with an arrow. This concept is applied to the laws of nature which are symmetrical. This is another Copernican Revolution in three aspects: absolute time is restored time has an arrow - is asymmetric and thirdly the theory is based on the motion of spin which is absolute and more fundamental than the motion of translation. This opens the way to the final unification of physics. | The Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Laws Another Copernican Revolution

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Big Picture RSHE Ready-Made Analogies and Practical Activities for Relationships Sex and Health Education in the Primary Classroom

Big Picture RSHE Ready-Made Analogies and Practical Activities for Relationships Sex and Health Education in the Primary Classroom

How are families like trees? How are children like caterpillars? Containing age-appropriate analogies for key Relationships Sex and Health Education topics this book provides carefully constructed memorable metaphors for teaching some of the trickiest concepts around relationships and sexual development. Each toolkit opens with a story that draws comparisons between a common childhood experience and a conceptual RSHE topic. Learners are supported in breaking down the analogy comparing each part of the familiar story to a new concept. Knowledge is deepened with matching games extension activities and teaching tips. The book includes: Ready-made toolkits for the classroom Printable activities to engage learners Cross-curricular extension activities within each toolkit to support and enhance lesson plans Clear teaching notes with advice for inclusive and accessible delivery that considers learners’ lived experiences Crafted by RSHE experts this off-the-shelf resource offers RSHE teachers PSHE departments and other educators a thread of consistency across curricula to deliver a seamless learning experience in Key Stage Two and beyond. These skillfully crafted and age-appropriate metaphors are the perfect way to neutralise awkwardness engage cross-curricular thinking and make learning stick. | Big Picture RSHE Ready-Made Analogies and Practical Activities for Relationships Sex and Health Education in the Primary Classroom

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Technical Change Human Capital and Spillovers in United States Agriculture 1949-1985

Technical Change Human Capital and Spillovers in United States Agriculture 1949-1985

First published in 1995. Based on a detailed adjustment for the quality of inputs and outputs this study develops state-level measures for total factor productivity growth in US agriculture which are used to determine (i) the presence and determinants of convergence across states; (ii) the contribution of individual factors of production to productivity growth; (iii) the importance of spillovers across states; (iv) the economic effects of returns to and factor biases of research and extension. This title will be of great interest to students of economics and agriculture. | Technical Change Human Capital and Spillovers in United States Agriculture 1949-1985

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Prospects for Sustainable Development in the Chinese Countryside The Political Economy of Chinese Ecological Agriculture

Prospects for Sustainable Development in the Chinese Countryside The Political Economy of Chinese Ecological Agriculture

This title was first published in 2000: An examination of the potential for Chinese ecological agriculture providing a basis for sustainable development in the Chinese countryside. Richard Sanders involves primary research in seven villages and four countries in China that have adopted ecological agriculture. He examines the concept of sustainable development generally and analyses China’s political-economic policies towards the countryside since 1949 the impacts on the environment and the state of China’s environmental protection. The study addresses three main questions: 1. Is Chinese ecological agriculture worth adopting - specifically does CEA promise a form of sustainable rural development? 2. To the extent that it does what are the social political and economic conditions in the Chinese countryside which most favour its extension? 3. To the extent that these conditions are restrictive what can the Chinese authorities do to make them less so and thus encourage its extension? The study concludes that the CEA despite certain difficulties and problems holds out the prospect of a more sustainable future for the rural economy than more usual forms of activity in the Chinese countryside. It finds that the conditions for adopting CEA are restrictive and that while the Chinese government is in favour of extending CEA it must reconsider questions of land management and ownership and assess long-term needs. | Prospects for Sustainable Development in the Chinese Countryside The Political Economy of Chinese Ecological Agriculture

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Towards Industrial Democracy Europe Japan and the United States

Towards Industrial Democracy Europe Japan and the United States

This study first published in 1979 analysed the international trend towards industrial democracy in the industrial relations practices in Europe Japan and the United States. The development of industrial democracy was occurring through the establishment of employee and union participation on boards of directors and at the shop floor level in the extension of the role and power of works councils. In other countries the main development was through collective bargaining methods on labor-management relations and management decision-making. The authors examine various countries and explore any highlights lessons and ideas that might be transferable from one political and social context to another. | Towards Industrial Democracy Europe Japan and the United States

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Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students Lessons From Neuroscience on Cultivating Curiosity Metacognition Empathy and Brain Plasticity: Grades

Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students Lessons From Neuroscience on Cultivating Curiosity Metacognition Empathy and Brain Plasticity: Grades

Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students combines relevant research in neuroscience with engaging activities for gifted elementary students in grades 3-6. This book:Teaches how development and learning processes happen in the brain. Helps students and teachers explore specific brain-based concepts together. Includes a concise research overview on why each concept works and matters. Offers extension ideas to deepen the activities and strategies for applying each concept to other content areas. Aligns to gifted programming standards. Through the lessons in this book students will learn how to cultivate curiosity neuroplasticity metacognition empathy and well-being. Grounded in research on the latest findings in neuroscience this book empowers gifted education teachers with relevant information on brain-based learning. Grades 3-6 | Brain-Based Learning With Gifted Students Lessons From Neuroscience on Cultivating Curiosity Metacognition Empathy and Brain Plasticity: Grades

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English Language Arts A Critical Introduction

English Language Arts A Critical Introduction

English Language Arts offers both undergraduates and starting-graduate students in education an introduction to the connections that exist between language arts and a critical orientation to education. Because language influences all aspects of education English teachers have a unique responsibility to create opportunities for learners to cultivate literacy practices that will empower them to reach their potential. Applying critical and theoretical perspectives to teaching English language arts this primer considers how meanings are made in intersecting spaces of learners teachers and texts. Julie Gorlewski shows future and current teachers how critical English language arts education can be put into practice with concrete strategies and examples in both formal and informal educational settings. With opportunities for readers to engage in deeper discussion through suggested activities English Language Arts’ pedagogical features include: Model Classroom Scenarios Extension Questions Glossary of Key Terms | English Language Arts A Critical Introduction

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Differential Geometry of Manifolds

Differential Geometry of Manifolds

Differential Geometry of Manifolds Second Edition presents the extension of differential geometry from curves and surfaces to manifolds in general. The book provides a broad introduction to the field of differentiable and Riemannian manifolds tying together classical and modern formulations. It introduces manifolds in a both streamlined and mathematically rigorous way while keeping a view toward applications particularly in physics. The author takes a practical approach containing extensive exercises and focusing on applications including the Hamiltonian formulations of mechanics electromagnetism string theory. The Second Edition of this successful textbook offers several notable points of revision. New to the Second Edition:New problems have been added and the level of challenge has been changed to the exercisesEach section corresponds to a 60-minute lecture period making it more user-friendly for lecturersIncludes new sections which provide more comprehensive coverage of topicsFeatures a new chapter on Multilinear Algebra

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Performance as Research Knowledge methods impact

Performance as Research Knowledge methods impact

Performance as Research (PAR) is characterised by an extraordinary elasticity and interdisciplinary drive. Performance as Research: Knowledge Methods Impact celebrates this energy bringing together chapters from a wide range of disciplines and eight different countries. This volume focuses explicitly on three critical often contentious themes that run through much discussion of PaR as a discipline: Knowledge - the areas and manners in which performance can generate knowledge Methods - methods and methodologies for approaching performance as research Impact - a broad understanding of the impact of this form of research These themes are framed by four essays from the book's editors contextualising their interrelated conversations teasing out common threads and exploring the new questions that the contributions pose to the field of performance. As both an intervention into and extension of current debates this is a vital collection for any reader concerned with the value and legitimacy of performance as research. | Performance as Research Knowledge methods impact

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