Teaching would be easy if there were clear recipes you could follow every time. The Ingredients for Great Teaching explains why this is impossible and why a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work. Instead of recipes, this book examines the basic ingredients of teaching and learning so you can use them wisely in your own classroom in order to become a better and more effective teacher.

Taking an approach that is both evidence-based and practical, author Pedro de Bruyckere explores ten crucial...

This succinct compilation of essential reference data for the interpretation of NMR, IR, UV/Vis, and mass spectra also provides a hands-on guide for interpreting experimental spectral data and elucidating the structure of the respective compounds behind them. This fourth edition of the highly successful and concise textbook contains about 20% new data.

Om een ononderbroken ontwikkeling bij al de leerlingen mogelijk te maken, zoals artikel 8 van de Wet op het Primair Onderwijs (WPO) voorschrijft, kun je niet jaar na jaar op een standaardmanier lesgeven. Je moet steeds weer je onderwijs afstemmen op de leerlingen. Dit betekent o.a. dat je je eigen beelden en interpretaties van de behoeften en het functioneren van de kinderen in je team ter discussie durft te stellen om zo je eigen blinde vlekken en vooroordelen op te sporen. Geprikkeld worden...

Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in the fascinating book that orginally accompanied his journey for the BBC1 series. 'Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British Empire.' - The Guardian Stephen Fry has always loved America, in fact he came very close to being born there.

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This book provides evidence-based answers to the key questions asked by marketers every day. Tackling issues such as how brands grow, how advertising really works, what price promotions really do and how loyalty programs really affect loyalty, How Brands Grow presents decades of research in a style that is written for marketing professionals to grow their brands. It is the first book to present these laws in context and to explore their meaning and application.

With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The prior edition's user-friendly features are augmented by a new companion website with worksheets keyed to each chapter. For each approach, the text presents a template for a research proposal and explains how to conceptualize and fill in every section.

Interdisciplinary research examples draw on current events a...

Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods.

Yuval Noah Harari's bestselling phenomenon now in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Veiligheidsdeskundigen zijn nooit populair. Ze vertragen de processen van hen die voor snelle oplossingen zijn. Maar ze voorkomen ook ongevallen en dus processtoringen. Dit doen ze door de toepassing van modellen. Om de snelle beslissers te overtuigen van hun dwalingen en om daarmee mensen te redden. Dit boek is bedoeld voor de beginnende veiligheidskundige. Het wijst u een weg in de chaos van modellen.

Modellen maken het mogelijk om een beetje dezelfde taal te spreken. Als op zo'n moment ver...

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities.

It includes:* a broad overview of core themes, ...