In dagelijkse werksituaties valt er veel te leren. Leerkansen worden echter lang niet altijd benut, waardoor fouten zich herhalen of noodzakelijke ontwikkeling onvoldoende wordt bereikt. Door alert te zijn op leermogelijkheden en door leerprocessen deskundig te begeleiden draagt u bij aan het leren van mensen en aan de ontwikkeling van een lerende cultuur in uw organisatie. Opleiders, managers en docenten krijgen met dit boek materiaal in handen voor het aanscherpen van hun visie op praktijkg...

De wetenschap heeft weinig aandacht voor ouderschap. Alice van der Pas doet een serieuze poging om dit onderontwikkelde gebied van de psychologie in kaart te brengen. Drie zaken zijn opmerkelijk in de wijze waarop zij dat in dit boek doet:

De bekommernis van de auteur om de belangen van kinderen staat buiten kijf. In dit boek echter, zet zij het kind even, theoretisch, de kamer uit opdat het de aandacht van de lezer niet afleidt van de ouders.

Van der Pas geeft een totaalvisie op ouderschap ...

All too often, attention is paid only to those children's novels that were written in English, with non-English-language works being passed over and neglected. Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature examines eleven of the most celebrated European children's novels in substantial, critical essays written by well-known international scholars. This approach provides a comprehensive discussion of the selected works from a variety of theoretical perspectives.

Each essay offe...

At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes.

For sixty years, different groups in Europe have put forth interpretations of World War II and their respective countries' roles in it consistent with their own political and psychological needs. The conflict over the past has played out in diverse arenas, including film, memoirs, court cases, and textbooks. It has had profound implications for democratization and relations between neighboring countries.

This collection provides a comparative case study of how memories of World War II have be...

With the award-winning book Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices, Robert C. Martin helped bring Agile principles to tens of thousands of Java and C++ programmers. Now .NET programmers have a definitive guide to agile methods with this completely updated volume from Robert C.

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Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan.But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists.

Focusing on a number of historical and literary personalities who were regarded with disdain in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution, this book tells the fascinating story of these individuals' return to canonical status during the darkest days of the Stalin era. It also features pieces on literary and cultural history, film, opera, and theater.

Make discussion work easy for students with Bookworms Club. These collections of graded short stories have been specially selected for Reading Circles - small groups of students who meet to talk about stories. With role sheets to help students prepare for the discussions, and stimulating graded stories, Bookworms Club provides the magic formula for getting students to talk in English.

To a diverse group of industries, static headspace-gas chromatography (static HS-GC) is an indispensable technique for analyzing volatile compounds; it enables the analyst to assay a variety of sample matrices, while avoiding the time-consuming and costly preparation involved with traditional GC.