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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor India Report 2020/21 A National Study on Entrepreneurship

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor India Report 2020/21 A National Study on Entrepreneurship

The GEM India 2020-21 report explains the key aspects of entrepreneurship among Indians by measuring their attitudes activities and aspirations. The findings of the report provide the policy-makers a foundation for reviewing the current and prospective policies. The major findings and appropriate recommendations for policy-making are highlighted under the conclusion section of this report. The report uses a sample survey of 3 317 adults and national level experts. . | Global Entrepreneurship Monitor India Report 2020/21 A National Study on Entrepreneurship

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Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy explores the new forms voices and venues of stand-up comedy in different parts of the world and its potential role as a counterhegemonic tool for satire commentary and expression of identity especially for the disempowered or marginalised. The title brings together essays and perspectives on stand-up and satire from different cultural and political contexts across the world which raise pertinent issues regarding its role in contemporary times especially with the increased presence of OTT platforms and internet penetration that allows for easy access to this art form. It examines the theoretical understanding of the different aspects of the humour aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy as well as the exploration of race gender politics and conflicts urban culture and LGBTQ+ identities in countries such as Indonesia Finland France Iran Italy Morocco India and the USA. It also asks the question whether along with contesting and destabilising existing discursive frameworks and identities a stand-up comic can open up a space for envisaging a new social cultural and political order? This book will appeal to people interested in performance studies media popular culture digital culture sociology digital sociology and anthropology and English literature. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4. 0 license. Funded by the University of Helsinki. | Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

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Stand Up and Teach

Stand Up and Teach

What do you need for a well-run classroom full of engaged students? Kathy Lundy takes you step-by-step through the nitty-gritty details of creating a classroom that works for you and your students. Based on extensive classroom experience strategies throughout the book will help you become the teacher you want to be. From building a safe and inclusive classroom to teaching with imagination and innovation to engaging the school community Stand Up and Teach has it all.

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The Emergence of Historical Forensic Expertise Clio Takes the Stand

The Emergence of Historical Forensic Expertise Clio Takes the Stand

This book scrutinizes the emergence of historians participating as expert witnesses in historical forensic contribution in some of the most important national and international legal ventures of the last century. It aims to advance the debate from discussions on whether historians should testify or not toward nuanced understanding of the history of the practice and making the best out of its performance in the future. | The Emergence of Historical Forensic Expertise Clio Takes the Stand

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Stand-alone Solar Electric Systems The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning Design and Installation

Stand-alone Solar Electric Systems The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning Design and Installation

One of the best ways to get power to remote off-grid locations whether in developed or developing countries is through the use of solar electric systems. This practical guide describes how to plan design and install solar electric systems in a manner that is hands-on graphic and technically complete. Highly illustrated chapters cover:solar energy basicscomponents of solar electric systems (modules batteries regulators inverters and appliances)installation practiceon planning and servicing systemswater pumpingrefrigerationvillage electrification. This is the must-have guide for electric technicians and designers development workers and anyone who wants to install their own off-grid system. | Stand-alone Solar Electric Systems The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning Design and Installation

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Science Librarianship at America's Liberal Arts Colleges Working Librarians Tell Their Stories

Science Librarianship at America's Liberal Arts Colleges Working Librarians Tell Their Stories

In this book first published in 1992 science librarians analyse the life and times of small liberal arts college science libraries and the workday life of librarians serving scientists from a main campus library. They describe their efforts to defend expensive science collections in the face of tight budgets to singlehandedly monitor and select literature in all areas from astronomy through zoology and to compete with the humanities and social studies for library shelf space. | Science Librarianship at America's Liberal Arts Colleges Working Librarians Tell Their Stories

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Good Practice Guide Fees

Good Practice Guide Fees

Architects are finding the procurement landscape increasingly complex and competitive. This book shows practitioners the ways that fees are calculated negotiated and managed. It will increase your understanding of the different fee-earning roles for architects professional services contracts how to calculate sustainable fee levels and improve negotiation skills. It also includes information on how to monitor and manage fees and the resources required to deliver projects managing change in the scope of the project and related services where to add value and to highlight risk areas that may impact on sustaining the business. Case studies explain good and bad practice to illustrate effective fee management drawn from the authors’ direct experience as practitioners and investigating client complaints. | Good Practice Guide Fees

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Evidence-Based Practice in Action Bridging Clinical Science and Intervention

Evidence-Based Practice in Action Bridging Clinical Science and Intervention

A growing number of empirically supported treatments are available to mental health practitioners yet evidence-based practice requires knowledge and skills that are often overlooked in clinical training. This authoritative reference and text grounds the reader in the concepts rationale and methods of evidence-based practice. Clinicians and students are guided to consult and evaluate the research literature use data to inform clinical decision making consider the role of culture and context craft sound case formulations monitor progress and outcomes and continuously develop their expertise. Of particular utility the book includes rich chapter-length case studies. Leading proponents of cognitive-behavioral therapy dialectical behavior therapy behavioral activation and other approaches make explicit the ways they draw on evidence throughout the process of assessment and treatment. | Evidence-Based Practice in Action Bridging Clinical Science and Intervention

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Psychoanalytic Supervision

Psychoanalytic Supervision

Drawing on deep reserves of experience and theoretical and research knowledge Nancy McWilliams presents a fresh perspective on psychodynamic supervision in this highly instructive work. McWilliams examines the role of the supervisor in developing the therapist's clinical skills giving support helping to formulate and monitor treatment goals and providing input on ethical dilemmas. Filled with candid clinical examples the book addresses both individual and group supervision. Special attention is given to navigating personality dynamics power imbalances and various dimensions of diversity in the supervisory dyad. McWilliams guides mentors and mentees alike to optimize this unique relationship as a resource for lifelong professional learning and growth. Winner-Gradiva Award National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis Winner-American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize (Clinical Category) | Psychoanalytic Supervision

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Student Affairs Assessment Theory to Practice

Student Affairs Assessment Theory to Practice

This second edition of Student Affairs Assessment: Theory to Practice provides updated content that reflects current student affairs assessment practice and signals the direction in which the field is headed. Chapters feature foundational concepts of assessment design outcomes and data collection methods while also addressing current topics in student affairs assessment such as the prevalence of data analytics through higher education and equity-centered assessment. In addition this volume further broadens the scope of the assessment process by highlighting the impact of culturally responsive ethics and Indigenous paradigms. Ultimately this book provides student affairs staff with the grounding they need to integrate assessment into how they design and monitor the programs services and activities they create to contribute to students’ development. A useful reference for implementing assessment of co-curricular programs and services this book is an excellent guide for student affairs practitioners and experienced assessment professionals to develop their assessment skills and knowledge. | Student Affairs Assessment Theory to Practice

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Treating Individuals with Addictive Disorders A Strengths-Based Workbook for Patients and Clinicians

Treating Individuals with Addictive Disorders A Strengths-Based Workbook for Patients and Clinicians

Integrating client stories research and evidence-based strategies this Workbook offers educational information clinical tools and coping techniques to assist addiction patients on the journey toward recovery. Chapters include psycho-educational information on the science behind addiction and examine how patients engaging in resilience behaviors can alter brain functions. A set of three appendices then evaluates what works for the treatment of individuals with addictive disorders including ways to engage patients in the treatment process and ways to assess residential treatment programs. Lastly a glossary of the language of recovery terms provides patients and their family members with the guidelines to monitor treatment gains support their journey of recovery and bolster their resilience. Healthcare providers and those suffering from addictive disorders alike will benefit from the approachable discussion of the science and history behind addiction the personal case-studies and the patient-friendly set of coping toolbox-activities designed to develop lasting behavioral changes. | Treating Individuals with Addictive Disorders A Strengths-Based Workbook for Patients and Clinicians

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Bayesian Biostatistics and Diagnostic Medicine

Bayesian Biostatistics and Diagnostic Medicine

There are numerous advantages to using Bayesian methods in diagnostic medicine which is why they are employed more and more today in clinical studies. Exploring Bayesian statistics at an introductory level Bayesian Biostatistics and Diagnostic Medicine illustrates how to apply these methods to solve important problems in medicine and biology. After focusing on the wide range of areas where diagnostic medicine is used the book introduces Bayesian statistics and the estimation of accuracy by sensitivity specificity and positive and negative predictive values for ordinal and continuous diagnostic measurements. The author then discusses patient covariate information and the statistical methods for estimating the agreement among observers. The book also explains the protocol review process for cancer clinical trials how tumor responses are categorized how to use WHO and RECIST criteria and how Bayesian sequential methods are employed to monitor trials and estimate sample sizes. With many tables and figures this book enables readers to conduct a Bayesian analysis for a large variety of interesting and practical biomedical problems.

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The Infant Motor Profile

The Infant Motor Profile

The Infant Motor Profile is a practical manual on a new evidence-based method to assess infant motor behaviour. Not only looking at what milestones the infant has reached but also paying attention to the quality of motor behaviour – how the infant moves – this text provides professionals involved in the care of infants at risk of developmental disorders with information on five domains of motor behaviour: variation adaptability symmetry fluency and performance. Backed up by extensive up-to-date research it includes percentile curves so that professionals can easily interpret the infants’ scores. The profile created from the assessment informs about the infant’s current condition and their risk of developmental disorders as well as providing suggestions for early intervention tailored to the strengths and limitations of the infant. Used over time it can be an excellent instrument to monitor the infant’s developmental progress. Illustrated with numerous figures and accompanied by a website hosting over 100 video clips this text is an essential read for professionals in developmental paediatrics including paediatric physiotherapists occupational therapists developmental paediatricians neuropaediatricians and paediatric physiatrists.

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Group Work that Works Student Collaboration for 21st Century Success

Group Work that Works Student Collaboration for 21st Century Success

Promote cooperative learning more effectively by transforming your classroom into a learning community. Experienced K–12 educators Paul J. Vermette and Cynthia L. Kline offer their Dual Objective Model as a tool for improving your students’ academic achievement and problem-solving skills while encouraging their social and emotional development. You’ll discover how to: assign meaningful tasks that require students to rely on one another; build efficient teams purposefully monitor group dynamics and assess group projects effectively; engage students in schoolwork while developing crucial career and life skills; motivate students to see the importance of personal and group responsibility; maximize the benefits of student diversity in your classroom. Emphasizing teamwork persistence communication self-regulation and empathy in a complex diverse and technological setting these strategies can be easily incorporated into any curriculum. The book is filled with vignettes and sample exercises to help you apply the ideas to your own classroom. Each chapter includes a list of Big Ideas which invites you to consider how these strategies can evolve over time. | Group Work that Works Student Collaboration for 21st Century Success

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Integrating Computer Science Across the Core Strategies for K-12 Districts

Integrating Computer Science Across the Core Strategies for K-12 Districts

Integrating Computer Science Across the Core is a guide to systematizing computer science and computational thinking practices in your school. While most books explain how to teach computer science as a stand-alone discipline this innovative approach will help you leverage your existing curriculum to deepen and expand students’ learning experiences in all content areas. Effective equitable and sustainable this blueprint provides principals curriculum directors directors of technology and other members of your school or district leadership team with suggested organizational structures tips for professional learning and key resources like planning instruments. | Integrating Computer Science Across the Core Strategies for K-12 Districts

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Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3-8 Fostering Word Learning Comprehension and Motivation

Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3-8 Fostering Word Learning Comprehension and Motivation

This book provides innovative tools and strategies to support reading intervention for students in grades 3–8 who do not yet read with grade-level accuracy. Uniquely comprehensive the Interactive Strategies Approach-Extended (ISA-X) has been shown to enhance intermediate and middle grade students' reading accuracy and comprehension as well as content vocabulary knowledge. Preservice and inservice teachers learn how to conduct assessments that help to identify instructional goals; monitor progress toward these goals; promote students' strategic thinking and motivation; and implement small-group instruction using thematic text sets on science and social studies topics. Numerous lesson examples and a thematic text set are included. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print reproducible materials from the book as well as additional Web-only lesson templates and assessments in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size. See also Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties Second Edition: The Interactive Strategies Approach by Donna M. Scanlon Kimberly L. Anderson and Joan M. Sweeney which focuses on supporting the literacy growth of beginning and struggling readers in grades K-2. | Comprehensive Reading Intervention in Grades 3-8 Fostering Word Learning Comprehension and Motivation

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Suicide in Schools A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention Assessment Intervention and Postvention

Suicide in Schools A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention Assessment Intervention and Postvention

The extensively updated second edition of Suicide in Schools provides school-based professionals with practical easy-to-use guidance on developing and implementing effective suicide prevention assessment intervention and postvention strategies. The Suicide in Schools Model provides readers with clear step-by-step guidelines on how to work proactively with school personnel and community professionals how to screen assess and monitor suicide risk create collaborative safety plans and plan for reentry after a suicidal crisis. The authors expand this new edition with detailed case examples and innovative approaches such as upstream prevention strategies usable handouts and internet resources to effectively work with youth facing a suicidal crisis as well as students families and school staff who have suffered a suicide loss. Updates include expanding the literature on cyberbullying and social media the higher risk of suicide in ethnoracial minoritized youth and LGBTQ+ students and the role of suicide in school violence. This book is essential reading for school-based administrators crisis team members and mental health professionals as well as for outside providers who work collaboratively with school districts. | Suicide in Schools A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention Assessment Intervention and Postvention

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The Expert Guide to Retail Pricing An Analytics-Based Approach to Maximise Margins

The Expert Guide to Retail Pricing An Analytics-Based Approach to Maximise Margins

Going under the hood of retail strategy this book provides in-depth coverage of how retailers can leverage the latest in data analytics and technology to improve profitability and customer value through pricing. Retail pricing is not about dollars pounds or euros but the value a customer associates with a product which can and does change over time. To maximize revenues and profits pricing must be dynamic strategic and in today’s hyper-connected and -competitive world scientific. Using technology to gather customer insights and create data-driven pricing approaches can also enhance the customer experience improve vendor management help monitor competitors and ensure market efficiency – including the much-needed reduction of waste in the food sector. This book uses case studies from around the globe to illustrate the evolution of retailing and offers takeaways with each chapter to enable retailers to manage the future of pricing. Retail and pricing managers retail sector consultants and students of sales and marketing will welcome this book’s innovative solutions to one of bricks-and-mortar retailing’s most critical challenges. | The Expert Guide to Retail Pricing An Analytics-Based Approach to Maximise Margins

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Online Education Global Questions Local Answers

Online Education Global Questions Local Answers

In Online Education: Global Questions Local Answers 24 college educators focus on the most important questions to be addressed by all scholar-teachers and administrators committed to developing high-quality online education programs. We describe these questions as global because they transcend the particular situations of individual institutions. They are questions that everyone involved in online education needs to address: What are the issues to consider when first developing and then sustaining an online education program? How do we create interactive pedagogically sound online courses and classroom communities? How should we monitor and assess the quality of online courses and programs? And how should recent developments and innovations in online education cause us to reexamine our roles and responsibilities as educators in technical communication?While these global questions affect all of us in one way or another they demand different local answers such as those presented by the contributors to this text. Readers will need to consider which of these local answers might apply to their own situations and how these answers might need to be adapted to reflect the particular needs of their own institutions. | Online Education Global Questions Local Answers

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Homo Sociologicus

Homo Sociologicus

First published in English as part of the Essays in the Theory of Society this volume reissues the stand-alone Homo Sociologicus for which the author wrote a new introduction when it was originally published in 1973. The controversial book deals with the history significance and limits of the category of social role and discusses the dilemma posed by homo sociologicus. The author shows that for society and sociology socialization invariably means depersonalization the yielding up of man’s absolute individuality and liberty to the constraint and generality of social roles. This volume includes the essay Sociology and Human Nature written as a postscript to Homo Sociologicus.

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The Complexities of Authority in the Classroom Fostering Democracy for Student Learning

The Complexities of Authority in the Classroom Fostering Democracy for Student Learning

This book argues that democratic classroom management is not a stand-alone issue but is deeply intertwined with classroom climate and requires a thoughtful grounded understanding of classroom authority. Contributors explore the sources nature and extent of teacher authority as they distinguish authority from authoritarianism and describe how classroom authority is ultimately a shared endeavor between teachers and students. By drawing on a variety of contexts and perspectives chapters in this volume contend with the complexities inherent in classroom authority through the lenses of gender urban versus rural contexts and within elementary and secondary classrooms. | The Complexities of Authority in the Classroom Fostering Democracy for Student Learning

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Philosophy of Language 50 Puzzles Paradoxes and Thought Experiments

Philosophy of Language 50 Puzzles Paradoxes and Thought Experiments

This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a paradox a longstanding puzzle or a major theme that has emerged in the field from the last 150 years tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind cognitive science ethics political philosophy and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a piece that can stand on its own though useful connections to other entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the book and start with almost any of the entries following themes of greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles Paradoxes and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone textbook or can be supplemented by additional readings that instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses as well as for independent learners or even as a reference for more advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end of each chapter or about 500 sources in total amounting to an extensive review of the literature on each topic. | Philosophy of Language 50 Puzzles Paradoxes and Thought Experiments

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Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny

Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny

To what extent have parliaments a responsibility to monitor how laws are implemented as intended and have the expected impact? Is the practice of Post-Legislative Scrutiny emerging as a new dimension within the oversight role of parliament? What approach do parliaments apply in assessing the implementation and impact of legislation? These are the fascinating questions guiding this book. Case studies offer an in-depth look at how particular countries and the European Union conduct Post-Legislative Scrutiny. The analysis puts Post-Legislative Scrutiny in the context of parliamentary oversight and parliaments’ engagement in the legislative cycle. The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the value of Post-Legislative Scrutiny as a public good benefiting the executive legislature and the people in ensuring that law delivers what is expected of it as well as to respond to the need for greater clarity as to what is meant by the term. In this way the publication can assist legislatures to think more clearly as to what precisely they understand and seek to achieve by Post-Legislative Scrutiny. This book is the result of the co-operation between the Centre for Legislative Studies at the University of Hull and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Legislative Studies. | Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny

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Assessing Dyslexia A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Evaluating their Pupils’ Needs

Assessing Dyslexia A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Evaluating their Pupils’ Needs

In today’s schools teachers must screen and monitor for academic difficulties and are expected to use assessments to guide their instruction. Understanding the assessment of students with dyslexia gives teachers the knowledge to identify which skills need remediation and the students’ strengths that can help them overcome their challenges. Assessing Dyslexia provides teachers with answers to questions they often have about assessment and is applicable not only to students with dyslexia but to all who struggle with reading. Written in accessible terms throughout this book offers information on understanding and interpreting psychoeducational reports and approaches on how to better communicate with parents and students regarding this process. By demonstrating how to use testing to guide their teaching this book describes the why how and what of assessment and promotes the self-sufficiency of teachers by providing them with a clear rationale for why particular instructional strategies should be used. With encouragement for teachers to reflect on assessment critically and resources to expand their skill knowledge this book provides a clear path to enhancing teachers’ practice and improving their pupils’ attainment. Assessing Dyslexia serves as a suitable reading for all teachers and represents a move from the wait to fail model to a test to teach approach addressing the questions and anxieties of today’s teachers. | Assessing Dyslexia A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Evaluating their Pupils’ Needs

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Divergent Thinking for Advanced Learners Grades 3–5

Divergent Thinking for Advanced Learners Grades 3–5

Divergent Thinking for Advanced Learners Grades 3–5 will develop students’ specific creative thinking skills. Divergent thinking is a skill which helps students approach problems with a flexible and open mind. Working through the lessons and handouts in this book students will learn to examine problems from multiple perspectives and fluently generate varied solutions. This curriculum provides cohesive scaffolded lessons to teach each targeted area of competency followed by authentic application activities for students to then apply their newly developed skill set. This book can be used as a stand-alone gifted curriculum or as part of an integrated curriculum. Each lesson ties in both reading and metacognitive skills making it easy for teachers to incorporate into a variety of contexts.

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