Even though in the United States teachers are in high demand, teacher candidates are still striving for the plum positions in their specific area of expertise, in the district of their choice, and in a school that meets their requirements for location, student profile, and commute distance from their homes. So, even though there are plenty of jobs, it’s still important to know how to land the specific position of your choice, instead of being placed in the least-desirable area and school within the district.
Also, in spite of the teacher shortage, the job search process itself has continued to become more complicated with each year that passes. Today the job search process has become far more structured, formal, and intimidating, and the teacher candidate is faced with a dizzying array of buzzwords: mock interviews, demonstration videos, teacher portfolios, school surveys, networking, and role-playing.
Our goal in this book is to simplify the process for you by explaining every step, from the application to the interview itself. Best of all, we have included hundreds of fresh, relevant bits of advice gleaned from interviews
conducted across the country.
Working With Numbers and Statistics: A Handbook for Journalists
Authors Charles Livingston and Paul Voakes developed this resource book to improve journalistic writing and reporting, enabling journalists to:
*make accurate, reliable computations, which in turn enables one to make relevant comparisons, put facts into perspective, and lend important context to stories;
*recognize inaccurate presentations, whether willfully spun or just carelessly relayed;
*ask appropriate questions about numerical matters;
*translate complicated numbers for viewers and readers in ways they can readily understand;
*understand computer-assisted reporting; and
*write livelier, more precise pieces through the use of numbers.
The math is presented in a journalistic context throughout, enabling readers to see how the procedures will come into play in their work.
Working With Numbers and Statistics is designed as a reference work for journalism students developing their writing and reporting skills. It will also serve professionals as a useful tool to improve their understanding and use of numbers in news stories.
Deepak Chopra, «Escaping the Prison of the Intellect: A Journey from Here to Here»
This recording shows why Deepak Chopra is considered one of the great
pioneers in the field of mind-body medicine. Here he offers compelling
answers to the eternal questions of identity, origin, and meaning.
Chopra's thesis is that people rely on their senses to define their
experience of reality — limiting their experience of the material world
and making them prisoners, out of touch with realities that lie beyond
the material. He explains that there is no difference between observer
and observed; it is all one shared experience. Realizing this truth,
says Chopra, frees people from their sensory-created prison to
experience a more nurturing and fulfilling life.
The author's calm, uplifting voice gives these ideas heft and power,
and his inclusion of relaxed guitar interludes let listeners pause to
contemplate more deeply. Chopra expands the discussion by citing T. S.
Eliot, Nietzsche, Rumi, Tagore, and Patanjali, as well as scientific
experiments and spiritual texts.
Great Physicists The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking
This book tells about lives in science, specifically the lives of thirty from the pantheon of physics. Some of the names are familiar (Newton, Einstein, Curie, Heisenberg, Bohr), while others may not be (Clausius, Gibbs, Meitner, Dirac, Chandrasekhar). All were, or are, extraordinary human beings, at least as fascinatingas their subjects. The short biographies in the book tell the stories of both the people and their physics.
The chapters are varied in format and length, depending on the (sometimes skimpy) biographical material available. Some chapters are equipped with short sections (entitled ”Lessons”) containing background information on topics in mathematics, physics, and chemistry for the uninformed reader.
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The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests
The object of this book is to identify different types of intelligence and bring together tests for different aspects of intelligence into one book, and provide an objective assessment of abilities in a number of different disciplines.
This will, therefore, give readers the opportunity to identify their own strengths and weaknesses and thus enable readers to build on their strengths and work at improving their performance in areas of weakness.
As well as the identifying of such strengths and weaknesses, the tests and exercises in this book perform another important function, that of using and exercising the brain.
Whilst the aim of the tests and exercises is therefore two-fold, that of identifying individual strengths and weaknesses and that of exercising the brain, they are at the same time, and equally importantly, designed to provide fun and entertainment to those who take them.
