The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
This book predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them. In an Internet society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century.
BRIDGES TO BETTER WRITING, Second Edition, makes learning to write easy, with step-by-step guidance that offers only the information you need for each writing task. Writing samples throughout the text illustrate how writing is relevant to your academic, personal, and future professional life, motivating you to develop better writing skills and make your future a successful one.
Future Learning in Primary Schools: A Singapore Perspective
This edited book tells the story of the multifaceted efforts devoted by a “future school” in Singapore―The Nan Chiau Primary School―in shaping future learning. It documents the various measures implemented by one primary school to improve student learning outcomes in a technology-rich teaching and learning environment. With the current interest in Singapore’s “Masterplan for ICT (information and communication technology) in Education,” and the increasing focus on teaching and learning design by leading education researchers and professionals, this well-timed book will appeal to policy makers, educators and researchers.
Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You All of us long to know what life after death will be like. Bestselling author John Burke is no exception.
Only the Woman in White knows the truth of Laura Fairlie's cruel husband. Can Walter Hartwright discover the terrible secret? From the moment Walter meets this mysterious woman, his future and that of Laura are linked forever.
