Handbook of Teacher Education: Globalization, Standards and Professionalism in Times of Change
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Handbook of Teacher Education Globalization, Standards and Professionalism in Times of Change
This book provides an international review of the current state of teacher education, with chapters from an international group of teacher educators.
It focuses on major issues that are confronting teacher educators now and in the next decade. These include the impact of globalization on the profession of teaching, and how teacher education must deal with changing accountability requirements from governments and establish a set of minimum standards acceptable to enable a person to teach.
Learning From Others: International Comparisons in Education
This book describes a number of international comparat
ive studiesof pupils' achievement, and examines the factors associated with
successful teaching and learning and with school effectiveness. It
describes the usefulness of such studies for policy makers, test
designers, researchers and teachers, while offering a realistic and
critical account of their limitations. Both large and small scale
studies are considered, and particular attention is given to the
contribution that international comparative research can make to
raising the standards of work, especially in school science and
mathematics, in different educational systems.
International Law
This fifth edition of Malcolm Shaw’s bestselling textbook on international law provides a clear, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the subject, fully revised and updated to Spring 2003. Basically preserving the structure which made the previous edition so successful, a new chapter on Inter-state Courts and Tribunals considers the role of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and there is a new chapter on international humanitarian law. Also examined are arbitration tribunals and the role of international institutions such as the WTO in resolving conflicts. Additional coverage of events in Kosovo and Iraq analyses the questions of humanitarian intervention and the role of the UN. Written in a clear and accessible style, setting the subject firmly in the context of world politics and the economic and cultural influences affecting it, this book remains a highly readable and invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike. The scope of the text makes this essential reading for students of international law, international relations and the political sciences.
What's New?
Over 1400 pages -- 400 more pages than the previous edition
Expanded coverage of new courts and tribunals, including the World Trade Organization
Additional coverage of humanitarian intervention, including Kosovo and East Timor
Coverage of the Iraq conflict Spring 2003
Extra reference material given at the end of each chapter
A useful appendix of useful sites and links
The Great Exhibition
'Its grandeur does not consist in one thing, but in the unique assemblage of all things. Whatever human industry has created you find there. It seems as if only magic could have gathered this mass of wealth from all the ends of the earth.' So wrote Charlotte Bronte in 1851 after visiting the Great Exhibition set in the vast Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park.
By the time the exhibition closed, one quarter of the entire British population had visited Crystal Palace, the first pre-fabricated building of its kind, to marvel at an extraordinary array of exhibits amongst which were: the biggest diamond in the world, a carriage drawn by kites, furniture made of coal, and a set of artificial teeth fitted with a swivel devise which allowed the user to yawn without displacing them.
Its impact was huge in terms of the development of British manufacturing, the burgeoning of a global consumer market, the development of museums and the international standing of Britain culturally and technologically.
How did the Exhibition crystallise a particular moment in early Victorian Britain? In what way did it capitalise on the dawn of mass travel and greater levels of international co-operation? How did fears of revolutionary Europe define the policing and organisation of the event? And how far, if at all, did the Great Exhibition go in blurring class distinctions?
New International Express Intermediate Workbook Новая популярная линейка учебников английского языка для взрослых - International Express. Только рабочая тетрадь, самого учебника нет. Незаменимое пособие на курсах повышения квалификации специалистов, в обучении смешанных групп на предприятиях, при переподготовке кадров для внешнеэкономической деятельности и работы в международных фирмах.
International Express Intermediate, New Edition A new edition that retains the successful combination of general and work-related English with over 70% new material. Grammar presented through authentic international contexts, for students to analyze and formulate the rules.
Focus on English for socializing, telephoning, and participating in discussions, enabling learners to communicate confidently in work-related situations.
Recognizes adults as active, resourceful learners, with regular review units, Workbook, Student's Cassette and Audio CD.
International Law 
