Bücher veröffentlicht von Taylor & Francis Inc

This text focuses on the process of assisting employees who have lost their jobs to develop career plans and to find new employment. Topics include: the theoretical basis of outplacement counselling; the relation between outplacement and psychotherapy; and the supervision of practitioners.

Considers how technology such as computers and online courses transform the assessment of writing. Diane Penrod examines how computers and interactive material disrupt conventional literacy practices, while the influence of computers allows teachers to propose and develop models for thinking and writing to engage students in real-world settings.

This oral history introduces the people involved with some of the most important 1st Amendment law cases in recent times. It is aimed at students and scholars of media law and 1st Amendment issues.

Exploring fluency from multiple vantage points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research in second language acquisition and bilingualism that point to promising avenues for understanding and ultimately helping to promote fluent second language skills.

Using intercultural weddings as its focus, this volume examines what occurs when the signs and codes of different cultures come into contact and influence one another. It is aimed at scholars and advanced level students of interpersonal, non-verbal, intercultural communication and language.

The study reported in this book focuses on the academic performance of Black American students. Not only do these students perform less well than White students at every social class level, but also less well than immigrant minority students, including Black immigrant students.

These essays present fresh insights into the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from its founding in 1920 to its assumption of state power in 1949. They draw upon considerable archival resources which have recently become available.

This volume provides an introduction to the basic concepts of chemical reactor analysis and design. It provides a summary of the concepts of thermodynamics that are used, with explanations of reaction kinetics and experimental techniques.

Delves into how we come to terms with ourselves, with other people, and with the world in general. This book aims to describe the scope and limits for how we can be seen to think, learn, understand, and remember - but not to "explain" such behavior by recourse to hypothetical inner entities.

This is a guide to everything one needs to know when pursuing a successful career in public relations. It is an introduction to public relations, written for students who want or need a definition of the profession to understand what they are moving into as a career.

Everything you ever wanted to know about King Arthur and his knights is covered in this fascinating volume,

This study explores how leaders gain and use self-knowledge for continuous improvement and career development and describes how leaders help themselves and the people with whom they work, understand themselves, and become more self-determined, continuous learners, and make the most of resources.

This text presents developmental neurobiological findings and insights, and developmental psychological and psychoanalytic studies of infants. The author places emphasis on the application and incorporation of development data from areas such as neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, and neuropsychology.

Suitable for both economist and non-economist audiences, this book describes ways in which economic analysis can be an important tool to inform and improve ecosystem-based management (EBM). It elucidates the different kinds of insights which can be gained from the use of different economic tools.

Given global population growth, rising living standards, and environmental concerns, how seriously should society take the threat of mineral exhaustion? This title explores the methods used to study mineral scarcity, including physical measures of known reserves and total resource base, and economic measures such as extraction and end-user costs.

This work examines the important roles that teachers play as moral agents of the classroom. Thorough analysis of the moral issues that educators face is given, as are practical strategies for actual classroom use.

Introduces students to the basics of structural equation modeling (SEM) through a conceptual, nonmathematical approach. Featuring examples from EQS, LISREL, and Mplus, this is a beginner's guide to learning how to set up input files to fit the most commonly used types of structural equation models with these programs.

Focuses on nonverbal messages and their role in close relationships - friends, family, and romantic partners. This book takes a functional perspective in its examination of how nonverbal messages work to signal affection, romantic interest, sexual attraction, dominance, and other roles.

Describes and illustrates how primary teachers can engage their students in social studies lessons and activities that are structured around powerful ideas and have applications to their lives outside of school. This book portrays the teaching that connects concepts and skills emphasized in national and state standards.

This study illustrates the social and political principal that institutions matter. It explores not only how to get institutions to work efficiently, but also how to assess the proper relationship between institutions and development challenges through evaluative techniques.

Gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb what has been achieved so far and to make sense of it. Chapter by chapter, this book builds, through description, analysis, examples, and discussion, a detailed picture of modern CALL.

Describes and analyses the propaganda and violence of the four Cambodian parties to the 1991 Paris peace agreements. This volume explores Cambodia during the UNTAC period and sets the events within the larger context of Khmer politics, history and culture.