President Harding: His Life and Times, 1865-1923

Francis, Russell

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London

The Decentring of the Traditional University provides a unique perspective on the implications of media change for learning that allows us to peer into the future of (self) education. Each chapter investigates how resourceful post-graduate students are breaking away from traditional modes of instruction and educating themselves through engagement with a globally interconnected web-based culture. The argument is developed with reference to the findings of a cognitive ethnography that explores students' informal uses of social media. For example, Francis explores how students are cultivating globally distributed funds of living knowledge and learning through serious play in virtually figured worlds that transcend institutional and geographical boundaries. These stories also highlight the challenges and choices learners confront as they struggle to negotiate the fault-lines of media convergence and master a rich repertoire of new media literacies. Overall, this compelling argument proposes that we are witnessing an historic period of systemic change in the culture of university learning as an emergent web-based participatory culture starts to disrupt a top-down culture industry model of education that has evolved around the medium of the book.

The Decentring of the Traditional University: The Future of (Self) Education in Virtually Figured Worlds

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Routledge

The Decentring of the Traditional Universityprovides a unique perspective on the implications of media change for learning and literacy that allows us to peer into the future of self education Each chapter draws on socio cultural and activity theory to investigate how resourceful students are breaking away from traditional modes of instruction and educating themselves through engagement with a globally interconnected web based participatory culture The argument is developed with reference to the findings of an ethnographic study that focused on university students informal uses of social and participatory media Each chapter draws attention to the shifting locus of agency for regulating and managing learning and describes an emergent genre of learning activity For example Francis explores how students are cultivating and nurturing globally distributed funds of living knowledge that transcend institutional boundaries and describes students learning through serious play in virtually figured worldsthat support radically personalised lifelong learning agendas These stories also highlight the challenges and choices learners confront as they struggle to negotiate the faultlines of media convergence and master the new media literacies required to exploit the full potential of Web 2 0 as a learning resource Overall this compelling argument proposes that we are witnessing a period of historic systemic change in the culture of university learning as an emergent web based participatory culture starts to disrupt and displace a top down culture industry model of education that has evolved around the medium of the book As a result Francis argues that we need to re conceive higher education as an identity project in which students work on their projective identities or imagined future selves through engagement with both formal and informal learning activities

Russell on the law of arbitration

SWEET MAXWELL

This highly practical guide offers clear step-by-step guidance on the arbitration process. Russell on Arbitration: Explains clearly each stage of an arbitration, from the appointment of the tribunal and its powers, to the relief and remedies it may award Covers the key features of arbitration agreements, including references to the ICC and LCIA rules Examines, through expert commentary and analysis, the detailed provisions of the English Arbitration Act 1996 and case law since its introduction Discusses the role of the English court during and after an arbitration, providing guidance on when the court can intervene in proceedings, enforce, and entertain a challenge to an award Provides comparison between the Arbitration Act 1996 and the UNCITRAL Model Law, showing how and where they apply Provides precedents to use for arbitration agreements and clauses Includes useful checklists to ensure you cover every step in complex procedures Provides all of the correct forms includ

Russell on Arbitration

THE EXTRAORDINARY SAGA OF A FAMILY THAT FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL POWER IN AMERICA. 
 To imagine the United States without John and Abigail Adams and their descendants would be impossible. The indefatigable Adams family has managed to be close to the heartbeat of America's political and intellectual life across more than two centuries. 
 Adams: An American Dynasty tells the epic story of the Adamses of Massachusetts. From the great political and philosophical contributions of the founding father, John Adams, to the present generation of inheritors of the family legacy who continue to serve the country, the reader follows the dramatic careers of John's stoutly independent son, the diplomat and sixth President, John Quincy Adams; the pre-Civil War "Voice of Honor," Charles Francis Adams; the famous authors, Henry and Brook Adams; and those who have carried on the dynasty's tradition in giving leadershp in many fields of American endeavor,from scholarship and intellectual pursuits to statesmanship and business.

Adams: An American Dynasty

Biographies & Memoirs

I Books

On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless. Women were raped on street corners, stores were looted, and pedestrians were beaten and robbed while crowds not only looked on but cheered. The police strike and the mayhem that followed made an inconspicuous governor, Calvin Coolidge, known throughout America, turning him into a national hero and, eventually, a president. It also created a monster: for two days, more than 700,000 residents of Boston's urban core were without police protection, and the mob ruled the streets.

A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike

Business & Money

Economics

Beacon Press

This life story of the great 15th-century German artist is generously illustrated with reproductions of his work

The World of Durer

Arts & Photography

Time-Life Education

The secret war (World War II)

History

Military

Time-Life-Books

A review of the incidents preceding the Revolution and the real attitudes of the men towards the battles they fought

Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (American Heritage Junior Library)

Children's Books

Troll Communications Llc

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