The Other America distils a lifetime of interest, research, and experience of an action-oriented part of the world--the United States of America. The book begins with the insights of Rudolf Steiner related to spiritual influences on this land, its people, and the important challenges they face. The author moves from the American dream and the ......
Learning Language, Relations of Power, and Daily Resistance
"Incompetence" is not an objective state lacking competence nor a kind of deficiency that needs to be filled. Rather, it is a constructed state that is productive, working in tandem with its opposite, "competence." Perception of incompetence/competence is what Michel Foucault (1977) calls a technology of "normalization" that pushes individuals to ......
In education, resources and time are scarce, yet the demand for performance is sky high. School leaders invest money and labour into improving their schools, navigating trade offs along the way. But what if one of the biggest improvements we could make to our schools was something we already do? What if enhancing teamwork so that school teams ......
A Handbook for Decision Making and Problem Solving
"The Practical Decision Maker identifies six steps essential to strong decision-making. Mind-set, problem definition, solution criteria, possible solutions, solution choice, and implementation are depicted along with concrete examples of each. 53 structuring devices are included to help readers move through each step of the decision-making ......
This book moves beyond dry case studies to provide readers with a window into the ways principals seek to navigate challenging, unpredictable, and authentic school leadership dilemmas.
This book moves beyond dry case studies to provide readers with a window into the ways principals seek to navigate challenging, unpredictable, and authentic school leadership dilemmas.
The problem of lefthandedness confronts parents, kindergarten teachers, class teachers, therapeutic eurythmists, and doctors. If the changeover to righthandedness, especially for writing, is to be attempted, one needs to find an individual solution for each child. Rudolf Steiner gave fundamental indications for "changing over" at conferences for ......
Offers scholars essential advice on bringing their work into the public eye The work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor ......
