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AI-Powered Pedagogy and Curriculum Design: Practical Insights for Educators
by Geoff Baker Lucy CatonAI-Powered Pedagogy and Curriculum Design offers practical insights and guidance on the effective integration of AI tools into teaching practices and curriculum design. While numerous claims exist as to the validity and authenticity of the applications of AI in schools, too little attention has been paid to empirical research conducted with and by teachers in real-world classrooms. This book synthesises diverse viewpoints from teacher educators across disciplines and levels toward a comprehensive, context-specific understanding of the challenges and best practices for responsibly leveraging Generative AI to enhance outcomes in classrooms. Contributors further shed light on how Generative AI can align with standards, assessment practices, and teacher training programs in different settings. Firsthand classroom experiences and experimental approaches of educators in the United Kingdom and Europe will provide current and aspiring teachers with insights into the intersection between AI and teacher empowerment, student participation, ethical implications, and socially just approaches.
ARM Assembly Language: Fundamentals and Techniques
by William Hohl Christopher Hinds Kevin WeltonARM Assembly Language: Fundamentals and Techniques, Third Edition explains in clear terms how ARM processors are programmed at the most fundamental level. While earlier editions covered much older architectures, the Third Edition moves entirely into the Cortex-M space, using the Armv8-M instruction set to illustrate how assembly code for the most modern Arm processors is written. Even if you are writing in JavaScript, Python, C++, C#, or Rust, these high-level programming languages require a compiler or interpreter to transform the code into machine-executable instructions, so software and hardware engineers will gain valuable insight into how their code is executing from knowing how the underlying processor functions.Featuring chapters updated to Armv8-M throughout this book, this edition: Moves all examples into the Keil MDK environment, which uses armclang and a GNU-like syntax that is very popular in the industry Includes an appendix that helps students set up the Keil tools for use throughout this book Describes the IEEE 754 floating-point arithmetic supported by the Armv8-M processors implementing the optional Floating-Point Unit (FPU) Features an updated chapter on mixing C and assembly code together Discusses features and concepts found in the most advanced Arm processors, such as the Cortex-A and Cortex-X families using Armv9 architectures Written by authors who each have more than 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, ARM Assembly Language: Fundamentals and Techniques, Third Edition makes an ideal textbook for students wanting to learn about microprocessors but who may possess only a basic knowledge of programming and logic.
AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide: Foundational (AIF-C01) Exam (Sybex Study Guide)
by Shreyas Subramanian Vikram Elango Vivek GangasaniQuickly and intelligently prepare for the AIF-C01 exam and succeed in your first role as an AWS AI practitioner In AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide: Foundational (AIF-C01) Exam, a team of veteran AWS and AI specialists walks you through an efficient and effective path to success on the challenging AIF-C01 exam. You'll demonstrate your knowledge and effectiveness with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), generative AI technologies, and their associated AWS services and tools, independent of any specific job role or industry title. You'll discover how to understand the appropriate uses of AI, ML, and generative AI technologies, when to use the various products and tools available, and how to ask relevant questions within your organization. The book covers the fundamentals of AI, ML, and generative AI, applications of foundation models, guidelines for responsible AI use, and security, compliance, and governance for AI solutions. Inside the book: Complimentary access to the online Sybex learning environment, including practice tests and exams, chapter review questions, flashcards, and a searchable key term glossary Material to help you become familiar with Amazon Web Services tools, including EC2, S3, Lambda, and SageMaker Explanations of Amazon Web Services infrastructure, including discussions of AWS regions, availability zones, and edge locations Perfect for anyone interested in building AI/ML solutions on Amazon Web Services, AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide is a must-read resource for everyone planning to take the AIF-C01 exam, as well as those interested in working—or already working—in this dynamic and exciting field.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Teachers and Australian Settler Colonialism: A History (Routledge Studies in Educational History and Development in Asia)
by Kay WhiteheadThis book addresses the gap in our historical knowledge about the roles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers have played in Australia's history of school education. To date, there are few references to schooling in histories of Indigenous Australians, and Australian histories of Indigenous education and teacher education omit Indigenous teachers until systemic initiatives were introduced to recruit and qualify them in the 1970s. This book reinstates and honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who worked as school teachers from invasion to contemporary state school systems.The book is structured chronologically to explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers' lives and work in relation to settler colonial policies of segregation and protection, assimilation and self-determination; and education policy and practice. The chapters span the nineteenth century to contemporary times and show the systemic challenges Indigenous people faced in becoming qualified teachers and joining the profession. Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers from different geographic regions, communities and historical periods foreground their agency including their political activism and take account of localised cultural and education contexts.This insightful book is recommended for upper-level undergraduates and academics in Indigenous education, history of education, teacher education and teachers' work. It will also appeal to readers with a general interest in Australian Indigenous history.
Abraza-Muchotl no puede demostrar su amor
by C. W. Estes"A Abraza-Muchotl no hay nada que le guste más que dar un cálido abrazo a sus amigos. Pero después de saltar la cuerda demasiado rápido en la escuela, ¡los bracitos del axolotl se le desprenden de golpe! Perder las extremidades no es un problema. Volverán a crecer. A Abrza solo le preocupa una pregunta: ¿Quién lo abrazará? ¡Descúbrelo en este libro de capítulos deliciosamente tonto para lectores jóvenes! Hugs-a-Lotl loves nothing more than giving a warm embrace to friends. But after jumping rope too fast at school, the axolotl’s little arms pop right off! Losing the limbs isn’t a problem. They’ll grow back. Hugs is only worried about one question: Who will hug for him? Find out in this delightfully silly chapter book for young readers!"
Abuse in World Religions: Towards Solutions (Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible)
by Johanna StiebertThis book draws attention to the texts, mechanisms, strategies, and initiatives that address and combat sexual(ised) spiritual abuse in five world religions. It goes beyond identifying, describing or characterising spiritual abuse in multiple religious traditions and rape culture settings, instead describing what is being done in diverse religious communities and settings to confront, address, resist, and heal from spiritual abuse. Just as none of the world religions are free from spiritual abuse, all have developed ways to detoxify, prevent, eliminate, and bring healing and justice in the face of its existence.Solution-focused activities range from analysis of sacred texts, to discussion forums, creation of self-representational visual and creative expressions, digital and other forms of activism and protest, specialist training courses, support groups, and survivor-led initiatives. The book will appeal to academics of religious studies with interest in rape culture and spiritual abuse, as well as upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates, and also religious leaders, or leaders of faith-based organisations, seeking to understand and to confront spiritual abuse and rape culture in their own communities.
Academic Households in Early Modern Northern Europe (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)
by Välimäki, Edited by MariThis volume explores academic households in early modern (c. sixteenth to eighteenth century) Northern Europe, examining changing dynamics of family and gender.During the Middle Ages, Christian scholars were expected to spend their lives unwed and instead focus on educating the young. However, a gradual easing of prohibitions against the marriage of scholars began in different areas of Europe in the late fourteenth century. By the end of the sixteenth century, a great number of professors were men with families and establishing their own households. This was especially the case in the German-speaking Protestant areas of Europe and the Swedish realm from the first half of the seventeenth century. The contributors of this volume concentrate on universities that took on the new idealised understanding of professors and other members of academic communities as married men. They analyse how professors and other members of the academic communities viewed family and household, what academic family life was like, and how the members of the academic community utilised family and the household for (academic) self-fashioning and building networks. Furthermore, they pay special attention to the wives and widows of professors and other academics and discuss the agency of these women.This book is an excellent resource for students and professional readers alike who are interested in the histories of early modern universities, families, and gender.
Academic Languaging: Engaging Multilingual Students in Content Area Learning
by Gisela Ernst-Slavit Margo GottliebRethink how academic languaging can transform content area teaching For years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns—often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths. Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative student-driven process. Academic Languaging offers strategies to integrate language and content learning while fostering student engagement, voice, and agency. Dedicated chapters on academic languaging for Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science highlight the dimensions of disciplinary language for each subject and provide strategies for moving learning forward with multilingual learners. Additional features include: "Stop and Think" prompts to help educators connect new ideas with their instructional settings Prompts at the end of each chapter to encourage deeper thinking and application of the material Multilingual examples to mirror the varied classroom settings in the U.S. and beyond. The ultimate resource for educators committed to empowering multilingual learners and fostering meaningful, culturally sustaining education, Academic Languaging ensures multilingual learners comprehend academic content and thrive as confident, autonomous drivers of their own learning.
Academic Languaging: Engaging Multilingual Students in Content Area Learning
by Gisela Ernst-Slavit Margo GottliebRethink how academic languaging can transform content area teaching For years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns—often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths. Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative student-driven process. Academic Languaging offers strategies to integrate language and content learning while fostering student engagement, voice, and agency. Dedicated chapters on academic languaging for Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science highlight the dimensions of disciplinary language for each subject and provide strategies for moving learning forward with multilingual learners. Additional features include: "Stop and Think" prompts to help educators connect new ideas with their instructional settings Prompts at the end of each chapter to encourage deeper thinking and application of the material Multilingual examples to mirror the varied classroom settings in the U.S. and beyond. The ultimate resource for educators committed to empowering multilingual learners and fostering meaningful, culturally sustaining education, Academic Languaging ensures multilingual learners comprehend academic content and thrive as confident, autonomous drivers of their own learning.
Accelerating Newcomer Literacy: An Integrated Writing Process Playbook for English Learners
by Eugenia KrimmelThis book supports educators in teaching academic writing skills to Newcomer English Learners (ELs) who are just beginning their English language learning journey.Newcomer ELs typically have minimal familiarity with the English alphabet, which can be an obstacle for them learning writing, phonics, and spelling in English. Drawing on research and classroom‑tested methods, this book provides teachers practical strategies to help Newcomers start writing earlier, mastering letter-sound correspondence, and gaining confidence to write their thoughts in English. Readers will learn how to seamlessly integrate EL-targeted strategies and personalized literacy instruction into writing workshops to accelerate Newcomer’s acquisition of English phonics, spelling, and writing skills. These adaptable strategies also benefit World Language teachers seeking effective ways to teach writing and literacy to beginners on any language learning journey.Built on the author’s instructional coaching expertise and observations of field testing by practicing teachers, this is an excellent resource for English as a Second Language (ESL) educators and instructional coaches to promote faster and better literacy acquisition for their Newcomers and other beginner language learners.
Access to Justice for Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities: A Comparative Analysis of Participation in the Kenyan Criminal Justice System (Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure)
by Paul Ochieng JumaTaking Kenya as a case study, this book examines the application of criminal procedure in the context of persons with psychosocial disabilities. It discusses how the right to participation of persons with psychosocial disabilities who have been declared unfit can be best protected during and after the criminal process in Africa and at the international level. In doing so, it hypothesises that the social model of disability is inadequate to respond to violations against the right to participation of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the criminal justice system and thus the need for other normative frameworks such as Foucauldian and decolonial theories. It recommends that legislative enactment and reform are imperative not only to promote participation in access to justice but also to remove the barriers inhibiting the legal capacity of persons with psychosocial disabilities. The study will encourage intercontinental dialogue on disability, unfitness declarations, and participation policy analysis, while also contributing to theory and legal development. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and policy-makers working in the areas of criminal procedure, disability studies, and international human rights law.
Accessible Assessment and Pedagogies: Improving Student Outcomes Through Inclusive Practice
by Linda J. Graham Jill WillisThis book is an evidence-based, practical guide to enable pre- and in-service teachers, system, school, and middle leaders to maximise students’ understanding of classroom teaching and assessment, improving outcomes and expanding opportunities for all students.Developing accessible assessment and pedagogy is especially critical when students have language and/or attentional difficulties; what if there were some simple things schools could do to make learning and assessment easier for all students to understand, from the outset? This book presents robust evidence from world-leading collaborative research in three large secondary schools that proactively designing classroom instruction and assessment for accessibility makes a positive difference for students and teachers. Evidence from eye-tracking technology, classroom observations, questionnaires and interviews with students and teachers, and summative assessment results points to what can change and why these changes are important. Written in the same plain language and humour as its best-selling sister, Inclusive Education for the 21st Century: Theory, Policy and Practice, this new book explains accessibility and why it matters and details processes for designing out barriers in summative assessment and pedagogy. Stories from partner schools about how they spread these gains across the whole school make this an accessibility playbook to drive whole school and system reform.Teachers, heads of department, principals, speech pathologists, and other professionals will find this text a rich source of professional learning for individuals and teams with discussion prompts for leaders and teachers at the end of each chapter.
Accessible Communications: Create Impact, Avoid Missteps and Build Trust
by Lisa Riemers Matisse Hamel-NelisReady to build credibility and optimize your communications for real business impact? Accessible Communications is a practical guide designed for mid-career professionals seeking to develop effective, inclusive messaging that aligns with evolving regulations and business goals. Written by award-winning communications consultants Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis, this book offers clear models and frameworks to help you apply accessibility principles confidently across emails, documents, videos and social media. With real-world examples and actionable tools, it empowers you to implement strategies that expand reach, protect reputation and enhance career growth.You'll learn how to:- Use proven frameworks to build accessible communications strategically - Apply practical tools that optimize messaging across multiple formats- Understand evolving legislation and its impact on communications- Develop skills to increase audience engagement and trustThis guide supports your career development by helping you create communications that comply with regulations and drive business success.Themes include: Accessibility and inclusivity, Communication strategy and frameworks, Practical application and tools, Career development and credibility building, Regulatory compliance and business impact
Accompaniment in America: Contextualizing Collaborative Piano
by Chanda VanderHartPiano accompaniment, or collaborative piano, is an invisibilized force driving classical music. This hybrid study, combining text and multimedia, explores its history, evolution, and transformation into a recognized academic discipline through archival research, expert interviews, and digital resources.This hybrid publication delves into the origins and institutionalization of collaborative piano, tracing its development from the early 20th century to the present day. It highlights a profession often overlooked, introduces pioneering figures including Gwendolyn Koldofsky, and maps the establishment of over 100 degree-granting programs across North America. With an interactive data visualization tool, QR codes linking to compelling first-hand accounts, and extensive archival materials, it offers a vivid, multidimensional journey through the field’s past and present. By contextualizing the profession through analysis of its pedagogical, gendered, and institutional dynamics, this work seeks to foster a deeper understanding of collaborative piano’s past, present, and future, while advocating for its recognition and advancement.Accompaniment in America: Contextualizing Collaborative Piano is essential reading and viewing for musicians, music students, educators, scholars, and administrators, as well as anyone interested in the intersection of collaborative piano history, performance practice, and academia. It is a valuable resource for both students and professionals seeking to understand the complexities of a field still broadly misunderstood and its pivotal role in classical music.
Accounting and Auditing Small and Medium-Sized Practices: Transformative Capabilities in a Rapidly Changing Society (Routledge Studies in Accounting)
by Anatoli Bourmistrov Jan Mouritsen Roman Vakulchuk Levi Gårseth-Nesbakk Toomas HaldmaThis book addresses the recent trends, developments, and future of accounting and auditing of small and medium-sized practices (AASMPs) in the public and private sectors.The book has three main objectives: firstly, to provide an analysis of how different societal trends, including digitalization, impact AASMPs and what role education and training play in proactive adaptation to those trends; secondly, to outline major scenarios for global AASMP development by 2035; and thirdly, to offer a conceptual framework for better understanding of AASMPs' dynamic and transformative capabilities that are necessary to create sustained competitive advantage in a rapidly changing society. Beyond presenting a conceptual framework, this book also offers a discussion of future scenarios for AASMPs' development and their role in the global economic development. This book is unique, as it disseminates the findings of a large research project carried out by both academics and practitioners from the accounting and auditing industry. Readers of this book will be better equipped to understand the development trends in the accounting and auditing industry, the impact those trends create for AASMPs, and the way different actors can work proactively to maximize AASMPs' chances for success amidst rapid technological and regulatory change.This book is aimed primarily at accounting and auditing academics; however, it will also be of benefit to managers of accounting and auditing firms, leaders of professional associations, and professional bodies that regulate accounting and auditing practices, setting the foundations for future research endeavors on this topic.
Accounting for Sustainability
by Gunnar RimmelThis book provides a broad overview of how sustainability reporting has grown, how it is used now, and where it is heading.Daily, we encounter concepts such as corporate social responsibility (CSR); sustainability reporting; sustainability accounting; environmental reports; corporate citizenship or environmental management systems; or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosures. Accounting for Sustainability decodes this terminology by offering an accessible introduction that explores sustainability reporting from both internal and external perspectives. It begins with an overview of key terms and theories, followed by chapters on financial management, sustainability standards, accounting communication, and capital markets. This new edition has been fully revised and expanded with four new chapters, including coverage of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), and the global efforts of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). It also includes critical reflections on digitalisation, standard-setting, and assurance.With learning outcomes and study questions embedded in each chapter, this book will be of great interest to students of sustainability reporting and accounting, as well as practitioners taking related professional accreditations.
Achieving Health Equity: Context, Controversies, and Remedies
by Patti R. RoseRenamed as Achieving Health Equity: Context, Controversies, and Remedies, Patti Rose's third edition maintains a distinct focus on social justice issues associated with health disparities. With an emphasis on solutions, this edition, like its predecessor, centers on racial and ethnic emerging majorities, acknowledging the persistence of health disparities while providing actionable insights on why they exist and how to address them. By providing this solution-oriented approach, the book aims to engage and guide students, academics, communities, health professionals, and others in contributing to resolving the problems linked to health disparities.Updated to include the latest demographic data, the Third Edition offers:Four new chapters that provide an expanded focus on emerging (racial and ethnic) majority groups and health disparities and include: Black/African American; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian/Pacific Islander; and Hispanic.Updated information pertaining to the health disparities of the elderly, women, urban communities, suburban communities, and rural communities.Expanded insights into current DEI issues, both politically and otherwise, as well as the potential impact of educational changes on health literacy. Focus on Healthy People 2030 with an emphasis on health equity, disparities, and solutions. Ideal for courses in Health Equity, Health Disparities, and/or any course focusing on the health of the elderly, women, children, racial and ethnic emerging majorities, and/or social injustice. © 2026 | 300 pages
Achieving Sustainable Highway Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Creating a Viable Public-Private Partnership Model
by Isaac AbiodunThis book investigates the challenges being experienced in the traditional procurement methods for road infrastructure in developing countries and explores the features of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as an alternative procurement method with the potential of achieving a more sustainable highway network in Nigeria and other developing countries of Africa.The book starts with an investigation into the challenges of traditional Design Bid Build (DBB) procurement methods before examining the features of PPP and its potentials as an alternative procurement method for highway development, operation and maintenance, including developing and validating a PPP framework and model for application in the sustainable development and construction of highways. The PPP model developed from the study is expected to enhance decision making in the choice between the DBB and PPP methods during project planning and procurement stages. The author has developed a simple framework, illustrated in a single pictorial display the interconnected relationships, the performances of both the procurement methods, and the possible enhancement of the DBB method and the implementation procedure of the PPP method for sustainable highway infrastructure in developing countries.The framework developed and explained in this book will be of benefit to infrastructure leaders and policy makers, regulators, operators, maintenance agencies and contractors in developing countries and researchers and academics studying infrastructure procurement and delivery methods.
Acting Heightened Text: The Basics (The Basics)
by Catherine WeidnerActing Heightened Text: The Basics offers a foundational understanding of heightened text in drama, fused with a truthful, contemporary approach to acting.Using detailed text analysis and dynamic rehearsal exercises, actors and students bring heightened language to life by cultivating a joyful curiosity. A three-step homework process focuses attention on demystifying the intricacies of verse and prose, conveying meaning, clarifying changes in action (subtle shifts and beat changes), playing actions, and utilizing tactics. An innovative technique called hooking sparks energy between partners, and focuses actors on responding to impulses to create a wide variety of textually-supported choices. The book includes up-to-date practical approaches to effective auditions, callbacks and rehearsals, specific tools for handling rhyming couplets, complex rhetorical arguments, and materials to support a lifelong pursuit of engaging with dramatic material with rigor and passion.Acting Heightened Text: The Basics provides a wealth of resources for actors, directors, students, and teachers to navigate the demands and embrace the challenges within dramatic texts.To support the learning process and enhance the understanding of the lessons from the book, please visit the Support Material, available at www.routledge.com/9781032695297. These include scenes and monologues for practice, real-life examples of students using these techniques, and detailed examples from the Try It! sections within each chapter, such as line-outs, action verbs, rhetorical maps, and hooking.
Acting the Michael Chekhov Way: A Playbook for Healthy, Sequential Training (The Michael Chekhov Playbook Series)
by Lisa Loving DaltonRooted in Chekhov’s Guiding Principles and Laws of Composition, Acting the Michael Chekhov Way: A Playbook for Healthy, Sequential Training offers a step-by-step pathway for actors, directors, and teachers with an emphasis on the health and wellbeing of the performer.Developed over 30 years within the National Michael Chekhov Association’s renowned certification training, this clear, accessible training sequence for Michael Chekhov’s techniques is designed to support artists at every level. The chapters build logically and functionally, layering in benefits for artistic and personal growth. Central to the approach is the Chart of Inspired Action, created by Chekhov for his student and estate executrix, Mala Powers, who co-founded this pedagogy with Dalton and Professor Wil Kilroy. In these pages, Dalton introduces SynthAnalysis™, a groundbreaking synthesis of Stanislavsky’s analysis and Chekhov’s methods, bridging theory and practice tested through decades of global application. She also shares anecdotal insights from her 45-year acting/stunt career and draws on Chekhov’s esoteric inspirations—elements often absent in most books and teachings on Chekhov. The book presents mystical concepts like the goblet in playful, functional ways, empowering artists to use them as imaginative metaphors and explore their deeper potential.A helpful tool for both solo and classroom use, Acting the Michael Chekhov Way will speak directly to the actor and their teachers, guiding them on a transformative journey into the heart of inspired action and creative freedom.The book includes access to detailed discussions, additional activities, downloadable templates, and suggested syllabi and tips for instructors, available at www.resourcecentre.routledge.com/books/9781032844480.
Activating Arts to Understand Disability in Africa: Inclusive Explanations (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)
by Elvis Imafidon Kobus Moolman Charlotte Baker Emelda Ngufor SambaWhile Disability Studies has become more diversified in recent years, contemporary debates still favour the Northern Hemisphere, ignoring the lived experience of disabled people in much of the global South. Few theoretical studies pay sufficient attention to the range of beliefs and attitudes towards disability in specific African contexts, despite the fact that beliefs and explanations for disability permeate daily existence in sub-Saharan African places, and can have real consequences for persons with disabilities, leading to stigmatisation, marginalisation, and even violence.This volume is a timely intervention that seeks to address some of these imbalances and biases. Through frank life writing, evocative poetry, and critical reflections on African arts and literatures, the contributors highlight the urgent need for more culturally informed understandings of disability, as a means by which to challenge existing explanations. They examine the powerful role of different creative forms, tools, and methodologies in enhancing understandings of disability in African contexts.Demonstrating the power of cultural representation in building sensitivity to the range of issues related to disability, this book is of key relevance not just to scholars and students of disability studies, African studies, and sociology, but to all who seek to advocate for social change.The volume is a key outcome of the Disability and Inclusion Africa Network. It is edited by Charlotte Baker (Lancaster University, UK), Elvis Imafidon (SOAS, University of London, UK), Kobus Moolman (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), and Emelda Ngufor Samba (University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon).
Actor Trainers on Acting: For the Twenty First Century (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)
by Anna McNamaraActor Trainers on Acting is a comprehensive, diverse and forwardthinking examination of the craft of acting written by leading experts from across the world.The book reflects on the evolving relationship between actor training and the contemporary and future world and considers how directly actor training relates to the living experiences of its stakeholders. Examining the training provider’s role in looking forward to a sustainable and resilient future, this book considers what opportunities there are to be created within performance training and what can be done to enable them. Seeking to provide those teaching, facilitating and leading performance training with ideas and practical steps, this book will be invaluable to students, teachers, practitioners and academics alike.Each chapter features an interview and reflection from leaders drawn from actor training resulting in innovative and insightful individual chapters. The progression is structured to consciously develop the central theme, outlining approaches to contemporary actor training that respond directly to our times globally, building on the foundations of traditions and utilising learning to embolden a confident and resilient training for future students, teachers and industries.
Adaptive Agro-Management for Environmental Sustainability (Earth, Environment, and Sustainability)
by Anita Rani Sanjeev Kumar Ritu Singh Susmita KarmakarThis book documents information on adaptive agro-management approaches ensuring environmental sustainability. It covers recent sustainable agro-techniques of farming used in developed, developing and under-developed countries such as carbon neutral farming, organic agriculture, use of slow-release fertilizers, nano-agriculture, crop residue management, biochar, vermicompost, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, advanced water used technologies, microbial fertilizers, and ecological farming.Features: Provides detailed contextual information on sustainable agriculture. Discusses adaptation of major agricultural crops against recent global climate change scenario. Reviews scientific advances in nano-agrotechnology. Covers various alternatives of synthetic fertilizers, their mode of action, and their efficiency and preparation methodology. Includes pertinent case studies. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in environmental science, agriculture engineering and ecological engineering, and sustainable agriculture.
Adaptive Solutions to Personality Disorders: Treating Patients with Nidotherapy
by Peter TyrerThis book explores nidotherapy: the systematic process of changing the physical, social, and personal environment for clients who have failed to respond fully to conventional treatments.Peter Tyrer argues that clients with personality disorders can improve enormously when placed in the right environment and introduces the process of nidotherapy. The chapters explore methods of matching the patient to the environment, modification of the environment, and patient adaptation, along with case examples and a glossary of key terms. Additionally, the use of ICD-11 classification to understand all aspects of a person’s personality is explored to assess personality difficulty, social prescribing, and treatments for severe personality disorder.This book is essential for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and mental health professionals who treat personality disorders, as well as graduate students in clinical psychology courses.
Additive Manufacturing Teaching and Training Case Studies: Education Strategies for Additive Manufacturing
by Ian Gibson Alain Bernard Eujin Pei Mario MonzónThis textbook provides a wealth of information for researchers, teachers and educators, offering knowledge and practical insights to navigate the intricacies of training and teaching the use of Additive Manufacturing. Featuring contributions from world-leading experts, each chapter delves into specialized areas such as integrating AM practices in academia, applications in special needs education, and teaching design for AM while balancing creativity and functionality. Real-world case studies provide invaluable lessons for teaching AM to metal forming students, empowering the workforce through collaborative training initiatives and revolutionizing education through distance learning. With a focus on pedagogical excellence, this book introduces innovative teaching methodologies, digital immersion in virtual reality, and metacognitive-driven training approaches to enhance AM education. From sustainability considerations to medical applications, each chapter offers a unique perspective, ensuring a holistic understanding of AM's potential. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a newcomer to the field, this book equips readers with the strategies and knowledge to excel in Additive Manufacturing education and practice, bridging the gap between theory and application in this rapidly evolving domain.