Rethinking Teacher Education is a thorough and critical analysis of the ambivalences and uncertainties that face those in teacher education. The authors draw on their different experiences of teacher education to try to make sense of current practices and where they might lead.
The book analyzes past and present constructions of teacher education and offers insights into how a re-evaluation might address teachers' positions in relation to knowledge, learners, economic demands and democratic values. The issues addressed include:
* political and economic uncertainty and teacher...

This refreshing book provides an accessible, critical and thorough analysis of the difficulties and opportunities that beset teacher education. The authors draw on philosophical, psychological and sociological perspectives and illustrate their points with a detailed mix of international examples. The book is usefully divided into three sections. The first focuses on the frameworks and themes that influence teacher education; the second provides an analysis of the political, economic and epistemological trends that collectively constitute what we call an age of uncertainty in teacher...

The perceived threat of transnational organised crime to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy makers and social scientists since 1990. This book considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured, and the appropriateness of governments' policy responses.

Working in the fields of education, health and social care demands a great deal of energy, effort and commitment on the part of the practitioner or trainee. When a research project is added to a workload the pressures can be great, particulary if the would-be-researcher is not confident about the process involved.
The Hard-pressed Researcher provides practical guidance on how to undertake a research project. It has been written specially for practitioners and students in the fields of education, health and social care and assumes no specific knowledge of the research process.
This...

The Grimaldis of Monaco tells in full the remarkable history of the world's oldest reigning dynasty. For nearly eight hundred years, from the elegant Genoese Rainier I to the current Prince Albert II, the Grimaldis--"an ambitious, hot-blooded, unscrupulous race, swift to revenge and furious in battle"--have ruled Monaco. Against all odds, they have proved themselves masterful survivors, still in possession of their lands and titles despite the upheavals of the French Revolution and the First and Second World Wars, when royal heads rolled and most small countries met their demise. With...