Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education today. As a discourse it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES. It is also a subject which raises questions about what we expect from a fair and equitable education system. This book provides a critical analysis of two sides of the underachievement debate, at each of the three levels of focus - international, the UK and the individual. On the one hand, it will consider the 'crisis' account; of falling standards and failing...
Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education today. As a discourse it has been responsible for influencing government ...
Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are for. It shows that the treatment of pupils in schools makes more difference to teenagers' views on society, and on what it means to be fair, than it does to differences in attainment.
Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are ...
Written by major international scholars, this Companion combines analysis of topics crucial to Renaissance tragedy with the interpretation of canonical and frequently taught texts. Part I introduces key topics, such as religion, revenge, and the family, and, uniquely, discusses modern performance traditions on stage and screen. Bridging this section with Part II is a chapter which engages with Shakespeare's generic distinctiveness as well as the difficulties our familiarity with Shakespearean tragedy engenders for our appreciation of the tragedies of his contemporaries. Individual essays in...
Written by major international scholars, this Companion combines analysis of topics crucial to Renaissance tragedy with the interpretation of canonica...
Four hundred years after Shakespeare s death, his plays live on in theater and popular culture, given new life through countless innovative approaches to their performance and interpretation. Just as our enthusiasm for seeing the plays performed and transformed affirms their continued life, death scenes in Shakespeare s plays tend to mark not an ending but a transformation of life. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Shakespeare s Dead documents the many ways Shakespeare s characters meet their demise, from suicide to murder,...
Four hundred years after Shakespeare s death, his plays live on in theater and popular culture, given new life through countless innovative approaches...
Arden Student Guides: Language and Writing offer a new type of study aid which combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on the critical writing skills you need to develop in order to engage fully with Shakespeare's texts. The books' core focus is on language: both understanding and enjoying Shakespeare's complex dramatic language, and expanding your own critical vocabulary, as you respond to his plays.
Key features include:
an introduction considering when and how the play was written, addressing the language with which Shakespeare created his work, as...
Arden Student Guides: Language and Writing offer a new type of study aid which combines lively critical insight with practical guidance on t...
Uprooted from her beloved Great Western Beach, Emma Smith moves with her family from Newquay to the Devonshire village of Crapstone. But the dust has hardly settled when tragedy strikes, and Emma's father, a DSO-decorated hero of the Great War, is so frustrated by the hardship of life as a lowly bank clerk and by his thwarted artistic ambitions that he suffers a catastrophic breakdown-from which disaster Emma's resourceful mother rallies courageously. Then, in 1939, the war again becomes a reality. Emma's sister Pam at once enlists with the WAAF and Jim, her politically minded brother,...
Uprooted from her beloved Great Western Beach, Emma Smith moves with her family from Newquay to the Devonshire village of Crapstone. But the dust h...
Danny is a sweet little boy but has a small problem - he cant stop eating. this book will teach your child all about nutrition in a fun and exciting way. games and recipes for healthy snacks included.
Danny is a sweet little boy but has a small problem - he cant stop eating. this book will teach your child all about nutrition in a fun and exciting w...
Lexie Pike will nur noch eines: Ihren Ehemann los werden. Gedemutigt und Betrogen will sie die Scheidung. Dabei soll ihr der attraktive, aber arrogante Anwalt Julian Croft helfen. Dieser hat selbst noch eine Rechnung mit Lexies Ehemann offen. Nur blod, wenn Julian plotzlich seine eigenen Regeln bricht. Eine lautet: Lass dich nie auf eine Mandantin ein. Kein Problem, ware da nicht ausgerechnet Lexie, die seinen Weg kreuzt."
Lexie Pike will nur noch eines: Ihren Ehemann los werden. Gedemutigt und Betrogen will sie die Scheidung. Dabei soll ihr der attraktive, aber arrogant...
This volume presents a leading contribution to the substantive arena relating to consent in the criminal law. In broad terms, the ambit of legally valid consent in extant law is contestable and opaque, and reveals significant problems in adoption of consistent approaches to doctrinal and theoretical underpinnings of consent. This book seeks to provide a logical template to focus the debate. The overall concept addresses three specific elements within this arena, embracing an overarching synergy between them. This edifice engages in an examination of UK provisions, with specialist...
This volume presents a leading contribution to the substantive arena relating to consent in the criminal law. In broad terms, the ambit of legally ...
