Connectedness is a complex idea that seems to mean different things for each individual. For the purposes of this dissertation, connectedness can best be understood as the ways that an individual feels an affiliation with the community of the institution that he/she experiences. This book seeks to uncover the discourses that various stakeholder groups have within the site of a single school concerning connectedness. One of the precepts that this dissertation holds is that connectedness to school has benefits for the individual as learner, the school as a community and potentially the wider...
Connectedness is a complex idea that seems to mean different things for each individual. For the purposes of this dissertation, connectedness can best...
What is the Word of the Lord for a world of injustice? What does it mean to hear the cries of the oppressed? What does liturgy have to do with justice? These questions have been at the heart of Nicholas Wolterstorff's work for over forty years. In this collection of essays, he brings together personal, historical, theological, and contemporary perspectives to issue a passionate call to work for justice and peace. An essential complement to his now classic Until Justice and Peace Embrace, the forthcoming Love and Justice, and Justice, this book makes clear why Wolterstorff is one of the...
What is the Word of the Lord for a world of injustice? What does it mean to hear the cries of the oppressed? What does liturgy have to do with justice...
Suzanne Beauchesne, a wealthy French entrepreneur, sees a younger woman seated at the table of a pavement cafe, close to the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris. She is attracted by Vicky Morton's poise and apparent innocence. At the heart of Suzanne's desire is a wish to satisfy a craving for sadistic pleasure with a female companion. She sets out to groom the young English woman for this purpose. However, the unworldly Vicky also has secret and unusual yearnings. The two women fall in love and enjoy an idyllic summer in the French countryside, but their happiness cannot last. This is a...
Suzanne Beauchesne, a wealthy French entrepreneur, sees a younger woman seated at the table of a pavement cafe, close to the Gare du Nord railway stat...
It's no secret that organized crime is everywhere. From Japan and Italy to Israel and Mexico, there seems to be no place on earth where an organized crime family doesn't exist. You may think that one of the few safe places left is friendly, welcoming Canada, which many believe is so safe that people there always leave their doors unlocked. Think again. This book delves into the often ignored but nevertheless bloody world of Canadian mobs. You'll meet the Rizzutos, a powerful family with connections to the legendary Five Families of the American Mafia. Then there's the Cotroni family formed by...
It's no secret that organized crime is everywhere. From Japan and Italy to Israel and Mexico, there seems to be no place on earth where an organized c...
Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including:
media responses and constructions such as league tables of performance
pressures within school systems and on schools
effects on the work and identities of principals and teachers
and impacts on the...
Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around t...
Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including:
media responses and constructions such as league tables of performance
pressures within school systems and on schools
effects on the work and identities of principals and teachers
and impacts on the...
Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around t...
