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Educational Leadership for Transformation and Social Justice

Narratives of change in South Africa

By: John Ambrosio

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Educational Leadership for Transformation and Social Justice

Narratives of change in South Africa

By: John Ambrosio

Educational Leadership for Transformation and Social Justice examines the relationship between the lived experiences of educational leaders at the University of the Free State in South Africa and how they think about and practice leadership for transformation and social justice. Based on biographical information, public speeches, published writings, and in-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews, the book presents and analyses seven chapter-length narratives of these leaders. This book explores how some leaders at the University of the Free State – from the vantage point of various racialized and gendered identities, and generational experiences – conceptualize and enact leadership for transformation and social justice. Ambrosio argues that there are certain values, beliefs, concepts, principles, and ways of thinking that cut across their experiences and demographic differences. The narratives are presented in the leaders’ own words, and describe how their lived experiences shaped their values and identities, and inform how they think about and practice leadership for transformation and social justice. One convergence that emerged among these leaders is that their leadership is an extension of who they are, of their core values, identities and ethical commitments. Another is that they are motivated by visions of change that go beyond the University; by bigger dreams that infuse their work with meaning and purpose. With its in-depth analysis of the narratives, this book will provide educational leaders who have an orientation towards transformation and social justice with insights that enable them to think differently about how to make the policies, programs, and institutional culture of their own universities more equitable and just. It will appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education, educational justice, higher education, educational leadership and change, social justice and racial justice.

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Taylor & Francis

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131741098X

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Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

By: John C. Shields

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Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

By: John C. Shields

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book. Born in Gambia in 1753, she came to America aboard a slave ship, the Phillis. From an early age, Wheatley exhibited a profound gift for verse, publishing her first poem in 1767. Her tribute to a famed pastor, “On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield,” followed in 1770, catapulting her into the international spotlight, and publication of her 1773 Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral in London created her an international star. Despite the attention she received at the time, history has not been kind to Wheatley. Her work has long been neglected or denigrated by literary critics and historians. John C. Shields, a scholar of early American literature, has tried to help change this perception, and Wheatley has begun to take her place among the elite of American writers. In Phillis Wheatley and the Romantic Age, Shields contends that Wheatley was not only a brilliant writer but one whose work made a significant impression on renowned Europeans of the Romantic age, such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who borrowed liberally from her works, particularly in his famous distinction between fancy and imagination. Shields shows how certain Wheatley texts, particularly her “Long Poem,” consisting of “On Recollection,” “Thoughts on the Works of Providence,” and “On Imagination,” helped shape the face of Romanticism in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Phillis Wheatley and the Romantic Age helps demolish the long-held notion that literary culture flowed in only one direction: from Europe to the Americas. Thanks to Wheatley’s influence, Shields argues, the New World was influencing European literary masters far sooner than has been generally understood.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572337125

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9781572337121

Reining in the Imperial Presidency

Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush

By: John C. Conyers

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Reining in the Imperial Presidency

Lessons and Recommendations Relating to the Presidency of George W. Bush

By: John C. Conyers

Proof in black and white that George W. Bush and his administration abused our constitutional...

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491

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602399301

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9781602399303

Theories of Human Communication

Twelfth Edition

By: Stephen W. Littlejohn,Karen A. Foss,John G. Oetzel

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Theories of Human Communication

Twelfth Edition

By: Stephen W. Littlejohn,Karen A. Foss,John G. Oetzel

For over forty years, Theories of Human Communication has facilitated the understanding of the theories that define the discipline of communication. The authors present a comprehensive summary of major communication theories, current research, extensions, and applications in a thoughtfully organized and engaging style. Part I of the extensively updated twelfth edition sets the stage for how to think about and study communication. The first chapter establishes the foundations of communication theory. The next chapter reviews four frameworks for organizing the theories and their contributions to the nature of inquiry. Part II covers theories centered around the communicator, message, medium, and communication with the nonhuman. Part III addresses theories related to communication contexts—relationship, group, organization, health, culture, and society. “From the Source” contributions from theorists provide insight into the inspirations, motivations, and goals behind the theories. Online instructor’s resource materials include sample syllabi, key terms, exam questions, and text graphics. The theories include those important for their continuing influence in the field as well as emerging theories that encourage thinking about issues in new ways. For a reasonable price, readers are able to explore the patterns, trends, trajectories, and intricacies of the landscape of communication theory and will have an invaluable resource for future reference.

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Waveland Press

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1478647108

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9781478647102

The American Aeneas

Classical Origins of the American Self

By: John C. Shields

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The American Aeneas

Classical Origins of the American Self

By: John C. Shields

Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book?? "John Shields's book is a provocative challenge to the venerable Adamic myth so exhaustively deployed in examinations of early American literature and in American studies. Moreover, The American Aeneas builds wonderfully on Shields's considerable work on Phillis Wheatley. "?--American Literature?? "The American Aeneas should be of interest to classicists and American studies scholars alike." ?--The New England Quarterly?? John Shields exposes a significant cultural blindness within American consciousness. Noting the biblical character Adam as an archetype who has long dominated ideas of what it means to be American, Shields argues that an equally important component of our nation's cultural identity--a secular one deriving from the classical tradition--has been seriously neglected.??Shields shows how Adam and Aeneas--Vergil's hero of the Aeneid-- in crossing over to American from Europe, dynamically intermingled in the thought of the earliest American writers. Shields argues that uncovering and acknowledging the classical roots of our culture can allay the American fear of "pastlessness" that the long-standing emphasis on the Adamic myth has generated. John C. Shields is the editor of The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley and the author of The American Aeneas: Classical Origins of the American Self, which won a Choice Outstanding Academic Book award and an honorable mention in the Harry Levin Prize competition, sponsored by the American Comparative Literature Association.

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482

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572333693

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9781572333697

Pulmonary Rehabilitation - E-Book

Guidelines to Success

By: John E. Hodgkin,Bartolome R. Celli,Gerilynn A. Connors

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation - E-Book

Guidelines to Success

By: John E. Hodgkin,Bartolome R. Celli,Gerilynn A. Connors

Approx.592 pagesApprox.592 pages - New chapters covering new advances and discoveries in respiratory care: - Systemic Effects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorders - Complementary Alternative Medicine for Patients with Chronic Lung Disease - Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery - Management of and Reimbursement for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services - Exercise and Pulmonary Hypertension - New and revised illustrations and photographs. - Expanded coverage of patients with respiratory diseases other than COPD as well as pediatric pulmonary patients. - New and revised pedagogy including chapter outlines and updated objectives - Enhanced chapters - Addresses the latest research and reports including The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report recommending pulmonary rehabilitation.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443261733

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9780443261732

Henderson's Orbital Tumors

By: James A. Garrity,John Warren Henderson,J. Douglas Cameron

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Henderson's Orbital Tumors

By: James A. Garrity,John Warren Henderson,J. Douglas Cameron

A complete update of a classic reference by specialists at the Mayo Clinic, Henderson's Orbital Tumors, Fourth Edition collates the Clinic's fifty years' experience in managing tumors involving the orbit. Drawing on case reports and extensive follow-up data from over 1,700 patients treated at the Clinic, the authors formulate comprehensive guidelines on diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of the entire spectrum of orbital tumors. This new edition reflects the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment, including improved imaging technology, more accurate pathologic diagnosis, new radiotherapy options, new surgical approaches, and therapy using monoclonal antibodies. More than 460 illustrations, 43 in full color, complement the text.

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430

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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0781738695

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9780781738699

Mass Spectrometry in Cancer Research

By: John Roboz

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Mass Spectrometry in Cancer Research

By: John Roboz

Cancer research is becoming multidisciplinary. The complex structural and therapeutic problems require synergistic approaches employing an assortment of biochemical manipulations, chromatographic or electrophoretic separations, sequencing strategies, and more and more mass spectrometry. Mass Spectrometry in Cancer Research provides a broad

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CRC Press

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1420042696

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9781420042696

The History of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Canada

By: John O'Flynn

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The History of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Canada

By: John O'Flynn

Canada's embrace of Gaelic games has provided wonderful memories for those of the Irish-Canadian community and has created an opportunity for all to discover an exciting facet of Ireland's culture.

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Trafford Publishing

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1425163777

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Empire of Ruin

Black Classicism and American Imperial Culture

By: John Levi Barnard

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Empire of Ruin

Black Classicism and American Imperial Culture

By: John Levi Barnard

Introduction: Black classicism in the American empire -- Phillis Wheatley and the affairs of state -- In plain sight: slavery and the architecture of democracy -- Ancient history, American time: Charles Chesnutt and the sites of memory -- Crumbling into dust: conjure and the ruins of empire -- National monuments and the residue of history

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Oxford University Press

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0190663596

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9780190663599

The Essential Guide to the New FRCR

Part 1

By: Tony Jeswani,John Morlese

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The Essential Guide to the New FRCR

Part 1

By: Tony Jeswani,John Morlese

The focus of the new Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) Part 1 exam has shifted to examining the fundamental physics, and radiation protection required to work safely within a radiology department. This book presents the new syllabus in a multiple-choice format that parallels the new exam. In addition, short answer questions reinforce fundamental teaching points. This essential guide will not only enable candidates to sit the exam with confidence, but will help them achieve a better and long lasting understanding of the subject for their future careers.

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CRC Press

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1315343282

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9781315343280

Brain Mapping: The Methods

By: Arthur W. Toga,John C. Mazziotta

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Brain Mapping: The Methods

By: Arthur W. Toga,John C. Mazziotta

Investigation of the functional architecture of the human brain using modern noninvasive imaging techniques is a rapidly expanding area of research. A proper knowledge of methodology is needed to appreciate the burgeoning literature in the field. This timely publication provides an excellent catalogue of the main techniques. The authors offer an invaluable analysis of mapping strategies and techniques, providing everything from the foundations to the major pitfalls and practical applications of the modern techniques used in neuroimaging. Contains over 1000 full color pages with more than 200 color figures. Spanning the methodological gamut from the molecular level to the whole brain while discussing anatomy, physiology, and pathology, as well as their integration, Brain Mapping: The Methods, Second Edition, brings the reader a comprehensive, well-illustrated and entirely readable description of the methods for brain mapping. Drs. Toga and Mazziotta provide everything from the foundations to the major pitfalls and practical applications of the technique by assembling an impressive group of experts, all widely known in their field, who contribute an outstanding set of chapters.

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Academic Press

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0080528287

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9780080528281

Book's by John C. Shields

Educational Leadership for Transformation and Social Justice

Educational Leadership for Transformation and Social Justice

Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

Reining in the Imperial Presidency

Reining in the Imperial Presidency

Theories of Human Communication

Theories of Human Communication

The American Aeneas

The American Aeneas

Pulmonary Rehabilitation - E-Book

Pulmonary Rehabilitation - E-Book

Henderson's Orbital Tumors

Henderson's Orbital Tumors

Mass Spectrometry in Cancer Research

Mass Spectrometry in Cancer Research

The History of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Canada

The History of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Canada

Empire of Ruin

Empire of Ruin

The Essential Guide to the New FRCR

The Essential Guide to the New FRCR

Brain Mapping: The Methods

Brain Mapping: The Methods

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