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The Winemaker

George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story

By: Kerry Tyack

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The Winemaker

George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story

By: Kerry Tyack

Biography of New Zealand's most awarded wine-industry leader. Over the last 15 years, the New Zealand industry has increasingly globalised, as international corporates take a dominant role in our wine production. Villa Maria has always fiercely guarded its independence as New Zealand's largest privately-owned wine company, an independence that can be tracked back to the day in 1961 when a young George Fistonich told his Croatian-immigrant father that he wanted to give up building and take over the family winery. In the 50 years since, he has turned a cottage business making fairly average table and fortified wines into a widely admired company that produces some of this country's very best wines (for which it has won a multitude of local and international awards), has considerable landholdings, is a major exporter, an energetic sponsor, and has an innovative culture. George Fistonich has won the coveted Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, was knighted, and, in 2011, was honoured with one of the international wine industry's leading awards. This book traces the arc of his life, from his hard-working Mangere childhood to his self-taught marketing audacity, from having to save his beloved business from receivership to taking big bets on the future. What emerges is the portrait of a determined, savvy and visionary man, whose life in wine tracks the history of the modern New Zealand wine industry. The book features a tribute by celebrated UK wine writer Oz Clarke.

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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186979978X

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Border Crossings

US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937

By: Kerry Alcorn

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Border Crossings

US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937

By: Kerry Alcorn

At the dawn of the last century a shift in direction emerged among education policy-makers in Saskatchewan. Prior to 1905, the territories that would become Saskatchewan and Alberta maintained a school system largely modelled after Ontario's British-inspired system. Between 1905 and 1937 however, the shared geography and culture of the continental plains that span the border between the United States and Canada became the primary influence on education in the Canadian prairies. In Border Crossings, Kerry Alcorn examines Saskatchewan's embrace of the culture of farmer revolt and populist and progressive democratic thought that originated south of the border. He argues that as a consequence Saskatchewan education developed in resistance to eastern Canadian forms, with education policy makers - some brought in from the United States - consciously looking to their southern neighbours for direction in developing educational models. Alcorn's detailed portrait of University of Saskatchewan president Walter C. Murray and his "Wisconsin Idea," further highlight the influence of the north-south axis. A challenge to standard histories of Canadian education, Border Crossings encapsulates the development of the meaning, practice, and language of Saskatchewan education in the early twentieth century.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773590048

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9780773590045

Making Coaching Matter

Leading Continuous Improvement in Schools

By: Sarah L. Woulfin,Isobel Stevenson,Kerry Lord

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Making Coaching Matter

Leading Continuous Improvement in Schools

By: Sarah L. Woulfin,Isobel Stevenson,Kerry Lord

Districts and schools often count on coaching to promote student learning and organizational change. Across the United States, a wide variety of coaches engage in various types of work with teachers as well as school leaders. But coaching is often loosely defined, weakly supported, and ultimately underutilized and, as a consequence, its promise and potential have not been fully realized. In this book, the authors address misconceptions about the goals of coaching, what it involves, and how it aligns with reform efforts. They advance a new, coherent framing of coaching as a lever for strategic, equitable school improvement. Bridging research, theory, policy, and practice, this book provides insights to help educational reformers and district and school leaders strengthen the structures and activities of coaching. This timely book illustrates how to make coaching matter by assembling infrastructure and creating conditions so that coaching advances change in robust, sustaining, and equitable ways. Book Features:Provides useful information for educational leaders whose expertise may not extend to coaching, including tools and reflective questions.Offers a strong theoretical and research-based foundation, along with the authors’ collective experience as researchers and practitioners and the voices of coaches and other educational leaders.Advocates for a coaching model that supports a districtÕs overall strategy for centering equity and improving student learning. Describes how to build capacity and continuously improve coaching, and how to support coaching through leadership, logistics, and resources.

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Teachers College Press

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0807781711

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9780807781715

Rethinking School Violence

Theory, Gender, Context

By: Kerry Robinson,Cristyn Davies

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Rethinking School Violence

Theory, Gender, Context

By: Kerry Robinson,Cristyn Davies

Taking a sociocultural approach to understanding violence, the authors in this collection examine how norms of gender, culture and educational practice contribute to school violence, providing strategies to intervene in and address violence in educational contexts.

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324

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Springer

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1137015217

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9781137015211

Unschooled

Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom

By: Kerry McDonald,Peter Gray

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Unschooled

Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom

By: Kerry McDonald,Peter Gray

Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse group of individuals and organizations are evolving an old schooling model of education. These innovators challenge the myth that children need to be taught in order to learn. They are parents who saw firsthand how schooling can dull children's natural curiosity and exuberance and others who decided early on to enable their children to learn without school. Educators who left public school classrooms discuss launching self-directed learning centers to allow young people's innate learning instincts to flourish, and entrepreneurs explore their disillusionment with the teach-and-test approach of traditional schooling.

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Chicago Review Press

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1641600667

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9781641600668

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose

By: Kerry T. Burch

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Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose

By: Kerry T. Burch

This book newly interprets the educational implications of Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary thought. In an age where American democracy is imperilled and the civic purposes of schooling eviscerated, Burch turns to Jefferson to help bring to life the values and principles that must be recovered in order for Americans to transcend the narrow purposes of education prescribed by today’s neoliberal paradigm. The author argues that critical engagement with the most radical dimensions of Jefferson’s educational philosophy can establish a rational basis upon which to re-establish the civic purposes of public education. Bracketing the defining features of Jefferson's theory throughout each of the chapters, the author illuminates the deficiencies of the dominant educational paradigm, and charts a new path forward for its progressive renewal.

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200

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Springer Nature

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303045763X

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9783030457631

The Winemaker

George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story

By: Kerry Tyack

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George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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New Zealand Beers

A Tasting Guide

By: Kerry Tyack

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New Zealand Beers

A Tasting Guide

By: Kerry Tyack

Let's lift our glasses and drink a toast to New Zealand beers. Our favourite drink has come a long way since the days it was first brewed. An the exciting new is that it continues to evolve, resulting in international accolades for a growing number of local brewers. This third edition has been completely updated and includes tasting notes, relevant awards and suggest food matches for around 240 beers. Kerry R Tyack has identified some beers as standing head and shoulders above others and rewarded them with his unique 'Top Brew' icon - a very helpful rating for anyone looking for tasting guidance.

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0143020293

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The Winemaker

The Winemaker

Border Crossings

Border Crossings

Making Coaching Matter

Making Coaching Matter

Rethinking School Violence

Rethinking School Violence

Unschooled

Unschooled

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose

The Winemaker

The Winemaker

New Zealand Beers

New Zealand Beers

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