education-economics

This book was an interesting and captivating read! It begins with a fictional interview of teacher whose career spans a hundred years. The interview was informative and creative. It provided insights into experiences from the early 1900s through the late 1900s. Problems in the teaching profession as well rewards were portrayed. Many of the problems and rewards are still prevalent today. Throughout the book, perspectives from a variety of teachers and their experiences help to share the American educational experience in the 20th century. Some perspectives included are rural teachers, city teachers, female teachers, male teachers, teachers of color, and teacher activists, etc.
A number of issues were addressed, such as stereotypes, male dominated bureaucratic school systems, unequal pay, training and certification, community and parent expectations, teaching in urban areas, and developments in reforms are just a few to mention. The teachers interviewed and portrayed offered a wealth of reflection, experience, insight and hope for the future. As a classroom teacher, I was able to make connections with the history of American education with my current practice. I would recommend this book to all educators!

I've chosen to review this book because I found it to be the most useful and easy to read books in my graduate studies. I enjoyed the way the book gave a well-rounded history of the evolution of teachers throughout the past century.

The book shows the fine line teachers walk, even today, to show administrators, fellow teachers, students and parents they have the proper level of competency and compassion for the job. One key idea I took away from the book was that as a teacher you need to find the right level of personality to show students you can be stern but compassionate so they respect you but also be willing to work hard for you.

I really think you will enjoy the first chapter - a mock interview with a teacher who discusses teaching and seeing the massive changes over the past 100 years - it's a great way to get a quick history lesson. The book also gives you a glimpse of the power teachers have to affect lives in the classroom as well as with the way the future of education will transpire.

This book shows how the business model of thinking spilled over and started to shape the way we look at education in the early 20th century. Teachers were looked upon more as machinery within the company assembly line to manufacture students that could successfully function in society.

Being new to education it was interesting reading about the evolution of teachers in America and seeing how cyclical education is and that some of the same issues that confronted teachers 100 years ago are still being dealt with today - like male controlled administrations and school boards, the lack of resources, classroom size and lack of diversity.

I would definitely recommend this book to those just starting out (like myself) or those who are thinking about going into education to get an excellent primer.

Editors of this book explore the teaching profession through recounting oral and written history from both educators and non-educators, and through reflections about the contemporary teaching experience. In discussing the past, present, and future roles, views, and professional presence of teachers in America, stereotypes and metaphors are illuminated.
While this text presents a variety of perspectives, it does not do so without a focused judgment, as the authors of the included articles, "take strong positions on the nature of teaching in classrooms and teachers' roles in their communities and in the greater society."
A very readable compilation, this text is interesting as well as informative. As a new teacher, I found it helpful as a professional resource and as a means of support to read confessions and expressions of real teachers (retired, working, and beginning) who struggle and grapple with similar issues, concerns and wonderings as I do.
I would recommend this book to teachers at all levels of their careers, parents who are curious about the educational system, and anyone who feels loving support for, a desire to initiate change in, or a confusion or frustration about the public schools of America. Joseph and Burnaford have provided readers with a comprehensive and intriguing glimpse into one aspect of education, providing insight into the good, the bad, and the ugly of the schoolteacher profession.

This book discusses how to save in a wide range of purchases -- from bakery items to cars to airline tickets to ceiling fans. Some of the advice is basic (Revlon cosmetics are less expensive at K-Mart) to some things one really might not know (the time to buy audio equipment is between January and April).

This book is full of 1-800 numbers for catalogs and other information. I would have liked some website addresses, but the book was published in 1996 -- can't have everything!

The best thing about this book is that I DIDN'T pay retail -- I picked it up for $3.99. I don't think the author had THAT in mind when he said we could save 20% to 80% on everything we buy...

I have enjoyed this author's health books, and he remains right on track with Never Pay Retail, offering good, anyone-can-use tips written in a sprite and entertaining style. Some tips are great; others are common sense, but you CAN save money -- and enjoy reading how to do it.

pearls of wisdom, along with some tried-and-true tips that come as no surprise, make this book a wise investment. some good writing to boot!

Dr. Flannery provides an illuminating analysis of the dynamics of workplace violence. The conceptual framework he developed continues to assist policymakers in negotiating the ever growing number of incidents. This unique text is the culmination of years of Dr. Flannery's own research designs and scientifically validated data in which he presents a threefold approach to preventing workplace violence and its aftermath. This text demonstrates Dr. Flannery's usual academic excellence. It is, moreover, written in a style that makes it accessible to the person who needs it most - the employer. VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE confirms Dr. Ray Flannery's status as one of the leading experts in the field.

I recently needed to research the topic of preventing violence in the workplace with emphasis on site employees. I found Dr. Flannery's Violence in the Workplace presents scientific findings in clear non-technical language and offers practical suggestions. Other books I've surveyed, have focused primarily on the disgruntled employee and how to possibly identify such employees. These authors largely appear primarily to use their own experiences in suggesting intervention strategies, with fewer other references. Flannery's book identifies the six most common types of assailants and a detailed three-fold, research-based, risk management approach, including the process of post-incident support services that he has designed and empirically tested. This book is now recommended in the Occupational and Safety Health Administration's guidelines for violence prevention in health care and retail industrial settings. It gives an understanding of the psychological sides of the issue and dovetails usefully with the federal guidelines. It has stood the test of time and I recommend it highly.

"Violence in the Workplace" is a state-of-the-art approach to its subject. Written for those of us on the front lines, Dr. Flannery's recommendations are clear, straightforward and helpful. I found all references to be relevant and those that were cited to be of historical significance. Not only does he address the biology and psychology of both assailants and victims, but he offers a brilliant three-pronged approach of 1)pre-incident training to reduce risk factors of violence in the workplace, 2) stress management techniques to sustain employee productivity and to ready the employee to deal reasonably and calmly should a violent incident occur, and 3)post-incident response which supports the employee victims and functions as an additional risk management strategy to reduce violence. This work both shows how to help prevent, and how to deal with, violence in the workplace. And I highly recommend this book to managers and employees alike.

This book was more touchy-feely to me than practical. I have taught extensively in the past, and do not need a book that gives me fundamental pedagogical skills -- I already possess them.

I was looking for a book that would assist me in converting a course from face-to-face to online. This book has an extensive section on the technologies required to teach online, which will be helpful to those who have never used computer before; to me, it was a waste of space.

There is no discussion of merits of different instructional design methodologies, and not a lot of concrete examples of how to teach online. This is a very light book, and I wouldn't use it anywhere except possibly to familiarize upper management with the logistics of online teaching.

For those teachers/professors/instructors/educators who are going to be on the front lines of online education, you can give this book a pass.

Finally, a book about online teaching that actually talks about TEACHING! It sets the context in education pedagogy and then gives the practical suggestions. Now teachers will have something to work from, other than just the mechanics of the technology. This will launch them on a successful TEACHING experience and better student retention.

A web site comes with the book, but not all the references in the book are on the web site and some of the links on the site are broken.

Still for those of you thinking of teaching online, the book is written in a language that you can understand - one of teaching and learning.

Finally a practical, useful book covering both the background materials and basic information needed to select a delivery system, develop a course, and conduct a class at a college level. Moore, Winograd and Lange combine to present materials that are not biased toward one publisher or delivery system. They share details on many of the major players in the field, and permit the reader to apply the the lessons learned to developing their own course to be delivered via F2F or distance education.

Emphasis is given to helping the faculty member personalize the online learning experience for the student. Various teaching styles are discussed and hints for applying web enhanced experiences are given.

Appropriate attention is given to the task of translating content of the course to an online mode. Hints and tips are included for creating syllabus, assingments, discussion questions and other tools that will increase interactivity. Once the course is "designed", they step the reader through many of the details and mechancis of actually converting the materials to online format.

Time is taken to help the reader realize that once the course is created, the real work is ready to begin. Implementation includes conducting the class utilizing the designed materials and making any modfications and/or changes that are necessary as the semester progresses. Tips include maintaining a schedule throughout the week, and providing rich, rapid feeback to the students. Evaluation techniques are discussed with the idea of being able to improve the course materials, format and schedule in the future.

This book provides a number of checklists and tables that will be valuable tools for the reader. The companion website is a valuable list of resources and hyperlinks that provide hours and hours of fun.

The book focuses on individual collection through persuasion. Call it whatever you want, its still just scare tactics. The author has been in collections for several decades and it shows. The author is definitely out of touch with today's society and acceptable business practices. He actively encourages letter writing and litigation, known to be the two worst approaches to collecting debt. Scare tactics, Scare tactics, Scare tactics. The example letters were so poorly written that I would be embarrassed to use them. The lack of a qualified proofreader is readily apparent. The book was so awful I immediately sent it back....

I am a practicing Psychiatrist with a large practice in Boston. My wife is also a Physician in an unrelated field. Our accounts receivables have been in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and we have tried everything possible to bring back some of those dollars.

I was " turned " on to Collect Your Money by Cody Flecker after one of my colleagues told me about this collections professional out on the West Coast and the book that he wrote to help professionals like my wife and myself.

"Collect Your Money" gets to the heart of the matter. Since using the techniques as outlined in the book our recovery rates have gone up dramatically, while not disturbing the good will of our clients. The letters as outlined by Cody Flecker were to the point, and sincere. They did bring in the required results that we were looking for.

Other good points about Collect Your Money were the telephone conversations, not so much what you say, but what your reply would be once the patient/debtor makes his statement to you and expects an answer.

My wife and I are foreigners and our command of the English language is not always up to par. Collect Your Money did the trick for us. We recommend this book to every small business trying to bring back some of those lost dollars.

I am a Doctor with a very large practice in Colorado. My accounts receivable is just alarming.Before I purchased Collect Your Money by Cody Flecker, I was owed in excess of 750,000 dollars. In 4 months using this book, its letters and simple to understand advice, my staff collected over 350,000 dollars without the advice of an attorney or collection agency. In fact, I fired the agency. Why pay them 25-50% of the outstandings when I can pay my own people to do the same. I recommend this book to every medical practioner I come into contact with. Every small to medium size business should have this book as well. I have recommended it to all of my business patients. If people or businesses owe you money you should buy this book. I am glad that I did.

There is a used book available for 73 cents. If you pay that price, you are overpaying by 50 cents.

Dr. Waitley continues to turn out one quality book after another. These works are timeless and their principles are useful regardless of the date of original publication because they are taken from Christian truths. Take his teaching on belief. On page 118 he writes "Belief as a positive force is the promise of realizing things hoped for and unseen. As a negative force, it is the premonition of our deepest fears and unseen darkness." Hebrews 11:1 is the origin of this discussion. Waitley goes on to talk about the power of the unseen by adding "What the mind harbors, the body manifests in some way" (p. 119). It's no wonder Waitley has sold so many books and held presentations all over the world. He has a valid message and is gifted as a communicator. Time spent reading this book is time well invested in one's manifesting one's future.

Denis Waitley is a joy to read, and this book, as others he wrote before, is a "how to" dialogue on how to succeed in life. His brown paperbag experiment in his bathroom had me laughing for three days straight. His advice on parenting are simple eye-opening truths which we shall all apply daily. I find his books a delightful balance between the straight and narrow Dale Carnegie notions, and the Anthony Robbins or Bob Proctor "super-achiever you-are-what-you-think avoid pain and gain pleasure" type of success philosophy. All four authors are excellent and complement each other but Waitley is probably the most reader-friendly, and has plenty of humour to lighten the text. For all readers of success, self-help and motivational books, this one should be on top of your list.

I bought this book for my son who recently graduated from college but I would have been better off just handing my son the money I paid for this book. The book contains out of date advice--it might have made sense for someone graduating 20 years ago but not in this millennium. Nowadays kids need solid advice on finding a job and taking charge of their finances after they graduate. Unfortunately this book does not provide the answers 22 year olds need.

I bought a copy of this book for each of my children, and I read it myself when I was challenged with finding a position in a new career field. This book contained good solid advice for all three of us.

This is a must have for every graduate out there. The book provided great tips for surviving the real world after coming out of college. If I would have had it 10 years earlier I would have saved myself a lot of lessons learned the hard way. I have read all of the author's books and have my own personal library. I am now happily employed doing something I love and I owe it to Mr. O'Brien's great advice.

Very easy reading material. This book is for the beginner; someone who has absoulutely never taught anyone before and who had not chosen teaching as a profession. Anyone who has instructed for 6 months or more will already know most of what is in this book. I was disappointed. I was anticipating new concepts and ideas.

This book literally listed more than 1000 tips and tools, covering every detail of presentation. You get "10 Hot Tips for Flip Charts and White Boards", "46 Ideas: Starting Off on the Right Foot"... The author is meticulously thoughtful. First read "5 ways to get the most out of this book" and then study the detailed Table of Contents. From there you can select what would be of interest to you. A lot seems to be common sense. Yet it is still good to be reminded, e.g. avoid: starting late, or starting with an apology, or an equipment failure. This is not a book for reading from cover to cover. But it is valuable for presentors or trainers to come back to it again and again.

Eric Jensen's 1000 suggestions are all practical and common sense. As a presenter, new ideas are always welcome and one certainly gets their money's worth from this book. The games, activities and energizers were very useful. This book is a must for all trainers and presenters!

I bought this book for a friend of mine as a congratulations gift on her acceptance to the Harvard Business School class of 2005. Knowing I'm a voracious reader, she asked me to preview it for her. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed.

To be sure, Mr. Callahan has a difficult task - to shape several hundred biographies into a coherent work in 320 pages. It is difficult enough to write one compelling biography! Unfortunately, Mr. Callahan was not able to pull out enough personalities, interesting trivia, or intersecting events to weave an interesting tapestry, instead writing about those experiences virtually everyone has shared -- drinking and reminiscing at old reunions, talking about how we went our own way and returned older and wiser, and in this case, how the collected group rose the corporate ladder. The book lacks the space to give more than a cursory examination to any single business leader, and it does not bother to illuminate us at to what experiences at Harvard tied directly to the success of the class, or exactly what common values they shared (other than some trite yet vigorous finger shaking at the fact that nearly the entire class participated in WWII). However, there are some eye-rolling and oft-repeated lines about how some members of the class suffered the hardship of working their way through their undergraduate years, as if tens of thousands of college students don't do that today (in fact Mr. Callahan alludes that they do not.) As a result, the book reads more like a long resuscitation of facts than as a compelling narrative.

The quotes on the jacket cover promised, "A time when values had meaning, with lessons we can learn", and included the engaging hook "They stormed the beaches of Normandy and the islands of the South Pacific, but the exceptional generation of Americans that won World War II also produced the greatest group of business leaders of the post-war era", but Callahan seems to give up his thesis of common experiences forging common values from the first pages, revealing that several graduates of the esteemed class of '49 have been investigated variously for insider trading by the SEC, by the Justice Department for bribery, or by the FBI for mafia connections. In fact, several of the alums he writes extensively about have extremely questionable business backgrounds. Additionally, it would be hard to differentiate between today's top business school graduates and those of the middle-last century, who went to find job stability and make money, "although millions, not billions as some leaders today." To paraphrase Mr. Dickens, in short, the period was so like the present period, that one of its nosiest authorities insists on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

This isn't to say that there isn't a fascinating story to tell in the graduates of Harvard Business School, or the class of '49. In my opinion, it just hasn't been told here.

At this point I'll share that this is a qualified review -- I stopped reading about halfway into the book, which is rare for me. It is entirely possible that Mr. Callahan successfully ties the book together and presents its lessons in the final pages. I'll never know. I've since moved on to purchase "Pinstipes and Pearls: The Women of the Harvard Law Class of '64..." which thus far is much more personal and compelling.

As I read this book I became aware of just how much times have changed since 1949. Nowadays no Harvard Business School MBA student learns this style of business. Now they teach students how to line their own pockets while dismantling successful American businesses and putting all the employees out on the street. They also teach that this is simply good business.

The example of the Harvard 49ers is inspirational, and their adventures in business make for an exciting story.

The author may have had some interesting things to say. Unfortunately it was so poorly written, and appears unedited, that you can't understand most of what's presented. There's even a puctuation error in the title (Manipulator<'>s). Obviously this was was self published.

His terms aren't defined and while I'm sure they have meaning to him, it leaves the reader wondering what he is talking about. For example, he talks of companies getting 50K from an investor, and "washing" it in and out many times to give the appearance of 450K. Since there is no more detail you wonder exactly how this is done and why there is a benefit to the manipulator. Detailing the accounting would be helpful.

It was so difficult to read that I felt I would have to go through and edit it just so I could understand what was meant. To understand what he was trying to say, many lines had to be reread several times because of the poor punctuation, run on and incomplete sentences.

Basically, you should stay away from low quality penny stocks. He mentions how looking at the bid/ask structure can be a tip off. Many of the things he says you should look out for are things the average person will never be able to find out. Even though he says large cap stocks can be manipulated, the examples are low quality issues that have higher prices with little volume and tiny float. He contends that the only reason to buy stocks is for their dividends, and that is the only way to be sure it is not a manipulated stock. I disagree, there are many reasons why a company doesn't pay dividends but that's another issue. There can still be financial shenanigans in dividend paying stock though it might have to be more creative.

Much of the focus is on smaller mineral exploration companies since that is his background. The book also is an advertisement for his services to check out stocks for you. If his reports are written anything like the book, you won't get anything out of them. I checked out his web site, a single page with a few charts of penny stocks and an invitation to email him for a quote for his services. Buyer beware.

I had past dealings with the author. I found him to be quite conceited, incorrigible, and a liar. I always wondered how he could drive around in an $85,000 BMW, and own and race 10-12 thoroughbred race horses a year up until a few years ago.

I practice in the mining and securities field and find alot of the information detailed to be factual, and know that alot of the information put forward occurs on a daily basis.

The scoundrel reveals dastardly deeds that I wouldn't condone, he belongs in jail.

The book is worth a read.

I have been an active investor in junior mineral exploration companies for over 30 years. I actually bought this book in the spring of 2003 and was so taken aback by it, that I bought an extra 10 copies to hand out as christmas presents to friends who invest/speculate.

Many of the disclosures in this book helped me understand better some of the losses I had experienced in the market over the years in dealing with scum promoters. The book also helped me in the recent bull market in penny mining stocks. I was also a big fan of the book, "Rampaging Bulls", published in 1992, another book revealing many Vancouver Stock Exchange scams.

The author pulls no punches in telling it like it is. No doubt this has caused him enemies especially with the enforcement authorities as he reveals the rampant daily fraud that goes undetected and that has never been documented by them. He also reveals the dirty deeds and tricks of newsletter writers, research analysts, and how newspaper columnists obtain their padded information.

I would recommend this book to everyone. For less than $20.00 canadian,less than what a trade costs, you can be that much more informed. I will be purchasing more copies for work mates and friends who haven't already received a copy as a christmas present.

I also visited the website and emailed the author, who replied pleasantly without looking to rip me off.