Kara: 501 books
Research & evaluation for busy students and practitioners 2e
A time-saving guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Research doesn't exist in a bubble but co-exists with a multitude of other tasks and commitments, yet there is more need for people to save time than ever before. Brilliantly attuned to the demands placed on researchers, this book considers how students, academics and professionals alike can save...
Thinking and Acting Systemically
Improving School Districts Under Pressure
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
This volume argues that districts are important as a lever for change given the limited success of school-by-school efforts. Policies that focus on skill development, recognize and support performance, create opportunities for collaboration, build leader capacity, and create networks of knowledge...
by Lyn Worthen, A.A. Azariah-Kribbs, Amber Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018
The works of Poe were dark and often disturbing. From dismembered corpses, rivals bricked behind cellar walls, murders in back alleys, laments for lost loves, obsessions that drive men - and women! - to madness, his stories have had a profound impact on both the horror and mystery genres to this day.
In...
International Investment Management
Theory, ethics and practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
International Investment Management: Theory, Practice, and Ethics synthesizes investment principles, Asian financial practice, and ethics reflecting the realities of modern international finance. These topics are studied within the Asian context, first through the medium of case studies and then via...
Analysing Data For Your PhD: An Introduction
PhD Knowledge, #3
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Analysing data is perhaps the most demanding stage of research - and certainly the least visible. This concise e-book demystifies the process by explaining the principles and practice of good quality data analysis. It describes the key quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as creative and...
Partnering With Students
Building Ownership of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2015
Empower students to own their learning
This resource is designed to empower teachers and leaders with strategies to develop learners who have the confidence and tools to engage in any challenge. By flipping the focus to student ownership of learning, the authors provide clear and simple ways...
Writing for research
A time-saving guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Writing is more difficult than it seems. Even experienced writers often find it hard to get started, and looming deadlines can cause paralysis. This e-book will get you started and keep you going. It demystifies the craft of writing, and offers lots of tips and ideas to make writing manageable.
Creative research methods in the social sciences
A practical guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
With foreword by Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen. Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions, which are hard to answer using traditional methods alone. Creative methods can also be more ethical, helping researchers to address social injustice. This accessible...
An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals
Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
The interest in and demand for online terminal degress across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be evaluated are the questions...
by Kara Powell
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 4, 2012
¿Buscas respuestas a tu vida y tu ministerio desde tu perspectiva femenina? Dirigido a profesionales y voluntarias, «¡Ayúdenme! ¡Soy una mujer en el ministerio juvenil!» estudia los problemas con los que luchas a diario en el ministerio: El desafío de ser soltera, el matrimonio, la madre como...
No Shortcut to Change
An Unlikely Path to a More Gender Equitable World
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
A critical examination of the weaknesses inherent in international gender policy.
2018 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association
Gender equality has become a central aspect of global governance and development in the 21st century. States increasingly promote...
Foundations of Biosocial Health
Stigma and Illness Interactions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
The chapters in Foundations of Biosocial Health: Stigma and Illness Interactions, drawn primarily from medical anthropology, highlight the diverse ways in which various stigmatized health conditions interact with social inequalities and stigma to form syndemics. The authors delineate multiple examples...
by Kara-Lynne Leonard, MD, MS
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Biostatistics for Oncologists is the first practical guide providing the essential biostatistical concepts, oncology-specific examples, and applicable problem sets for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and surgical oncologists. The book also serves as a review for medical oncology and radiation...
Materiais e design
A arte e ciência da seleção de materiais no projeto do produto
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Este livro explora o papel dos materiais e da fabricação no design de produtos, dando ênfase particular ao modo como a materialidade de um objeto (do que ele é feito e como é feito) pode ser manipulada para criar estética e funcionalidade de um produto. Seus autores se preocuparam igualmente...