Upa imprint: 654 books
Sorting Africa's Developmental Puzzle
The Participatory Social Learning Theory as an Alternative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Sorting Africa's Development Puzzle: The Participatory Social Learning Theory as an Alternative Approach is a comprehensive exploration of why Africa has not managed to achieve a sustainable and self-regenerating development over the past half-century of effort. The work situates the problems of Africa's...
by John W. Mulcahy, Jess L. Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
A Handbook of Statistics and Quantitative Analysis for Educational Leadership is an approachable reference for all levels of educational leadership. The topics are presented with a clarity that makes the mathematics accessible, even if the reader has not had prior training in research methods or statistics....
by John Raymaker
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
This book addresses the climate change crisis through scientific, historical, and spiritual lenses. Using Bernard Lonergan’s functional specialization method, developed to facilitate collaboration among specialists, Raymaker and Durrani not only analyze data and rebut the claims of climate change...
The Trickle-Down Delusion
How Republican Upward Redistribution of Economic and Political Power Undermines Our Economy, Democracy, Institutions and Health—and a Liberal Response
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
From inside the book:
“Since 1980, the economy has been growing, and productivity has been growing, but trickle-down values—that we, the American people promote, pursuant to the Republican Party’s conservative ideology—have rigged the economy to continuously upwardly redistribute those...
The Challenges of Culture-based Learning
Indian Students' Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
This book investigates the impact of culture-based learning among secondary school children in India. The bias of cultural values can determine a student's learning preference. This study reflects that students have the potential to adapt and develop their learning styles according to society, family,...
J.P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings
The Titanic and Other Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
The concept was simple, to link American railroads and global dominance of the seas with a railroad line through China and Russia, enter the back door of Europe, and create new royalty: the Transportation Kings. Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman all pursued the grand dream. They were America’s...
by Ramesh N. Raizada
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Twenty-First Century World Powers and Changing Alignments provides an in-depth analysis of global political relations that exist between the most powerful countries of the world such as United States, Russia, England, China and others. It also describes the rationale behind the current and future...
"Oh, it's like CSI…"
A Qualitative Study of Job Satisfaction Experiences of Forensic Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
“Oh, it’s like CSI…”: A Qualitative Study of Job Satisfaction Experiences of Forensic Scientists goes beyond the glamorous portrayals of CSI professionals on television to highlight the real sources of job satisfaction among forensic scientists. Drawing on interviews with current forensic...
by Elena Ermolaeva, Jessica Ross
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times 'looking down the road' has become imperative.
Social Media
Pedagogy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Social Media: Pedagogy and Practice examines how interactive technologies can be applied to teaching, research and the practice of communication. This book demonstrates how social media can be utilized in the classroom to build the skillsets of students going into journalism, public relations, integrated marketing, and other communications fields.
by Gerhard Larsson
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
Land Management as Public Policy discusses goals, plans, and implementation means concerning public interference in land management after a more principal discussion of how far this ought to stretch itself and to what degree market forces and inputs of individuals predominate. The book begins with...
Between Dreaming and Recognition Seeking
The Emergence of Dialogical Self Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
How can an internationally recognized theory contribute towards the enrichment of your own life? In Between Dreaming and Recognition Seeking, Hubert J. M. Hermans, the creator of Dialogical Self Theory, applies this theory to his own life and explains how readers can do the same. He describes several...
by Jonathan Finch
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
A Crisis of Belief, Ethics and Faith presents a self-corrective and contemporary system of philosophy in a very readable format. The current rate of technological, scientific and social change is such that being ready and able to change with the evidence is needed in any attempt to render an intelligible...
by Richard H. Guerrette
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Innovative Discoveries for Ecumenical Ministries presents pertinent historical pastoral research considerations of the identity crisis in the priesthood requiring reconciliation of the hierarchical authority structures which have impaired authentic Christological pastoral leadership for decades. This...