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Curriculum Development: A Guide for Educators
Curriculum and curriculum issues are at the heart of current debates about schooling, pedagogy and learning. This book will enable practitioners, scholars and academics to understand how to re-design or to suggest changes to curriculum structure, shape and content. Grounded in theory and philosophy, the book also offers practical help in grasping this controversial area.
Inside, the authors:
- provide practical planning templates
- support and provoke analysis, discussion and experimentation
- include definitions of key terms and reflective questions
- incorporate practical examples and case material based on their work worldwide on curriculum design and evaluation
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21 Lessons for The 21St Century Paperback
The future is here. Learn to live in it.
In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children?
Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change. Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created?
‘Fascinating… compelling… [Harari] has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century’ Bill Gates, New York Times
‘Truly mind-expanding… Ultra-topical’ Guardian
‘21 Lessons is, simply put, a crucial book’ Adam Kay
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is an enchanting children’s book written by Roald Dahl.
Summary of the Book
Compiled as a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this title continues the story of the young boy, Charlie Bucket, and the peculiar candy maker, Willy Wonka. They travel in the Great Glass Elevator and thus embark upon new adventures. This edition also contains colourful illustrations created by Quentin Blake.
About Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British short story writer, novelist, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter. He was born to Norwegian parents and served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. During this time, he became an intelligence officer and a flying ace. He rose to the rank of Acting Wing Commander. His short stories are popularly known for their unexpected endings, and his children’s stories are unsentimental with a bit of dark humour. Some of his works include James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Twits, and George’s Marvellous Medicine.
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Troubleshooter
Den Laurey, the leader of one of the country’s most violent biker gangs, should have been behind bars. But thanks to a daring escape on the L.A. freeway, several US marshals are dead and Laurey is riding free. Tim Rackley, back on the service’s warrant squad, is in hot pursuit of the outlaw and his ruthless gang–with a media whirlwind and the entire Los Angeles law enforcement community dogging him. Tim’s search leads him into a dark world of deception, of criminals and undercover cops, and drugs and mutilation. With the stakes rising, Tim must unravel a horrifying secret and confront a deadly terror that reaches from the back alleys of Mexico to the poppy fields of Afghanistan–and threatens to explode on the dark streets of L.A.
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communicable diseases
This manual covers the full range of communicable diseases in the African region: skin infections, malaria and other vector-borne diseases.
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Mcrae’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management 3rd edition
This book is derived from Ronald McRae’s Pocketbook of Orthopaedics and Fractures, a highly successful ‘survival guide’ for the trainee working in accident and emergency or orthopaedic departments. Retaining the underlying principles of the original editions this comprehensive rewrite and re-presentation provides complete coverage of orthopaedic trauma surgery as relevant to contemporary practice.
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Trapeze Dreams [Paperback] Holly Smith Dinbergs
A circus trip inspires Jules and Rosa to try some daredevil feats of their own. But swinging on a trapeze is not as easy as it looks, and Rosa�s dreams of flying come to a sudden end!
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Righteous Men
In righteous men a teenage computer prodigy is strangled in Mumbai. A far-right extremist is killed in a remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest. A wealthy businessman is murdered in Thailand. A pimp in Brooklyn is found stabbed to death and mysteriously covered by a brown shroud.
What connects the victims is an ancient prophecy that foretells the end of everything. Now it’s up to fledgling New York Times reporter Will Monroe to prevent it. But his investigation could cost Monroe the woman he loves, as it leads him into a dangerous shadow world of fundamentalist religion, mysticism, and biblical prophecies—and toward a set of ancient texts that could save humankind . . . or destroy every man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth.
KShs 650.00
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Obstetrics by Ten Teachers 21ED (Taylor)
First published in 1917 as ‘Midwifery’, Obstetrics by Ten Teachers is well established as a concise, yet comprehensive, guide within its field. The 21st Edition has been thoroughly updated by its latest team of ‘teachers’, integrating clinical material with the latest scientific developments that underpin patient care.
Each chapter is highly structured, with learning objectives, definitions, aetiology, clinical features, investigations, treatments and key point summaries and additional reading where appropriate. A key theme for this edition is ‘professionalism’ and information specific to this is threaded throughout the text.
KEY FEATURES
* Fully revised – content is entirely refreshed and up to date for this twentieth edition, including the latest imaging and reproductive technologies and current guidelines for best practice
Highly illustrated – text supported and enhanced throughout by high-quality colour line diagrams and photographs
Clear and accessible – numerous features supplement the narrative text and provide useful queues for revision
Illustrative case histories – engage the reader with realistic scenarios that bring obstetric practice to life
Digital support material – download and personalise the ebook for fully-flexible access and visit [www.routledge.com/cw/mccarthy] for additional resources including questions for self-assessment, video and patient interviews
Along with its companion Gynaecology by Ten Teachers, 21st Edition, the books continue to provide an accessible ‘one stop shop’ in obstetrics and gynaecology for a new generation of doctors.The editors:
Louise C Kenny is Professor and Executive Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Fergus McCarthy is Senior Lecturer, University College Cork and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Maternal Fetal Medicine Subspecialist, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
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Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice
Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also “Do and Don’t” sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences.