WHY have populist movements flourished?
WILL robots take over the world?
SHOULD a universal basic income be introduced?
ARE algorithms secretly running our lives?
HAS Australia become a nanny state?
HOW do we tackle rampant consumerism?
In 65 short blasts, Bite Size Advice 3 answers these and othercontemporary questions and contains something for everyone. This
book is an informative collection of Paul Thomas' weekly blog posts.Each is akin to...
Nine years after the publication of Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life, one of the pioneering books in Astrobiology, this second edition revisits the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life. Recent analyses of Antarctic micrometeorites and ancient rocks in Australia and South Africa, the continuing progress in discovering complex organic macromolecules in comets, protostars and interstellar clouds, new insight...
This volume will refute No Excuses Reform ideology by proposing Social Context Reform, a term coined by Paul Thomas which argues for educational change within a larger plan to reform social inequity¿such as access to health care, food, higher employment, better wages and job security. Evidence that school-only reform does not work is combined with a bold argument to expand the discourse and policy surrounding education reform to include how so...
Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect presents a wide variety of concepts from scholars and practitioners who discuss pedagogies of kindness, an alternative to the «no excuses» ideology now dominating the way that children are raised and educated in the U.S. today. The fields of education, and especially early childhood education, include some histories and perspectives that treat those who are younger with kindness and respect. This book demonst...
Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect presents a wide variety of concepts from scholars and practitioners who discuss pedagogies of kindness, an alternative to the «no excuses» ideology now dominating the way that children are raised and educated in the U.S. today. The fields of education, and especially early childhood education, include some histories and perspectives that treat those who are younger with kindness and respect. This book demonst...
This volume will refute No Excuses Reform ideology by proposing Social Context Reform, a term coined by Paul Thomas which argues for educational change within a larger plan to reform social inequity-such as access to health care, food, higher employment, better wages and job security. Evidence that school-only reform does not work is combined with a bold argument to expand the discourse and policy surrounding education reform to include how so...
Nine years after the publication of Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life, one of the pioneering books in Astrobiology, this second edition revisits the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life. Recent analyses of Antarctic micrometeorites and ancient rocks in Australia and South Africa, the continuing progress in discovering complex organic macromolecules in comets, protostars and interstellar clouds, new insight...
In the isolated Nebraska Territories, Craig Conor s world is shattered by the murder of his parents and the disappearance of his younger brother. The search for his brother and the truth about his parents will eventually place him in greater danger as he finds himself face to face with murderous outlaws and he is caught in the middle of the first great conflict between north and south. His only hope may lie in a Texas Ranger searching for just...
In the isolated Nebraska Territories, Craig Conor s world is shattered by the murder of his parents and the disappearance of his younger brother. The search for his brother and the truth about his parents will eventually place him in greater danger as he finds himself face to face with murderous outlaws and he is caught in the middle of the first great conflict between north and south. His only hope may lie in a Texas Ranger searching for just...