How to Lead a Team: Training for the "manager turned leader"

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How to Lead a Team: Training for the "manager turned leader"

Manufacturer: CareerTrack Publications
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Set of four audio cassettes by a specialist in team star-ups, team development, group dynamics, facilitation and successful conflict resolution strategies.

How to Lead a Team: Training for the Manager Turned Team Leader

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How to Lead a Team: Training for the Manager Turned Team Leader
Shelia Paxton
Manufacturer: Careertrack Inc.
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How to Lead a Team: Training for the "manager turned team leader"

Manufacturer: Career Track Publications
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ASIN: B000HE8L5K

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Set of four audiocassettes by specialist in team start-ups, team development,group dynamics, facilitation and conflict resolution strategies

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This book represents the first critical attempt to incorporate the question of the canon in the history of economics into contemporary scholarly debate. It discusses how the canon is formed, perpetuated, interpreted and reinterpreted.

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Discover how today's corporations are benefiting from accelerated learning to speed training time, improve results, and reduce costs.

Accelerated learning is the use of music, color, emotion, play, and creativity to involve the whole student and enliven the learning experience. The Accelerated Learning Handbook is the first definitive book to explain state-of-the-art accelerated learning techniques to trainers and teachers, and features 40 techniques designed to save money while producing far better results.

Leading expert Dave Meier provides an overview of the background and underlying principles of accelerated learning, and reviews the latest supporting research results. Training professionals will look to The Accelerated Learning Handbook to:

Improve the long-term value of training
Cut course development time by half
Discover tips for music- and computer-based learning

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Educational Trainer .......2006-11-10

This book is IDEAL for anyone who is going to train or teach anything. How to cut the fluff and deliver the required facts.

A refreshing approach to learning and training--I highly recommend it..........2006-11-03

I am not a professional trainer by trade. However, I was recently appointed training coordinator for my department. The Accelerated Learning Handbook has definitely helped me approach my job with a fresh perspective. The information, ideas, and techniques presented have enabled me to more effectively train those in my department as well as those in other functions. Before reading the AL Handbook, I thought all that was needed to effectively teach someone was simply to make sure all of my PowerPoint slides were logically put together. I now have a broader view of how people learn and a sold framework to use when putting together training materials on any topic. I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to engage the audience and create meaningful, effective training presentations.

Practical ideas for facilitators.......2006-02-21

I have worked with adult learners for more than fifteen years and have always tried to incorporate whole-brained, participative learning. This book provided some excellent theoretical background as well as a lot of new instantly usable ideas. I wasn't even all the way through before I applied a couple of the techniques and got an excellent response from my client.

excellent training tool.......2003-07-06

I was getting ready to prepare a training program for 44 persons when I read this book. Immediately! after I used the guidelines to prepare my session. Preparation was fast and easy -and fun! I really couldn't believe that it was that easy to apply and it has been one of my best sessions to date. I refer to it when I need a refresher or a new perspective. I definately reccomend this book for trainers who need to keep their material fresh and interesting (esp. in-house trainers).

Accelerated Learning Handbook.......2002-01-02

Finally, teachers and administrators have a useful tool to recharge their classrooms/schools. We have become so test oriented that many times we forget that the process of learning comes from the doing. The statement comes to mind that we utter with new approaches," When do I have the time to get it all in?". That is where the problem lies! We are so pressured with these new demands that we loose sight of what is important, the process. This book will give us a clearer picture of how we can recharge our teaching and can provide the key so we can use the ideas to change the way we teach or approach the students' learning who are in our care.

Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Education in the Age of Insecurity (Professional Learning)

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The Marxist speaks out ?
The best Andy Hargreaves yet!

Teaching in the Knowledge Society: Education in the Age of Insecurity (Professional Learning)
Andy Hargreaves
Manufacturer: Open University Press
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"A book of polemic and passion, which will challenge school leaders, teachers and policy-makers alike. Amid vivid invective and extensive research about the impoverishing effects of educational standardisation, there gleams Hargreaves' unwavering conviction that teaching is the key agent of change in the knowledge society. As governments search for reform strategies to match the challenges facing state school systems around the world, we need original thinkers like Hargreaves. He defines the space within which leadership must be exercised."- Heather Du Quesnay, Director and Chief Executive, National College of School Leadership.

"When it comes to the role of teachers in society no one leads the pack like Andy Hargreaves. Teaching in the Knowledge Society is brimming with original insights, cutting edge ideas from a cutting edge scholar. It pulls the reader in from the first paragraph, and never lets go. A delight to read from cover to cover." - Michael Fullan, University of Toronto.

We live in a creative, dynamic knowledge society. How do we teach young people to work in it and prosper from it? How do we protect them against its frantic pace and runaway effects? In this major new book, Andy Hargreaves examines what is meant by the knowledge society, why it's important and what it means for teachers today. Knowledge societies need schools to become creative and caring learning communities, and this book shows inspiring examples of such schools. Yet the quest to create true knowledge society schools has been stalled by years of standardisation. The benefits of creative learning communities are most often offered to teachers of the affluent. Prescribed programs of teaching and learning are inflicted on the rest. This book shows how to break through this impasse and create the knowledge society schools for all that we really need. Hargreaves' major new commentary on the state of teaching today is theoretically original and strategically powerful. Rich in teachers' voices and rigorous research, it is essential reading for teachers and teacher educators, policy makers, leaders and researchers alike.

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The Marxist speaks out ?.......2005-12-20

In his last book, Andrew (Andy) Hargreaves takes us through the dark alley of modern education. At the end of the alley, shines his promised land of Marxism. Hargreaves political views are cleverly disguised, but still obvious. He never speaks of a Marxist society, but instead uses jargons such as "beyond the knowledge society", "social mission" and "cosmopolitan identity".

The kowledge society and related terms, such as knowledge worker and knowledge economy, were created by Peter F. Drucker and appeared in his 1969 book "The Age of Discontinuity". In his 1999 book "Management Challenges for the 21st Century", Drucker has following to say:

"Knowledge workers are rapidly becoming the largest single group in workforce of every developed country. They may already comprise two-fifths of the U.S. workforce - and a still smaller but rapidly growing proportion of the workforce of all other developed countries. It is on their productivity, above all, that the future prosperity and indeed the future survival of the developed economies will increasingly depend." (page.141).

Drucker is absolutely right, that the knowledge society aready exists, but Hargreaves eyes are focused on the society beyond, which in his opinion clearly belongs to the Marxist ideology. Following quotations make this abuntantly clear:

"Teaching beyond the knowledge society means developing a cosmopolitan identity that can build chains of caring for those who are out of sight but should never be out of mind." (page.48).

"Teaching exclusively beyond the knowledge society cultivates caring, develops character and builds cosmopolitan identity." (page.52).

"We have seen that standardized educational reform has made it almost impossible for many teachers to teach either for the knowledge society or beyond it as part of a broader social mission." (page.162).

What is the social mission of the teaching profession ? Hargreaves emphasizes this aspect of teaching:

"Teachers and others must now dedicate themselves to bringing together these two missions of teaching for the knowledge society and beyond it - making it the pinnacle of their professional purpose." (page.52).

"The standardized reforms of Ontario education offer only disincentives and discouragement to those who see their work as being about teaching beyond the knowledge economy and about creating values for good. They are squeezing the social mission out of teaching." (page.96).

As previously noted, one of the expressions that Hargreaves uses instead of Marxism is "cosmopolitan identity". In true Marxistic fashion, he keeps on striking the hot iron:

"This is what teaching beyond the knowledge society must address: developing cosmopolitan identity and humanitarian responsibility at home as well as abroad." (page.35).

"Teachers and others, therefore, must think not only of how to teach for the knowledge society, but also of how to teach beyond it, so we address other compelling human values and educational purposes in addition to those that make a profit - purposes concerned with character, community, democracy and cosmopolitan identity." (page.43).

It is disturbing, that Hargreaves goes so far out on the Marxist limb, that his book is more of a political declaration, than an analysis of education. I believe that John Locke (1632-1704), Auguste Comte (1798-1857) and John Dewey (1859-1952) would have agreed with me.

The best Andy Hargreaves yet!.......2003-06-08

Andy Hargreaves's new book is a best seller.

I am always impressed by that uncommon trait of commonsense in Hargreaves's writing. In the 1990s writing on learning organisations was very topical. However at the turn of the century learning communities and learning societies took precedence.

Pearls of wisdom abound throughout the book:
In the Introduction Hargreaves draws the links between living in a knowledge economy and a knowledge society.
The knowledge economy primarily serves the private good. The knowledge society also encompasses the public good. Our school have to prepare young people for both of them (Hargreaves, 2003, p.1)
Hargreaves also points out that the term "knowledge society" is a misnomer and argues that a more appropriate term is learning society (Hargreaves, 2003, p.3).

Hargreaves describes teaching as a paradoxical profession where teachers are expected to help create a knowledge society and at the same time right the wrongs that pervade modern western communities. In a very quotable section Hargreaves discusses the different approaches of his dentist and teachers towards professional development.

In dealing with insecurity and Hargreaves notes that loyalty between the worker and the company has been replaced with contracts.

Hargreaves's warning that curriculum standards compromise teachers' options:
The micromanagement of standards-based reform has deleterious effects on teachers' teaching, on teachers' students and on teachers' relationship to their work and with one another (Hargreaves, 2003, p.90).

This is a great book. It is well written and eloquent. Leaders should be readers, and Andy Hargreaves's new book makes professional reading engaging and interesting. Well done Andy Hargreaves.

Teachers College Press is to be congratulated on adding Andy Hargreaves to their list of authors. This book will help put TCP back into a field of educational excellence alongside Jossey-Bass and Corwin Press.

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Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based

Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based

Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based

Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based Models
Meredith D. Gall , and Roseanne O'Brien Vojtek
Manufacturer: University of Oregon ERIC Clearinghouse on Ed
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ASIN: 0865521263

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Planning for Effective Staff Development: Six Research-Based.......2000-06-13

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Planning for Effective Faculty Development: Using Adult Learning Strategies (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resources Development Series)

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Planning for Effective Faculty Development: Using Adult Learning Strategies (Professional Practices in Adult Education and Human Resources Development Series)
Patricia A. Lawler
Manufacturer: Krieger Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1575241056

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Technology and distance education are changing classrooms. The student body, diverse in race, learning styles, ages, and cultures, demands new approaches to teaching and learning. Society calls for quality standards in teaching outcomes and fiscal responsibility. At the heart of these challenges is the faculty. The authors' perspective is to view faculty as adult learners and faculty development programs and initiatives as adult education. The book introduces the concepts of adult learning and program development in adult education and sets forth a useful model with strategies for success. Fundamental principles and their use are illustrated in an understandable framework. Here is a practical guide for administrators and teachers responsible for faculty development.

Effective Planning in Training and Development

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Effective Planning in Training and Development
Leslie Rae
Manufacturer: Kogan Page
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ASIN: 0749433590

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Effective planning is a key element for success in training and development. This very practical book written by one of the most respected experts in training shows how if the planning process is approached correctly, the chances of training hitting home and achieving the right results are vastly improved. Detailing all of the steps needed in the planning and design process to prepare a training and development program the book's emphasis is on direct training practices. As the author clearly shows however the same techniques can be readily applied more widely to such approaches as open learning, interactive video and computer-based training programs, and Internet training programs.

The Faculty Parking Lot Is Not for Planning: Becoming an Effective First Year Teacher

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Planning, Objectives, Oh My!

The Faculty Parking Lot Is Not for Planning: Becoming an Effective First Year Teacher
James L. Conro
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Education
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ASIN: 1578865042

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Planning, Objectives, Oh My!.......2007-06-10

I recently checked this book out from the library. I liked it so much I want to buy it. It is very helpful for those of us teachers in districts that stress posted objectives, Critical Thinking questions/models, and so much more. The author is to the point, gives examples, and was very helpful for the 1st year teacher. It's a small book...and easy to read.

Planning for Effective Training: Guide to Curriculum Development

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Planning for Effective Training: Guide to Curriculum Development
Tim L. Wentling , and Kah Khee Lai
Manufacturer: Food & Agriculture Org
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Writing Effective Lesson Plans: The 5-Star Approach

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Writing Effective Lesson Plans: The 5-Star Approach
Peter Serdyukov , and Mark Ryan
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
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Effective ABE staff development : a self-study guide (SuDoc ED 1.310/2:282010)

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Effective ABE staff development : a self-study guide (SuDoc ED 1.310/2:282010)
U.S. Dept of Education
Manufacturer: Office of Vocational and Adult Education
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000105AWW

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Media insider David Alexander reveals clever, cagey, creative methods for getting your story out with the right "spin." Learn how TV, radio and newspapers choose which stories to cover; which are the most influential media execs to contact (and whom to avoid); how to write irresistible news releases; how to exploit busy, competitive reporters; how the best media manipulators have used dramatic guerrilla methods to get their messages plastered across the world stage; and much more.

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If you want to get your story on TV, this book tells you how.......1998-07-04

Forget going through a public relations firm to tell your story to the media. This book gives you solid examples of how to get the media to come to you. Tricks of the trade that the media (especially TV) falls for every time.

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