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Fundamentals of Building Construction

Materials and Methods

This Third Edition of the classic Fundamentals of Building Construction offers a panoramic view of today's construction systems-from foundation to roof, exterior cladding to interior finishes. Every common system of construction is covered, including wood light frame construction, heavy timber, masonry, steel, sitecast concrete, and precast concrete. New chapters offer coverage of light gauge steel frame construction and detailed information on selecting windows and doors. Architect and author Edward Allen addresses the history, theory, and practice of each type of construction, including typical details of assembly. The lucid text is supported by more than 600 photographs and 400 line drawings, many of them arranged in sequences that illustrate construction operations step-by-step. More than 200 of the illustrations were prepared especially for this new edition. These include photographs of recent work by Horst Berger, Helmut Jahn, Cesar Pelli, Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss, Steven Holl, and Suzane Reatig. This book is an essential reference for students of architecture, civil engineering, and construction technology. It finds everyday use in virtually every architecture firm in North America.

This Third Edition of the classic Fundamentals of Building Construction offers a panoramic view of today's construction systems-from foundation to roof, exterior cladding to interior finishes.

The Professional Handbook of Building Construction

This book concentrates on where the materials come from, how they are processed, how their properties compare with other available materials, tools and skills required, and their effect on the form and performance of the finished building. Organization will emphasize the common construction systems in use today, including: light wood frame, masonry bearing wall, steel frame, and reinforced concrete.

This book concentrates on where the materials come from, how they are processed, how their properties compare with other available materials, tools and skills required, and their effect on the form and performance of the finished building.

Mentoring and Developing Practice in Primary Schools

Supporting Student Teacher Learning in Schools

A guide to transforming traditional student teaching practices in primary school from "just another burden imposed on the teacher" to an active program of mentoring. Edwards (primary education, U. of Leeds) proposes that students learn best when supported by active mentors, outlining how learning teachers can serve as mentors and the development programs which can be institutionally implemented to support such a strategy. The author supplies case studies linking assessment, pedagogy, and research to practical mentoring activities. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Edwards (primary education, U. of Leeds) proposes that students learn best when supported by active mentors, outlining how learning teachers can serve as mentors and the development programs which can be institutionally implemented to ...

Improving Teacher Education Through Inter-college Co-operation

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What should be the placement and distribution of general education , professional education , and specialized education ? In regard to placement , general education should have the major proportion of time in the early years ...

Philosophical Foundations for Moral Education and Character Development

Act and Agent

Thus the approach seems to narrow unnecessarily the range of morality and of moral education , although the expansion of the Kohlber- gian moral education to include content may to some extent return such issues to the sphere of ethics ...

Research Methods for Sport Management

Research methods courses have become a compulsory component of most degree programs in sport management. This is the first introductory research methods textbook to focus exclusively on sport management. Through the use of examples, cases and data taken from the real world of sport management it opens up a traditionally dry area of study, helping the student to understand the vital importance of sound methodology in their studies and subsequent professional practice. The book covers the full range of quantitative and qualitative methods across the whole span of the research process, from research design and the literature review to data analysis and report writing. Every chapter contains a range of useful features to aid student learning, including summaries, discussion questions and guides to further resources, as well as examples drawn from contemporary sport around the world. Research Methods for Sport Management is an essential course text for all sport management students and an invaluable reference for any sport management professional involved in operational research.

Quantitative data analysis techniques are discussed in Chapter 17. Statistical software packages are introduced, as are the processes of coding and different ways of presenting the data. Chapter 18 follows on from our earlier discussion ...

Managing Human Resources

Human Resource Management in Transition

This revised edition is a comprehensive, authoritative set of essays. It is more detailed and analytical than the mainstream treatments of HRM. As in previous editions, Managing Human Resources analyses HRM, the study of work and employment, using an integrated multi-disciplinary approach. The starting point is a recognition that HRM practice and firm performance are influenced by a variety of institutional arrangements that extend beyond the firm. The consequences of HRM need to incorporate analysis of employees and other stakeholders as well as the implications for organizational performance.

This revised edition is a comprehensive, authoritative set of essays. It is more detailed and analytical than the mainstream treatments of HRM.

Worship Music

A Concise Dictionary

The history of Western music is intimately tied to the worship of Christians and Jews. It was the Church and synagogue that provided the context for the development of Gregorian chant, the motet, the cantana, and virtually every important theorist, composer, and performer from Ambrose to Zwingli. Worship Music provides concise information on the people, terms, places, and elements of this worship. Ecumenical in scope and cross-cultural in its perspective, Worship Music focuses on the worship music of English-speaking North Americans. Its over 2,500 entries range across every major denomination within Western Christianity, the Byzantine/Slav tradition, and Judaism. Over 60 contributors represent the traditions addressed in the dictionary, providing authenticity in representing the tradition and an insider's perspective on contemporary practices. The dictionary is shaped through the lens of "ritual music which focuses on the function of music in worship (or asks the question of the function of music in worship. It includes brief descriptions, histories, and explanations of musical-liturgical terms and personnel. Bibliographies and extensive cross-referencing can be found throughout the volume. Designed not just for pastoral musicians but all musicians?amateurs, students and professionals?as well as liturgists, Worship Music is an indispensable guide to the musical aspects of worship. Contributors include: Allen Barthel James Brauer Michael Driscoll Rosemary Dubowchik John Foley Virgil Funk Victor Gebauer Fred Graham Joan Halmo Robert Hawkins Lawrence Heiman Paul Jacobson Martin Jean Michael Joncas Columba Kelly Martha Kirk James Kosnik Robin Leaver , Austin Lovelace Mary McGann Nathan Mitchell Fred Moleck Charles Pottie Todd Ridder Anthony Ruff Carl Schalk Rebecca Slough Gordon Truitt J. Kevin Waters John Weaver Paul Westermeyer Carlton Young , Edward Foley, Capuchin, is professor of liturgy and music at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is the author of numerous books including Foundations of Christian Music and Music and the Eucharistic Prayer from the American Essays in Liturgy series for which he is the editor.

It includes brief descriptions, histories, and explanations of musical-liturgical terms and personnel. Bibliographies and extensive cross-referencing can be found throughout the volume.

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