A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. It is colourful, absorbing, illuminating, and critically practical. Each chapter draws on the perceptions and writings of teenage boys and girls, and uses these to build a specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be cool and normal, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships
Strategy is everybody’s job - SOAR is the acronym of a new strategic planning process that is based on discovering and multiplying what the organization does well. SOAR takes the Appreciative Inquiry philosophy and applies it to provide a strategic thinking and dialogue process. The SOAR book includes a pull-out card that is a handy reminder of the 5-I Approach and sample questions that are referred to in the book. You'll find it helpful in conducting your next SOAR More info
Integrating strategic problem-solving, and emphasis on stories and the cultural context of meaning, this book introduces the theoretical stance of semiotic constructivism. Its main argument, illustrated in engaging cases, is that all experience is a construction of signs, and that symbolic forms such as language, myth, ritual and drama create and shape our realities, and provide useful tools for encouraging therapeutic change. More info
This book discusses how solution focused approaches can be incorporated into nursing practices and demonstrates it effectiveness. Solution-focused nursing is a practical philosophy which emphasizes change at three levels: the client, nursing and society. It explores three important principles: to be cautious of dominant paradigms, to focus not only on problems but solutions too, to work with and for clients rather than on them. "Solution-Focused Nursing" challenges common assumptions about care and provides a framework for nursing that is not just technical, but psychosocial too. Author Margaret... More info
