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Your Family, Inc.: Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business
by Terry S Trepper Florence Kaslow Ellen FrankenbergDid you know eighty-five percent of family firms do not survive the third generation? Your Family, Inc.: Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business will help the busy entrepreneur lower this drastic failure rate by providing great tips and practical advice for creating a successful and pleasant environment when working in the family business. Containing unique and valuable hints for building a better business, this book uses specific examples designed for different situations. Filled with suggestions and proven advice, this important guide offers important ideas on deciding which family members should control stock, who should first work in another company to gain experience, and how to determine which individuals should make business decisions, and much more. Your Family, Inc. offers you specific steps to help avoid common problems and pitfalls with such insightful tips as:recognizing the dangers of a family triangle to avoid any problems before they become detrimental to the companyrealizing the difference between being asked to respond as a family member--parent, daughter, uncle, or son--and when the problem relates to business developing strategies to keep the family firm accountable by developing a group of advisors that may include the corporate attorney, accountant, or CEOs of noncompeting industriesmaking business decisions for the right reasons, and building consensus in the family to support the decisionscreating criteria for future leadership in advance by recognizing the direction the industry is taking, the needs of the company and the values of the familyFrom Your Family, Inc., you will discover how healthy families and healthy family firms develop practical decision-making processes which will endure for generations to come. This essential book provides you with practical information to help your family business improve family relations and to positively impact business now and for future generations.
Your Family, Inc.: Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business
by Terry S Trepper Florence Kaslow Ellen FrankenbergDid you know eighty-five percent of family firms do not survive the third generation? Your Family, Inc.: Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business will help the busy entrepreneur lower this drastic failure rate by providing great tips and practical advice for creating a successful and pleasant environment when working in the family business. Containing unique and valuable hints for building a better business, this book uses specific examples designed for different situations. Filled with suggestions and proven advice, this important guide offers important ideas on deciding which family members should control stock, who should first work in another company to gain experience, and how to determine which individuals should make business decisions, and much more. Your Family, Inc. offers you specific steps to help avoid common problems and pitfalls with such insightful tips as:recognizing the dangers of a family triangle to avoid any problems before they become detrimental to the companyrealizing the difference between being asked to respond as a family member--parent, daughter, uncle, or son--and when the problem relates to business developing strategies to keep the family firm accountable by developing a group of advisors that may include the corporate attorney, accountant, or CEOs of noncompeting industriesmaking business decisions for the right reasons, and building consensus in the family to support the decisionscreating criteria for future leadership in advance by recognizing the direction the industry is taking, the needs of the company and the values of the familyFrom Your Family, Inc., you will discover how healthy families and healthy family firms develop practical decision-making processes which will endure for generations to come. This essential book provides you with practical information to help your family business improve family relations and to positively impact business now and for future generations.
Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher
by Todd Whitaker Madeline Whitaker Good Katherine WhitakerLearn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this exciting new book, internationally renowned educator Todd Whitaker teams up with his daughters--Madeline, an elementary teacher, and Katherine, a secondary teacher--to share advice and inspiration. They offer step-by-step guidance to thriving in your new role and overcoming the challenges that many new teachers face. Topics include: Learning classroom management skills such as building relationships and maintaining high expectations and consistency Setting up your classroom and establishing procedures and rules Planning effective lessons and making your instructional time an engaging experience Managing your own emotions in the classroom and dealing effectively with misbehavior Working with peers, administrators, and parents to build support and foster collaboration The book is filled with specific examples and vignettes from elementary, middle, and high school classes, so you’ll gain helpful strategies no matter what grade level and subject area you teach. You’ll also find out how to make tweaks or hit the "reset" button when something isn’t going as planned. Things may not always go perfectly your first year, but the practical advice in this book will help you stay motivated on the path to success! Bonus: As you read the book, get even more out of it by discussing it with others. Free study guides for practicing teachers and student teachers are available as eResource downloads from our website (www.routledge.com/products/9781138126152).
Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher
by Todd Whitaker Madeline Whitaker Good Katherine WhitakerLearn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this exciting new book, internationally renowned educator Todd Whitaker teams up with his daughters--Madeline, an elementary teacher, and Katherine, a secondary teacher--to share advice and inspiration. They offer step-by-step guidance to thriving in your new role and overcoming the challenges that many new teachers face. Topics include: Learning classroom management skills such as building relationships and maintaining high expectations and consistency Setting up your classroom and establishing procedures and rules Planning effective lessons and making your instructional time an engaging experience Managing your own emotions in the classroom and dealing effectively with misbehavior Working with peers, administrators, and parents to build support and foster collaboration The book is filled with specific examples and vignettes from elementary, middle, and high school classes, so you’ll gain helpful strategies no matter what grade level and subject area you teach. You’ll also find out how to make tweaks or hit the "reset" button when something isn’t going as planned. Things may not always go perfectly your first year, but the practical advice in this book will help you stay motivated on the path to success! Bonus: As you read the book, get even more out of it by discussing it with others. Free study guides for practicing teachers and student teachers are available as eResource downloads from our website (www.routledge.com/products/9781138126152).
Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher
by Todd Whitaker Madeline Whitaker Good Katherine WhitakerLearn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this bestselling book, renowned educators Todd Whitaker, Madeline Whitaker Good, and Katherine Whitaker offer step-by-step guidance to thriving in your new role, developing classroom management skills, and overcoming the challenges that many beginning teachers face. In a practical, reader-friendly style, the Whitakers help you learn how to establish procedures and rules, build relationships, maintain high expectations and consistency, and manage your own emotions in the classroom. They also show how to plan effective lessons and how to work with peers, administrators, and parents to foster collaboration. Each chapter offers specific examples and vignettes from different grade levels. This updated edition contains additional guidance on classroom management and dealing with challenging student behavior, two areas that can affect job satisfaction. Importantly, you’ll learn how to make tweaks or hit the "reset" button when something isn’t going as planned. In addition, there is also a special new feature called "Think About…," which helps you reflect on how you will consider topics such as representation and inclusion as they pertain to your classroom. You can use these reflection questions independently or with a mentor or new-teacher colleague. New teachers are special and needed, and the practical advice in this book will provide valuable support for your professional and personal journey.
Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher
by Todd Whitaker Madeline Whitaker Good Katherine WhitakerLearn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this bestselling book, renowned educators Todd Whitaker, Madeline Whitaker Good, and Katherine Whitaker offer step-by-step guidance to thriving in your new role, developing classroom management skills, and overcoming the challenges that many beginning teachers face. In a practical, reader-friendly style, the Whitakers help you learn how to establish procedures and rules, build relationships, maintain high expectations and consistency, and manage your own emotions in the classroom. They also show how to plan effective lessons and how to work with peers, administrators, and parents to foster collaboration. Each chapter offers specific examples and vignettes from different grade levels. This updated edition contains additional guidance on classroom management and dealing with challenging student behavior, two areas that can affect job satisfaction. Importantly, you’ll learn how to make tweaks or hit the "reset" button when something isn’t going as planned. In addition, there is also a special new feature called "Think About…," which helps you reflect on how you will consider topics such as representation and inclusion as they pertain to your classroom. You can use these reflection questions independently or with a mentor or new-teacher colleague. New teachers are special and needed, and the practical advice in this book will provide valuable support for your professional and personal journey.
Your Future on the Faculty: How to Survive and Thrive in Academia
by Joshua SchimelHow are the human and institutional systems fundamental to succeeding in academia? In graduate school we are trained how to be scholars, and maybe how to be effective teachers. But there is much more to being a college or university faculty member--and most of it is left to figure out on one's own. This job isn't hard because the core scholarship is hard, but because of the complex mix of activities that scholars must figure out how to juggle. These are dominated by human and institutional structures within departments, universities, societies, and professional communities. Succeeding and thriving as an academic calls for developing wider, "non-academic" insights and skills into how these operate and how to operate effectively with, and within, them. Functioning as an academic is about the relationships we develop with our communities of students, campus colleagues, professional peers, and our university administrative and support staff--the people who enable faculty members to function. Your Future as a Faculty Member: How to Survive and Thrive in Academia is organized into four sections, each focusing on one aspect of the human systems that are fundamental to succeeding as an academic. Section 1 starts in the center with new professors, as they build their career. Section 2 looks at university administrative systems and the staff who manage them. Section 3 focuses on teaching and training roles. Finally, Section 4 looks at wider professional networks outside of university, publishers and academic communities.
Your Future on the Faculty: How to Survive and Thrive in Academia
by Joshua SchimelHow are the human and institutional systems fundamental to succeeding in academia? In graduate school we are trained how to be scholars, and maybe how to be effective teachers. But there is much more to being a college or university faculty member--and most of it is left to figure out on one's own. This job isn't hard because the core scholarship is hard, but because of the complex mix of activities that scholars must figure out how to juggle. These are dominated by human and institutional structures within departments, universities, societies, and professional communities. Succeeding and thriving as an academic calls for developing wider, "non-academic" insights and skills into how these operate and how to operate effectively with, and within, them. Functioning as an academic is about the relationships we develop with our communities of students, campus colleagues, professional peers, and our university administrative and support staff--the people who enable faculty members to function. Your Future as a Faculty Member: How to Survive and Thrive in Academia is organized into four sections, each focusing on one aspect of the human systems that are fundamental to succeeding as an academic. Section 1 starts in the center with new professors, as they build their career. Section 2 looks at university administrative systems and the staff who manage them. Section 3 focuses on teaching and training roles. Finally, Section 4 looks at wider professional networks outside of university, publishers and academic communities.
Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study (SAGE Study Skills Series (PDF))
by Professor Geoffrey C Elliott Carla Solvason Karima Kadi-HanifiThe leap between the undergrad and postgrad can sometimes come as a surprise, especially if you've been out of education for a while. Postgraduate study involves applying skills and knowledge in a more sophisticated and advanced way than was required during your degree. Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study demystifies some of the expectations of post-grad study and outlines tools and strategies for developing skills that will improve your work throughout the whole of your post-graduate course. This book advises you on how to: decide what to read, and how best to read it produce engaging outputs in writing or speaking that are convincing and engaging pursue academic arguments and show evidence of research/reading maximize your employability after graduation. Get ahead of the game and equip yourself with the skills needed to supercharge your postgraduate work! SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, resources and videos on study success!
Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study (SAGE Study Skills Series (PDF))
by Professor Geoffrey C Elliott Carla Solvason Karima Kadi-HanifiThe leap between the undergrad and postgrad can sometimes come as a surprise, especially if you've been out of education for a while. Postgraduate study involves applying skills and knowledge in a more sophisticated and advanced way than was required during your degree. Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study demystifies some of the expectations of post-grad study and outlines tools and strategies for developing skills that will improve your work throughout the whole of your post-graduate course. This book advises you on how to: decide what to read, and how best to read it produce engaging outputs in writing or speaking that are convincing and engaging pursue academic arguments and show evidence of research/reading maximize your employability after graduation. Get ahead of the game and equip yourself with the skills needed to supercharge your postgraduate work! SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, resources and videos on study success!
Your Guide to Wellbeing at University (Student Success)
by Gretchen Geng Leigh DisneyCongratulations! You are now officially a university student, but are you prepared to start this challenging but rewarding journey? Our daily lives can be fast paced. They can be crammed with many things competing for our time. So how are you going to make space for your studies whilst also making sure you look after yourself? This book will show you how to understand and recognise the stressors from university life, look after your wellbeing, generate full energy, and achieve high performance and success. It will help you develop personalised strategies to build your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual resilience, helping you plan and set personal goals, get the most out of the support available to you, and achieve the right work-life balance for you. Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Your Guide to Wellbeing at University (Student Success)
by Gretchen Geng Leigh DisneyCongratulations! You are now officially a university student, but are you prepared to start this challenging but rewarding journey? Our daily lives can be fast paced. They can be crammed with many things competing for our time. So how are you going to make space for your studies whilst also making sure you look after yourself? This book will show you how to understand and recognise the stressors from university life, look after your wellbeing, generate full energy, and achieve high performance and success. It will help you develop personalised strategies to build your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual resilience, helping you plan and set personal goals, get the most out of the support available to you, and achieve the right work-life balance for you. Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Your Guide to Wellbeing at University (Student Success)
by Gretchen Geng Leigh DisneyCongratulations! You are now officially a university student, but are you prepared to start this challenging but rewarding journey? Our daily lives can be fast paced. They can be crammed with many things competing for our time. So how are you going to make space for your studies whilst also making sure you look after yourself? This book will show you how to understand and recognise the stressors from university life, look after your wellbeing, generate full energy, and achieve high performance and success. It will help you develop personalised strategies to build your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual resilience, helping you plan and set personal goals, get the most out of the support available to you, and achieve the right work-life balance for you. Student Success is a series of essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to boosting your employability and managing your wellbeing, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.
Your Life: The Whole-school Solution for PSHE and Citizenship: Student Book 2 (PDF) (Your Life Series)
by John Foster Simon FosterYour Life provides the only whole school solution for combining Citizenship and PSHE at Key Stage 3 and 4.
Your Life: The whole-school solution for PSHE and Citizenship: Student Book 3 (PDF) (Your Life Series)
by John Foster Simon FosterYour Life provides the only whole school solution for combining Citizenship and PSHE at Key Stage 3 and 4.
Your Life – KS4 Co-ordinator’s File (PDF)
by John FosterYour Life provides the only whole school solution for combining Citizenship and PSHE at Key Stage 3 and 4. The third editions of this bestselling series contains extensive materials on Economic Wellbeing and Financial Capability. This new Key Stage 4 Co-ordinator's File offers extra support to those responsible for co-ordinating the delivery of Citizenship and PSHE programmes. Devised and written with input from teachers already using Your Life successfully, it provides detailed lesson plans for every spread of Student's Books 4 and 5. These can be adapted easily using the accompanying CD-ROM. In addition, it features practical guidance and over 40 new photocopiable sheets to support assessment, recording and reporting. It also contains copymasters, designed for use by non-specialists, consisting of twenty photocopiable activities to support and extend each unit in the accompanying Student's Book. They also provide guidance on planning and delivery and include suggestions for further information and resources therefore ensuring everything is covered.
Your Life Student Book 1: The whole-school solution for PSHE and Citizenship (Your Life Ser. (PDF))
by John Foster Simon FosterYour Life provides the only whole school solution for combining Citizenship and PSHE at Key Stages 3 and 4. The third editions of this bestselling series contains extensive materials on Economic Wellbeing and Financial Capability. Building on the huge success of the second editions, each full-colour Student's book has been completely updated to provide a range of age-appropriate stimulus material and engaging activities designed to develop student's skills, knowledge and understanding in line with the revised Programme of Study and the National Framework for PSHE. Your Life: offers a progressive, coherent programme for the Citizenship and PSHE throughout secondary school reduces preparation time with well-researched, balanced coverage of a huge range of topics is ideal for use on a year by year or selective basis with a clear flexible structure and self-contained units offers masses of support for teachers including photocopiable activities and assessment material Contents of Your Life 1 1. You and your feelings - anxieties and worries 2. You and your body - growing and changing 3. You and your responsibilities - beliefs, customs and festivals 4. You and your time - managing your time 5. You and your values - right and wrong 6. You and your family - getting on with others 7. You and your body - smoking 8. You and the law - children's rights 9. You and other people - bullying 10. You and the media - the power of television 11. You and your money - pocket money, budgeting and saving 12. You and the world of work - developing a product 13. You and your body - drugs and drugtaking 14. You and the community - being a good neighbour 15. You and your money - you as a consumer 16. You and your opinions - how to express your ideas 17. You and your body - eating and exercise 18. You as a citizen - British government 19. You and the world of work - attitudes to work 20. You and the community - taking action: raising money for charity 21. You and other people - people with disabilities 22. You and global issues - resources, waste and recycling 23. You and your achievements - reviewing your progress
Your Life Student Book 4: The whole-school for PSHE and Citizenship
by John Foster Simon Foster Kim RichardsonYour Life provides the only whole school solution for combining Citizenship and PSHE at Key Stage 3 and 4. The fourth editions of this bestselling series contains extensive materials on Economic Wellbeing and Financial Capability. Section 1: Personal wellbeing 1. Developing your identity and image A sense of identity Behaviour and self-image 2. Managing your emotions and moods How do you manage how you feel? Assertiveness 3. Changing relationships Friends and family Exploring love 4. Coping with crises Separation and divorce Bereavement Leaving home 5. Thinking ahead - planning your future Assessing your skills and investigating careers Why work experience Getting started on work experience Section 2: Social education 6. Britain - a diverse society How did Britain begin Is there a national identity and culture in Britain Is Britain racist? 7. Human rights What are human rights? What are responsibilities? 8. Rights and responsibilities Parental responsibility What is work?/The law at work Consumers and traders 9. Challenging offensive behaviour Understanding prejudice Fighting discrimination Section 3: Keeping healthy 10. Healthy eating Eating and body shape Healthy eating and junk food 11. Safer sex and contraception What is the right time to have sex? Practising safer sex 12. Drinking and smoking Understanding why people drink and smoke 13. Health matters Keeping healthy Healthcare check Section 4: Citizenship 14. The law of the land What is the law?/Making the law Civil law and criminal law 15. Crimes and punishment Criminal responsibility The Youth Justice system Punishment and sentencing 16. It's your government The UK Parliament Government Finance Voting and elections Devolution Democracy 17. It's your council Local government 18. Working for change How can you change things National Pressure groups Youth Projects Section 5: Citizenship - Economic and financial capability 19. Managing your money Budgeting How to manage your finances 20. Financing businesses Money for businesses Business cost and budgeting 21. Enterprise challenge What is an enterprise challenge? Making a business plan Section 6: Reviewing 22. Reviewing and recording learning
Your Life Student Book 5: The whole-school for the PSHE and Citizenship
by John Foster Simon Foster Kim RichardsonYour Life provides the only whole school solution for combining Citizenship and PSHE at Key Stage 3 and 4. The fourth editions of this bestselling series contains extensive materials on Economic Wellbeing and Financial Capability. Section 1 - Personal well-being Developing your own values 1. Confronting social and moral issues 2. Exploring social and moral issues Managing your time and studies 3. Coping with revision 4. Coping with exams Marriage and commitment 5. Attitudes to marriage and commitment 6. Long term relationships Parenthood and parenting 7. Becoming a parent 8. Parenthood Thinking ahead 9. Your options at 16 10. Further education and training 11. Applying for jobs Section 2 - Social education Human rights 12. Protecting and Enforcing Human Rights 13. Human Rights Abuse 14. Refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants Global challenges 15. Poverty 16. World health 17. Education Media matters 18. The news agenda 19. A free media? 20. Privacy versus Public Interest Challenging offensive behaviour 21. Sexism and sexual harassment 22. Homosexuality and homophobia Section 3 - Keeping healthy Managing stress and depression 23. Stress 24. Depression Safer sex 25. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) 26. HIV and AIDS Drugs and drug taking 27. Drugs - the risks 28. Drugs - the law Emergency First Aid 29. First aid - coping with an emergency 30. Shock and resuscitation Section 4 - Citizenship The UK's role in the world 31. The European Union 32. The UK and the EU 33. The UK and NATO 34. The UK and the Commonwealth 35. The United Nations Global challenges - wars, weapons and terrorism 36. Wars, weapons and arms races 37. What is terrorism? 38. Fighting terrorism Global challenges 39. Environmental issues 40. Taking action to protect the environment Working for change 41. Campaigning for change 42. Campaigning for change Co-operating on a community project 43. Volunteering 44. Getting involved in a community project Section 5 - Economic and financial capability Managing your money 45. Borrowing money 46. Work and pay Economy 47. The UK economy 48. How the UK economy works 49. How the global economy works Section 6 - Reviewing 50. Reviewing and recording your learning
Your Passport to Gifted Education (Springer Texts in Education)
by Monita LeavittThis book is a guide to help teachers, parents, guidance counselors and other stakeholders understand the importance of intervention for gifted children and to become an advocate for those individuals who are developmentally advanced. The reader becomes engaged in the analogy of a three part airplane journey to the world of gifted education: ‘Embarking on a Journey;’ ‘Preparing for Departure’ and ‘Planning for Arrival.’ The author offers insightful case studies followed by strategies for both teachers and parents gained from personal experiences and research to identify and work with different types of children who present unique challenges due to their special needs of high potential. By presenting a historical overview in gifted education from a global perspective, Your Passport to Gifted Education provides current internationally-researched information to clarify what is meant by ‘giftedness’ according to various cultures. The book encourages the development of a growth mindset in the reader to seek to identify various characteristics of high ability in all children. Four international high ability identification models are introduced, including one relatively new to North America, the High Performance Learning Framework (HPL), currently used throughout China, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. Dispelling the myth that gifted children do not need our help, the reader gains insight into the uniquely different types of gifted individuals. The book concludes by awarding the reader with a ‘Landing Card’ to serve as a bookmarker that underpins the best teaching practices in gifted education. A directory list of websites for international gifted organizations is also included to offer additional resources for those who want to continue their journey as advocates and learn how other countries support gifted children around the world.
Your Phd Companion: The Insider Guide to Mastering the Practical Realities of Getting Your PhD
by Nick Green Stephen MarshallThis book guides you through doctoral study from the student's point of view - the challenges, pitfalls, and ups and downs that you're likely to encounter in the course of your PhD. Inside you'll find: - Advice on doing research - Examples of PhD problems and their resolution - Reflections on life as a PhD student - Insights into how the academic system works - Real life cases of famous (and not so famous)PhD students Over and above what your supervisors and university may have to offer, Your PhD Companion will help explain all kinds of things that no one ever seems to tell you - and you don't necessarily know to ask.
Your PhD Survival Guide: Planning, Writing, and Succeeding in Your Final Year (Insider Guides to Success in Academia)
by Katherine Firth Liam Connell Peta FreestoneAccessible, insightful and a must-have toolkit for all final year doctoral students, the founders of the ‘Thesis Boot Camp’ intensive writing programme show how to survive and thrive through the challenging final year of writing and submitting a thesis. Drawing on an understanding of the intellectual, professional, practical and personal elements of the doctorate to help readers gain insight into what it means to finish a PhD and how to get there, this book covers the common challenges and ways to resolve them. It includes advice on: Project management skills to plan, track, iterate and report on the complex task of bringing a multi-year research project to a successful close Personal effectiveness and self-care to support students to thrive in body, mind and relationships, including challenging supervisor relationships. The successful ‘generative’ writing processes which get writers into the zone and producing thousands of words; and then provides the skills to structure and polish those words to publishable quality. What it means to survive a PhD and consider multiple possible futures. Written for students in all disciplines, and relevant to university systems around the world, this unique book expertly guides students through the final 6–12 months of the thesis. The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules of the game -- the things you need to know but usually aren't told by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development units, or supervisors -- and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia.
Your PhD Survival Guide: Planning, Writing, and Succeeding in Your Final Year (Insider Guides to Success in Academia)
by Katherine Firth Liam Connell Peta FreestoneAccessible, insightful and a must-have toolkit for all final year doctoral students, the founders of the ‘Thesis Boot Camp’ intensive writing programme show how to survive and thrive through the challenging final year of writing and submitting a thesis. Drawing on an understanding of the intellectual, professional, practical and personal elements of the doctorate to help readers gain insight into what it means to finish a PhD and how to get there, this book covers the common challenges and ways to resolve them. It includes advice on: Project management skills to plan, track, iterate and report on the complex task of bringing a multi-year research project to a successful close Personal effectiveness and self-care to support students to thrive in body, mind and relationships, including challenging supervisor relationships. The successful ‘generative’ writing processes which get writers into the zone and producing thousands of words; and then provides the skills to structure and polish those words to publishable quality. What it means to survive a PhD and consider multiple possible futures. Written for students in all disciplines, and relevant to university systems around the world, this unique book expertly guides students through the final 6–12 months of the thesis. The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules of the game -- the things you need to know but usually aren't told by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development units, or supervisors -- and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia.
Your Preschooler Bible: The most authoritative and up-to-date source book on caring for toddlers and young children
by Dr Richard C. WoolfsonSharing life with a child involves a great many challenges - particularly in our digital age. In addition to keeping your child safe and healthy, 21st-century parents have to contend with things unknown to previous generations, so have little to go on when it comes to making decisions about advice gleaned from the Internet; whether a child should be allowed to use electronic devices, and if so, for how long; how to moderate the effects of celebrity culture pervading both the television and playground, as well as how to handle the current epidemic of childhood obesity. It's therefore time for a fresh approach to managing pre-school children and their care so as to ensure they are ready for school and able to relate well to their peers and teachers. Here, in addition to comprehensive advice on meeting their child's daily needs, the reader will find information on the normal course of development, how to spot problems early and be seen by the appropriate specialists, how to achieve success when dealing with negative, recalcitrant or destructive children and how to manage difficult family situations.
Your Research Project: How to Manage it
by Andy HuntThis book guides the student through the transition from passive learner to active researcher. Covering everything from choosing and refining a research topic to writing the actual report, the book shows students how to manage their workload, and how to approach the viva. Key areas covered include: personal time management aims and objectives working towards success common problems the final report and publishing your results the viva voce examination. It is ideal for all final year undergraduates and students on Masters degrees, and contains useful information for course supervisors and tutors to pass on to the students who approach them for advice.