Based on the author's own experiences and tribulations as a journalist and a freelancer. It is, above all, a valuable source of information for journalists who want to be their own boss - to run themselves as a business. Based on the author's own experiences and tribulations as a journalist and a freelancer. It is, above all, a valuable source of information for journalists who want to be their own boss - to run themselves as a business. Review: This is a wonderful book, which I reckon should be on every aspiring freelance's shelf.' FotoForum
Educators at all levels are concerned with thedevelopment of their students?
critical thinkingskills. But how can we reliably measure any change inthis
ability, and how long does it take? This booksummarizes the results of a two-
year investigation ofcognitive development in college students.
Studentperformance on exams at different levels of Bloom'sTaxonomy was used to
estimate improvement inhigher-level thinking. The California CriticalThinking
Skills Test (CCTST) was used as anindependent and discipline-neutral estimate
of thisability. Data analysis confirmed the cumulativehierarchical
relationship of Bloom?s, with studentsaveraging 73% on exam questions at the
knowledgelevel and 53% at the application and analysis levels,although
statistically significant improvement incritical thinking by students was not
detected overtwo semesters. Clearly, critical thinking isdifficult for
students and takes longer to developthan we might have guessed. The findings
of thisstudy have implications for curriculardecision-making and course
management, and arerelevant at an institutional and an individual courselevel.
This is the story of a year in the life of a Surrey wood which has seen Romans, Normans and a German bomber. It is now rich in animal life, plants and dog walkers.
Am Abend des 30. Janur 1945 torpedierte in der Ostsee ein sowjetische U-Boot das überfüllte deutsche Flüchtlingsschiff »Wilhelm Gustloff«. An Bord waren Frauen, Kinder, Verwundete. 7000 Menschen kamen in den eisigen Fluten um. Es war die größte Schiffskatastophe aller Zeiten, die weit mehr Opfer forderte als der Untergang der »Titanic«. Das britische Autorenteam dokumentiert in atemberaubender Weise noch einmal die bewegte Geschichte des Flagschiffs »Wilhelm Gustloff« vom Stapellauf bis zu dessen Untergang.
