Product Description: On January 5, 2003 former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Transylvanian Alps. Flung from a cliff, he regained consciousness to find himself shrouded in darkness, separated from his supplies, and in horrendous pain from a broken leg and shattered pelvis...read more

Product Description: As one of Britain's most original thinkers and writers Colin Ward wrote extensively about positive and practical examples from the past and present of the anarchist spirit or the 'social principle' in everyday life. This volume is the first scholarly work dedicated to examining the significance of his distinctive and highly relevant contributions to the areas of education, children and the environment...read more

Education in Britain has been transformed over the last 50 years. State education systems have expanded hugely, and levels of achievement and participation have continuously risen. At the same time, society has become ‘educationalized': the home, the workplace, the holiday and the playgroup are seen as sites for learning, in ways that increasingly connect to the acquisition of formally-defined skills and knowledges. Yet for most of the postwar period, education policy has been dominated by questions of ‘failure' ‘crisis' and ‘decline'. Half a century of reform has far from eliminated substantial inequalities, and the ‘conservatism' of education in the face of major cultural and economic change remains a central political issue. This book seeks to describe and explain the patterning of change and continuity in British education, and to account for the persistence of the controversies which have accompanied it. In doing so, it combines economic, political, cultural and social approaches to the study of education.

Product Description: Through Kenny's Eyes has earned Honorable Mention in the 2015 Hollywood Book Festival Spiritual Category. Carol and Ken Jones had been studying spiritual principles of living for decades. So when cancer was found throughout Ken's body, it put them to the test, challenging them to live what they had been learning...read more

Product Description: Mr. Karma is the most recent book by Ken Jones, a noted poet of Texas. This is also his first book of spiritual poetry; spiritual, that is, in his own light. Embrace witty and profane poetry at its best, and harness your sense of guilt!

This book makes a significant contribution to a hitherto much neglected area. The book brings together a wide range of papers on a scale rarely seen with a geographic spread that enhances our understanding of the complex journey undertaken by those who aspire to become teachers of teachers. The authors, from more than ten countries, use a variety of approaches including narrative/life history, self-study and empirical research to demonstrate the complexity of the transformative search by individuals to establish their professional identity as teacher educators. The book offers fundamental and thoughtful critiques of current policy, practice and examples of established structures specifically supporting the professional development of teacher educators that may well have a wider applicability. Many of the authors are active and leading persons in the international fields of teacher education and of professional development. The book considers: novice teacher educators, issues of transition; identity development including research identity; the facilitation and mentoring of teacher educators; self-study research including collaborative writing, use of stories; professional development within the context of curriculum and structural reform. Becoming a teacher is recognised as a transformative search by individuals for their teaching identities. Becoming a teacher educator often involves a more complex and longer journey but, according to the many travel stories told here, one that can be a deeply satisfying experience. This book was published as a special issue of Professional Development in Education.

Product Description: Ken Jones, the eldest of five siblings, was born and raised in a poor section of Atlanta. As a child, Ken enjoyed the love of a Christian mother but faced severe emotional abuse from his father. After working as an Atlanta policeman and an insurance agent, Ken started an electronics store with a $30,000 loan...read more

Product Description: This is the missing story from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre Understand the mind of Mr. Edward Rochester and learn what he is thinking. What is it that motivates him to want Jane as his wife? With extra scenes and many original scenes from the book revisited, you will see the epic story of Jane Eyre in a new way...read more

Product Description: A collection of spoken word poetry.

Product Description: The concept of creative learning extends far beyond Arts-based learning or the development of individual creativity. It covers a range of processes and initiatives throughout the world that share common values, systems and practices aimed at making learning more creative...read more

Product Description: In A Prodigal Return: Reflections of a Grateful Heart, you will be encouraged in your walk with God. Ken Jones shares intimately from his own experiences, from his struggle as an alcoholic to his days working as a counselor for troubled kids...read more

Product Description: Discover the secrets of cooking mouth watering Quinoa recipes that taste great and can help improve your health. Do you want to cook Quinoa but have no idea what to do with it? Have you heard that Quinoa is one of the super foods with high protein content and really good for your health? The Quinoa Cookbook has full instructions on how to cook quinoa and include it in your daily diet...read more

Product Description: Ten African-American leaders in the church tell their stories of how they embraced Reformed theology and what effect it has had on their lives and ministries. The ten men who have contributed to this book are often asked, "How did you come to embrace Reformed theology?" With the recent surge in popularity of Reformed theology in the broader evangelical world and the growing interest among African-Americans, it shouldn't seem curious that more and more African-American churchmen are embracing Reformed theology...read more

For what, to whom, and by what means should schools be held accountable? What are the purposes and goals of schooling in a democratic society? What can serve as a fair system of quality assurance for schools in a world of change and complexity? Democratic School Accountability addresses such concerns by defining and describing an alternate vision for school accountability. Working from a model adapted from the world of business, the contributors depict dimensions for school accountability based on democratic values and local empowerment. The central premise is that schools, districts, and states should together be accountable for student learning, but also for providing opportunities to learn, being responsive to students, parents, and communities, and developing organizational capacity for high performance. The system described in this book is built on high-resolution information gathering, not high-stakes testing. It proposes and shows examples of using local and multiple methods for assessing student learning, cultivating and sustaining the professional knowledge and skills of teachers, engaging the community in meaningful and empowered decision-making, organizing schools for greater performance, and conducting self-studies and external visitations for monitoring and fostering high quality schooling within the local context. This book encourages readers to step out of the box of the current approach to school accountability and to reframe the very concept of accountability so that it may truly serve as a positive force for school improvement and renewal. It is a hopeful expression of what could be.

Product Description: A twenty-first century trickster, Ken Jones, in "Unutterable Blunders and Palace Disasters," makes music from the rubbish left after our rebellions against culture and epistemology. His pastiches are full of justice and play. And song...read more

Product Description: Each of us experiences health and illness as essential conditions of life. This book examines the interactions between the person and the experiece of being well or ill. It looks at the impact of being well or ill on the thoughts, feelings and behaviour of the person, and the effects that thoughts, feelings and behaviours may have on health...read more