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1. Learning-Focused Leadership in Action

   Guiding Schools and School Systems towards Learning Improvement

   By Michael S. Knapp, Michael Copland, Meredith Honig, Margaret Plecki, Bradley Portin

   In an educational context where school and district performance is of increasing focus, it‘s essential for leaders at all levels of the educational system to focus on improving student performance. This volume zeros in on a promising set of strategies and practices for all leaders to motivate,...

   To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge
2. Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production

   Edited by Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith

   Beginning with material, this book revolves around physical material making and design decisions that emerge from material interaction. Combining essays from both practice and academia, this book presents some of the most significant projects and thoughts on materiality from the last decade....

   Published August 4th 2011 by Routledge
3. Strength and Diversity in Social Work with Groups

   Think Group

   Edited by Carol S. Cohen, Michael H Phillips, Meredith Hanson

   How can groups effectively meet the needs of humans in areas as diverse as aid, responsibility, action, healing, learning and acceptance? This edited volume aims to address these issues and provide ways to extend the current reach and quality of social work with groups. Based on a selection of...

   Published August 4th 2008 by Routledge
4. Colonialism and Development

   Britain and its Tropical Colonies, 1850-1960

   Edited by Michael A. Havinden, David Meredith

   British colonial rule of the tropics is the critical background to contemporary development issues. This study of Britain's economic and political relationship with its tropical colonies provides detailed analyses of trade and policy. The considerations of past successes and failures elucidate...

   Published December 20th 1995 by Routledge