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Discourse And The Governance Of Diversity In England's Official Tourism Texts, William Feighery Dec 2010

Discourse And The Governance Of Diversity In England's Official Tourism Texts, William Feighery

William Feighery

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A Teacher's Guide To Communicating With Parents: Practical Strategies For Developing Successful Relationships, Tina Dyches, Nari Carter, Mary Prater Dec 2010

A Teacher's Guide To Communicating With Parents: Practical Strategies For Developing Successful Relationships, Tina Dyches, Nari Carter, Mary Prater

Tina T. Dyches

A supplementary guidebook for courses in Collaboration, School/Family Relationships, or School/Family Partnerships. This guidebook provides evidence-based information, examples, and resources to K-12 educators about effective strategies for communicating with parents. It is divided into five sections: Developing Caring Relationships in Schools, Communicating with Families for Student Success, Communicating with Families throughout the School Year, Communicating with Families in Meetings, and Addressing Difficult Topics with Families. Each section begins with a discussion of the topic as it relates to general education students, students with disabilities, culturally/linguistically diverse students, and students with unique gifts and talents. Graphics and examples illustrate each topic, …


Consulting Ethics, William Feighery Dec 2010

Consulting Ethics, William Feighery

William Feighery

An important, if much neglected, arena within the field of tourism studies is the role of tourism scholars as consultants in the development process. For individuals within this field of ‘expert knowledge’ participation in consultancy projects often places them at the heart of complex and competing interests at local, national and international level. Such complexity necessitates ethically informed decisions. In this paper I first explore the evolution of tourism related research and consultancy, before considering the rise of ethics in arenas of professional practice. Further, I consider the Foucauldian construct of ‘technologies of the self’ as potentially offering an ethical …