| Description |
1 online resource (136 p.) |
| Series |
Practical Teaching |
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Practical Teaching
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Dedication -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Endorsements -- Acknowledgements -- Thematic index -- Contents -- Meet the author -- Definitely maybe an introduction to risk -- Part 1 -- 1. No coffin on this ship -- Spot the signs of rising water levels so you don't get caught out -- 2. Prey for the Minotaur -- Leave a trail so that you can retrace your steps -- 3. Risky rollercoaster -- Over-ride the inevitable feelings of doubt -- 4. Anyone for rum? -- You can accumulate the benefits from repeated small changes -- 5. Living with earthquakes: whose fault? |
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Don't be lured into a false sense of security -- 6. Is sleet rain or snow? -- Create a more positive framing of the situation -- 7. 21 again: what are the chances? -- Have a Plan B so that should you need it, it is there -- 8. Tethered to the space station -- Planning for things going wrong is not encouraging them to happen -- 9. Sentinel species -- Monitor risk more explicitly and conscientiously -- 10. Check your pulse -- Scan your environment for dangers and risks, but also for opportunities -- 11. Sharpen up -- Concentrate fully on making the best of the choices you make |
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12. Look before you leap! -- Be strong enough to resist making decisions that you later regret -- 13. Gone for a six -- Base each decision on its merits at the time -- 14. What's a squib? -- Take a risk and claim the benefits -- 15. Scuba the stratosphere -- Explore beyond your comfort -- 16. Army of redresses -- Don't get caught out by change -- 17. Run, bunny, run -- Balance the risk against the thrill-seeking -- 18. Cornflakes in a porridge box -- Regulate yourself to stay in control of the situation for longer -- 19. If god permits |
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Keeping things too taut doesn't allow you to take full advantage -- 20. Pining for speed -- Balance the risk versus the reward -- 21. A pool of whorls -- Protect yourself from making poor decisions -- 22. Tri, tri and tri again -- Determination, over time, brings change -- 23. Once upon a supposition -- Analysis of all the facts is mostly impossible -- 24. The boring chapter... warning, spoiler alert! -- Embrace your pioneer spirit -- 25. What's the value of a PH scale? -- Be more accurate in your judgements -- 26. One fails forwards -- Break through your glass ceiling -- 27. Horripilation |
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Regulated change can be revitalising -- 28. Push down and turn -- Your decision making cannot be totally risk-proof, justrisk-resistant -- 29. Is oil painting as easy as 1, 2, 3? -- Wait for the unknown to become known -- 30. Pufferfish puff -- Establish your own way to defend yourself -- 31. Fortis fortuna adiuvat -- Take control and reap the benefits -- 32. Come to life -- Take risks to promote emotional engagement in lessons -- 33. Pint-sized problems -- Decision making can drive you towards average homogeneity -- 34. Protecting purple -- Stay consistent when making decisions |
| Summary |
Go on! You can do it! This book follows on from David Gumbrell's text LIFT!, arguing that when you are feeling more resilient you have the courage and confidence to take more risks. You can also calculate that risk more rationally, thereby making it less risky and more likely to result in success |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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35. Lip, dip and paint |
| Subject |
Teachers -- Psychology
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Teaching -- Psychological aspects
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Learning, Psychology of.
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Learning, Psychology of
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Teachers -- Psychology
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Teaching -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781913063559 |
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1913063550 |
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9781913063566 |
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1913063569 |
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9781913063542 |
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1913063542 |
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