1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458982803321

Autore

Tummons Jonathan

Titolo

Becoming a professional tutor in the lifelong learning sector [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathan Tummons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Learning Matters, 2010

ISBN

1-84445-712-5

1-282-98031-9

9786612980312

0-85725-591-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Achieving QTLS

Disciplina

374.1102

378.12

Soggetti

College teachers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Front matter; Introduction; 1 The classroom and the college; 2 Working in the lifelong learning sector; 3 Codes of practice; 4 Continuing professional development; 5 Working with young people; 6 Defining professionalism; 7 Reflective practice; 8 The centrality of learning and learner autonomy; 9 Equality, entitlement and inclusiveness; Afterword; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

An approachable and encouraging guide for trainee teachers on essential aspects of professionalism, values and ethics within the Lifelong Learning Sector.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456829603321

Autore

Harwood Herbert H., Jr.

Titolo

The Railroad That Never Was [[electronic resource] ] : Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad / / Herbert H. Harwood, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-253-00155-2

0-253-00154-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Railroads past & present

Disciplina

385.09748

Soggetti

Railroads - Design and construction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The back story -- Why? -- Vanderbilt takes charge -- The spoilers -- The syndicate forms -- A rugged route -- Building a mountain railroad -- The second front -- Cooler heads and colder feet emerge -- A summer cruise on the Hudson -- Not quite dead -- The end -- Railroad to superhighway, more or less--  -- Epilogue : ghost hunting along the South Penn.

Sommario/riassunto

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest. Conceived in 1881 by William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and a group of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia industrialists, the South Pennsylvania Railroad was intended to break the Pennsylvania Railroad's near-monopoly in the region. The line was within a year of opening when J. P. Morgan broker