Inspirational quotes, notes, & anecdotes that honor teachers and teaching / / Robert D. Ramsey ; acquisitions editor Elizabeth Brenkus ; copy editor Edward Meidenbauer ; cover designer Anthony Paular

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480382103321
• Autore: Ramsey Robert D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 1-4833-6196-9; 1-4833-6413-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2011
• Soggetti: Education; 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.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: Itâ€?s a Tough Time to be a Teacher in America""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Attributions and Tags""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Thereâ€?s No Such Thing as “Only a Teacherâ€?""; ""Part - The Quotations""; ""Chapter 1 - Education (Schools and Schooling)""; ""Chapter 2 - Students""; ""Chapter 3 - Teaching""; ""Chapter 4 - Teachers""; ""Chapter 5 - Tributes and Testimonials""; ""Chapter 6 - A Final Word: Itâ€?s Worth it!""; ""Resource A: Insights and Observations on Teaching That Only Teachers Will Appreciate""; ""Resource B: Other Books That Inspire Teachers""
• Sommario/riassunto: This uplifting, easy-to-read, but hard-to-forget anthology is full of powerful reminders that there is no such thing as ""only a teacher.""

Ethics for governance : reinventing public services / / B.P. Mathur

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797232103321
• Autore: Mathur B. P (Birendra Prasad), <1938-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-315-73401-X; 1-317-55969-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 351.54
• Soggetti: Public administration - India - History; Public administration - Moral and ethical aspects - India - History
• 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""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Part I: Introduction ""; ""1. The Rise of Modern State ""; ""2. Ingredients of Good Governance ""; ""Part II: Values and Character-Making ""; ""3. Fundamental Values for Humanity ""; ""4. Character-Building for National Reconstruction """"5. Restoring Values: Inculcating Indian Ethos ""; ""Part III: Indian Administration through the Ages ""; ""6. Ancient Indian Polity ""; ""7. The Mahabharata: Fundamentals of Governance ""; ""8. Kautilya: The Art of Governance ""; ""9. The Medieval Administration """"10. The British Administration ""; ""Part IV: Contemporary India ""; ""11. Indian Polity after Independence ""; ""12. The Current Economic Setting ""; ""13. Constructing a New Economic Model ""; ""14. The Gandhian Alternative to Economic Development ""; ""Part V: Public Administration: Problems and Solution """"15. Public Services: Why They Don't Function? ; ""; ""16. Senior Civil Services: Reinventing Them ""; ""17. International Experience in Reform: New Public Management ""; ""18. Reforming Public Management: An Agenda ""; ""Part VI: An Ethical Framework """"19. The Ethics of Public Service ""; ""20. An Ethics Code: International Perspective ""; ""21. An Ethics Code for Public Servants in India ""; ""Part VII: The Challenges ""; ""22. Combating Corruption: The Ethical Dimension ""; ""23. Leadership and Individual Excellence ""