Improving professional learning through in-house inquiry / / David Middlewood and Ian Abbott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511786903321
• Autore: Middlewood David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, NY : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., , [2015]
• ISBN: 1-4742-1982-9; 1-4725-7084-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 374.10928345
• Soggetti: Professional learning communities; Teachers - In-service training
• 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: Effectiveness in Professional Learning and CPD -- The School -- College as a Research-based Community -- Involving Learners in Research and Professional Learning -- Improving Professional Learning at Whole School Level -- Collaborative and Team Approaches to Professional Learning -- Improving Professional Learning at Individual Classroom Level -- The Secondary School as Research Community -- Richard Parker -- The Primary School with CPD at Its Heart -- Sue Robinson -- The Post-Compulsory College : Investigating Teaching and Learning -- Derek Warren and Cathy Francis-Wright -- The Abu Dhabi schools and Researching Staff Needs in a Centralised System -- Ayman Hefnawi, Auruna Rajah and Uwem Umana with Philip Whitehead and David Middlewood -- Conclusions and Reflections.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Improving Professional Learning through In-House Inquiry shows how to identify the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) needs of an individual or team and then to meet those needs through carrying out specific inquiry within the organisation. Middlewood and Abbott demonstrate how the most effective professional learning occurs when the the needs of an organisation are identified at all levels and provide clear support for following this approach. The authors also show that effective student involvement is key because it clearly links CPD with the ultimate aim: to meet students' learning needs. Examples of how ; this has been achieved successfully in schools and colleges are drawn on throughout, showcasing a variety of settings in various countries. Four extended case studies from different types of educational institutions are provided to illustrate learning journeys."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Analytical Mechanics : Classical, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics, Stability Theory, Special Relativity / / by Valter Moretti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910734832003321
• Autore: Moretti Valter
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023
• ISBN: 3-031-27612-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2023.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (848 pages)
• Collana: La Matematica per il 3+2, , 2038-5757 ; ; 150
• Disciplina: 531.01515
• Soggetti: Mathematics; Mechanics, Applied; Mechanics; Mathematical physics; Engineering Mechanics; Classical Mechanics; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; Mecànica analítica; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 The Space and Time of Classical Physics -- 2 The Spacetime of Classical Physics and Classical Kinematics -- 3 Newtonian dynamics: a conceptual critical review -- 4 Balance equations and first integrals in Mechanics -- 5 Introduction to Rigid Body Mechanics -- 6 Introduction to stability theory with applications to Mechanics -- 7 Foundations of Lagrangian Mechanics -- 8 Symmetries and conservation laws in Lagrangian Mechanics -- 9 Advanced topics in Lagrangian Mechanics -- 10 Mathematical introduction to Special Relativity and the relativistic ; Lagrangian formulation -- 11 Fundamentals of Hamiltonian Mechanic -- 12 Canonical Hamiltonian theory, Hamiltonian symmetries and Hamilton-Jacobi theory -- 13 Hamiltonian symplectic structures: an introduction -- 14 Complement: elements of the theory of ordinary differential equations -- 15 Complement: the physical principles at the foundations of Special Relativity -- Appendix A: elements of Topology, Analysis, Linear Algebra and Geometry -- Appendix B: advanced topics in Differential Geometry -- Appendix C: Solutions and/or hints to suggested exercises.
• Sommario/riassunto: This textbook aims at introducing readers, primarily students enrolled in undergraduate Mathematics or Physics courses, to the topics and methods of classical Mathematical Physics, including Classical Mechanics, its Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, Lyapunov stability, plus the Liouville theorem and the Poincaré recurrence theorem among others. The material also rigorously covers the theory of Special Relativity. The logical-mathematical structure of the physical theories of concern is introduced in an axiomatic way, starting from a limited number of physical assumptions. Special attention is paid to themes with a major impact on Theoretical and Mathematical Physics beyond Analytical Mechanics, such as the Galilean symmetry of classical Dynamics and the Poincaré symmetry of relativistic Dynamics, the far-fetching relationship between symmetries and constants of motion, the coordinate-free nature of the underpinning mathematical objects, or the possibility of describing Dynamics in a global way while still working in local coordinates. Based on the author’s established teaching experience, the text was conceived to be flexible and thus adapt to different curricula and to the needs of a wide range of students and instructors.