According to Ceramics Monthly, approximately 75 per cent of potters glaze their pieces at mid-range temperatures. This is a complete studio guide to successful glazing at mid-range temperature. It explores all the fundamental techniques, as well as offering artisan tips for specialist glazing.
With hundreds of recipes for some of the most popular and enduring high-fire glazes, this reference is useful to ceramists who want to master this versatile aspect of the art. It offers an examination of glaze materials, chemistry, tools and presents the basics of mixing, application and firing procedures.
Five hundred inspiring variations on the simple, functional bowl will fire any potter's imagination. Displayed on each page are bowls that reinvent and reinterpret the form, and use techniques from across the globe and through the centuries. More importantly, every piece, such as Kate Maury's wheel-thrown porcelain, Stephen F. Fabrico's slab-built bowl with handles, and Ruchika Madan's stoneware Fruit Bowl, testifies to the artist's boundless inventiveness. Captions give each bowl's size, with details on its material and glazes.
This book distils key research and evidence about what effective teaching means in practice. Covering all aspects of teaching, it encourages the reader to reflect on their pupils, their planning, teaching and assessing and their continual professional development. Inside Teaching has an emphasis throughout on encouraging dialogue with pupils about what they're doing, why they're doing it, and how they can evaluate and develop what they do. Including questions for reflection and summaries of key ideas, the book provides practical support to help teachers ensure that they make a real difference to their pupils' chances of success. Chapters include: Pupils with different backgrounds and levels of support Working with your pupils' parents and carers Planning to frame your pupils' thinking Developing effective feedback for your pupils Making meetings useful Observing lessons and being observed. This practical book will be an essential resource for both trainee and practising teachers who want to help their pupils to fulfil their physical, emotional and intellectual potential.
Who Kidnapped Excellence?Most companies talk about excellence, but what does excellence really mean? What specific attitudes and practices lead to excellence? Drawing on years of study and decades of experience, authors Harry Paul, John Britt, and Ed Jent have zeroed in on five core qualities of excellence. In this entertaining and enlightening book, they tell how to give and be your best in each of these five critical dimensions and foster excellence in your organization and in your life.The book begins with a crime being Excellence (personified) has been kidnapped, and Leadership assembles Excellence’s team (Passion, Flexibility, Communication, Competency, and Ownership) and challenges them to work together to get their Excellence back.And who is the culprit? Has Average kidnapped Excellence and replaced Excellence’s team with his N. Different, N. Ept, N. Flexible, Miss Communication, and Poser? A mysterious ransom note sparks the struggle between Average and Excellence.Integrated into this tale of organizational excellence is the story of Dave, a delivery man. The kidnapping causes Dave to contemplate his own life and relationships in a way that makes the paths of personal and organizational excellence cross and intertwine. Who Kidnapped Excellence? is a parable that helps organizations and individuals achieve their best in every aspect of their lives.
On Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 1971, a man hijacked a Boeing 727 enroute from Portland to Seattle. After receiving $200,000 and parachutes, he gave specific instructions to the flight crew and parachuted from the airliner. Eventually, a few twenty-dollar bills were discovered near Portland.No other evidence has been recovered...
As the concluding installment of the Dan Roberts trilogy, this novel wraps up the overarching narrative while offering a standalone experience. The author suggests reading the books in chronological order for a deeper understanding of the characters and themes. Each novel explores unique aspects of the story, providing a rich and engaging experience for readers.
Do you want us to live better than we do now? Do you want to help make a better future for generations to come? If your answer is yes to both questions, this book is for you. What can we do to live more convivially and sustainably? You'll find here questions, anecdotes, references to films, radio, internet media, literature, and research from a range of academic disciplines and areas of activity. This is about how we lead our daily lives at play, study, and work. It is about learning, resilience, trust, equality, decision-making, cooperation, and leadership.
Każdego dnia organizacje na całym świecie podejmują decyzje o wprowadzeniu – bywa, że dużych i kosztownych – zmian, w celu poprawienia istniejącego status quo. Jednak 50 do 70 procent tych prób jest nieudanych. Niektóre zmiany giną nagle, ale wiele umiera w cierpieniu przedłużającej się agonii rujnującej zasoby organizacji oraz morale i energię jej członków. Kto zabija zmianę lub co przyczynia się do jej śmierci? W tym pasjonującym kryminale znajdziesz odpowiedź na to pytanie. Głównym bohaterem jest agent Mike McNally – detektyw o stylu działania inspektora Colombo – który prowadzi śledztwo w sprawie śmierci kolejnej zmiany. Agent McNally po kolei przesłuchuje trzynastu głównych podejrzanych, między innymi krótkowzroczną menadżerkę Wiktorię Wizję, stale opieszałego kierownika Piotra Prioryteta, dyrektorkę Klarę Komunikację, której zapalenie krtani uniemożliwia porozumiewanie się oraz kilka innych szemranych postaci. Podejrzani zapewne wydają ci się znajomi i niewątpliwie znajdziesz podobne osoby w swojej firmie. Metoda rozwiązania zagadki przez McNally’ego zainspiruje cię do stania się skutecznym Agentem Zmiany w twojej organizacji. W przewodniku na końcu książki znajdują się wskazania, jak krok po kroku wcielić w życie nauki płynące z tej historii. Kluczowe pytania pomogą ci ocenić jakość zmian wprowadzanych w twojej organizacji. Dowiesz się również jakie najlepsze działania możesz podjąć, by umożliwić dokonanie pożądanej zmiany i utrzymać jej rezultaty.