Bøker av David Woods

Few launch vehicles are as iconic and distinctive as NASA's behemoth rocket, the Saturn V, and none left such a lasting impression on those who watched it ascend.

An insight into NASA's Gemini spacecraft, the precursor to Apollo and the key to the Moon NASA's Gemini space flight programme followed on from the pioneering Mercury missions which put the first US astronauts into space.

Despite their different lives, they share one key similarity--these remarkable athletes all called Indiana University home.

The aim of school inspection is to identify strengths and weaknesses in order that schools may improve educational quality and raise standards. This text examines the role of school inspectors and advises teachers and heads on methodologies for internal review and improvement.

This book takes a practical look at how standards in education can be raised. It cuts through jargon and shows how ideas and intentions can be translated into effective action that will help a school.

Comedy duo Ridiculusmus reclaims humankind's last taboo from imminent eradication, in a fragile farce about ageing, dying and grieving - a blend of symbolist mysticism and synesthesia that has the fear of ageing in its sights and oozes with the positivity of elderhood and good deaths.

Politicians, priests, generals, football managers, and teachers have all long known the value of a good quotation or a stirring comment that really gets people motivated. This is a book of quotations and commentaries that allow educators to motivate those around them.

A new play from acclaimed experimental company Ridiculusmus about MDMA assisted therapy for Post Traumatic Stress.

Rare, comic play about football (soccer) with broad popular appeal.

First play in a trilogy tackling mental health issues from two successful playwrights. A formally inventive play from critically acclaimed theatre company.

This is not a book about the school system as a whole or how governments can help or hinder school improvement. It is a book about supporting and inspiring leaders and teachers to help schools achieve ever greater success. By combining their extensive experience and knowledge of leading and improving schools, Tim Brighouse and David Woods deliver an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the principles of school improvement detailing the wide range of information, ideas and practices schools need to understand in order to be the best they possibly can. This comprehensive, dip-in A-Z guide introduces the characteristics, approaches and language of school improvement in 138 eclectic and engaging entries, including appreciative enquiry, literacy and student voice. The authors' unending supply of real school stories and experiences are the basis for the quotations, case studies and 'butterflies' (little ideas with big impact) that illustrate the entries and bring them to life. The A-Z of School Improvement is essential reading for any school leader, teacher or governor serious about improving their school, or indeed any parent eager to understand the ways in which their children's schools can be improved.