Michael Power

Since the early 1980s there has been an explosion of auditing activity in the United Kingdom and North America. In addition to financial audits there are now medical audits, technology audits, value for money audits, environmental audits, quality audits, teaching audits, and many others. Why has this happened? What does it mean when a society invests so heavily in an industry of checking and when more and more individuals find themselves subject to formal scrutiny? The Audit Society argues that the rise of auditing has its roots in political demands for accountability and control. At the heart of a new administrative style internal control systems have begun to play an important public role and individual and organizational performance has been increasingly formalized and made auditable. Michael Power argues that the new demands and expectations of audits live uneasily with their operational capabilities. Not only is the manner in which they produce assurance and accountability open to question but also, by imposing their own values, audits often have unintended and dysfunctional consequences for the audited organization.

Rituals of Verification

The Audit Society

The Journey continues.... Sire and his friends have escaped the prison city of Tarmith. But are they truly free yet? The mysterious white hex his friends unknowingly acquired during Tarmith's "coming of age" ceremony continues to linger upon their hearts, silently keeping their lives hostage. Our heroes spend months studying and training in the underground ruins of the River's Path, preparing to defend themselves. With the power of Arkana on their side, their chances of victory increase...yet they are not the only ones with Arkana in their tool belts. With the summer season in full heat, the group is ready to come out of hiding and venture into the unknown wilderness to find a solution to the physically-intangible level of their old enslavement.

Part 2: The Defiled Temple

The Journey of Sire Magnis

Jennifer Lock

Gale Parchoma

As Canadian universities work to increase access to graduate education, many are adopting blended modes of delivery for courses and programs. Within this changing landscape of higher education, The Finest Blend answers the call for rigorous research into these methods to ensure quality learning and teaching experience and presents case studies of French and English universities across Canada that are experimenting with blended learning models in graduate programs. Drawing on various research methods, the contributors to the volume investigate the sustainability of blended learning, shifts in pedagogical practices, and the role of instructional designers. They share key practices for both graduate students and instructors and emphasize the importance of institutional and departmental support for both students and faculty transitioning to blended delivery modes. Touching on theory, design, delivery, facilitation, administration, and evaluation, this book provides a comprehensive overview of current practices and opportunities for blended learning success. With contributions by Alicia Adlington, Shaily Bhola, Denise Carew, Jane Costello, Daph Crane, Jane Hanson, Michael Fairbrother, Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Shehzad Ghani, Michele Jacobsen, Carol Johnson, Sawsen Lakhal, Yang (Flora) Liu, Dorothea Nelson, Pam Phillips, Marlon Simmons, Kathy Snow, Maurice Taylor, and Jay Wilson.

Graduate Education in Canada

The Finest Blend

George Martin Jacobs

Willy Ardian Renandya

This book reminds us teachers about all the little things we can do to be more student-centric. It shows teachers how to “walk the walk,” and shows teacher educators how to guide colleagues along a student-centered path. The book examines why we should and how we can promote student-student interaction to enable students to learn more and enjoy the process. It also offers simple but effective strategies for enhancing student motivation, a factor that many experts consider to be the most important determinant of success in educational endeavors. In addition, it examines diversity, particularly the many differences that exist among students, and explains simple, easy strategies for how this diversity can be not only taken into consideration, but actively celebrated.

Simple, Powerful Strategies for Student Centered Learning

William Brown

John Child

A truly interdisciplinary examination of the economics of science and the relationship between science and accounting.

Natural Inquiry and Commercial Reason

Accounting and Science

Rethinking the Politics of Uncertainty

The Risk Management of Everything

Seven-year-old Margarita Brown wakes from a coma to find herself unable to speak or hear—until she visits the Bronx Zoo where the voice of a giraffe penetrates her silent world. With Henry, the kind-hearted giraffe as her guide, Margarita travels between her silent world in New York City and the exotic world of the African plains. On her way to discover the source of her trauma, she learns to fly with a mischievous bird named Keechee and swims to the bottom of the sea with Ella, the oldest fish in the world. Part contemporary literary novel and part supernatural fantasy, The Zoo is an exploration of a girl’s awakening to a world that is filled with both brutality and beauty.

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