Author: Sue Swaffield
Publisher: David Fulton Publishers
Keywords: unlocking, series, application, understanding, assessment, reflection
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2008-05-14
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415453135
ISBN-13: 9780415453134

Assessment is inextricably linked with learning and teaching, and its profile in British schools has never been higher. Recently the value and importance of formative assessment in supporting learning and teaching has also become widely recognised. Although assessment is a prime concern of anyone involved in education it remains a highly complex field where much controversy and misunderstanding abounds. This book explores the values, principles, research and theories that underpin our understanding and practice of assessment. It also provides practical suggestions and examples, and address

Author: Simon Swaffield
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: landscape, architecture, studies, penn, reader, theory
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2002-10-25
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0812218213
ISBN-13: 9780812218213

Here, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single resource for seminal theoretical texts in the field. Essential for understanding the specific connections that have been made between landscape and social, cultural, and political structures, Theory in Landscape Architecture reminds readers that the discipline of landscape architecture can be both practical and formally challenging. Covering the past fifty years of theory, this primer makes an important contribution to a student’s emerging professional ethics.

Authors:A.F.E. Wise, John Swaffield,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: buildings, fifth, services, waste, sanitary, water
Number of Pages: 257
Published: 2002-10-08
List price: $91.95
ISBN-10: 0750652551
ISBN-13: 9780750652551

Water, sanitary and waste services represent a substantial proportion of the cost of construction, averaging 10% of the capital costs of building and with continuing costs in operation and maintenance. Nevertheless, they are often regarded as a ’Cinderella’ within the building process. Parts of many different codes and regulations impact on these services, making an overall viewpoint more difficult to get.This new edition of this classic text draws together material from a variety of sources to provide the comprehensive coverage not available elsewhere. It is a resource for the sou

Authors:J. F. Douglas, J. M. Gasoriek, John Swaffield, Lynne
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: mechanics, fluid
Number of Pages: 992
Published: 2006-07-27
List price: $136.00
ISBN-10: 0131292935
ISBN-13: 9780131292932

Written for courses in Fluid Mechanics in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, this text covers the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics, as well as specialist topics in more depth. The fundamental material relates to all engineering disciplines that require fluid mechanics. As in previous editions this book demonstrates the link between theory and practice with excellent examples and computer programs. The programs help students perform 3 types of calculations; relatively simple calculations, calculations designed to provide solutions for steady state system operation, and unsteady flow sim